FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

What is artificial intelligence (AI) and how does it work? For many people, these questions are not easy to answer: this is due to the fact that many machine learning and deep learning algorithms can not be examined after their execution. The just started EU-funded XMANAI project will focus on explainable AI, a concept that contradicts the idea of the “black box“ in machine learning, where even the designers can not explain why the AI reaches at a specific decision.

For research purposes of the State Institute for Apiculture in Hohen Neuendorf, VISCON GmbH has developed a five-wall simulation environment for bees together with the Visual Computing and Analytics business unit (VISCOM) of Fraunhofer FOKUS.

Municipalities approach the mammoth task of digital transformation in very different ways. In a new publication, the Competence Center Public IT (ÖFIT) along with the Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement (KGSt) examines which types of digitalization strategies can be found, what their main focuses are, and what one municipality can learn from the other various types.

On the occasion of EclipseCon 2020, Fraunhofer FOKUS launches its simulation environment Eclipse MOSAIC. This solution is based on VSimRTI (Vehicle-2-X Simulation Runtime Infrastructure), which has been developed over the last 12 years in close cooperation with the DCAITI of the TU Berlin and has already been used by more than 600 partners to test mobility services and traffic scenarios. Eclipse MOSAIC is now partially available as open-source.

KATRETTER has officially started at the Berlin Fire Department. After an intensive test phase of one year, the targeted training and networking of civilian helpers is to become an important supplementary component for emergency rescue. The helper system is based on the KATWARN technology and was developed by researchers of the Public Safety business unit of Fraunhofer FOKUS. It is a cooperation with the Berlin Fire Department and CombiRisk GmbH.

The digitization of the health care system forms the basis for initial approaches to the automation of standard procedures and care processes. However, the efficiency promises of automation are diverse and have so far been based on individual examinations. Fraunhofer FOKUS has just published a study on the state of the art of automation approaches for digital therapy applications.