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Digital Transformation

  • Contains interesting solutions for the ongoing development of digital systems
  • Sheds light on the particular challenges of digitization
  • Provides an insight into the current work of the largest applied research organization in Europe

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. Digitization – Areas of Application and Research Objectives

    • Sophie Hippmann, Raoul Klingner, Miriam Leis
    Pages 9-17
  3. Virtual Reality in Media and Technology

    • Dieter W. Fellner
    Pages 19-41
  4. Video Data Processing

    • Karsten Müller, Heiko Schwarz, Peter Eisert, Thomas Wiegand
    Pages 43-62
  5. Audio Codecs

    • Karlheinz Brandenburg, Christoph Sladeczek
    Pages 63-77
  6. Digital Radio

    • Albert Heuberger
    Pages 79-85
  7. 5G Data Transfer at Maximum Speed

    • Ronald Freund, Thomas Haustein, Martin Kasparick, Kim Mahler, Julius Schulz-Zander, Lars Thiele et al.
    Pages 87-107
  8. International Data Spaces

    • Boris Otto, Michael ten Hompel, Stefan Wrobel
    Pages 109-128
  9. EMOIO Research Project

    • Wilhelm Bauer, Mathias Vukelić
    Pages 129-144
  10. Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance

    • Bernhard Müller
    Pages 145-169
  11. Future Work Lab

    • Wilhelm Bauer, Moritz Hämmerle, Thomas Bauernhansl, Thilo Zimmermann
    Pages 171-187
  12. Cyber-Physical Systems

    • Welf-Guntram Drossel, Steffen Ihlenfeldt, Tino Langer, Roman Dumitrescu
    Pages 189-213
  13. “Go Beyond 4.0” Lighthouse Project

    • Thomas Otto
    Pages 215-229
  14. Cognitive Systems and Robotics

    • Christian Bauckhage, Thomas Bauernhansl, Jürgen Beyerer, Jochen Garcke
    Pages 231-251
  15. Fraunhofer Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Alliance

    • Stefan Wrobel, Dirk Hecker
    Pages 253-264
  16. Safety and Security

    • Claudia Eckert, Michael Waidner
    Pages 265-283
  17. Fault-Tolerant Systems

    • Stefan Hiermaier, Benjamin Scharte
    Pages 285-300
  18. Blockchain

    • Wolfgang Prinz, Thomas Rose, Thomas Osterland, Clemens Putschli
    Pages 301-309
  19. E-Health

    • Horst Hahn, Andreas Schreiber
    Pages 311-334

About this book

With the exception of written letters and personal conversations, digital technology forms the basis of nearly every means of communication and information that we use today. It is also used to control the essential elements of economic, scientific, and public and private life: security, production, mobility, media, and healthcare. Without exaggerating it is possible to say that digital technology has become one of the foundations of our technologically oriented civilization.


The benefits of modern data technology are so impressive and the potential for future applications so enormous that we cannot fail to promote its development if we are to retain our leading role in the competitive international marketplace. In this process, security plays a vital role in each of the areas of application of digital technology — the more technological sectors are entrusted to data systems technology, the more important their reliability becomes to us.


Developing digital systems further while simultaneously ensuring that they always act and respond in the best interests of people is a central goal of the technological research and development propagated and conducted by Fraunhofer. 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Zentrale der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany

    Reimund Neugebauer

About the editor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reimund Neugebauer is the tenth president of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. He took office on October 1, 2012 and is responsible for the board area of management policy and research.

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eBook USD 129.00
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