The GreenTech Innovation Competition (“GreenTech Innovationswettbewerb”) technology program aims to utilize digital technologies to promote sustainability and climate and environmental protection. It aims to strengthen Germany and Europe as leading high-tech locations for digital technologies and sustainable business models. The program focuses on three areas: the use of digital technologies to enhance sustainability in various… Read more »
OpenFLaaS 
Open Federated Learning as a Service The openFLaaS project is developing an AI framework for the automated, decentralized analysis of industrial documents such as tenders, contracts, or product data sheets in order to efficiently and securely digitize knowledge within companies.
ARIKI 
Automated remote inspection of critical infrastructure using intelligent camera systems ARIKI is developing a remote monitoring system that automates the routine inspection of critical water infrastructure such as wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, or water treatment facilities using intelligent camera systems and on-site AI-powered analysis.
RIWWER 
Reduction of the Impact of untreated WasteWater on the Environment in case of torrential Rain RIWWER is implementing a cloud/edge-based measurement and control system for municipal wastewater treatment plants, which uses AI-assisted distribution of water volumes into the sewer system and rainwater basins during heavy rain, to avoid pollution of the environment from contaminants.
ESCOM 
Edge-Services for Components – Balanced edge-cloud environments for sovereign component service systems in production applications ESCOM is developing an edge cloud platform for the manufacturing industry that provides machine users with access to digital services related to important machine components, such as motor spindles or gearboxes, as well as the often highly specific know-how of… Read more »
DEER 
DEER – Decentralized Redispatch The aim of the DEER project is to integrate smaller, often widely distributed consumption and generation facilities, as well as battery storage, into the power system using decentralized agents in order to be able to control and bill these facilities flexibly and efficiently.
CAREFUL-EDGE-X 
CAREFUL-EDGE-X implements an intelligent system network for care facilities consisting of decentralized data collection and AI-based processing of patient vital signs, including the use of nursing robots. This allows for the privacy-compliant relief of nursing staff from routine tasks. The project utilizes cascaded edge computing applications with Gaia-X integration.
EASY
Energy-efficient analysis and control processes in the dynamic edge cloud continuum for industrial manufacturing Easy is developing an edge/cloud system for industrial manufacturing, in which AI-based analysis and control processes can be distributed and executed on-site, thereby significantly increasing the productivity and resource efficiency of the entire manufacturing process.
FRED 
Freshness Management from Farm2Fork in the Edge FRED reduces the loss of fresh food along the supply chain from producer to consumer by combining innovative measurement technology, digital twins for vegetable and fruit products, and a data space for freshness data in a trusted cloud-edge infrastructure. FRED follows the values and principles of Gaia-X to… Read more »
KISS 
AI-supported Rapid Supply Network The KISS project is developing a market and networking platform that enables the rapid identification and ordering of production goods (e.g. protective masks) through AI (including via chatbot). Especially in crisis scenarios, hospitals and aid organizations can specify their requirements precisely via the platform. AI-supported analysis and simulations then determine the… Read more »
ATTENTION! 
Multinational Cooperation (GER – SG): ArTificial inTelligENce for the deTectIon of trade-based mOney lauNdering! The project ATTENTION! will systematically capture, model, and analyze diverse global data sources such as trade data for imports and exports, company data, and web data. Based on global trade activities and their contextual information, artificial intelligence (AI) models will be… Read more »
champI4.0ns 
Cooperation “Smart Data Usage” with Austria (GER-AUT): Intelligent and Sovereign Data Usage Using the Example of the Timber Industry. As part of champI4.0ns, the use of production-related data is advanced by demonstrating, through examples from the timber industry, how intelligent and sovereign data usage can be achieved in an ecosystem of diverse partners. This is… Read more »
DAKI-FWS 
Data- and AI-supported early warning system AI-based analytics platform to strengthen business crisis prevention. The DAKI-FWS project is creating an AI-based analysis platform that utilizes a variety of different data sources to provide companies with predictions in the context of potential crisis scenarios, thus strengthening crisis prevention in the economy. The goal is an early… Read more »
SDIKA 
Showcase Secure Digital Identities Karlsruhe SDIKA is developing an identity solution that is being tested in numerous use cases in Karlsruhe and the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. With SDIKA, citizens are to decide for themselves how their digital identity is managed. Therefore, the use of both centrally managed identities (cloud-based identity) and self-managed identities (self-sovereign identity,… Read more »
PAIRS 
Privacy Aware, Intelligent and Resilient Crisis Management Identifying and anticipating crisis scenarios faster with AI. The PAIRS project develops a learning AI platform for crisis management that allows early identification and secure anticipation of crisis situations. The service is aimed at companies and operators of critical infrastructures as well as decision-makers from politics, business and… Read more »
ResKriVer 
Communication & Information Platform for Resilient, Crisis-Relevant Supply Networks Identifying supply bottlenecks in crisis situations with AI. In the ResKriVer project, a knowledge-based platform for resilient supply networks is being developed. Collected or generated crisis-relevant information serves as the basis to use methods of artificial intelligence to predict the effects of bottlenecks in the supply… Read more »
CoyPu 
Cognitive Economy Intelligence Platform for Economic Ecosystem Resilience. AI-based crisis management for companies, administration, politics and research. The CoyPu project is creating an AI-based information platform for efficient crisis management. In the event of complex economic challenges, the platform networks, analyzes and evaluates macroeconomic, industry-specific and internal company data. From the evaluated facts, interdependencies are… Read more »
SPELL 
Semantic platform for intelligent decision and deployment support in control centers and situation management Crisis management through AI-based linking of control centers. The SPELL project is a semantic platform for intelligent decision-making and deployment support in control centers and in situation management, which is used in crisis situations (e.g. chemical disasters) for hazard prevention and… Read more »
ONCE 
Identities. Secure. Mobile. The ONCE project is developing applications for the Hesse region and for partner cities in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia in which citizens can use digital identities to identify themselves when visiting public authorities, in the transport sector or in the tourism and hotel industry. The focus is on the development of digital… Read more »
White Paper: Towards Auditable AI Systems 
Towards Auditable AI Systems: Current status and future directions. Based on the workshop “Auditing AI-Systems: From Basics to Applications”, October 6th 2020, Fraunhofer Forum, Berlin. This whitepaper first summarizes the opportunities and challenges of AI systems and then goes on to present the state of the art of AI system auditability with a focus on the aspects… Read more »
ID-Ideal 
Secure management of digital identities The showcase project ID-Ideal develops and tests solutions for citizens in the regions of Dresden, Mittweida and Leipzig. The focus is on creating a legally secure digital space (TrustNet). The digital solutions follow the SSI approach and are intended to promote the data sovereignty of all actors in the digital… Read more »
How to Share Data? 
Data Sharing Platforms for Organizations Data sharing between companies has enormous potential, enabled through data sharing platforms. But what do data sharing platforms actually offer in detail and what challenges do platform operators face? A practical analysis provides answers.
IDunion 
An open ecosystem for trusted identities To give users sovereignty over their data, IDunion is creating an open and secure ecosystem for digital identities. The project is pursuing the self-sovereign identity (SSI) approach. The goal is to give users the ability to decide for themselves when and with whom they share their data in the… Read more »
SmartDis 
Cooperation “ICT of the Future” with Austria (GER-AUT): Smart Disassembly with a Knowledge-based Automation System. The objective of the project is to develop and implement an automated, knowledge-based, robot-centric disassembly system that autonomously disassembles waste electrical and electronic equipment. The concept of SmartDis is to combine the semantic representation of a product model with the… Read more »
Sensible-KI 
Secure and trustworthy mobile AI The SENSIBLE-KI project is researching solutions to make artificial intelligence (AI) systems in mobile applications and embedded systems secure and trustworthy. Among other things, methods are being developed that ensure the confidentiality and tamper-resistance of the systems themselves, while at the same time protecting the privacy of the training data…. Read more »
ARIBIC 
Cooperation with Canada (GER-CAN): Artificial Intelligence based Indoor Carthography. The German-Canadian ARIBIC consortium aims to develop AI-based algorithms that enrich the 3D geometric map with additional semantic information. The goal is to develop an AI-based open platform solution for the localization of autonomous transport vehicles in warehouse applications. In addition, typical fleet and warehouse management… Read more »
Green4EVer 
Integrating electromobility into sustainable smart buildings and site management. The lack of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in public spaces is one of the major challenges of the mobility transition. The problem: Up to now, the expansion of charging options has been sluggish because it is cost-intensive and often economically unattractive for operators. The Green4EVer… Read more »
EuProGigant 
Cooperation “Smart Data Use” with Austria (GER-AUT): A binational research project for smart and sovereign use of data in the European industry The goal of the project is to demonstrate and scale a location-spanning, digitally connected production ecosystem with resilient, data-driven, and sustainable value creation to strengthen the European industry. The value creation speed and… Read more »
iLaPark
Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging in Parking Garages with AI while Conserving Power Grid Infrastructure The iLaPark project aims to counteract the shortage of charging stations in urban areas with the help of cutting-edge technology. Urban parking garages will be transformed into large charging areas that will allow many vehicles to be charged at once. Artificial… Read more »
D-TRAS 
Cooperation “ICT of the Future” with Austria (GER-AUT): Digital Platform for Traffic Safety-Risk Prediction in Rural Areas The project aims to predict individual traffic safety risks. For this purpose, the combination of heterogeneous sensor data from different groups of road users (cars, motorcycles) with safety-relevant data from mobility data marketplaces and open data will be… Read more »