Improved data protection for AI applications KI Kompakt – Publication series of the platform “Lernende Systeme”. Artificial Intelligence (AI) supports people in medicine, mobility, and everyday work. The basis for AI systems is training with data – often also personal information. The method of distributed machine learning can improve data protection in the development of… Read more »
Study: Strategies for building Gaia-X ecosystems with the help of Gaia-X federation services 
In dialogue with the Gaia-X funding projects. The GXFS study “Strategies for building Gaia-X ecosystems with the help of Gaia-X federation services – In dialogue with the Gaia-X funding projects” investigates how GXFS helps with the commissioning of Gaia-X federations and which challenges users identify. The study surveyed 11 projects from the Gaia-X funding competition… Read more »
Roadmap TAILOR: Strategic Research & Innovation Roadmap of Trustworthy AI 
The Scientific Foundations of Trustworthy AI in Europe for the Years 2022-2030. TAILOR is a European network developing the scientific foundations for realising the European vision of human-centred Trustworthy AI. One of our most important tools is the TAILOR Strategic Research and Innovation Roadmap. It is our ambition that the roadmap will identify major scientific… Read more »
VCIO based description of systems for AI trustworthiness characterisation 
VDE SPEC 90012 V1.0 (en) This VDE SPEC provides a way to describe certain socio–technical characteristics of systems and applications that incorporate artificial intelligence techniques and methods. The scope of application refers to products for which a particularly demanding level of trust is desired or required. By applying the VCIO model explained in this standard,… Read more »
SSI Whitepaper: Gaia-X secure and trustworthy ecosystems with Self Sovereign Identity
As part of the Gaia-X Federation Services project, a new whitepaper has been published. The whitepaper highlights the important role of the concept of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) in the Gaia-X ecosystem. The concept of self-determined, digital identity ensures a secure and trustworthy digitalization in the decentralized Gaia-X ecosystem. Verification of participants’ information is not handled… Read more »
CampusOS Lead Project for Providers and Users 
Lead Project CampusOS for Providers and Users – Component Construction Kit and Blueprints for the Establishment and Operation of Open Campus Networks The lead project CampusOS aims at establishing a technologically sovereign modular campus network ecosystem in Germany. The focus is on open and secure wireless networks based on open wireless technologies and interoperable network… Read more »
Report: Digital Identity: Leveraging the SSI Concept to Build Trust 
Study of The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). The present study critically assesses the current literature and reports on the current technological landscape of SSI and existing eID solutions, as well as the standards, communities, and pilot projects that are presently developing in support of these solutions. This study takes a wide view of… Read more »
Gaia-X: Vision and Strategy 
Everything you need to know about Gaia-X. The Gaia-X Association publishes its comprehensive vision and strategy document at the end of 2021, written by CEO Francesco Bonfiglio. The publication is another important step towards fulfilling Gaia-X’s promise to advocate for a fair and competitive data ecosystem in Europe. The document provides a comprehensive overview of… 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 »
Guideline for Designing Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence 
Guideline for Designing Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: AI test catalog. The AI test catalog by Fraunhofer IAIS is an important milestone on the path to independent AI testing. It describes on over 160 pages how AI applications can be systematically evaluated for risks, formulates suggestions for test criteria to measure the quality of the systems, and proposes… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Study: Explainable AI: Requirements, Use Cases, and Solutions 
Artificial intelligence as a driver for economically relevant ecosystems. Are explainable AI applications the most important key to trust in artificial intelligence? Where does the use of explainable AI tools stand in the economy? This study provides answers to these and other questions, including practical use cases. A study by the Federal Ministry for Economic… Read more »
German Standardization Roadmap Artificial Intelligence
With over 70 identified needs for standardization and normalization, the roadmap highlights concrete potentials and formulates central and overarching recommendations. With the Standardization Roadmap Artificial Intelligence, Germany is the first country worldwide to present a comprehensive analysis of the inventory and demand for international standards and norms for this key technology. The Standardization Roadmap provides… Read more »
KI-SIGS 
Artificial Intelligence space for smart healthcare systems Advancing AI in medicine together. The aim of KI-SIGS is to create a joint institutional framework, the “AI Space”, for the model region of Northern Germany. It serves to develop medical AI-technologies better and faster and to bring them to application. The central instrument for this is a… Read more »
Whitepaper: Trustworthy Use of Artificial Intelligence 
Fields of action from philosophical, ethical, legal, and technological perspectives as a basis for the certification of artificial intelligence. The team of the Universities of Bonn and Cologne as well as Fraunhofer IAIS presents its interdisciplinary approach in a white paper for the certification of AI applications and explains the fields of action from philosophical,… Read more »
DFKI 
AI for Humanity. The DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) conducts research on “AI for Humanity” with a focus on societal relevance and scientific excellence in key future-oriented research and application areas of AI. We are convinced that AI techniques can help address major societal challenges such as human-induced climate change, social injustices, and… Read more »
Gaia-X 
With the European initiative “Gaia-X,” Europe strengthens its sovereignty in handling data. “Gaia-X” is a joint European project that brings together individuals from different industries, scientific disciplines, administrations, and politics to work towards a common goal. Gaia-X aims to develop the foundation for the next generation of data infrastructure: an open, transparent, and secure digital… Read more »
TÜV AI Lab 
The TÜV companies have established the TÜV AI Lab, a development laboratory for artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly finding its way into all areas of society. With the AI Lab, the TÜV Association has taken on the task of identifying the technical and regulatory requirements associated with artificial intelligence and guiding the development… Read more »
VDE 
VDE – For a future worth living. For over 125 years, VDE, one of Europe’s largest technology associations, has stood for innovation and technical progress. VDE is the only organization in the world that combines science, standardization, testing, certification and application consulting under one roof. For 100 years, the VDE mark has been synonymous with… Read more »
TAILOR – A Network for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence 
Developing the scientific foundations for Trustworthy AI. TAILOR is an EU project with the aim build the capacity to provide the scientific foundations for Trustworthy AI in Europe. TAILOR develops a network of research excellence centres, leveraging and combining learning, optimisation, and reasoning. These systems are meant to provide descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive systems integrating… Read more »
Fraunhofer-Society
#WeKnowHow. The Fraunhofer Society, based in Germany, is the world’s leading organization for applied research. With its focus on future-relevant key technologies and the utilization of results in business and industry, it plays a central role in the innovation process. As a guide and catalyst for innovative developments and scientific excellence, it contributes to shaping… Read more »
Showcase Secure Digital Identities 
The “Showcase Secure Digital Identities” (Schaufenster Sichere Digitale Identitäten) is aimed at strengthening digital sovereignty and making German eIDAS solutions, which are user-friendly, trustworthy and economically viable, more accessible: for administration, business – especially SMEs – and population. The goal is to create application-oriented ID ecosystems that are characterized by openness, interoperability and a simple,… Read more »
Platform Lernende Systeme 
The “Lernende Systeme” platform is an expert network focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Its objective is to foster interdisciplinary exchange and societal dialogue on AI as an independent broker. With nearly 200 members from academia, industry, and society, the platform develops positions on the opportunities and challenges of AI through working groups and identifies actionable… Read more »