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.
International cooperation projects: Development of digital technologies (2022) 
The brochure presents more than 30 international cooperation projects of the BMWK.
O5G-N-IoT 
Open 5G campus networks for emergency response supported by Internet of Things (IoT) technologies The O5G-N-IoT project focuses on open architectures for the Internet of Things for industrial research and pre-competitive development. On the one hand, the focus is on the development and integration of 5G components, e.g., cameras and sensors such as gas detection… Read more »
KliNet5G 
Clinical Networks via 5G KliNet5G will evaluate the feasibility of a 5G-based network infrastructure based on OpenRAN in clinics with medical technology, biosensor and clinic logistics applications. Using the building set from the lead projects, a clinical 5G test field will be established using a two-stage strategy. The applications are selected to reflect a broad… Read more »
AIOLOS 
AIOLOS – Artificial Intelligence Tools for Outbreak Detection and Response The German-French cooperation project AIOLOS aims to develop a web-based multidimensional data platform that enables the early detection of new outbreaks of respiratory infections (ALERT), tracks their spread and consequences (MONITOR), and simulates the impact and effectiveness of various interventions and measures to support decision-making… Read more »
5G-OR 
5G Campus Networks Program (GER-FRA): Building the next generation 5G-enabled operating room ecosystem to improve patient care The “5G-OR” project aims to establish a Franco-German 5G-enabled operating room ecosystem for hospitals to improve patient care. Different 5G applications in the operating environment will be developed, which will be deployed interoperably in German and French facilities… Read more »
International cooperation projects: Development of digital technologies (2021) 
This brochure presents the current funding projects in the development of digital technologies in international cooperation.
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 »
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 »
5GMedCamp 
Development and testing of continuous vital data transfer and processing using local 5G networks in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk patients. The aim of the project is to develop and test a 5G-based continuous vital data transfer in combination with an AI-based clinical decision support system for telemedical co-management of patients after implantation of a permanent… 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 »
AIQNET 
Medical Data Ecosystem – Medizinischen Fortschritt mit KI vorantreiben AIQNET bietet die technologische Infrastruktur und ermöglicht darüber den Zugriff auf Daten in bestehenden und künftigen Standards im Gesundheitswesen. Über ein stetig wachsendes Angebot an hochspezialisierten Anwendungen können Daten zur Optimierung von Diagnose und Therapie, aber auch zur Automatisierung administrativer Prozesse genutzt werden.
EMPAIA 
EcosysteM for Pathology diagnostics with AI Assistance AI for diagnostics. Only through the use of AI in diagnostics are modern treatment methods such as personalized medicine possible on a large scale. EMPAIA therefore establishes, using the example of pathology, a platform for standardized, certified, and explainable AI solutions for image-based medical diagnostics. In addition to… Read more »
International Cooperation Projects 
The BMWK supports bilateral cooperation projects with selected partner countries in the European and international area to a limited extent. On the one hand, this is intended to transfer technological developments to foreign application areas and markets and, on the other, to utilize the specific competencies of research institutions and companies from the respective partner… Read more »
5G Campus Networks 
The declared goal of the German government is to take a leading role as a technology provider in the future communication technology 5G and perspectively 6G at the world’s forefront. The BMWK promotes the increased use of public 5G-based networks and the expansion and use of so-called campus networks for the economy. The wireless networking… Read more »
Strategic Individual Projects
Individual projects are designed to drive forward new and outstanding technologies and solutions that are expected to have a long-term and strategic impact in the ICT sector. These diverse projects have a future-oriented focus and are of particular importance for Germany as a business location.