FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

In industries that rely on robust and secure low-latency communication, centralized clouds will soon be a thing of the past: Edge Computing promises to bring data processing closer to the source. During today’s “Edge Computing Forum”, Fraunhofer FOKUS and industry partners announced that they are planning to found the “Edge Computing Consortium Europe” in the coming year, to get the technology concept ready for the market more quickly.

Fraunhofer FOKUS has been researching the topic of environmentally friendly mobility in the city for years and is now participating in the joint project “LamA - Laden am Arbeitsplatz” (“LamA - Charging at the Workplace”), which aims to significantly expand the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in communities with particularly high nitrogen oxide values, including Berlin. The researchers will also be demonstrating how connected-automated electric mobility can be achieved on 5 and 6 December during the closing event of the project “iKoPA - integrated cooperation platform for automated electric vehicles”.

State Secretary Christian Rickerts opened the yearly meet-up between public administration and the open data community at the Berlin Open Data Day (BODDy) 2018. In cooperation between the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Fraunhofer FOKUS, and the Competence Center Public IT, this year’s BODDy took place on October 11, 2018.

Atos, E4, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Huawei, Mellanox, and SUSE announce their efforts furthering the development of an open and feature-rich ecosystem to support the evolving needs of the various industries undergoing digitalization and of all their respective stakeholders. 

As part of the iKoPA project, Fraunhofer FOKUS is developing an interactive simulator for the virtual testing of automated driving and for the analysis of user acceptance. To this end, various driving scenarios were created in which students of the TU Berlin had to monitor the system behavior and intervene in difficult situations. The student with the best test drive result was awarded a prize.

Rehabilitation and aftercare programs that patients follow after an injury or operation are often tedious and time-consuming. In order to ensure the long-term success of therapy even after hospitalization, the MeineReha® team has developed a complete system for telemedically assisted rehabilitation and prevention across all areas of life, which was awarded the prize of the “Gründerwettbewerb - Digitale Innovationen” at IFA.

From June 18 to 20, 2018, Fraunhofer FOKUS hosted the 21st International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2018). The annual conference focuses on trends in the development, implementation, and application of business information systems. This year, the approximately 130 participants discussed the effects of digitalization on such systems.

The Greek broadcaster ERT has launched the first of its kind HbbTV 360° Video Portal for FIFA World Cup Games in Russia. Main enabler for this offer is the “360° Video Playout” by Fraunhofer FOKUS, a unique and patented solution that enables the playback of 360° videos on nearly any device.