Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems

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Fraunhofer Institute for
Open Communication Systems
Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
Institute building in Charlottenburg Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Fraunhofer Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Seat of the wearer: Munich
Facility location: Berlin-Charlottenburg
Type of research: Applied research
Subjects: Engineering
Areas of expertise: Information and communicationtechnology
Basic funding: Federal government (90%), states (10%)
Management: Manfred Hauswirth
Employee: about 450
Homepage: www.fokus.fraunhofer.de

The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS is a facility of the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research eV The institute is based in Berlin (Charlottenburg), its activities are assigned to applied research and development in the field of information and communication technology. The institute is headed by Manfred Hauswirth . Manfred Hauswirth also holds a professorship at the Technical University of Berlin , Department of Distributed Open Systems.

History and present

The research institute for open communication systems FOKUS was founded in 1988 as an institute of the former Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung GmbH (GMD) . Since the merger of GMD and Fraunhofer in July 2001, FOKUS has been an institute of the Fraunhofer Society. In 2012 the three ICT institutes FOKUS, FIRST and ISST-Berlin were merged under the name Fraunhofer FOKUS. In October 2014 Manfred Hauswirth became the managing director of the institute. On January 1st, 2015 Ina Schieferdecker was appointed to the institute's management. On October 1, 2019, Ina Schieferdecker will leave Fraunhofer FOKUS due to her appointment as head of department at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) .

Research priorities

The focus is on the practice-oriented research and implementation of digital networking. Fraunhofer FOKUS supports commercial enterprises and public administrations in the design of digital change through research services ranging from requirements analysis to consulting, feasibility studies, technology development to prototypes and pilots. With its business areas, Fraunhofer FOKUS covers many areas that are necessary for the development of ICT-based infrastructures in networked environments.

Fraunhofer FOKUS is a neutral partner for companies and public administrations who is active in many international standardization bodies and implements interoperable, domain-specific, but also cross-domain solutions. The basis for this are laboratory and simulation environments in which technologically and organizationally complex applications based on new technologies can be implemented, tested and certified, whereby development and test processes are used that are also developed in-house.

So was u. a. developed the SIP protocol at Fraunhofer FOKUS , which has become the standard for Voice-over-IP and Internet telephony . In addition, Fraunhofer FOKUS significantly supported the introduction of the new ID card in Germany in 2010.

Business areas

The organizational basis of the institute is formed by business areas:

  • "Automotive Services and Communication Technologies" (ASCT) develops services and applications for traffic safety and efficiency based on the data exchange between vehicles and infrastructure (V2X and 5G).
  • ESPRI deals with networking and the secure exchange of information for the safety and health of people.
  • "Digital Public Services" (DPS) supports the strategic implementation of interoperable and secure ICT solutions in public spaces and in public administration.
  • "Future Applications and Media" (FAME) develops web technologies with a focus on Smart TV and interactive, personalized media applications.
  • "Software-based Networks" (NGNI) is working with a view to 5G on flexible software-based communication platforms via convergent network infrastructures for the realization of Smart City and Industry 4.0 applications.
  • "System Quality Center" (SQC) ensures quality and reliability across domains in the transformation process to digital networked systems.
  • "Visual Computing" (VISCOM) creates real-time capable algorithms for visualization, tracking, data fusion and interaction for assistance systems and user interfaces that intuitively support users in their activities.

Infrastructure

In 2019 the institute employed 450 people, including 170 students and interns. The budget in 2019 had a volume of 33 million euros. 23.2 million euros were spent on personnel, material costs were 8.3 million and investments were 0.9 million euros. Fraunhofer FOKUS generates around 80 percent of its budget from orders from industry and the public sector.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fraunhofer Society: Fraunhofer in Berlin and Brandenburg . Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 23, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fraunhofer-in-berlin.de
  2. ↑ a b c Fraunhofer FOKUS: About FOKUS . Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 23, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fokus.fraunhofer.de
  3. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS | Head of Institute - Prof. Dr. Manfred Hauswirth. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
  4. ^ TU Berlin: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professorships: Manfred Hauswirth . Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  5. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS: Prof. Manfred Hauswirth becomes the new director of the Fraunhofer FOKUS . September 12, 2014. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fokus.fraunhofer.de
  6. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS: Prof. Ina Schieferdecker appointed to the institute management of Fraunhofer FOKUS . January 12th, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4th, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fokus.fraunhofer.de
  7. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS | Ina Schieferdecker is moving to the BMBF. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ FOCUS online: Federal eagle with chip under the wing . October 18, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS: Organization . Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 23, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fokus.fraunhofer.de
  10. ↑ Fraunhofer FOKUS Organization: Facts and Figures Accessed April 2, 2020.

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 33.9 ″  N , 13 ° 18 ′ 51.9 ″  E