Projects

Fraunhofer FOKUS is an experienced and competent partner for the development and application of digitalization technologies and the networking of distributed infrastructures. Fraunhofer FOKUS develops practical solutions in many national and international funded projects as well as in contract research for SMEs, large-scale industry and public administration. 

We work on research and development projects of all sizes:

  • national
  • European-wide 
  • international

Cooperation with us takes place in individual projects or as part of long-term cooperation agreements. 

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  • 5G Victori field trial: mmWave Node in front of an S-Bahn train in Berlin
    © Philipp Plum / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    5G-VICTORI is a large scale EU funded project that aims at validating 5G networks with vertical user cases. Large scale trials for Railway, Energy, Media and Factories of the Future are planned. The testbed infrastructure for the Berlin trials is provided by Fraunhofer FOKUS.

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  • Virtual LiVe

    Virtualization of Live Events via Audiovisual Immersion

    Kuppel eines Planetariums in die ein Livekonzert des Künstlers The Dark Tenor mit Publikum und Bühne in Echtzeit projiziert wird.
    © Philipp Plum / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    The aim of the project is to digitally complement or even replace classic event formats by using new immersive media formats when physical presence is not possible. The new media formats, include for example 3D audio, 360° videos, light fields and volumetric videos.

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  • Green Streaming

    Context-based video encoding for an energy-efficient and sustainable streaming supply chain

    AI generated image of a TV surrounded by a green glowing hologram of charts and statistics
    © Microsoft Copilot

    The goal of the project is to create innovations, concepts, and energy-efficient solutions addressing the entire video streaming value chain from video creation to processing, delivery, and their usage on consumer devices.

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  • EXPAND+ER WB3

    EXtension of a further education platform through attractive and user-oriented database design

    Woman working from home during COVID-19 pandemic
    © istock / damircudic

    In the EXPAND+ER WB³ project, the vision of educator Otto Herz is applied to the field of vocational education. The technology partners of the BMBF-funded EXPAND+ER WB³ project develop a scalable platform that protects privacy and enables users to search for and receive recommendations for further education courses.

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  • Control & Connect

    Proof of concept of a middleware for cross-vendor license management for digital educational media

    Elementary School Science Class: Over the Shoulder Little Boy and Girl Use Laptop with Screen Showing Programming Software. Physics Teacher Explains Lesson to a Diverse Class full of Smart Kids
    © iStock / gorodenkoff

    With the Control & Connect project, the project partners aim to promote seamless access to digital educational media for users, e.g., students and teachers, in line with the digitization strategies of the federal and state governments.

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  • TRIPLEADAPT

    Adaptive, interoperable professional education platforms using a digital triplet

    Büro mit einer diversen Gruppe von Personen, Gegenlicht, zwei Personen arbeiten zusammen an einem Bildschirm im Vordergrund
    © iStock / pixdeluxe

    In TRIPLEADAPT, an adaptive, interoperable professional education platform will be created via the development of a digital triplet. Digital learning environments will then be extended by learning concepts with the aim of increasing learning success.

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  • mEDUator

    Prototype of a National Mediator Platform for Interoperable Educational Technologies

    Top view of female students learning computer programming. Girls in computer lab coding on laptops.
    © istock / izusekIza Habur

    The National Education Platform, initiated by the BMBF, aims to provide a technical meta-platform based on open standards that creates the foundation for a interconnected, powerful and interoperable teaching-learning infrastructure. The Common Learning Middleware (CLM) developed by Fraunhofer FOKUS was selected by the BMBF as a prototype of the National Education Platform within the framework of the “mEDUator” project.

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  • EPRIS-ADEP

    European criminal records - Automation of data exchange processes

    Data protection, binary code with European Union flag
    © istock / BirgitKorber

    The project ESPRI-ADEP has developed a procedure for the pseudonymized identification of personal data between the information systems of EU member states. With this procedure, it can be queried whether data on suspicious persons are available within the EU without disclosing the sensitive data themselves (hit/no hit procedure).

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  • Ein Arbeiter auf einer Baustelle benutzt ein Tablet.
    © iStock / South_agency

    As part of the “Transfer Point” project of the “IT Security for the Economy” initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), the business units Collaborative Safety and Security (ESPRI) and Digital Public Services (DPS) are developing solutions to support small and medium businesses with practical and up-to-date information on protection against cyber attacks.

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  • female worker using wire tie guns
    © istock / BulentBARIS

    Standardized communication protocols and technical specifications do require unique descriptions for testing. Scientists of Fraunhofer FOKUS are part of the Special Task Forces (STFs) and Testing Task Forces (TTFs) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), whose objective it is to define test specifications using TTCN-3 and to maintain TTCN-3.

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