Archive 2022

The workshop is based on ideas from a joint position paper of the three collaborating »Open Innovations Platform« projects VIPCOAT, OpenModel and MUSICODE. Our colleague Dr. Peter Klein from the division »Optimization« will be present on site as part of the workshop committee.

The herCAREER-Expo supports women in their professional environment. The trade fair stands for gender equality: Whether entering or advancing in a job or founding a company – the herCAREER-Expo offers numerous opportunities for a direct exchange of experiences with experts and personalities from business, science, culture, politics, and the media. Our colleague Elisabeth Wagner-Weig from the Human Resources Department will represent the Fraunhofer ITWM on site. In addition, other Fraunhofer Institutes will be represented.

In our Math Talent School, female students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in workshops and with individual mentoring, and to work in teams on real applied math challenges.

Dr. Matthias Herzog (Debeka)« and our colleague Dr. Stefan Mai from the Management Team »Produktinformationsstelle Altersvorsorge« (»Product Information Office for Retirement Provision«) at Fraunhofer ITWM, will give a german tandem lecture followed by a discussion on the topic »Transparency Initiative – Making bAV Products More Comparable«.

The conference will focus on new testing methods in combination with numerical simulation, issues related to the value chain and the sustainable development of components up to the end of life of the components. Our colleagues Dr. Michael Burger and Dr. Michael Speckert from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« will be present with a booth and a presentation.

Prof. Dr. Ralf Korn, Consultant at our Institute and Founder of the Department »Financial Mathematics« and Dr. Stefan Mai, Business Area Developer »Retirement Provision and Life Insurance« and Customer Management of the Department »Financial Mathematics« give a tandem lecture on the topic »Solvency Capital Estimation with Linear Regressions and Neural Networks«.

We will be on site with our experts Benjamin Bauer and Dr. Joachim Linn from our division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering«. They will give presentations on topics with a focus on »Simulation of Flexible Structures and Virtual Product Development in the Digital Automotive Factory«.

The conference is aimed at specialists and managers from insurance companies. It offers insights into the data-driven transformation of the insurance industry and highlights areas for action. Dominik Loroch from the »High Performance Computing« division, together with two representatives of the GENERALI insurance company, will give a presentation entitled »Use (this Solvency II) Case! NASaaS trifft auf Least Squares Monte Carlo«.

»K« is the world's leading trade fair and leading business platform for the plastics and rubber industry. Here, representatives of industry and research from all over the world present innovative perspectives and solutions for the future. Our ITWM-colleague Dr. Joachim Jonuscheit from the department »Material Characterization and Testing« will represent us on site, at the Fraunhofer joint booth (hall 7.0, booth SC01). Terahertz measurement technology will be presented as a means of non-destructive testing and paint thickness measurement on plastics (pipes) and paints.

The Technology Day of the Fraunhofer Business Unit »Vision« offers an overview of the spectrum of practice-relevant technologies in image processing and optical metrology and reflects the current state of the art. A team of our experts from the department »Image Processing« will be on site with a presentation entitled »Structure of Surface Inspection Systems and Aspects of Image Evaluation« and an exhibit on the topic of »Robot-Supported Inspection Planning and Surface Inspection«.