Fraunhofer IAO | Digital Business
Fraunhofer IAO | Digital Business

Research

Unlocking digitalization potential | Using Artificial Intelligence and IT technologies in a beneficial manner | Implementing of process and product innovations successfully

 

Keywords such as digitalization, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence are representative of the rapid development in the field of information technology. Smart IT solutions and methods form the basis for tapping digitization potential and successfully implementing process and product innovations.

In numerous research projects, the Digital Business research division develops and tests how new software systems and algorithms based on big data, artificial intelligence and quantum computing can increase value creation in companies, for example through automation, decision support, analyses and forecasts.

Projects

Potentials of Generative AI for SMEs
AutoQML
AI Innovation Center »Learning Systems and Cognitive Robotics«
IEDS - Incentives and Economics of Data Sharing
KI-ULTRA
AI for processing customer inquiries in medical technology
SEQUOIA
SmartAIwork
Competence Center Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg (KQCBW)
Cloud Mall Baden-Württemberg
SMECS - smart energy communities
The SME 4.0 Competence Center in Stuttgart

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Digitalization and transformation

Research projects in the field of digitization are aimed at identifying and evaluating the opportunities and potentials of digitization and shaping them in a demand-oriented manner.

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Artificial Intelligence and data-based automation

The promising field of artificial intelligence opens up a wide range of research opportunities, since intelligent systems and solutions are used in many areas.

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Digital service systems and platforms

In numerous research projects, we analyse the potential of cloud technologies, smart products and AI for the digitalisation of business processes, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Among other things, we study data-based service systems and new business models such as equipment-as-a-service.

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Business software and process optimization

Research projects in the field of business software and process optimization provide important insights into what makes companies competitive and sustainable. Economic, technical and organizational questions are examined in order to identify challenges and to overcome them with companies.

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Quantum Computing

With application-oriented research for the next generation of high-performance computers, we aim to successfully shape the crucial future technology of quantum computing. We develop, simulate, and demonstrate software solutions, algorithms, and tools, addressing the question of how companies can use quantum computers beneficially in the future.