Structure and networking

The five business units of Fraunhofer IOSB bundle the portfolio of the institute with regard to concrete application areas and markets.

The central competence and organizational units are the 17 scientific departments. Seven of them are located in Karlsruhe, five in Ettlingen. Our branches IOSB-AST at Ilmenau and IOSB-INA at Lemgo comprise three and two departments respectively.

At all locations, our institute collaborates closely with the local universities: Employees of Fraunhofer IOSB hold professorships and teaching positions, and local professors are involved as external advisors and advisory board members of the institute.

Fraunhofer IOSB in networks, alliances and performance centers

Within Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Fraunhofer IOSB belongs to the Fraunhofer ICT Group and, as a guest member, to the Fraunhofer groups for Light & Surfaces and for Energy Technologies and Climate Protection. We are also part of the Fraunhofer Business Unit Vision and the Fraunhofer Segment for Defense and Security VVS.

In addition, the institute and individual departments are members of the following Fraunhofer Alliances: Agriculture and Food Industry (aka Food Chain Management), Automobile Production, Aviation & Space, Building Innovation, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Transport, and Water Systems.

Fraunhofer IOSB is also involved in the Fraunhofer Clusters of Excellence “Cognitive Internet Technologies CCIT” and “Integrated Energy Systems CINES” as well as in the High-Performance Centers “KAMO: Karlsruhe Mobility”, “Intelligent Signal Analysis and Assistance Systems – InSignA, Ilmenau” in Ilmenau and “Sustainable Ocean Business” in Rostock/Lübeck. Furthermore, our head of institute Prof. Beyerer is spokesman of the Fraunhofer Strategic Research Field Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In addition, it goes without saying that on a case-by-case basis, we collaborate with sister institutes that complement our expertise with regard to the task at hand.