Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB 
The institute directors at a glance
Following the timeline above, you will find an overview of the heads of our institute and its predecessor institutes:
Time period |
Head of FfO / FIM / FGAN FOM |
| 1973 - 1998 | Prof. Dr. Dieter Höhn manages the Research Institute for Optics (FfO), which was founded in 1973. |
| 1974 - 1998 |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Kazmierczak is director of the Research Institute for Information Processing and Pattern Recognition (FIM). |
| 1999 - 2010 | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Maurus Tacke is head of the Research Institute for Optronics and Pattern Recognition (FOM) of the Research Association for Applied Natural Sciences (FGAN), which resulted from the merger of FfO and FIM. |
| 2010 - 2013 | Prof. Tacke takes over with Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer the management of the Fraunhofer IOSB, which was founded in 2010 as a result of the merger of Fraunhofer IITB and FOM. |
Time period |
Head of ISF / Fraunhofer IITB |
| 1956 - 1967 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Horst Tischner founds the Institute of Vibration Research (ISF) in 1956 and heads the institute until 1967, when it is incorporated into the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft on January 1, 1967. |
1968 - 1982 |
Dr.-Ing. Alfred Schief is appointed director of the institute in 1967. In 1973, the departments Information Processing (IITB-IV) were established under the direction of Dr.-Ing. Alfred Schief and Data Processing (IITB-DV) under the direction of Prof. Dr. Max Syrbe. |
| 1968 - 1983 | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Max Syrbe is appointed in 1968 as head of the institute for the data processing division to be founded (IITB-DV). In 1983 Prof. Syrbe is elected President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, an office he holds until 1993. |
| 1983 - 2000 | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Hellmut Nagel takes over the management of the institute for the area of information processing in 1983. |
| 1984 - 2004 | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hartwig U. Steusloff takes over the management of the institute in 1984 for the area of data processing. In 1995 the departments IV and DV are merged. |
| 1989 - 2004 | Dr.-Ing. Hans-Achim Kuhr is appointed in 1989 as second head of the institute for the area of information processing. |
2004 - |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer takes over the management of Fraunhofer IITB in 2004. In 2010, IITB and FGAN-FOM merge into Fraunhofer IOSB, which is now headed by the institute directors Prof. Tacke and Prof. Beyerer. Since Prof. Tacke's retirement in 2013, Prof. Beyerer is the sole managing director of the Fraunhofer IOSB. |