Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems

Organisation

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With six business units, 415 employees in Berlin, and an annual budget of currently 42.7 million euros, Fraunhofer FOKUS is one of the largest information and communication technology institutes in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Depending on the topic and application domain, our teams work interdisciplinary on suitable customer solutions. As a result, we generate 65 percent of our budget from contracts with industry and the public sector.

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Fraunhofer FOKUS employs 415 people from 32 countries with a wide range of professional backgrounds (with a focus on computer science).
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65 percent of the institute’s budget comes from contract research, a significant portion of which is from commissioned research with industry.
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In 1988, FOKUS was founded in Berlin as the “Research Center for Open Communication Systems”, an institute of the GMD (GMD (Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung – Society for Mathematics and Information technology).

Our Business Units

 

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Digital Public Services

Digitalization of administration, the state and public spaces: securely, user-oriented and in compliance with data protection regulations.

Business Unit
 

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Future Applications and Media

Intelligent services and applications: interactive, personalized, everywhere.

Business Unit
 

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Quality Engineering

Safeguarding, evaluating and optimizing system quality.

Business Unit
 

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Smart Mobility

Solutions for automated driving, integrated urban mobility and cooperative and collaborative driver assistance systems.

Business Unit
 

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Software-based Networks

Efficient, scalable and application-optimized communication technologies and architectures for the digital world.

Business Unit
 

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Collaborative Safety and Security

Technologies and Research for Public Safety, Healthcare and Information Security.

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