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Safetronic 2022
Here's the final agenda – take a look!

Registration for this year's Safetronic (November 8 - 9, 2022) has already started. Save your ticket now and take advantage of the early bird rate until October 10. Safetronic will again be organized as a hybrid conference.

October 6, 2022

The story of resilience, Part 1
Understanding resilience

Resilience is a key ingredient for lifting cars, industrial manufacturing and medical devices to the next level. It is far more than a fancier synonym of dependability. And the aspect that resilience is standing for is essential for building cognitive systems. That's why resilience is the focus of a new series on the Safe Intelligence Blog. In the first part, we will look behind the term and clarify why resilience is so important and why it is more than just a synonym for dependability.

Cognitive systems

September 29, 2022

Cloud
13 typical pitfalls when adopting cloud technologies

Software development is a comparatively young, but complex and quickly evolving field. One of the more recent additions to the common portfolio of software architects is cloud technologies. In general terms, cloud technologies decouple software and the resources required for running. This allows services provided by the software to be quickly scaled according to demand. Nevertheless, there are several pitfalls that can be encountered when integrating cloud technologies into your software architecture.

Cognitive systems

August 18, 2022

Portrait Narges Ahmidi
»Being surrounded with dedicated smart people is rewarding«

Striving for excellence in scientific research on trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI), Dr. Narges Ahmidi also aims to encourage young female scientists to enter science and become leaders.

AI in medicine

Employee portraits

August 11, 2022

Events
Safety Season at Fraunhofer IKS

Safety will be the topic of focus at Fraunhofer IKS from September to November. Three events with different focal points will address the topic of safety in connection with complex software systems in various industries, primarily autonomous cognitive systems.

July 28, 2022

Medicine
Improving intensive care with artificial intelligence

Hospital staff usually suffer from enormous workloads and staff shortages, especially in intensive care units. This has consequences for patients, particularly when facing the prospect of multi-organ failure. In the future, Artificial Intelligence (AI) aims to enhance the application of a clinical multi-organ support system to further optimize patient treatment.

AI in medicine

June 29, 2022

Safetronic 2022
“The variety of abstracts submitted truly covers the entire scope”

22 abstracts were submitted for this year’s Safetronic conference (November 8–9, 2022), with the Program Committee selecting the best of them. Simon Fürst, Cooperation Management Automated Driving at BMW Group, Munich, and Conference Co-chair, explains the topics Safetronic will focus on as well as the highlights visitors can expect.

Autonomous driving

June 22, 2022

Online Seminar
Safe Intelligence for Laboratories: a »prediction magic«

While many current CDS expert systems (Clinical Decision Support) in laboratories are being criticized due to difficulty in scaling, constant review from the medical perspective and limited data cases, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a highly plausible alternative. »Safe Intelligence for Laboratories«, a webinar hosted by Fraunhofer IKS, focused on the cases and challenges of AI in laboratories from the perspectives of both industry and patients.

Artificial intelligence

June 14, 2022

Machine learning
Out-of-distribution detection for reinforcement learning

How can intelligent systems learn to perform tasks – and do so simply by interacting with their environment? This is the subject of reinforcement learning, a subfield of machine learning. Problems occur primarily when situations arise that the system is not yet familiar with.

Artificial intelligence

Institute buildup/expansion

April 28, 2022

Out-of-distribution detection
Is it all a cluster game? A sneak peak into OOD detection problems

Can deep neural networks in image processing reliably recognize new, unknown test patterns? First considerations for different methods — especially for safety-critical applications.

Artificial intelligence

Institute buildup/expansion

April 6, 2022

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