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Here you can find all the news about the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS.

New department "Quantum-enhanced AI"

Fraunhofer IKS has had a new department since the beginning of 2023: "Quantum-enhanced AI". It researches how quantum computing can support AI-based systems. The new department is headed by PD Dr. habil. Jeanette Miriam Lorenz.

To enable companies to quickly benefit from quantum computing, the department offers a workshop that can be customized to the company in question. More information can be found in our workshop flyer.

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Complexity and uncertainty in the safety assurance and regulation of automated driving

Together with the University of York, Fraunhofer IKS has published a white paper presenting a new approach to assure the safety of cognitive cyber-physical systems (CPS), including automated driving systems.

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White paper

Safe AI. How is this possible?

How is it possible to develop safe software systems based on artificial intelligence? As simple as the question sounds, a comprehensive answer would be complex. Therefore, the white paper "Safe AI - How is it possible?" focuses on the technical design and the engineering principles of safe AI-based systems.

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Information on the new building in Garching

Fraunhofer IKS is getting a new institute building at the Fraunhofer campus in Garching near Munich. The groundbreaking ceremony with Bavaria's Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger in October marked the official start of construction. On our new building page you will find all information about the construction progress in German.

Construction page (German)

19.10.2022

Delegation visit from Africa

Fraunhofer IKS hosted a delegation from Africa. The visit was in connection with the Bavarian Africa Forum 2022, which was organized by the Bavarian Chambers of Industry and Commerce, the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad in Africa and the Bavarian State Chancellery. At Fraunhofer IKS, the participants received an introduction from institute director Mario Trapp as well as three project presentations focusing on industry and automotive.

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Testing AI models for robustness online

Fraunhofer IKS brings together safety and artificial intelligence (AI): A new application assesses the reliability of artificial intelligence at the push of a button. The application tests the robustness of the results of their AI model. The new platform uses metrics for uncertainty and robustness quantification to assess the reliability of the analyses of the tested AI models.

Testing AI models online

Events

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Fair / 27.-30.06.2023

automatica 2023

As the world’s leading trade fair for smart automation and robotics, automatica brings together all key technologies in the technology hub of Munich. This makes it a meeting point for constructive and visionary exchange between industrial, research and political representatives.

Meet Fraunhofer IKS at its booth in hall 5 / A5.129.

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Fair / 27.-30.06.2023

LASER "World of QUANTUM" 2023

LASER World of PHOTONICS, is the world's leading trade fair for photonics components, systems and applications. This year, World of QUANTUM, the International Trade Fair for Quantum Technologies, will once again be held in parallel to it.

There, Fraunhofer IKS will present its activities in the field of quantum computing.

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Conference / 15.-16.11.2023

Safetronic 2023

For the third time, the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems will again host the international conference »Safetronic« 2023. It holistically addresses the safety of road vehicles and all related aspects, including but not limited to functional safety, SOTIF, cybersecurity, safety-in-use and others.

The Call for Papers is online now!

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All events

You find all events of Fraunhofer IKS on our event overview.

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Papers

Here you find the latest papers and publications written by our scientists.

Is it all a cluster game?

It is essential for safety-critical applications of deep neural networks to determine when new inputs are significantly different from the training distribution. This paper explores this out-of-distribution (OOD) detection problem for image classification using clusters of semantically similar embeddings of the training data and exploit the differences in distance relationships to these clusters between in- and out-of-distribution data.

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Beyond Test Accuracy: The Effects of Model Compression on CNNs

Model compression is widely employed to deploy convolutional neural networks on devices with limited computational resources or power limitations. For high stakes applications, it is, however, important that compression techniques do not impair the safety of the system. This paper investigates the changes introduced by three compression methods that go beyond the test accuracy.

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Out-Of-Distribution Detection Transformer

A serious problem in image classification is that a trained model might perform well for input data that originates from the same distribution as the data available for model training but performs much worse for out-of-distribution (OOD) samples. This paper proposes a first-of-its-kind OOD detection architecture named OODformer that leverages the contextualization capabilities of the transformer.

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All publications

On our publications page you find all scientific publications, but also the entire list of publications of Fraunhofer IKS, current white papers as well as the annual report and our videos.

Publications

Safe Intelligence Blog

These are our latest blog posts:

Concept-based Models / 17.4.2023

How visual concepts help to understand an AI’s decision

Modern AI models have demonstrated remarkable capabilities on various computer vision tasks such as image classification. Their decision-making process, though, remains mostly opaque (black box problem). This can be particularly problematic for safety-critical applications like medical imaging or autonomous driving.

visual concepts

Artificial Intelligence / 27.3.2023

How constraint-aware models can make industrial operations safe and efficient

Achieving safety with AI systems requires a comprehensive and collaborative approach, including technical, ethical, and regulatory considerations. A central aspect is designing AI systems that comply with safety requirements defined in constraints.

constraint-aware models

The Parallel World of Digital Twins / 20.2.2023

The Parallel World of Digital Twins

Digital twins are designed with the goal to create precise replicas of our physical world, but how exactly are they being used? For example, in medicine, vehicle construction and industrial production? Read on to find out.

Digital Twins

Safe Intelligence Blog

On our Safe Intelligence Blog you find blog articles about the technical topics of Fraunhofer IKS. In addition, you can learn more about our employees and the way we work at the institute. Read on directly.

Please note: Most blog articles are in German.

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Vacancies

You want to accompany the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS on its way? Then we look forward to receiving your application!

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