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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  • 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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  • PlanQK

    Platform and Ecosystem for Quantum Assisted Artificial Intelligence

    Quantum engineering technology with engineer develop quantum computer machine in shield capsule
    © AdobeStock / Kittipong Jirasukhanont

    In the PlanQK project, a web-based knowledge platform for so-called quantum-assisted artificial intelligence (QKI) is being developed. The goal is to create a technical basis for promoting knowledge and technology exchange between quantum and AI experts, developers, and potential users of QKI.

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  • KI-Wissen

    Developing methods for incorporating knowledge into machine learning

    Siluette einer Person hinter einer Glastür, die zu einem mit LED-Wänden beleuchteten Tunnel führt
    © Matthias Heyde / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    In the “KI-Wissen” project, 16 project partners are working on artificial intelligence (AI)-based processes for fully automated driving.

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  • Factory Chief Engineer Wearing VR Headset Designs Engine Turbine on the Holographic Projection Table.  Futuristic Design of Virtual Mixed Reality Application.
    © istock / Gorodenkoff Productions OU

    KYKLOS 4.0 aims to develop an innovative Circular Manufacturing ecosystem based on novel CPS (Circular Production System) and AI technologies, enhanced with novel production mechanisms and algorithms, targeting personalized products with extended life cycle and promoting energy efficient and low material consumption intra-factory production processes, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.

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  • AI locomotive systems

    Test methods for AI-based components in railroad operation (KI-LOK)

    High speed train in motion on the railway station at sunset. Red blurred modern intercity train on the railway platform in Europe. Passenger railway transportation. Railroad in the evening. Travel
    © Shutterstock / Denis Belitsky

    The KI-LOK project, therefore, aims to develop new test procedures and methods for safeguarding and certifying AI-supported technologies for safety-critical applications in railroad technology.

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  • SPATIAL

    Security and Privacy Accountable Technology Innovations, Algorithms, and Machine Learning

    Engineer touching laptop to check and control welding robotics automatic arms machine in intelligent factory automotive industrial with monitoring system software. Digital manufacturing operation.Industry 4.0
    © istock / ipopba

    AI is being treated as a key technology that can make cars drive intelligently and autonomously, supply chains easier to plan, production processes more efficient, and thus achieve sustainability goals. The SPATIAL project, which has now been launched, aims to answer questions relating to trustworthy AI.

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  • Green Streaming

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

    A wide angle view of a smiling African-American entrepreneur watching something on her tablet while sitting on the sofa in the living room.
    © istock/FreshSplash

    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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  • Eine Mutter steht mit ihrem Kind vor einem Terminal zur Beantragung von Kindergeld.
    © Philipp Plum / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    A digital voice assistant based on artificial intelligence, integrated into the online service “Kinderleicht zum Kindergeld” (Child Benefit becomes Child’s Play) of the Hamburg Senate Chancellery, creates an even more convenient and optimal barrier-free access for parents.

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  • KI-FLEX

    Reconfigurable hardware platform for AI-based sensor data processing for autonomous driving

    Kofferraum eines silbernen Autos, das mit Hardware zur Ermöglichung des Autonomen Fahrens ausgestattet ist.
    © Fraunhofer FOKUS

    The partners working on the research project “KI-FLEX” are developing a powerful, energy-efficient hardware platform and the associated software framework for autonomous driving.

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  • OSiMa

    The order of the security market

    Loolapalooza Berlin 2019 Einlass zum Olympiastadion Infield
    © Philipp Plum / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    The goal of the project “The Order of the Security Market” (OSiMa) is to analyze forms of the good “security” and how they are (can or should be) organized and financed.

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