Projects

The European Union currently offers two Open Data portals: the EU Open Data Portal and the European Data Portal. In order to create a central contact point for high-quality data within Europe, both portals are now to be transferred into the joint portal Data.Europa.EU. Fraunhofer FOKUS is developing its technological “heart”.

In the project WISSENsAllmende (KNOWLEDGECommons), the name says it all: An open urban data platform shall bundle the data of the city of Jena and make it accessible to everyone in the future- for more transparency, trust and participation. We support the city administration at the development of this platform based on our piveau® technology.

In the “Integrierte Software Berliner Jugendhilfe (ISBJ)” (Integrated Software for Berlin Youth Services) project, the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family is digitising all business processes for youth services in the state of Berlin. A component-based and service-centred IT platform based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) is implemented for the specialist IT procedures and IT services. The platform is continuously adapted and further developed.

The “Support Centre for Data Sharing” (SCDS) is a new initiative funded by the European Commission to further support the development of the Digital Single Market. The aim is to facilitate the exchange of data between private or public organisations and thus enable the broad use of data.

In the KameRAD project, a redundant sensor system for detecting an autonomously driving vehicle's environment in urban and agricultural environments was developed.

International Data Spaces (IDS) enable open data marketplaces for the economy and serve as blueprints for secure data ecosystems. International Data Spaces form the digital infrastructure for companies.

How can artificial intelligence (AI) become comprehensible for industrial processes? This question is being investigated by the EU-funded project XMANAI (Explainable Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence). Fraunhofer FOKUS participates as a scientific partner for real-time data management.

In the EU project PISTIS, a platform is being created for the secure, trustworthy and controlled exchange and trading of data from companies and public institutions. The 31 project partners are piloting the project at several European locations in three large-scale demonstration hubs on energy, mobility and urban planning, and automotive.

Assistance systems, such as GLOSA, collision warning, and Digital St. Andrew's Cross, can increase safety and comfort for road users, but also improve efficiency. For these assistance systems to be available to VRUs (“Vulnerable Road Users”) as well as passenger cars, highly accurate positioning is necessary. It is crucial to assign road users to the correct lane on a road, for example, to determine the correct traffic light sequence or to detect a possible collision.

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.