Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM

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With its annual report, every Fraunhofer Institute regularly reports on its work. In addition to figures and facts, the annual report of the Fraunhofer ITWM also provides insights into exciting projects with our customers and partners. It also reports on many interesting news of the last year.

 

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Latest Annual Report 2023/24

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Annual Report 2023/2024

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Annual Report 2023/24

Mathematics as a Key to Health

Editorial Prof. Dr. Anita Schöbel, Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM

Dear readers,

»Health« is the main topic of our annual report this year. Health is said to be the greatest good. Hardly a day goes by without us thinking or talking about our own health or the physical and mental health of people close to our hearts – or reflexively wishing someone »Good health!«. 

 

Mathematics as a Key to Health

Mathematics can improve health: our research has been helping to improve medical care for many years. We have used mathematics to initiate major advances in radiotherapy, played a key role in planning vaccine production against COVID-19, optimized the production of personalized pharmaceuticals and recently contributed to the development of an app for assessing one’s own mental resilience and an energy-efficient chip for detecting atrial fibrillation.

At our institute we are working on exciting health-related research projects, particularly many of them in our division »Optimization«, which is why we have created a separate department there. »Optimization in the Life Sciences« focuses on projects in medicine, healthcare and social sector and medical technology. Our mathematics supports decision-making and helps to optimize processes. You can find out more about this new department in the cover story of this annual report.

Annual Report Cover 2023/2024: Mathematics as a Key to Health
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Annual Report Cover 2023/2024: Mathematics as a Key to Health

Carrying out Socially Relevant Research Work

Working as a mathematician is versatile! This is demonstrated by the numerous projects we present in our annual report: We look at energy, digitalization, process engineering, mobility and quantum computing – all important topics of our time and relevant to society. This aspect is very important to many of our employees and they choose to work for us for precisely this reason. This is one of the insights we gained from our employee survey in 2023. 

Leading the Way in Transfer to Industrial Application

A lot has happened since we were founded in 1996. We have grown from just about 60 employees back then to over 550 employees today. We look back with pride on what has been achieved here in Kaiserslautern. We have succeeded in developing our scientific discipline – mathematics – into an »enabling technology« for almost all economically relevant fields of technology. Our annual report reflects this to some extent. And this is also confirmed by the auditors who accompanied us through our strategy process last year. In their report, they write: »The Fraunhofer ITWM is a pioneer and role model for numerous initiatives in Germany and Europe. In the unanimous opinion of all auditors, it is the world’s leading institute for the transfer of mathematical research into industrial applications.« We are all proud of this and I am delighted to give you an insight into our research and project work in the 2023/24 annual report. I hope you enjoy reading it and invite you to get in touch with the contacts listed for further information!

Kind regards
Prof. Dr. Anita Schöbel