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Safe Intelligence Day: Fokus Automation
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Safe Intelligence Day

Will artificial intelligence revolutionize the production floor? What can industry actually expect from AI? We will shed light on this question on February 4, 2025 at our Safe Intelligence Day with a focus on automation at the Fraunhofer IKS in Munich. (Further information in German)

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Safe Intelligence — this forms the core brand of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS.

Connected cognitive systems drive innovation in many sectors, including mobility, healthcare, and automation in industry. Disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing play a key role here. Fraunhofer IKS is conducting research to ensure that these applications are reliable and verifiably safe. We consider resilience and intelligence to be part of the same process.

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Machine Learning / 1.8.2024

Metrics as an indicator of AI safety: is that enough?

The performance of machine learning (ML) models is typically assessed using metrics. But how trustworthy are these single point estimates? Such metrics reflect reality only partially and can provide us with a false sense of safety. Fraunhofer IKS develops a formal framework for the quantification of uncertainty.

Metrics for AI safety
 

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Machine learning in medicine / 24.7.2024

Data-driven diagnostics improve the health of premature babies

Babies born prematurely, i.e. before their organs have fully developed, often suffer from various health problems. These rarely manifest alone, but often occur simultaneously. Researching connections in their co-occurrence helps to develop more effective and more personalized care for premature babies.

Premature babies
 

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Production / 8.7.2024

Autonomous Systems on a Leash

A precisely defined operating environment is not only important for autonomous driving. The Operational Design Domain (ODD) also ensures safety for many other highly automated systems in rail transport, logistics and mobile robotics.

 

Autonomous Systems
 

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Production / 1.7.2024

Showcasing Cutting-Edge Automation at Fraunhofer IKS

To investigate the future of automation and possible transition paths towards it, Fraunhofer IKS is working on extending automation systems for novel applications. Read on to understand how these prototypes have taken shape and what insights they provide.

Cutting-Edge Automation

Topics

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Autonomous Driving

Future Mobility

Will the vehicles of the future drive autonomously? Only when autonomous driving is safe will this vision become reality.

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AI in medicine

Digital Health

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key technology in digital life sciences and medicine, as it can combine and analyze large amounts of data in a very short time.

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Industry 4.0

Smart Factory and AI

In order to safely utilize the benefits, connected and automated production must function reliably above all else.

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Quantum Computing

Fraunhofer IKS is researching safe software applications for quantum computing so that the calculations can be relied on.

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Event / 4.2.2025

Safe Intelligence Day: Focus Automation

Will AI revolutionize the production floor? We will explore this on February 4, 2025 at our Safe Intelligence Day with a focus on automation.

Safe Intelligence Day (German)
 

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1.6.2024

New Deputy Director of the Institute Dr. Reinhard Stolle

As of June 1, Dr. Reinhard Stolle, Head of Business Unit Mobility, has assumed additional responsibilities as Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS.

His profile page provides an overview of his previous work and projects at Fraunhofer IKS.

 

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White paper

The European Artificial Intelligence Act - Overview and Recommendations for Compliance

This whitepaper published by Fraunhofer IKS provides an overview of the most important provisions of the EU AI Act.

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White paper

Complexity and uncertainty in the safety assurance and regulation of automated driving

Together with the University of York, Fraunhofer IKS has published a white paper presenting a new approach to assure the safety of cognitive cyber-physical systems (CPS), including automated driving systems.

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New department "Quantum-enhanced AI"

Fraunhofer IKS has had a new department since the beginning of 2023: "Quantum-enhanced AI". It researches how quantum computing can support AI-based systems. The new department is headed by PD Dr. habil. Jeanette Miriam Lorenz.

To enable companies to quickly benefit from quantum computing, the department offers a workshop that can be customized to the company in question. More information can be found in our workshop flyer.

 

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Information on the new building in Garching

Fraunhofer IKS is getting a new institute building at the Fraunhofer campus in Garching near Munich. The groundbreaking ceremony with Bavaria's Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger in October marked the official start of construction. On our new building page you will find all information about the construction progress in German.

Construction page (German)
 

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