Berlin-based group of institutes celebrate some special birthdays

The Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics has some celebrating to do – three of its Berlin-based institutes will have a significant anniversary this year. Fraunhofer IZM will turn 25, Fraunhofer FOKUS turned 30, and Fraunhofer HHI can look back on as many as 90 years of institute history. Congratulations!

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Fraunhofer HHI in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg has been closely tied to the Technical University of Berlin since its foundation.
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Fraunhofer FOKUS, also located in Charlottenburg, has around 420 employees.
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In addition to the site in the Berlin district of Wedding, there is also the Fraunhofer IZM division in Dresden – known as Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID.

Researching for tomorrow’s digital society

On February 22, the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, HHI, marked its 90th birthday. At a Technology Innovation Science Match, leading scientists presented their ideas and concepts for tomorrow’s technologies. In this, its anniversary year, Fraunhofer HHI looks back at highlights of the institute’s history in weekly news reports. Today, Fraunhofer HHI is a world leader in the research of mobile and optical communication networks and systems, as well as fiber-optic sensor systems. In its 90-year history, the institute has made contributions that include setting standards in the exploration and encoding of video signals and in image data processing.

 

 

 

 

Designing a networked future

The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS was founded in 1988 under the name “Research Center for Open Communication Systems”. It supports business and public administration in designing and implementing digital transformation. As a world-leading research institute in the area of information and communication technology, it is concerned with practice-oriented implementation of digital networking. Under the slogan “Digitalization and beyond”, a conference to mark the institute’s 30th anniversary was held in Berlin on March 21 and 22. Some of the topics covered were “Digital society,” “Digital security”, and “Digital value creation”.

 

 

 

 

“Impossible electronics” celebrates its birthday

On November 27, 2018, the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin will celebrate its 25th anniversary. The institute is considered the first port of call worldwide for developing electronics to the limit and integrating electronics into manufacturing processes for tomorrow’s products. It was the birthplace of unusual developments such as the world’s smallest camera, modules for the fastest Internet connection, and stretchable textiles for an electronic invisibility cloak. Without the institute’s work, the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson would not have been possible. In short, a superlative success story is celebrating its first quarter of a century.

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