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In Rhineland-Palatinate, the incidence of infection was investigated using wastewater analyses and the representative cohort study »SentiSurv«. The data obtained provides valuable insights for the early detection of waves of infection and the development of targeted health prevention measures.

What challenges does the healthcare sector face? And how can mathematics help? In this interview, Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Küfer and his deputy Dr. Alexander Scherrer talk about their work in the »Optimization in the Life Sciences« department and the progress made so far.

The interdisciplinary program called MIMO – Mathematics of Interdisciplinary Multiobjective Optimization – offers doctoral students the opportunity to combine mathematics and engineering sciences. 

The Fraunhofer ITWM suceeded in bringing such a Research Training Group to Kaiserslautern.

A team from our division »Optimization« is researching sustainable and climate-friendly production and recycling methods for new materials together with partners in the EU project DigiPass. The project promotes the exchange of digital material data between industry and research in order to establish a digital material and product passport.

Until now, the raw materials for synthetic rubber have largely been obtained from fossil sources. Four Fraunhofer Institutes are now tapping into alternative, bio-based raw material sources in the project »NaMoKau«.

The article, which appeared in the magazine »CITplus«, reports on the international workshop »Mathematical Methods in Process Industry«, which took place at our institute and was organized by the High Performance Center.

Our experts will present the results of their work in the projcet »KI_WOOD« at the conference with their poster on the topic of »AI-Based Wood Species Detection in Paper and Fiber Materials for the Control of Global Deforestation«.

The event shows how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics can contribute to making everyday care easier, both now and in the future.

Dr Alexander Scherrer, Deputy Head of the department »Optimization in the Life Sciences«, will be on site and give a lecture entitled »Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Nursing – Potentials and Limitations«.