New Spaces for Data and People –30 years of Fraunhofer ISST
Annual report 2022

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Introduction

Dear readers,
Research needs a broad perspective. It must deal with thecurrent challenges and work out the best solution for the
future. In order to be able to fulfill this mission, good working
conditions are needed that literally offer space for creativity
and open the view for new perspectives. We are very pleased
that we have been able to experience such an environment
with vision in real terms in our new building, the so-called“lighthouse” in the digital quarter of Dortmund’s river port, fora few months now. Our Speicherstraße space is a location thatoffers the capacities and attractiveness we need to be positioned as an institute for the future.
But it was not only the move that kept us busy in 2022: This
year we also celebrated our institute’s 30th anniversary. We
were delighted by the great response from clients, partners andcompanions at our ceremony under the title “New Spaces for
Data and People” on September 8, 2022 at Dortmunder U. It
was a wonderful day — and after the pandemic years, it was agreat feeling to be surrounded by so many people who sharethe same goals as we do.
Together with these many companions, we were able to drive
forward important projects and initiatives last year: Catena-X
revolutionizes the way data is being handled in the automotive industry. The Fair Data Space and the Mobility Data Space
connect research and mobility data at a new level of quality.
Our “Health-X dataLOFT” project sees data from the first andsecond health sectors combined and made usable for better
health care according to Gaia-X standards (see page 23).

The “Data Spaces Support Centre” (DSSC), whose project
office we have the privilege of managing at Fraunhofer ISST,
has been bringing the many data space activities at the European level even closer together since the fall of 2022 and making
experience available across industries. I cordially invite you to
use this center for implementing your own data space projects
and for networking. You will find a detailed article about the
DSSC on page 11 of this annual report.
At this point, I would like to thank all our partners, clients andnetworks who have placed their trust in us over the past year
and continue to do so. Maybe a look at the following pagesof this annual report provides you with inspiration for (further)joint projects. Feel free to contact us. Together, we create innovations from data that sustainably drive digitization in Germany, Europe and the world.

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto
Institute Director

Contents
Introduction ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 2
Highlights 2022 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4
New Spaces for Data and People:
A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary ��������������������������������������� 5
Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC) — Support for sovereign data spaces����������������������������������� 11
Customized solutions based on industry expertise ������������������������������������������������������������������� 13
Data Business business unit ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14
Project highlight: Innovation Lab with German Edge Cloud (GEC) ������������������������������������������������� 17
Healthcare business unit ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 19
Project highlight: Citizens at the center of health data use:
Value-added services from the “Health-X dataLOFT” health data space ������������������������������������� 23
Logistics business unit ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25
Project highlight: The conscious handling of data: Data governance as a success factor
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Our areas of expertise — Gaining a competitive edge through technological know-how�����
Free and open-source software �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Software engineering ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
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Our culture — #thisISSTunning �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
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Studying for a PhD with Fraunhofer ISST �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Women at Fraunhofer ISST �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
The advisory board �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
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Highlights 2022

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“New Spaces for Data and People”: A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary“New Spaces for Data and People”: A
new institute building for the Fraunhofer
ISST on its 30th anniversary
DORTMUND. 30 years after the founding of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST, theinstitute will move to a new location in January 2023, the “lighthouse” in the digital quarter currently under construction in Dortmund’s river harbor. Fraunhofer ISST celebrated this twofold reason for joy with a ceremony on September 8, 2022 in the brewing tower of Dortmunder U. Gathered under the title “New Spaces for Data and People,” thespeakers explained their vision of a social data market economy. Afterwards, the “lighthouse” was inaugurated.

Creating innovations from data is the core mission of the
Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering
ISST, founded in 1992. For years, Fraunhofer ISST has been
one of the pioneers in setting up so-called data spaces. These
data spaces enable “data sovereignty.” Individuals as well as
businesses should be given the chance to retain control over
how their data is used when they share it with others. To dothis, technical and regulatory capabilities are being created

to attach terms of use to the data that is shared with others.
What sounds very abstract has many advantages in practice:
For example, companies that are actually in competition canshare data with the same suppliers. Citizens have the opportunity to regulate the use of their data when dealing with publicauthorities and contractual partners.

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“New Spaces for Data and People”: A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary

Welcoming address by the Minister of Science of the state of North
Rhine-Westphalia Ina Brandes: Digitalspaces with democratic principles

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employees
from Dortmund involvedin projects“Each of us is engaging digitally more andmore, whether in our private or professional
lives,” said Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture
and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. “Data protection and data sovereignty are crucial for the acceptance of digitalofferings. Fraunhofer ISST is working with its
partners to ensure that these basic democratic
principles are implemented better and moresecurely in the digital world.”
From its Dortmund location, the Fraunhofer
ISST’s approximately 150 employees are
involved in projects throughout Europe andinternationally that are aimed at data sovereignty. They are working on the European
data infrastructure “Gaia-X” and are in particularly close contact with the International
Data Spaces Association, which is also basedin Dortmund and aims to build up corporate
networks around data spaces. The institute’s
work focuses on the areas of logistics, data
management and healthcare.

Interoperable data spaces as thefoundation for urgently needed
innovation
Mario Brandenburg, Parliamentary State
Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF), commented:“Data from science and research is the basis of
tomorrow's innovations, which we so urgently
need. They are also the guarantor of technological sovereignty and therefore an integral
part of the German government's data
strategy. The BMBF and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft — in particular the Fraunhofer
Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST — have been working together foryears on the emergence and further development of interoperable data spaces and data
ecosystems. In projects such as the Mobility
Data Space, Catena-X or Fair Data Spaces,
they experience practical implementation invery different industries. I wish the Fraunhofer
ISST the innovative power and commitment
for future research questions that the institute demonstrates in the International Data
Spaces.”Living and technological enablementof new work
Pioneer for sovereign management ofdata assets“The design of data spaces has become akey topic for the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
across all institutes. Fraunhofer ISST is playing
a pioneering role here with regard to digitalcollaboration and sovereign management ofdata assets,” explained Fraunhofer President
Prof. Reimund Neugebauer. “As an important shaper of this initiative, Fraunhofer ISST
generates a significant impact internally andexternally for our digitization research, which
is both a driver and enabler of innovative new
business models.
Crucial landmarks here include the essential
contributions to the International Data Spaces
and the pan-European Gaia-X project.”6“We are at a turning point in the digitizedsociety,” said Prof. Dr. Boris Otto, who has
been heading the Fraunhofer ISST for the past
five years. “From Fraunhofer ISST’s point ofview, this applies in two dimensions: Technologically, we have ever new possibilities toimplement data infrastructures in a controllable and sovereign way in the sense of theusers. Organizationally, the last few years of
the pandemic have greatly changed digitalcollaboration at our institute as well. We lookforward to continuing to advance ‘New Work’from the new location in the future — in theway we work as much as in the results of ourwork.”In January 2023, the time had finally comeand the new building on Speicherstraße could
be occupied. Now, “innovations from data”
are also among the goods that leave the Portof Dortmund and go out into the world.

“New Spaces for Data and People”: A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary

Thomas Westphal, mayor of the city ofDortmund, was pleased about the attractive
location that could be offered to the institutein Dortmund: “Fraunhofer ISST is a leading
software research institute in Germany. Theinteraction of the strong computer science
department at our TU and FH, the research
institutes such as the Fraunhofer ISST and thelarge software companies is creating a major
boost for Innovation City Dortmund withattractive training and workplaces in
one place.

And our new port district has an anchor witha great reputation.”
Following the move from the premises in theTechnology Park, which had become far too
small, to the “Lighthouse,” the scientists now
have access to state-of-the-art working conditions on around 3,340 square meters (35,950
square feet) distributed over six floors.
The building has already become a landmark
visible from afar.

35,950square feet distributed over 6 floors

Impressions from the celebrations surrounding the 30th
anniversary of the Fraunhofer ISST (September 8, 2022)

Institute Director Prof. Boris Otto during his
welcoming speech at Dortmunder U“The most important assets of an organization
are its people. They constitute the Institute —the success as well as the fun.”This is how Prof. Dr. Boris Otto, Institute Director of the Fraunhofer ISST, welcomed the guests
at the anniversary celebration in the brewing
tower of Dortmunder U.

Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of
the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, emphasized in her welcoming address: “The instituteis in a brilliant position. A success story can becelebrated here.
Let’s celebrate, then!”7

“New Spaces for Data and People”: A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary

Fraunhofer Executive Board member Prof. Dr.
Axel Müller-Groeling on Fraunhofer ISST: “Dataspaces for Fraunhofer itself, data spaces for
specific customers, data spaces for many: Fraunhofer ISST excels in all of these areas.”

Our mayor of Dortmund, Thomas Westphal,
also celebrated with us: “I’m glad that we wereable to help a little bit in making sure that
Fraunhofer ISST has found a nice new home in
the port of Dortmund.”“We are heading a future in which the physicaland digital world are intertwined, founded ondata, connectivity and intelligence,” said Henk
Jan Vink, Managing Director “Information andCommunication Technology” at TNO.

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“New Spaces for Data and People”: A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary“We have the standards, the models, thestrength”: Oliver Ganser, program manager“Data Driven Value Chain” at BMW Group,
head of the Catena-X consortium and chairmanof the board Catena-X e.V. in his keynote about
the Catena-X Automotive Network as a blueprint for the future of the automotive industry.

“It is not enough to accelerate digitization, wemust also give it a direction: social and environmental sustainability,” said Francesca Bria, president of the Italian National Innovation Fundand member of the board of directors of the
Italian public broadcaster RAI, honorary professor at the Institute for Innovation and Public
Purpose at UCL in London and member of thehigh-level roundtable for the New European
Bauhaus set up by EU Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen.

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“New Spaces for Data and People”: A new institute building for the Fraunhofer ISST on its 30th anniversary

Following the presentations, the guests took an informative harbor tour to explore the new quarter surrounding
the Fraunhofer ISST by ship.

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“Data Spaces Support Centre” (DSSC) — Support for sovereign data spaces“Data Spaces Support Centre” (DSSC) —Support for sovereign data spaces
The “Data Spaces Support Centre” (DSSC) provides data spaces with an interoperable environment for data exchange
and enables the re-use and re-use of data within and between different industries. In doing so, European values are
fully respected and thus a major contribution is made to the further digital development of the European economy
and society. The project, funded by the European Commission from October 2022 to March 2026 as part of the “Digital Europe Program,” envisages the establishment and operation of a support platform to implement the objectives of
the “European Strategy of Data.”

Common standards as a prerequisite for interoperable data spaces
The “Data Spaces Support Centre” explores the needs of data
room initiatives across sectors and creates a blueprint for data
spaces from common requirements and proven practices. Thisconsists of common building blocks and includes business,legal, operational, technical and social aspects.

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The challenge lies in developing common standards for data
spaces. Therefore, it is important to work in a collaborative process with all stakeholders and data space initiatives to identify
needs and develop common requirements and best practices.
This involves analyzing solutions that already exist, integrating
solutions that work and identifying where new solutions need
to be developed.

“Data Spaces Support Centre” (DSSC) — Support for sovereign data spaces

Franziska von Scherenberg“Data Spaces Support Centre” (DSSC)

Fraunhofer’s role in the “Data Spaces
Support Centre”

as well as Capgemini and the think-do-andconnect tank Sitra.

As consortium leader and with responsibility
for overall project management, Fraunhofer
ISST has a central role in the DSSC. In addition, Fraunhofer ISST brings extensive experience in the field of data ecosystems to theproject. Concrete experiences are the further
development of basic components of data
spaces as well as the support of the construction of so-called “Building Blocks,” which arethen combined in a Data Spaces Blueprint.
To integrate the Data Spaces Blueprint andthe various Building Blocks, the “Data Spaces
Support Centre” will provide various support
activities.

More information about the DSSC and participation opportunities is available on the “DataSpaces Support Centre” website:dssc.eu/.

project office
Phone +49 231 97677-515
franziska.von.scherenberg@isst.
fraunhofer.deFirst results of the project keep expectations highConcrete results of the “Data Spaces Support
Centre” are already available:
a starter kit that provides an overview
of necessary resources for creating data
spaces,a glossary to create a common vocabulary
across sectors for the European Data Spacelandscape anda support platform in the form of a web
portal that will promote the establishmentof shared data spaces and enable the reuseof data across different sectors.
The “Data Spaces Support Centre” willaccommodate data space initiatives of any
maturity level. There will be a knowledge baseand help desk on the platform. In addition,
various already developed solutions for data
spaces will be offered in the form of toolboxes in the future. The “Data Spaces Support
Centre” will be available to assist all stakeholders and data space initiatives with various
support services throughout the life of the
project.
In addition to Fraunhofer ISST and Fraunhofer
FIT, the consortium consists of both the Data
Space Business Alliance (BDVA, FIWARE, GaiaX, IDSA), MyData, European RTOs (Research
and Technology Organizations such as VTT,
TNO, KU Leuven and the Insight Center),

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The sponsoring
Sponsor: European Union
Grant Agreement No.: 101083412
Duration: 10/2022–03/2026

Customized solutions basedon industry expertise
Our business units

Fraunhofer ISST groups its competencies into three business
units: Logistics, Data Business and Healthcare. With this structure, we can quickly identify suitable solutions for companies
to improve their competitiveness and open up new businessmodels.

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Data Business business unit
New technologies for more value creation from corporatedata

Data Business business unit

Data Business business unit
Fraunhofer ISST leads companies into the market of the future

The business unit
Data economy on the web:
Projects
Technologies
Publications

The Fraunhofer ISST Data Business business unit develops new technologies to harness
the potential of company data. The key to this lies in sovereign data spaces and working
in close partnership with companies.

Markus Spiekermann

Head of Department
Data Economy
Phone +49 231 97677-424
markus.spiekermann@isst.
fraunhofer.de

Industry and business players have now
identified the opportunity that data holds as adriver of innovation. It promises new businessmodels, optimized processes and improved
decision-making. Simply using internal company data is no longer enough, as the value
chains that now extend around the world are
too complex. The true added value of data
only becomes apparent when companies view
it as a business asset and market it to othercompanies. To draw a parallel, think of a farmer’s market where stallholders offer a variety
of produce such as apples, eggs or butter —which are then combined at a bakery to makea succulent apple tart.
Trading data also needs suitable marketplaces — and this is where data spaces come in.
They form the technological infrastructure,using suitable software architectures andorganizational framework conditions. The
Data Business business unit at Fraunhofer ISST
researches how these data spaces can be set
up and supports technology and service providers in using them as a platform for offering
new services.

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Innovations emerging through transparent collaboration
What makes the Data Business business unit
so special is that its team is always looking to
generate and drive new ideas forward. Take,for example, the pioneering work that Fraunhofer ISST is doing in the development andcommercial operation of data marketplaces.
Acting as a valuable partner, the institute supports major technology providers such as SAP,
Microsoft and Huawei, who are all seeking togain a foothold in this future-oriented market.
Together, they develop software and software concepts that make this infrastructure
possible in the first place, working on the basisof open-source concepts and a collaborative
partnership. “There is a difference between
simply publishing your sources on a platform,”
explains Head of Department Markus Spiekermann, “and working together on a piece ofsoftware as a community.” It is precisely thiscommunity work that is being showcased in
the Eclipse Dataspace Connector lighthouseproject, in which Fraunhofer ISST is playing
a leading role. The aim of the initiative is todevelop software that can be made available
as a finished product.

Data Business business unit

A transparent and agile approach to creating new
business models

Technologies with added value for industry andbusiness

The open-source approach ensures low entry barriers for companies, giving them easy access to technology — an importantfactor when it comes to establishing a broad base for data
space concepts and, in turn, expanding the market. Anothercentral element of the collaboration: agile project development, which allows us to react flexibly to new challenges —e.g., through new requirements from Gaia-X. This ensures thatthe developed system always meets the latest requirements
and also proves itself in practice: also as a basis for new business models.

Partner companies can benefit from this expertise on several
fronts and secure competitive advantages for themselves andtheir customers into the future. This is because companies that
position themselves as pioneers in the provision of secure data
spaces have what it takes to tap into new areas of potential
for optimization and service packages for its customers. One
benefit of data spaces is that a data exchange can be set up
just once where possible and then used over and over again.
It creates a standardized interface that can be used to tradewith not only one company at a time, but several at once. This
type of data trading enables companies to gain a transparent overview of entire supply chains and gather insights thatare extremely relevant from the perspective of today’s supply
bottlenecks and beyond. When companies integrate externaldata, they can add functionality to existing products or create
entirely new products. In the tourism industry, for example,
information from different providers — such as weather data,
hotel occupancy rates or event companies — could be used tocreate new information services. It’s all very similar to our apple
tart example, in fact.

The GEC Innovation Lab is a prime example of this. A strategiccooperation between German Edge Cloud (GEC) and Fraunhofer ISST, it launched in May 2021 and involves collaborative
teams from both organizations developing new solutions
within the areas of autonomous edge clouds, data sovereignty
and real-time technologies. Together, they are identifying new
trends, developing suitable technologies and prototypes andrapidly putting them into practice.

A team with a holistic perspective
This innovative strength is the result of shared expertise.
“Applying this expertise to practical solutions requires a
combination of business expertise and software engineering,”
emphasizes Markus Spiekermann. His department has both,which enables it to take a holistic approach to new solutions.
The employees keep up to date with current technologies,
trends and requirements — and how feasible all of these are to
implement in software form. At the same time, they are able
to analyze the benefits of a software component and develop potential business models for technology partners. With
this setup, the team is able to provide a broad portfolio for
its customers: It researches and designs data-driven businessmodels and cloud-based data spaces, carries out practicalsoftware development and devises individual data management strategies complete with suitable tools for targeted dataprocessing. Particularly in the field of data management, agile
teams are advancing new solutions and insights in a multitudeof projects. Drawing on this knowledge, the institute advises
customers on individual data strategies and supports them in
implementing data governance structures and improving theirdata quality.

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Sovereign data spaces reinforce European market
leadershipMarkus Spiekermann believes the concept of data spaces willdefinitely gain ground. He predicts that companies will be able
to offer and use data with little effort in the future. An ever-increasing number of devices are steadily generating more andmore data. This offers huge potential, especially in conjunction
with automated processes and the innovations that are basedon them. However, Markus Spiekermann sees the initiatives ofFraunhofer ISST as having an even greater impact by helping
drive the digital transformation of the economy both in Germany and in Europe as a whole. “We have a strong industrial
sector that sets us apart from other countries,” states Spiekermann. “If we can get value from sharing this industry data, it
can help ensure our long-term competitiveness.”Thinking ahead for edge and cloud: Innovation Lab with German Edge Cloud (GEC)

Thinking ahead for edge and cloud: Innovation
Lab with German Edge Cloud (GEC)The GEC Innovation Lab — a project of the “Data Economy” department
Infrastructure and data are recombined in increasingly distributed systems and data spaces. This poses new challenges: How do I share data with other participants securely, confidently and in compliance? How can systems be implemented in real time with a low environmental footprint? How can such distributed and heterogeneous systems becontrolled and managed as autonomously as possible? These and other questions are addressed by the German Edge
Cloud (GEC) and Fraunhofer ISST in their strategic cooperation.

Building on the jointly developed idea for the “GEC Innovation
Lab,” teams from both partners work according to a strategic
research agenda and within a governance structure. Various
agile projects are specified and implemented in order to support the advancing product development of GEC. New solutions in the areas of autonomous edge cloud, data sovereignty
and real-time technologies around edge and cloud computing
are being developed. Together, the teams identify new trends,
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these into practice in a short time. For example, in current
initiatives such as “Catena-X” or “Manufacturing-X,” thenewly developed edge- and cloud-based processes are helping
to securely connect companies in emerging data spaces. GEC
has already been able to gain valuable insights through thisspecial collaboration and is looking forward to a long-term
productive cooperation and direct exchange between industry
and research.

The GEC Innovation Lab

There is already close collaboration between German Edge
Cloud (GEC) and various Fraunhofer institutes (including IOSB,ISST, IPT, FOKUS) in the areas of cloud infrastructures, edge
platforms, data sovereignty and a variety of use cases andinnovations in the field of Industry 4.0. Projects of strategiccooperation are the GAIA-X and International Data Spaces
initiatives on the infrastructure level, as well as the “Fraunhofer Edge Cloud” (FEC) project, which is aimed at scienceand industry with the establishment of a distributed, realtime capable real laboratory. The first step aims to establish a
Fraunhofer Edge Cloud or ONCITE OE for around 20 Fraunhofer institutes. The GEC ONCITE solution is based on a highly
available and scalable edge cloud technology in the form of acompact data center.

The German Edge Cloud is a specialist for data-sovereign edge
and cloud solutions. These are used, among other things, fordigitization and IIoT-based process optimization and manufacturing management of the manufacturing industry with the
ONCITE Digital Production System. The company develops solutions based on the latest technologies, constantly expands therange of services for its customers and in the process enables
networking with the data spaces of the future.Testimonial“As a pioneer in the field of edge and cloud technologies, wepave the way for companies into the digital future. In the GEC
Innovation Lab, we can develop new ideas around autonomous
processes, data sovereignty and real-time technologies andmake them market-ready. Fraunhofer ISST supports us withnew scientific findings. This combination of research and realworld experience creates a significant competitive advantage
for our clients.”

Dr. Sebastian Ritz I Managing Director Cloud & Edge I
German Edge Cloud GmbH & Co. KG

18Healthcare business unit
Using secure data spaces to drive innovation in medicine

Healthcare business unit

Healthcare business unit
Enabling innovative solutions and services in the healthcare industry withcross-sector data spaces

The business unit
Healthcare on the internet:

Further information on the
Healthcare business unit:

Projects
Technologies

Projects

Publications

Technologies
Publications

Sebastian Dries, MD

Head of Health Care Department
until 08/31/2023
Phone +49 231 97677-406
sebastian.dries@isst.fraunhofer.deMore digitalization in healthcare has the potential to be transformative, provided we
make smart use of the available data. The Healthcare business unit at Fraunhofer ISST
gives companies and institutions the opportunity to do just that.

How much time do you spend searching for
appropriate care providers and necessary
information, not to mention waiting rooms?
A doctor’s appointment is usually the first stepneeded for treatment. Tests have to be carriedout and findings obtained, Treatments must
be planned and carried out, health-related
behavior should be adapted.

Anja Burman, M. Sc.

Deputy Head of Department and, from
September 1, 2023, Head of HealthCare Department
Phone +49 231 97677-435
anja.burmann@isst.fraunhofer.de

What if you and everyone involved in yourcare could share medical information moreeasily and quickly? in which an app could
detect abnormalities even before any symptoms arise. If healthcare professionals could
easily gain insight into relevant trajectories andimmediately suggest appropriate courses ofaction? Or a personal digital twin could predict
which tailored therapy promises the best success, based on current medical technology andpharmaceutical knowledge? This may soundlike a vision of the future, but the Healthcare
business unit at Fraunhofer ISST is alreadypaving the way with its research in this area.
Ultimately, we could see a healthcare systemthat makes individual treatments easier anddynamically woven into our everyday lives with

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greater transparency. This kind of healthcare
is based on knowledge and insights obtained
through seamless communication between
research, healthcare and pharmaceuticalinstitutions. So what is needed to achieve this?
Transparent, data-sovereign, interoperable andfederated data spaces, supported by Fraunhofer ISST, through which health-related data
can be used securely.

Fraunhofer ISST enables data-driven
applications for improved treatments
The goal of Fraunhofer ISST is to find betterand easier ways to use health data with therespective necessary consents in the healthcare industry across institutions and to offer
data-based services. Not by copying andcollecting as much data as possible, but by
enabling a purposeful and sovereign exchangeof data. The department's teams are exploringa variety of components and services to enable
companies to. The focus is on three areas ofwork in particular:

Healthcare business unit

The “Personal Data Ecosystems” area deals, among otherthings, with the handling of personal health data up to andincluding the digital twin, as well as the management of
personal data sovereignty, for example by agreeing to clear
conditions of data use and by creating opportunities to carryout desired healthcare transactions with one's own data.
The “Health Information Exchange” area researches how
information — especially in medical documentation — canbe exchanged in a standard-compliant and system-compatible manner. This is important for medical procedures toimprove treatments or make better use of research data.
In the area of “Health Applications and Analytics,” user
experiences and performance processes are researchedthat can be further developed into digital solutions. These
include applications that enhance electronic health records(EHRs), as well as digital health apps.
For Head of Department Dr. med. Sebastian Dries, interaction
between all areas of work is essential for developing successful innovations that will benefit solution providers, healthcare
providers and individual patients alike. Two major visions are at
the forefront:“Closed Loop Precision Medicine” will make current knowledge in pharmaceutical drug discovery and medical device
research on diagnostic and therapeutic methods available
in much shorter time for medical decision support in thecare of individual patients. The current process of finalizing
medical knowledge about study design and conduct, publications and consensus building on guideline updates will
be significantly accelerated on the one hand and optimallypersonalized on the other through granular consented, purpose-specific data sharing. Stratified or even individualized
medicine will become widely available, taking into accountmany more individual factors than is possible today.

“Data-Driven Clinical Process Optimization” will enable careproviders to continuously improve their processes in an evenmore targeted and rapid manner. Meta-data from medical
records, audit information from medical information systems
and medical technology systems and derived informationfrom patterns ranging from text-based information tovital signs are used to understand which processes can be
improved and with what potential.

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Crucial for innovation success: Trustworthiness andrelevance to action
Quite rightly, health data demands special protection, whichmeans that any new technical services have to comply withall existing data protection guidelines. Ensuring this includes
obtaining all necessary consents required for processing
health-related data. The challenge here lies in offering new
applications that are as accessible as possible despite the highlevel of data protection they require. If users are unsure about
how data is handled, what purposes are being pursued andwhat they personally gain from it, they will not give their consent. On the other hand, if they are asked for their consent too
often — as is sometimes the case with cookie consent prompts
in web browsers — they may become frustrated and be put off
using the application.
Sebastian Dries also sees relevance to action as a key element
for the success of data-driven health applications: “If I canaccomplish something with shared uses of my personal datathat benefits me or supports my goals (which may also be
aimed at the common good), I embrace the new technology
and use it with success and satisfaction.”

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Data sovereignty as a competitive advantage
An essential element of this trust is to retain data sovereignty,
that is, self-determination over your own data. “This includes
being able to control which decisions are so important that I
want to make them myself and which decisions I might wantto hand over to a trained system that suggests decisions in myfavor,” says Sebastian Dries.
An ongoing lighthouse project in this field is the “Health-X
dataLOFT,” led by Charité and funded by the German Federal
Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, in which Fraunhofer ISST is designing architectures and implementing components to enable citizen-centric and citizen-driven use cases fromprevention, care and research in a health ecosystem networked
to form a health data space.

Agile teams develop innovations ahead of the curve
The colleagues in the Healthcare business unit are providing
companies with support as they embark on this journey. Even
simply the fact that the team has been set up promises a rewarding partnership. Around 30 scientific employees and almost as
many student employees from the fields of medical informatics
and other specializations in computer science, biomedical technology, engineering, human medicine and economics and law,organized in agile project teams. This taps into an extensive wellof expertise for partner companies to access as needed, with theaim of developing healthcare-related, software-based, data-driven innovations in a strategic collaboration.

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Citizens at the center of health data use: Value-added services from the “Health-X dataLOFT” health data space

Citizens at the center of health data use: Value-added services from the “Health-X dataLOFT” health data space
Data sovereign, transparent, interoperable and federated applications
for health data ecosystems based on Gaia-X principles — a project of the“Healthcare” department
The healthcare of the future will be based on the secure and meaningful networking and use of data. Citizens will bemuch better able to contribute to good treatment outcomes through informed action, as personal data from the secondary healthcare market (such as activity data collected through end-user devices) gains importance alongside dataprimarily collected by medical professionals. The aim of the “HEALTH-X dataLOFT” project is to place citizens at thecenter of the provision, use and control of their own health data within the framework of a health data space. Healthdata will be made usable according to Gaia-X standards.

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Healthcare business unit

Today, data from highly regulated primary care is securely
stored in hospitals and physician offices. Due to their particularvulnerability and the low level of digitization in healthcare, they
are rarely shared across facilities and sectors and integrated
into overarching systems. However, with the German electronic patient record (ePA) and the Medical Informatics Initiative(MII), the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of
Research have launched groundbreaking concepts to break theisolation of data and enable linkage.
In the second healthcare market, things are different: Personal health data, such as that collected by the many end-user
devices available, is becoming increasingly important. Compared to clinical data, which can often only depict a snapshot,
they provide a continuous picture of one's health, such as
sleep patterns or exercise intensity. However, the current healthtracking providers are often from outside Europe, which makes
handling the data massively difficult or even impossible.

Securely connect primary and secondary healthdata
However, the combination of the more accurate clinical data
and the personally generated health data collected on a regularbasis holds tremendous potential for improving health carefrom prevention to intervention to follow-up. The Health-X
dataLOFT platform aims to make health data shareable. It will
provide legitimized, open and federated access to data basedon citizens' decisions, technologically implemented according
to Gaia-X standards. This gives citizens access to and control
over their personal health data — regardless of where it wascollected.

Technologies and architectures for a health data
space
The research focus of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software andSystems Engineering ISST in this project is the developmentof technologies, processes and systems for building the data
space and data-centric business solutions based on it. Fraunhofer ISST supports the development of the dataLOFT data
space for the first and second healthcare market by developing
and extending basic technologies as well as networking architecture layers.
Numerous partners are involved in the project, which is fundedby the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection: Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin (consortium lead),
Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Softwareand Systems Engineering ISST, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital
Medicine MEVIS, Freie Universität Berlin, Hasso-Plattner-Institut
für Digital Engineering GmbH, International Data Spaces e.V.,
IONOS SE, Medisana Space Technologies GmbH, OFFIS —Institut für Informatik, polypoly Enterprise GmbH, Siemens
Healthcare GmbH, SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH,TMF — Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte
medizinische Forschung e.V., Vilua Healthcare GmbH.
Detailed information on the project, which will run until fall2024, is available on the website www.health-x.org.

“In HEALTH-X dataLOFT you go from being a simple recipient of services to a determining and active partner. You get sovereignty over your health data and decide
what happens to your sensitive data, how it is used and who may use it. Fraunhofer
ISST has an important role to play in the technical, Gaia-X-compliant implementation of this requirement in the health IT solution landscape and thus in the reality ofhealthcare in the future.”

Prof. Dr. Roland Eils, founding director of the “Digital Health” center at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité
University Hospital.

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Logistics business unit
Using data as a strategic resourceLogistics business unit

Logistics business unit
Industry 4.0 ready with qualitative data and sovereign networking

The Logistics business unit
on the net:
Projects
Technologies
Publications

How can data make processes more efficient? The Logistics business unit is providing
companies with support in organizing their data and harnessing it as a strategic asset.

Every company has a treasure trove of data
and leveraging it brings clear benefits: streamlined business processes, greater transparency and lower costs. Where the challenge
lies is tapping into the potential of internallygenerated data. On the path toward Industry
4.0, companies are successively improving
their value chains and driving digitalization in
manufacturing. The most important prerequisite for this: Data must be available andusable. This requires a long-term data strategy
that defines how data is handled and who is
responsible for it. With the right data management, companies can maintain their data
more easily, locate it faster and derive meaningful conclusions from what they process. Inturn, this provides them with the necessarymeans to compete globally, respond nimbly
to new framework conditions and implement
automated and autonomous manufacturingmethods. The Fraunhofer ISST Logistics business unit is helping them achieve exactly that.

Only qualitative data is good data
Dr. Jürgen Schmelting
The Logistics team at Fraunhofer ISST provides
companies with support along the entire pathof this transformation. To begin with, theorganizational foundations for appropriate
data management are established. The aim is
to find solutions that facilitate data handlingwithin the company in general and prepare
data stocks with quality in mind. This step isnecessary in order to obtain new findings fromthe data and thus achieve greater efficiency.
At the same time, performing this step serves
as a basis for generating more added value
later on — for example, through decision
support tools. As Head of Department Dr.
Jürgen Schmelting puts it: “Even AI algorithms
are only as good as the data that feeds into
them.” His team therefore starts early in thedata value chain and supports companies inapproaching the management of data in a
structured way.

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Head of Department
Logistics
Phone +49 231 97677-463
juergen.schmelting@isst.fraunhofer.deLogistics business unit

In many cases, the potential here has not yet been tapped, sothat companies have to correct data in case of acute need or
spend time and effort searching for data in the inventory.

Data chains provide solutions to global challenges
If data is shared beyond company and sector boundaries, it can
add even more value due to the complex value chains that are
now home to manufacturing operations and span the entire
globe. Certain problems can only be solved by working collaboratively — those that arise in automotive production being one
example. Nowadays, it is impossible for one company alone
to determine the carbon footprint of a manufactured vehicle,
as the product consists of too many different components,
manufactured by a wide range of suppliers. In this situation,
it is necessary to exchange CO² data in order to calculate theactual total value. Germany’s Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettengesetz) contains a similar requirement: In order to demonstratecompliance with certain demands (such as a policy of no childlabor), a company must have complete transparency in its value
creation processes. This requires continuous data chains andsecure data spaces in which stakeholders from entire industry
sectors can network on an equal footing — from global players
to local SMEs. The Fraunhofer ISST Logistics business unit iscarrying out pioneering work in developing these data spaces.
A lighthouse project in this area is the “Catena-X Automotive
Network” which is facilitating the exchange of data between
all players in the automotive industry. By sharing data, they cancollaborate and provide valuable insights for themselves as wellas the overall value creation process.

The question of trust: New technologies ensure
safetyTrust is a key factor for success in collaborations with commercial competitors. One significant area in which this has been
demonstrated are the past experiences of the Logistics business
unit. To overcome the challenge it holds, scientists at Fraunhofer ISST are researching new technologies: The International
Data Spaces standard, for example, which was developed witha significant contribution by Fraunhofer ISST, provides companies with a guarantee of secure data transfer as well as sovereignty over their data. To this end, specific terms of use can be
attached to the data in order to ensure that the recipient onlyuses the data in the way intended by the sender. This is similar
to a social media notification that is set by default to delete
itself after being opened once and cannot be read again. The
technology in question creates the necessary foundation oftrust for companies that wish to establish more transparency inproduction processes across company boundaries.

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Dr. Jürgen Schmelting puts it in plain terms: “If we follow
Industry 4.0 through to its logical conclusion, the issue of trust
becomes particularly relevant. As automation gains momentum, for example — partly in response to the shortage ofskilled workers — machines will become so autonomous that
it will no longer be people who negotiate contracts, but themachines themselves. Special software components, known
as agents, will negotiate autonomously on price, quality anddelivery dates, For optimal results with reliable legal certainty.”
What sounds like the distant future is already being tested in
the Legal Testbed project.

A team of digital natives developing custom-fit
solutions
The key to these scientific achievements lies in openness totechnology and an understanding of current developments.
Employees in the Logistics business unit at Fraunhofer ISST
demonstrate both of these qualities, operating in a young
team with an in-depth knowledge of current technologies andemerging trends. Moreover, the employees are adept at flexibly
integrating these technologies into new projects. This strength
allows them to respond individually to each company anddevelop customized solutions. That’s because it is clear that
there is no such thing as a universally applicable data strategy — it is always crucial to take specific environmental factors
into account. With their combined expertise in industrial engineering and computer science, they are able to provide rapid
support to their partners as they move from proposal to project
implementation: They analyze processes, identify challenges
and provide solutions directly using software prototypes.
Head of Department Dr. Jürgen Schmelting is certain that
corporate data management will continue to keep his teambusy in the years to come so that the manufacturing landscapecan be truly ready for Industry 4.0. The next step will be to
implement further services on this basis, such as autonomous
decision tools that promise optimized processes and time savings, along similar lines to the Legal Testbed. Our vision of the
future is already here, not only networking companies within
a single industry, but making multiple data spaces for different industries compatible with one another — a network of
networks, so to speak. However, making this happen requires
common interfaces and standards to be created.

The conscious handling of data: Data governance as a success factor at KSB SE & Co. KGaA

The conscious handling of data: Data governance as a success factor at KSB SE & Co.
KGaA
Establishment of central data management — a project of the “Logistics”
department
Data: Every company has it, but very few use it efficiently. But how can data quality be improved and what synergy
effects result from this? In the second year of the project with KSB, these organizational questions were answered andthe course was set for a formal launch of the new data governance organization.

Continuation of the successful and synergetic
cooperation

the company against the background of the current organizational situation at the time was that an increase in data quality
can be achieved in particular through active data management.

With the intention of driving forward the digital transformation, a joint preliminary study was carried out by KSB and
Fraunhofer ISST on the topic of (master) data management in
2021. A key finding of numerous discussions and analyses in

In order to create the necessary framework conditions for this,the preliminary project concluded with the creation of a roadmap in which important milestones and project phases were28

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defined. The implementation of this roadmap was the focusof the cooperation in 2022. By combining concrete businesschallenges with the methodological tools of application-oriented research, synergistic potential is leveraged from which KSB
will benefit in the long term.

5. Project Management Office (PMO)
No project is successful without a committed, collaborative
partnership between the employees involved. KSB and Fraunhofer ISST maintain an intensive exchange in an agile environment to ensure project success. The result is target-oriented
and individual solutions for complex questions.

The transformation to a data-driven company
The cornerstone for digitization and Industry 4.0
KSB’s strategically proclaimed goal is to transform itself into a
data-driven company with globally valid data management.
To achieve this, the organization focuses on five core content
areas:
1.	 Data strategy
It forms the basis for handling data. The data strategy supports
the business strategy and affects all employees.
2.	 Guidance system
The creation of a key performance indicator system for successive monitoring of data quality and the definition of data
responsibilities for the processes under consideration ensure
consistent and careful data management.
3.	 Data governance organization
Only through a dedicated organizational unit with clarified
responsibilities and contacts can the introduction of data governance be successful.
4.	 Data architecture
The data architecture structures the enterprise data in a suitable form and makes it transparent through uniform processes.

With the introduction of a data governance organization at
KSB, the transformation to a data-driven company will not becomplete. However, it represents a milestone on which KSB
can build follow-up activities after the project ends in December 2023, for example in transferring the guidelines to theglobally distributed units of the Group. The results generated
in the project are the cornerstone for using data as a strategic resource. They will contribute to the success of anothermajor KSB project in the coming years: the introduction of SAP
S/4HANA.
In the long term, the project will enable KSB to transfer thegoals achieved to other domains and global corporate units.
The good cooperation of the last two years also resulted ina scholarship sponsored by KSB at the Graduate School of
Logistics at TU Dortmund University. Within the framework ofthis fellowship, Fabienne Schnieders, who previously workedon the project for Fraunhofer ISST, will pursue her doctorate onorganizational data culture in an application-oriented manner.
In short: The collaboration is a complete success — both for
KSB, which henceforth considers data a strategic resource andmanages it accordingly, and for the employees of our institute,
who can transfer their knowledge of theoretical concepts toreal-world applications.

“For KSB, as one of the leading manufacturers of pumps, valves and related services,high-quality data forms the basis for efficient and automated processes. Implementing
data governance enables us to ensure the quality, integrity and security of our data andthus maximize the efficiency of our operational processes. This also contributes to thesatisfaction of our customers. Fraunhofer ISST supports us with sound knowledge ofbest practices and new approaches from research to build the necessary structures.”

Dr. Stephan Bross, CTO
KSB SE & Co. KGaA

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Our areas of expertise

Our areas of expertise
Gaining a competitive edge through technological know-how
In order to use technology effectively and to the best advantage of theircustomers, companies need an in-depth understanding of it. Fraunhofer ISST
currently focuses on six areas of expertise in which its scientists, drawing on
in-depth technological know-how and extensive market knowledge, canprovide their customers and partners with the best possible support in shaping future markets.

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Our areas of expertiseFree and open-source software (FOSS)
Transparent and collaborative software development as an innovation
driver for the digital economy and for establishing data spaces.

Free and open-source software (FOSS) has established itself as a driver of innovationin the digital economy. FOSS has long offered more than simply a free-of-charge pricepoint: Transparency and openness are driving proliferation, especially for use in dynamic
and sovereign data spaces. Companies benefit from FOSS not only as users, but also by
providing it and building communities.

Range of services
At Fraunhofer ISST, digital innovations are realized, among other things, through thedevelopment and use of FOSS. Collaborative solutions for the implementation of digital
ecosystems are created in cooperation with industry and research. FOSS enables the joint
development of technologies for sovereign data exchange and makes the development
process and source code transparently visible. This transparency and openness combinedwith a FOSS license not only increases confidence in the technologies, but also enables
adaptability and flexibility as needed. However, FOSS also poses significant risks and multiple challenges. An open-source position cannot be revoked and requires careful planning and concrete design along with an open source strategy. The open-source strategy
guides the selection of technologies and projects, the sustainable building of open-source
communities and includes a suitable open-source business model. This is accompanied bylegal aspects and the technical implementation, such as the use of platforms like GitHub
and suitable tools.

Julia Pampus

Phone +49 231 97677-429
julia.pampus@isst.fraunhofer.de

The range of services offered by Fraunhofer ISST includes both consulting on strategic
development and support for practical implementation, as well as the expansion andmaintenance of international FOSS projects in particular, with the help of innovative andestablished tools and methods.
Anna Maria Schleimer

Phone +49 231 97677-512

31anna.schleimer@isst.fraunhofer.deFree and open-source software (FOSS)

FOSS development
Setup and maintenance of FOSS projects
Accompaniment of the practical implementation with suitable tools
and methods for collaborative software development
Collection and preparation of best practices and tools
Targeted building of open-source communities
Focus on an international multi-stakeholder environment

Strategic use of FOSS
Analysis on the strategic use of FOSS to achieve specific businessobjectives.
Design and risk analysis of FOSS activities

Use of FOSS
Work with FOSS source code
Selection, deployment and evaluation of usage licenses

Available software/applications
Eclipse Dataspace Components (software library for building sovereign dataspaces), contains among others the Connector component
and trusting technologies, as well as an implementation of the IDS1
Dataspace protocol
Dataspace Connector (open-source IDS Connector reference
implementation)
IDS Messaging Services (Java library for simplified development of IDS
connectors)
DIVA (Data Inventory and Valuation Approach)
Nucleus (Java framework for modeling domain models

Industries
Free and open-source software contributes to solving demanding challenges in various industries. Whether in the domains of mobility, logistics
or in the environment of IT services and cloud technologies, FOSS projects offer new design opportunities. New and existing products benefit
from the collaborative, transparent FOSS processes and reputation. This isparticularly evident in the case of innovation, complex multi-stakeholder
software solutions in the area of sovereign data ecosystems.

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IDS = International Data Spaces

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Software engineering
Innovative and pioneering software is developed in close cooperation withresearch partners.
Given the ever-increasing complexity of modern software solutions, it is essential
for scientists to find efficient, structured ways of acquiring knowledge and skills.
Where software engineering is concerned, specialist knowledge is acquired andbuilt upon with specific aims in mind. This makes it possible to develop complex,
innovative software products that can be successfully transferred to business andindustry with a view to the future.

Range of services
At Fraunhofer ISST, digital innovations are realized, among other things, throughthe use of state-of-the-art technologies in the development of innovative andforward-looking software solutions. Software engineering is understood as aholistic process and includes requirements analysis, conception, implementationand ensuring high quality standards of software. From deployment monoliths tomicroservices and highly scalable cloud-native applications, we use a wide varietyof architectural approaches in a targeted manner to realize our software solutions.
In applied research, we also investigate the integrative solution possibilities ofheterogeneous technologies for concrete use cases, for example, for the construction and integration of national infrastructures (telematics infrastructure). We also
participate in the development of international infrastructures and data spaces
through our participation in the International Data Spaces (IDS) and the Gaia-X
initiative.

Brian-Frederik Jahnke

Phone +49 231 97677-469
brian-frederik.jahnke@isst.fraunhofer.de

The range of services offered by Fraunhofer ISST includes technical design, thedevelopment of system components, consulting services in the software development process, for example the review of external software architectures or theconformity assessment of infrastructures in the medical field.
Malte Hellmeier

Phone +49 231 97677-464

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malte.hellmeier@isst.fraunhofer.deSoftware engineering

Technical conception and architecture development
Development of technical concepts for concrete use cases
Platform and software architecture development / systemdesignElaboration of standards and specifications
Training in software architecture and methodical softwaredevelopment

System component development
Realization of prototypes as feasibility study (like rapid
prototyping)
Design and implementation of software infrastructures
Research-oriented concept implementation

Consulting services in the software development
process
Technology Consulting
Architecture reviews
Conformity assessment of infrastructures in the medical field
Modernization and migration consulting (e.g., in the direction of the cloud)Vulnerability and opportunity analysis

Industries
Software engineering contributes to solving demanding challenges in various industries. Whether in the context of logistics,
healthcare or data management, our software solutions andconsulting services accompany you in your specific use case inyour respective domain.

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Cloud transformation
Researching trends and developments in cloud transformation, thinking
ahead and putting them into practice.

Cloud computing is now used in just about every industry and by companies ofvarying sizes, as cloud transformation is one of the critical factors in remaining
competitive. In view of the strategic importance of cloud computing, Fraunhofer
ISST is concerned with the establishment of sovereign cloud infrastructures andcurrent technological and political developments and trends that have a significant
influence on the cloud transformation of companies.

Range of services
At Fraunhofer ISST, we develop sovereign cloud infrastructures together with ourpartners based on standards and initiatives such as Gaia-X or the International
Data Spaces Association (IDSA), with a focus on the development of open-source
software components. Using microservice architectures with lightweight interfaces
and using container technologies, we drive cloud-native computing in our projects.
We also develop solutions to enable the simultaneous use of cloud services fromdifferent cloud providers as part of a multi-cloud strategy. We are also looking at
the use of cloud computing in conjunction with other trends such as edge computing, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and the digital twin.

Marvin Rosian

Phone +49 231 97677-305
marvin.rosian@isst.fraunhofer.deFraunhofer ISST is the neutral, trustworthy and reliable partner for your cloudtransformation. Regardless of whether you're just starting out or already in the
thick of it. Based on training and feasibility studies, through the developmentof prototypes as part of a proof-of-concept (PoC), to the actual development ofsystem components, we support you in your cloud transformation: from initialscoping to full implementation.
Fraunhofer ISST’s range of services includes data strategy positioning, conducting
data assessments, selecting suitable data governance approaches, developing roleand process models and implementing data strategy concepts.

Philipp Hagenhoff

Phone +49 231 97677-541

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philipp.hagenhoff@isst.fraunhofer.deCloud transformation

Consulting, enterprise labs and system component
development
Building cloud infrastructures and cloud ecosystems, taking
into account topics such as– Data sovereignty– Standards and open-source– Compliance
Design and development of digital platforms based on
microservice architectures
Consulting and workshops on topics such as– Cloud native computing– Multi cloud computing– Edge computing– Cloud and artificial intelligence (AI)– Cloud and internet of things (IoT)– Cloud and digital twin

Industries
The use of cloud computing is suitable for companies of allindustries and sizes. Fraunhofer ISST works with SMEs as wellas with various large companies on cloud-specific topics andissues. Our partners are spread across a wide range of industries, such as the automotive industry, the construction industry
and the pharmaceutical industry.

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Skills
Data roles
Data-as-an-Asset
Data valuation

Need for action

TrendsData ecosystems
Shared digital twin
Service-oriented
architecture

Inﬂuences

Business strategy
Restructuring of the business areas

Direction

Data strategy
Roadmap

Target Strategy

Beneﬁt Analysis

Illustration: Holistic approach to establishing strategic data management with the toolbox of Fraunhofer ISST

Strategic data management
How to become a company that creates value through data.

As data is increasingly being used on a company-wide level, there needs to be achange in the strategy used to handle data. Decisions that are critical for successand automated processes are based on reliable data and structures. Strategic data
management develops the necessary structures for organizing data. Strategically
positioning data organization makes it possible to align data domains, data rolesand data applications with sustainability in mind.

Range of services
At Fraunhofer ISST, the components of strategic data management that ensure
success for data-driven innovations are developed. The goal of strategic data management is to introduce and optimize an internal company data organization torealize data democratization. Establishing a data organization increases data quality and usability of AI applications, reduces data search processes and improves the
adoption of data applications. Within its framework, the necessary data capabilities are developed, sustainably established and continuously measurable. The basis
for data organization is the establishment of a data strategy that defines long-term
specifications, such as the prerequisite for participation in data ecosystems or thetype of data storage. The data organization is based on these specifications andintegrates them into the data governance approaches, which is ensured by meansof decentralized and/or centralized corporate units and suitable data roles such asdata owners and data stewards. For efficient implementation of the workflows,
the concepts are realized in data catalogs and data quality software and rolled out
company-wide.
The range of services offered by Fraunhofer ISST includes data strategy positioning,
performing data assessments and data organization reviews, selecting suitabledata governance approaches, developing role and process models and even providing support in drawing up a proof of concept for tools.

Dr. Hendrik Haße

Phone +49 231 97677-423
hendrik.haße@isst.fraunhofer.deNils Jahnke

Phone +49 231 97677-467
nils.jahnke@isst.fraunhofer.de37

Strategic data management

Data maturity measurement for strategic data management
Holistic determination of the actual state within a company in the area of data
management on the basis of six central building blocks with a total of 26 different characteristics
Data maturity measurement with the help of expert interviews with selectedstakeholders of the respective company as a possible basis for the developmentof a data governance organization model

Data governance
Development and selection of a suitable data governance organization model
to determine centralized and decentralized responsibilities
Development and introduction of suitable data roles according to tasks, competencies and responsibilities (AKV principle) in the existing organization
Process model development based on relevant data capabilities

Data strategy and data culture
Strategic positioning of data management in the internal and external corporate environment
Derivation of data capabilities, structured according to technology, organizationand people (TOP principle)
Dovetailing with business strategy by means of data-related target systems,
development plan and key performance indicators
Transformation to a data culture through data awareness workshops, data principles and data literacy building.

Tool landscape
Assessment and support of the proof-of-concept for the implementation of adata catalog
Assessment for the selection of suitable data quality software

Industries
Strategic data management contributes to solving demanding challenges in various
industries. Whether as a toolbox in automotive manufacturing, as a framework
in medical technology or as an organizational model in the transportation sector:
Data management as a strategic cornerstone has a positive impact on the introduction of new applications.

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Ingestion and
Extraction

Ingestion and
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Extract

Transformation Layer

Interaction Layer

Data Access

Ingestion and
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Data Quality Control

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Application-Specific Integration
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Illustration: Data quality control in data lake architectures

Data science
Harnessing the knowledge that lies within data.

Data science makes it possible to extract knowledge and value from data, in turnopening up the possibility of not only gaining new insights and lending support todecision-making processes, but it also optimizing existing processes and developing new and innovative applications.

Range of services
Various data science solutions are being developed at Fraunhofer ISST. In doing so,
we research and develop AI or ML pipelines (i.e., chained processing steps) for thehealthcare, logistics and data science sectors. Depending on the use case, thesecan be based on different data sources such as biosignals (e.g., measurements
using ECG or 3D accelerometers), audio, images, videos, texts or a combinationof several data sources. We support our partners along the entire pipeline, fromthe pre-processing of (raw) data to the selection and training of suitable models
as well as their evaluation based on application-specific performance criteria. A
special focus is also placed on defining, measuring and improving data quality. For
this purpose, we combine various technologies and algorithms from the areas ofdata profiling, data cleaning, data validation as well as data orchestration in orderto enable a holistic view of data quality in the data lifecycle as part of “DataOps.”

Jasmin Henze

Phone +49 231 97677-492
jasmin.henze@isst.fraunhofer.de

The range of services in the area of data science includes both a needs analysis anda gap analysis to identify potential for improvement. It also encompasses architecture and process development, all the way through to creating prototypes for
extracting knowledge and value from either existing data or data that is yet to becollected.
Marcel Altendeitering

Phone +49 231 97677-461
marcel.altendeitering@isst.fraunhofer.de

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Data science

Training and evaluation of machine learning (ML) models
Design of ML-based applications.
Feature computation using biosignal data (e.g., 3D acceleration, ECG, audio) from the time andfrequency domains.
Selection from different learning approaches, e.g., classical classification methods, deep learning,association analysis, clustering.
Hyperparameter optimization, evaluation against application-specific performance metrics.

Data profiling
Automated derivation of metadata from relational datasets using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, functional dependencies or cluster analysis.
Automated derivation of metadata from non-relational datasets using dynamic topic models(and related neuro-linguistic programming techniques), concept drift detection, outlier detection
with Isolation Forest algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI).
Storage and management of metadata in a centralized, microservice-oriented data catalog.
Describe, manage and orchestrate data engineering processes.

Data cleaning and validation
Assist in the detection of data errors by identifying duplicates, outliers, format violations or ruleviolations.
Enable automatic data validation through data quality rules based on association analysis.
Management of identified errors in a corresponding tool and integration through open interfaces (APIs).

Data quality management
Further development of existing data engineering processes through the integrative consideration of data quality.
Integration of data quality as a component in modern system architectures (such as data lakes).
Develop quality metrics for various data sets and application areas.

Available software/applications
DIVA — data catalog

Industries
Data Science contributes to solving demanding challenges in various industries. Whether for urban
data management, automated quality control in logistics, disease diagnosis, clinical trial testing inpharmaceuticals or extracting information from documents, the possibilities are limited only by theavailability of data.

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Data spaces and data ecosystems
Innovative technologies for participation in data ecosystems and for thedevelopment of digital products and services.

When it comes to data provisioning, both data producers and data owners often
face the risk of losing control and thus the strategic value of their data resources.
International Data Spaces address this cross-industry trade-off by enabling data
providers to share data while maintaining data sovereignty, always looking at theholistic business model.

Range of services
At Fraunhofer ISST, technologies are being developed on the one hand to ensure
data sovereignty and on the other hand technologies to enable standardized dataexchange using the Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC). The EDCs provide thenecessary software components to the International Data Spaces and thus allow
participation in the corresponding data ecosystems. The technologies developed
by Fraunhofer ISST are based on the “Reference Architecture Model” and thecertification criteria of the International Data Spaces Association and have beenreviewed accordingly. In addition, EDCs also enable participation in the Gaia-X
ecosystem by supporting the Gaia-X Trust Framework.

Heinrich Pettenpohl

Phone +49 231 97677-321
heinrich.pettenpohl@isst.fraunhofer.de

These and many other technologies are the basis for new digital products and services that promise competitive advantages, revenue increases and higher customer
loyalty. However, many organizations face significant challenges in successfully
developing digital business models. Therefore, in addition to the technologicalcomponents, the value creation structures of service offerings are being specificallyinvestigated in order to work out clear value propositions for the users of data
ecosystems — including suitable revenue models.
Dr.-Ing. Can Azkan

Phone +49 231 97677-425
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Data spaces and data ecosystems

Eclipse dataspace components
Application and concept development for the use of International Data
Spacestechnical proof of concepts
Support during implementation in productive use
joint open-source development of extensions to the EDC
Development of associated business models
Support for data sovereignty with the EDC
See the Eclipse Dataspace Components
To the Eclipse Dataspace Connector on GitHub

Business models for ecosystems
Workshops for business model development
Canvas toolbox for systematic business model development
Analysis of customer challenges and development of possible solutions
Observation and analysis of value generation based on the data value chain
Determine necessary requirements for value delivery
Analysis of the cost structure and development of suitable value capture
modelsIndustries
Data Spaces technologies are helping to solve demanding challenges in a variety
of industries. Whether in the automotive industry with regard to predictive
maintenance or supply chains (Catena-X Automotive Network), the mobilityof citizens in general (Mobility Data Space), smart cities in particular or dataexchange in healthcare or the general integration of citizens in data ecosystems:
Fraunhofer ISST is active in all of these industries with the technologies mentioned here.

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The Fraunhofer ISST
Sovereign data use in data spaces

The Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST works with companies to identify thestrategic value of their data and turn it into a useful asset. From data preparation to the development of new
business models, we offer complete system solutions for your company. Researchers explore the value of andconfident use of data in data spaces for logistics, healthcare and the data economy. They develop solutions
for managing data and constructing data architectures.
Fraunhofer ISST plays a leading role in strategic digital initiatives in Germany and Europe. Examples are
the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) and Gaia-X, European Association for Data and Cloud AISBL,
which aim at cloud and data sovereignty and thus create the basis for a fair data economy in Germany andEurope. Fraunhofer ISST is also a central research partner in the Catena-X Automotive Network, a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection with approximately 100 million
euros as part of the economic stimulus package.
In this way, the institute creates data spaces for secure and controllable data use across corporate boundaries — for Germany, Europe and worldwide — together with its customers and partners from the business
community and as an advisor to policymakers.
#InnovationsFromDataOur institute

The institute in numbers
On track for growth in headcount and budget

At the end of 2022, there were 140 employees at Fraunhofer ISST (150 if degree candidates are included). Reflecting one of the
key functions of a Fraunhofer institute — to support and train the next generation of scientists — Fraunhofer ISST is home tostudent employees and trainees alongside its scientists and administrative staff.
The institute receives public funding, known as base funding, that finances pre-competitive research, strategic projects andinvestments. The total expenditure from the operating and investment budgets in 2022 was approximately 9.632 million euros.
Personnel costs accounted for 72 percent of this figure.
In the 2022 financial year, Fraunhofer ISST generated revenue of 10.250 million euros from research and industry. In addition, it
received institutional funding from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft amounting to 2.84 million euros.

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Our culture — #thisISSTunning

Our culture — #thisISSTunning
Successful research and development rely oninterdisciplinary and multifaceted partnerships.
As an institute of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft,
we believe it is vitally important to establish an
open culture that embodies the following:
Enthusiasm: We believe in what we do. To
those who think something can’t be done,
we say: “Yes, it can.” An open atmosphere
for discussion and a wide range of further training and career opportunities areimportant to us.
Freedom: Research demands a high degreeof freedom. We decide for ourselves what
we are working on and ensure a good balance in our professional and private lives.
Responsibility: Freedom is only possible if
it is accompanied by a sense of responsibility, and we believe this is true at every single
stage of a process.

Diversity: We don’t need to know where
someone comes from — we want to know
where they are heading.
Passion: Shaping the future at Fraunhofer
ISST is more than just a job. It is a deep
sense of purpose.
Spirit of research: You can only reallychange the digital world of tomorrow if you
are allowed to think outside the box today.
Groundbreaking ideas must be allowed to
grow and mature.
Outstanding research needs outstanding
employees. For many years now, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has been one of the mostpopular workplaces among STEM graduates.
And at Fraunhofer ISST, we are always on thelookout for new talent.

Team: No single person can do everything.
In order to be innovative, we need to work
together. As everyone has a vital role toplay, we believe in flat hierarchies and interdisciplinary teams.
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You can find current vacancies atwww.isst.fraunhofer.de/en/jobs.
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Our institute

The institute management

Since 2017, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto (born 1971 in Hamburg) has
been Institute Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Softwareand Systems Engineering ISST in Dortmund and, since 2013, Chairof Industrial Information Management at TU Dortmund University.
He is a board member of Gaia-X, the European Association for
Data and Cloud, AISBL and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) and serves as Chair of the Board of Directors at the
Fraunhofer ICT Group.
After studying industrial engineering in Hamburg, Otto gained his
doctorate at the University of Stuttgart under Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg
Bullinger, former President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. He
qualified as a professor at the University of St. Gallen’s Instituteof Information Management, where he founded and managed
the Corporate Data Quality competence center. His career path
also included PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAP and the Fraunhofer
Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO. In addition, Otto was a
Research Fellow at the Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck Schoolof Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA.
Otto’s research focuses on the fields of industrial information
management, business and logistics networks and methods fordesigning digital business solutions.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto, Institute Director

Selected other functions:
Dortmund University of Technology (Chair of Industrial Information Management)International Data Spaces Association (Deputy Chairman of theBoard)
Gaia-X AISBL, European Association for Data and Cloud(Member of the Board of Directors)
Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. (Deputy Chairman of theBoard)
Fraunhofer ICT Group (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Advisory Council for Mobility Data of the Ministry of Transportof the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (Member)
Bosch Data Strategy Advisory Board (Member)46

6Studying for a PhD with Fraunhofer ISST
Finalization

PhD thesis

Qualification

A qualification agreementagreement is concluded.

A chair with firstreviewer is determined.

University

The topic is chosen
and an exposé is written.

Exposé

Supervisor

The Fraunhofer ISST
provides a supervisor.

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The doctoral candidate writes thethesis. The Fraunhofer ISST supervises and relieves.

4

Finalization of the work andpreparation for the defense.

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Studying for a PhD with Fraunhofer ISSTThe Research Schools: Achieving doctoral success together
Aimed at providing support to PhD students, the Research Schools at the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST are collaborations with professors from TU Dortmund University, Witten/Herdecke University and the University of
Koblenz.
At the Research Schools, doctoral students from Fraunhofer ISST work together with those from universities in a mutual dialog-based approach that teaches the basics of scientific research in interdisciplinary groups. The Research Schools span a variety offields and disciplines: information systems, healthcare and computer science. They aim to not only enhance the scientific qualityof dissertations at Fraunhofer ISST and its affiliated universities, but also provide support for strategically publishing findings inpublication media that relate to the specialist fields. Hands-on workshops on different scientific subjects are organized in the
Research Schools to allow doctoral students to benefit cumulatively from the knowledge they have acquired and share it with one
another.

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Studying for a PhD with Fraunhofer ISSTPhD students 2022
Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Haße
Design of distributed digital twins
The goal of Hendrik Haße’s dissertation was to develop design principles
that support the implementation of distributed digital twins. Distributed
digital twins is a concept that allows the sharing of a digital twin in a
distributed system. This takes into account the dependence on different
levels of cooperation between the actors involved.
The potential applications of distributed digital twins are very diverse
and range from the collaborative use of machine data in the context ofpredictive maintenance to the sovereign use of sensitive patient data.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Boris Otto (Dortmund University of Technology +Fraunhofer ISST)

Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Haße		

Dr.-Ing. Fabian Bruckner
Programming concepts for the implementation of usage
guidelines in industrial data spaces
In his work, Fabian Bruckner integrates usage control mechanisms directly
into a newly developed programming language, thus making a technical contribution to the attainment and preservation of digital sovereignty. Usage control is used here as a central and inseparable part ofapplications.
The programming language called D° is aimed at the development ofdata processing applications. Through the use of a so-called host language and various extension options, the programming language can beused in a variety of environments and use cases.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Falk Howar (Dortmund University of Technology)

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Dr.-Ing. Fabian Bruckner

Women at Fraunhofer ISST

Women at Fraunhofer ISST
Equal opportunities
In 2021, the Joint Science Conference (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz — GWK) reported in a publication titled “Equal Opportunities in Science and Research” that the proportion of
female scientists in universities and research institutions has increased1. However, the need foraction persists: Progress is still slow and the proportion of women falls as the career ladder isascended.
Fraunhofer ISST is committed to inspiring women to pursue a career in digitalization researchand is helping to increase the visibility of female scientists. Around Girls Day 2022, our female
scientists and students again provided insights into their work to inspire female students to enter
applied science.
Not only that, but we have also implemented a range of internal measures: women empowerment workshops, talent development for female employees through Fraunhofer funding
programs and a newsletter on equal opportunity issues. The institute-specific target figures forthe recruiting rate of women in science introduced in 2021 were followed up in 2022: they are
now based on the proportion of women in the degree programs from which we have recruited
significant numbers of graduates in the past. In order not to rest on our laurels, these target
figures increase from year to year. In order to fill the “leaky pipeline”2 at the same time, we atFraunhofer ISST are not only committed to getting women excited about digitization research,
but also to maintaining this enthusiasm.
It is important for us to show our appreciation, to increase the diversity of our employees andto nurture talent — regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, social background, religion,
ideology, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

1
https://idw-online.de/en/news778184
2https://www.uni-paderborn.de/universitaet/genderportal/gender-glossar/leaky-pipeline

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Anja Burmann

Equal opportunities officer
Phone +49 231 97677-435
anja.burmann@isst.fraunhofer.de
Dataspace Connector — The
Guardian of Sovereign Data
ExchangeOur institute

The advisory board
Fraunhofer ISST is guided by an advisory board whose members are drawn
from the worlds of business, science, politics and administration.

Paul Schwefer

Dr. Nicola Jentzsch

Management Consultant at Fair Sourcing,
Hannover
Chair of the advisory board

Consultant, Department 112 (fundamental
issues concerning digital policy; coordination),
German Federal Ministry of Education andResearch, BMBF, Berlin

Dr. Reinhold Achatz
Coach for innovation, technology, entrepreneurship and sustainability

Fabian von Kuenheim

Guido Baranowski

Prof. Dr. Christine LegnerFounding CEO of TechnologieZentrum Dortmund, Dortmund

Head of Information Systems Department
Université de Lausanne, LausanneProf. Dr. Svenja Falk

Dr. Sebastian Ritz

Managing Director, Accenture Research, Berlin

CEO of German Edge Cloud GmbH & Co. KG,
Eschborn

Kuenheim Familiaris GmbH, Stuttgart

Dr. Christiane Fricke
Head of the Non-University Research Organizations, EU International Affairs Group of the
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf

Michael Schmelmer

Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn

Eva Schultze

Chair of Software Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Chair of the Supervisory Board of adesso SE, Dortmund

Director of Global Data Management Quality& Regulatory Affairs, Drägerwerk AG & Co.
KGaA, Lübeck

Katrin Hinne-Mohrmann

Björn Stammer

Vice President, Practice Transport and Logistics,
Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin

Head of Logistics (ND-L), Nestlé Germany AG,
Frankfurt am Main

Member of the Board of Managing Directors
at C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein50

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isory-boardOur networks
It is impossible to build data infrastructures acting alone — such developments can only succeed if they are the result of a joint effort involving
many different players. Fraunhofer ISST is therefore involved in numerous
professional, regional and Fraunhofer-wide networks, allowing it to collaborate and exchange ideas with partners.

Memberships*

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Alumni of Computer Science Dortmund e.V. (AIDO)
German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM e.V.)
Catena-X, Automotive Network
Data Competence Center for Cities and Regions(DKSR)
Eclipse Foundation
European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud
Gaia-X, European Association for Data and Cloud
HL7 Benutzergruppe in Deutschland e.V. (German HL7User Group)
International Data Spaces Association
MedEcon Ruhr e.V. (Network of the Healthcare Sector
in the Ruhr)
Windo e.V. (Association of Scientific Institutions in
Dortmund)Fraunhofer Information and Communication Technology
Group (iuk.fraunhofer.de/en.html)
Working Group Digital Health in the Lead Market Health(Fraunhofer Group for Health)Fraunhofer Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Alliance (bigdata-ai.fraunhofer.de/en.html)
Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Internet Technologies CCIT (cit.fraunhofer.de/en.html)
Fraunhofer Academy (academy.fraunhofer.de/en.html)*partly as coordinating institute for the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

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University Collaborations

University Collaborations
As an institute of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, we work at the interface
between science and industry. Fundamental research at universities gives
us valuable input that encourages transfer to industry with a focus on specific applications. The following chairs and professorships form the core of
our scientific network:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Deiters

Institute Director at the Fraunhofer Institute for Software andSystems Engineering ISST and Chair of Industrial Information
Management at TU Dortmund University

Professor of User-Oriented Health Technologies at the Universityof Applied Sciences (hsg) Bochum

Prof. Dr. Jan Jürjens
Prof. Dr. Jakob Rehof
Chair XIV of Software Engineering at TU Dortmund University

Director Research Projects at Fraunhofer ISST and Head of theInstitute for Software Engineering at the University of Koblenz

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Cirullies

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Schwede

Professor of Business Administration, specializing in supply
chain management and digital logistics, at Dortmund Universityof Applied Sciences and Arts and Head of Data Management in
Logistics

Professor of Big Data Analytics at Bielefeld University of Applied
Sciences and Head of Artificial Intelligence in Logistics

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sven Meister
Chair of Health Informatics at Witten/Herdecke University

Prof. Dr. Falk Howar
Professor of Software Engineering at TU Dortmund University

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Our communication
As an independent research organization with a public mandate, communicating our research findings is vital to us. We are a digitalization institutethat offers a variety of ways to access our projects and subject areas, particularly online.
As an institute for applied research, we want to make it possible for you to access ourresearch results easily and transparently. If you would like to learn more about the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST, its projects in logistics, databusiness and healthcare and the institute's staff, we invite you to discover what #InnovationsFromData means to us on our website.

Britta Klocke

Deputy Manager
Corporate Communications

Here you will find all information from the presentation of our current research projects
and our fields of competence to our publications and press releases — of course always
provided with a contact person, so that you can quickly and easily find the right contact tothe institute for your request.
Under “Press/News”, you will also find videos — and much more — in which we aim topresent complex research subjects in a manner that is easy to understand.

#InnovationsFromData
Follow us on social media Browse on www.isst.fraunhofer.de										

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presse@isst.fraunhofer.deEvent“Model of a Fair Data Economy in Germany and Europe — Innovation-oriented Contribution on the Way to Fair Data Economics”
Fraunhofer Forum Berlin, March 15, 2022
In addition to the celebratory event for the 30th anniversaryof the Fraunhofer ISST in September 2022 (see page 5 in thisannual report), the innovation-oriented Dialogue on Fair Data
Economics of the Fraunhofer ICT Group under the patronage
of Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger on March
15, 2022 was another highlight in the Fraunhofer ISST’s calendar of events.
Data is the key resource of digital transformation. Various
data-economy models are currently emerging around theworld, with Germany and Europe focusing their approaches onbalancing individual self-determination with society's interest in
the use of data. What this means for shaping a data economy
according to fair principles was presented and discussed at theevent.

Sure-Vetter (Director of the National Research Data Infrastructure) and Iris Plöger (Member of the BDI Executive Board), Prof.
Irene Bertschek (ZEW) and keynote speeches by Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Boris Otto, among others, the focus was on a lively exchangewith all participants in deep-dive sessions.
Boris Otto also outlines the vision of a fair data economy for
Germany and Europe in an edition of his vlog: https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=GoFRIAVNiPY

In addition to keynotes by Bettina Stark-Watzinger (Federal
Minister of Education and Research), Prof. Reimund Neugebauer (President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Prof. York

Data Researchers Vlog (#Data_RSR)
Our Institute Director, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto, has a vlog
entitled Data Researchers Vlog (#Data_RSR), which can beviewed at isst.fraunhofer.de/en/news/video/Vlog.html or on
our Fraunhofer ISST YouTube channel (available with English
subtitles). Using this format, Boris Otto regularly sheds light on
hot topics in digitalization, providing concise, informative andwell-founded insights.

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Social media
Congratulory campaign #30years30wishes
Under the hashtag #30years30wishes, Fraunhofer ISST asked companions of the institute to send the institute a social media congratulations. These congratulatory remarks were posted throughout 2022 via the institute’s Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. Here
we show an excerpt from the campaign. We thank all participants for their congratulations.

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Publication“Designing Data Spaces — The Ecosystem Approach to Competitive
Advantage.”
Published in 2022, this open-access book provides a comprehensive overview of data ecosystems and platform economics,
from methodological and technological foundations to reports
on practical implementations and applications in various
industries.
To this end, the book is divided into four parts: Part I “Foundations and Contexts” provides a general overview of thedesign, operation and governance of data spaces as well as an
introduction to the IDS (International Data Spaces) and GAIA-X
projects. Part II “Data Space Technologies” then describes various implementation aspects of IDS and GAIA-X, such as data
usage control, the use of blockchain technologies or semantic
data integration and interoperability. Part III then describes
various “Use Cases and Data Ecosystems” from different application areas such as agriculture, healthcare, industry, energy
and mobility. Finally, part IV provides an overview of various“Solutions and Applications,” e.g., with products and experiences from companies such as Google, SAP, Huawei, T-Systems,
Innopay and many others.
Overall, the book provides industry professionals with a comprehensive overview of the technological and economic aspectsof data spaces, based on the International Data Spaces andGaia-X initiatives. It presents implementations and businesscases and gives an outlook on future developments. In doingso, it aims to spread the vision of a social data market economy
based on data spaces that embrace trust and data sovereignty.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-93975-5#toc

All further information on
our publications and thesearch options in the Fraunhofer database “Publica”
can be found at www.isst.
fraunhofer.de/publications

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Publisher© Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST

Institute Director

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Boris Otto
Speicherstraße 644147 Dortmund, Germany
Phone: +49 2 31 9 76 77 - 0
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