Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT

Online Annual Report 2024

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Training courses on the professional use of generative AI

In 2024, Fraunhofer FIT launched a series of professional training courses on Generative AI and Large Language Models.

  • GenAI and Data Protection
  • GenAI Days – Integrating Generative AI into Business Processes
  • Experience Generative AI
  • Human-AI Teaming 
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Professional for Digital Strategy – a training course in cooperation with Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

It is designed for specialists and managers seeking to enhance their skills in developing and implementing human-centered digitalization strategies. This course is held online and can be taken alongside a full-time job.

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Christoph Lange-Bever testified to the Bundestag Digital Committee on data spaces

In his testimony at the committee meeting on Innovative Data Policy: Potential and Challenges, Lange-Bever outlined the basic operating principle of data spaces as decentralized data infrastructures. Lange-Bever's presentation sparked a lively discussion. There he pointed out that data spaces are the key to secure, decentralized, and trustworthy data exchange between organizations, ensuring both data use and data protection.

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MEDICA 2024: Data space for sharing images to classify open wounds

The solution FIT presented is an essential building block for securely exchanging data and improving the performance of a neural network for classifying open wounds while preserving the data owner's sovereignty. Fraunhofer FIT also presented a data space for oncology data.

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Finale of the 5G Troisdorf IndustrieStadtpark project

It offered comprehensive insight into the project results and the potential of an industrial metaverse with 5G mobile communications. The event featured the presentation of several functional prototypes developed in the project, showcasing the potential of 5G technology to transform industrial practices.

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The AI for Animal Welfare in Slaughter project developed automated video monitoring of pigs

The project partners Tierwohl-KI UG, Müller Group, elanyo GmbH, and Fraunhofer FIT worked closely together to improve animal welfare in slaughterhouses. The focus of the software development was on using artificial intelligence for the automated monitoring of pigs entering the slaughterhouse.

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Study examines social, environmental and health impacts of a transport transition

To help answer the question of how to design a transport transition that is socially equitable and reduces environmental pollution, the study quantifies the fiscal effects and assesses the social, environmental and health impacts of 33 transport policy options for Germany up to 2030. 

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Concept for a Digital Twin of the European Electricity System

The TwinEU project was launched in January 2024. Its project consortium, led by the Fraunhofer Center Digital Energy, is one of the largest in the Horizon Europe program. In March 2025, the project hosted an initial public online workshop to discuss early results with key external stakeholders. Around 100 people took part in the event.

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Current projects

Digital Energy

Digital Health

Digital Sustainability

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Human-Centered Engineering & Design

Cooperation Systems

Microsimulation & Econometric Data Analysis

Business & Information Systems Engineering