2023

With the specialist conference »Risk Management and Capital Investment in Insurance 2022«, the »Versicherungsforen Leipzig« are organising an opportunity for specialists and managers from insurance companies to further their education through numerous lectures. Prof. Dr. Ralf Korn and Dr. Stefan Mai from the department »Financial Mathematics« give a tandem lecture on the topic »Solvency Capital Estimation with Linear Regressions and Neural Networks«.

Paul Gavrikov from the Hochschule Offenburg, Institute for Machine Learning and Analytics (IMLA) will present a talk on the topic »Can We Train CNNs Without Ever Learning Filters?«.

Machine and Deep Learning Seminar: Julia Grabinski from the division »High Performance Computing« at Fraunhofer ITWM will give a digital talk about the topic »Robust Models Are Less Over-Confident«.

About once a year, our department »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« offers a three-day seminar on the topic of »Load Data – Analysis, Design and Simulation«. The event is aimed at, among others, the target group of calculators and test engineers. [Only available in German.]

With Control, suppliers and users have a specialist event at their disposal which illuminates all aspects in theory and presents the current global range of usable technologies, processes, products and system solutions for industrial quality assurance in practice. We will be present with experts from our departments »Material Characterization and Testing« and »Image Processing«.

Machine and Deep Learning Seminar: Paula Harder from the division »High Performance Computing« at Fraunhofer ITWM will give a digital talk on the topic »Physics-Constrained Deep Learning for Climate Downscaling«.

Our course will help you gain a deeper understanding of the image processing workflow for industrial solutions. We cover the basics of image processing, including image enhancement, image restoration, image segmentation, and image analysis using ToolIP. Overall, this course will help you gain the basic knowledge and expertise you need to effectively use ToolIP for image processing in both industrial and research settings.

The online event series »Digitalization in District Heating – Software & Tools for District Heating Applications« offers a format in which companies can present themselves and district heating utilities can obtain information quickly and compactly. Our colleagues Dr. Jan Mohring, Dr. Matthias Eimer and Johanna Heidrich from the department »Transport Processes« will give a presentation entitled »Dynamic Simulation and Optimization with AD-Net District Heating«.

The annual meeting offers interested parties a platform for exchanging information on the latest research in this innovative field. A team from our department »Materials Characterization and Testing« will present on-site the Electronic Terahertz Measurement (ETM) technique, which is applied for example to aircraft domes (radome).

The NAFEMS World Conference 2023 is a worldwide community which focuses on engineering simulation and allows experts from different industries and technologies to exchange ideas. Our colleague Dr. Matthias Kabel, deputy head of the department »Flow and Material Simulation« will hold a lecture titled »Bending Simulations of CFRP Laminates«.

Machine and Deep Learning Seminar: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Dorer from Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Machine Learning and Analytics (IMLA) will give a digital lecture on »Deep Reinforcement Learning«.

This year we will have a booth at the fair where we will present our work. Additionally, one of our experts, Dr. Petra Gospodnetić, will give a talk on site about her work in the areas of »Image Processing« and »Machine Vision and Machine Learning«.

ISC High Performance 2023 is an international conference and exhibition that promotes the growth of a global high-performance computing community of technology providers and users. Our colleague Dr. Franz-Josef Pfreundt, Chief Strategy Officer of our division »High Performance Computing«, represents Fraunhofer ITWM on site together with a team of colleagues at an own exhibition booth.

[This event has been cancelled] The availability of rich vehicle data has been increasing strongly for years - on the one hand, there are historical data sets from measurement campaigns and fleet observations, and on the other hand, modern vehicles in companies are recording more and more driving data. record more and more driving data. The aim of this seminar is to teach basic methods, procedures and techniques from the fields of data analysis and machine learning and to show how these can improve the vehicle development process using selected examples.

The Battery Show is one of the meeting points for the European battery community to exchange information about the latest developments and innovations. For our institute, Dr. Konrad Steiner, head of the department »Flow and Material Simulation«, will be present together with a team at the booth of the Fraunhofer Battery Alliance. Dr. Jochen Zausch will give a presentation at the conference there.

E-world energy & water is the industry meeting place for the European energy industry. The topics of E-world 2023 are sustainable technologies, intelligent services and approaches for achieving climate targets. An expert team from the departments »System Analysis, Prognosis and Control« and »Financial Mathematics« will present their research in the energy industry.

We will be present at the VI-Grade ZERO PROTOTYPES SUMMIT with our experts Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Burkhart and Alberto Tanzi of our division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« with a booth.

Machine and Deep Learning Seminar: Ricard Durall Lopez from the division »High Performance Computing« at Fraunhofer ITWM will give a digital lecture on »Deep Learning for Seismic Applications«.

The Bonding Kaiserslautern – an initiative for students, organizes an excursion to the Fraunhofer ITWM on May 25, 2023. The offer is addressed to all interested students who would like to have a look behind the scenes of a research institute. During the tour, there will be the possibility to see the laboratories inside the institute and to get to know different projects during lectures.

In the webinar, speakers from the LIFE ECOTRAVID project consortium will provide information about the Virtual Measurement Campaign (VMC) software they have used to develop web services for consumption-optimized route planning for global freight transport. Our colleagues Dr. Michael Speckert and Thomas Halfmann from »Mathematics for Vehicle Development« will present on several topics of the webinar.

M2P 2023 is a platform to discuss the promotion of current and emerging trends in industry, sustainability and innovation. Our colleagues Chaitanya Sanghavi from the department »Transport Processes« and Dr. Alexander Leichner from the department »Flow and Material Simulation« will each give a lecture on site.

The Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) is an association for the promotion of scientific work. Our colleagues from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering«, the department »Flow and Material Simulation« and the department »Transport Processes« will be present with several talks.

We are participating in the Fraunhofer Battery Days - industry-specific networking event - on the topic of »Fast Charging Capability for Electromobility«. Our colleagues Dr. Jochen Zausch and Falco Schneider from the department »Flow and Material Simulation« are organizing one of the interactive workshop »Market Stalls« on various topics.

EAGE is the largest geoscience event in the world. The conference and trade exhibition presents the latest developments in geophysics, geology and oil and gas engineering. Our experts from the division »High Performance Computing« are on site to present the latest developments in seismic data processing.

Prof. Dr. Jan Sijbers from the University of Antwerp will give a guest lecture in English at Fraunhofer ITWM with the title »Dynamic X-Ray Computed Tomography: Challenges and Solutions«. The event is organized by the Center of Excellence Simulation and Software-based Innovation.

Machine and Deep Learning Seminar: Dominik Lorochz from the division »High Performance Computing« at Fraunhofer ITWM will hold a digital lecture on »Neural Architecture Search«.

ITMA is the largest international trade show for textile and apparel technology, showcasing innovations that help textile and apparel manufacturers transform and grow their businesses. There will also be opportunities to share knowledge and network with industry leaders during presentations. Our colleagues from the department »Transport Processes« will be on site with various topics and a presentation.

The event will take place on November 22, 2023. In the joint project »EnerQuant: Energy Economics Fundamental Modeling with Quantum Algorithms«, our researchers from the department »Financial Mathematics« and the area »High Performance Computing« use advantages of quantum computing for the energy industry. We will present the results of this work in the workshop.

MESHFREE can be used to simulate a wide range of situations as it efficiently adapts to moving geometry elements such as mixer agitators or the movement of free surfaces. In the course, participants will learn how MESHFREE can be used to simulate and analyze the paths that water takes when crossing a vehicle or when exposed to rain.

ees Europe is the international trade fair for batteries and energy storage systems. Under the motto »Innovating energy storage«, the event brings together all stakeholders of innovative battery technologies and sustainable solutions for renewable energy storage such as green hydrogen and power-to-gas applications. Our team »Green by IT« from the »High Performance Computing» division will be on site with an exhibition booth.