Fairs, conferences and events 2022

The VDI congress »SIMVEC« sees itself as a platform where advances in simulation technology and testing in vehicle development are presented and discussed. Dr.-Ing. Lilli Burger, Dr. Michael Burger and Dr.-Ing. Jonathan Jahnke from Fraunhofer ITWM will be represented on site with several presentations and an exhibition booth.

In the project »FlexEuro«, researchers Fraunhofer ITWM are developing models and methods for the optimal marketing of load flexibilities in various electricity markets. At the end of the project, the project team is organizing a workshop whose goal is to look at the topic of »Flexibility« from different angles.

The symposium revolves around issues in automotive technology. Joachim Linn and Marius Obentheuer from Fraunhofer ITWM give a lecture on the topic »EMMA4Drive – A Dynamic Human Model for Autonomous Driving«.

Supercomputing 22 is an international conference on high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis. Our colleagues fromthe Fraunhofer ITWM will present selected ITWM projects and software solutions at the exhibition.

The Foam Expo Europe is a trade fair and conference for technical foam products and their manufacturing. The team around Dr. Konrad Steiner,  managing director of the High Perofrmance Center, will give a lecture and will be on site and inform you around our software solution »Digital Twin FOAM: Simulation Chain of Foams«.

The Annual Meeting of the Research Network Energy System Analysis is dedicated to the topic »Systems Analysis for a Resilient Energy System«. Experts from Fraunhofer ITWM will give a poster presentation.

The Symposium Driving Simulation (SDS) brings together industrial and academic expertise from the fields of virtual driving simulation, vehicle dynamics, ADAS sensor technology and autonomous driving. Dr. Sebastian Emmerich and Tim Rothmann from tFraunhofer ITWM will be on site.

The QTML is an international event dealing with quantum-based Machine Learning (ML), an interdisciplinary field that combines quantum technology and ML. Dr. Ali Moghiseh and M.Sc. Alexander Geng from Fraunhofer ITWM will give a poster talk.

The 6. interdisciplinary exchange of expertise between the TU Kaiserslautern and departments of the Fraunhofer ITWM will take place on November 4, 2022. The event is organized by the High Performance Center »Simulation and Software Based Innovation«.

At the world's leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, our experts from Fraunhofer ITWM  will be on site to present applications using terahertz measurement technology.

A team from the department »Image Processing« from Fraunhofer ITWM will be on site with a presentation and the exhibit »Robot-Supported Inspection Planning and Surface Inspection«.

The conference will focus on new testing methods in combination with numerical simulation, issues related to the value chain and the sustainable development of components up to the end of life of the components. Dr. Michael Burger and Dr. Michael Speckert from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Engineering« at Fraunhofer ITWM will be present with a booth and a presentation.

This conference will shed light on which potentials arise from the current state of the art of quantum computing for finance. An overview of the research at Fraunhofer ITWM will be given by three employees from the department »Financial Mathematics«.

ECDA 2022 is concerned with interdisciplinary research and interaction between theory and practice. A wide range of topics will be covered by the scientific program of talks and papers. A Fraunhofer ITWM staff member, M.Sc. Axel Preis, will give a talk on »Change Point Detection in Text Data«.

Find out about the latest technologies and trends in the commercial vehicle industry.

In cooperation with the »German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI«, the Fraunhofer ITWM organizes a workshop on anomaly and structure break detection. Here, there is the possibility to present questions and first research results from the fields of anomaly and structure break detection in lectures or posters.

In the Math Talent School of Fraunhofer ITWM, female students have the opportunity to gain practical experience in workshops and with individual supervision and to work in teams on real challenges of applied mathematics.

Manufacturers and service providers present products for the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, energy and environmental sectors. This makes the world's leading trade fair ACHEMA the most important source of impetus for the international process industry. Experts from the departments »Flow and Material Simulation« and »Transport Processes« and from the »Optimization« division at Fraunhofer ITWM will be on site to inform about their research.

The Young Researchers Symposium 2022 brings science from PhD students from Kaiserslautern and Landau to the point. Short and crisp, instead of boring and dry!

Dr. Henrike Stephani, the deputy head of the »Image Processing« department of Fraunhofer ITWM, will take part in the panel discussion of  Offene Digitalisierungsallianz Pfalz on »What Rules Do We Want for AI in Europe?« in her capacity as the AI pilot speaker for Rhineland-Palatinate and provide support with her expertise.

Job search made easy: This year's virtual Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Career Fair will feature many companies presenting their entry-level opportunities and career paths. You have the chance to get to know 6 Fraunhofer institutes better.  Fraunhofer ITWM and Fraunhofer IESE will also be present at a virtual booth.

The event focuses on early validation of complex system functions and new architecture concepts.

In an exchange with experts from industry and practice-oriented research, you can get to know and discuss current challenges and solutions for virtual engineering.

From July 18 to 21, 2022, the Institute of Mechanics and Marine Engineering (MUM) at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) will host a symposium for researchers working on various aspects of sensitivity analysis, optimization, and optimal control of multibody systems. An employee of the Fraunhofer ITWM, Dipl.-Math. Monika Harant from the area »Mathematics for Vehicle Engeneering«, will participate here with a presentation.

At the Textile Trend Forum, everything revolves around the future of the textile industry. Perspectives for new products, services and the application of modern technologies will be shown, but also solutions for upcoming challenges will be discussed. Head of the department »Flow and Material Simulation« of Fraunhofer ITWM, Dr. Konrad Steiner, will be on site and give a presentation.

In this workshop, current research work will be presented, which deals with the topic of virtual validation and especially considers safety as a property. Furthermore, interesting developments from standardization and currently used approaches from industry will be presented. In addition, upcoming challenges will be discussed in working groups and solutions will be exchanged.

The Automotive CAE Grand Challenge promotes the exchange between companies, science and software development to solve these challenges. Some of our experts will be on site and give some exciting presentations.

The Day of Mathematics is an information event of the Department of Mathematics at TU Kaiserslautern, which is primarily aimed at students of secondary schools of all grades as well as accompanying teachers and parents, but also at students. 

The European Society of Biomechanics organises an annual international scientific conference to share the latest research in the field of biomechanics and provide a forum for discussion. Experts from the division »Mathematics for Vehicle Development« of Fraunhofer ITWM contribute to the programme with exciting insights into our research. 

The 20th European Conference on Composite Materials brings together participants from academia and industry with a common interest in composite materials. M.Sc. Nicola Magino from the department »Flow and Material Simulation« of Fraunhofer ITWM will be present with a presentation.

No matter in which areas of our lives – digitization is profoundly changing our everyday and professional lives. Everyone must be enabled to move confidently and securely, self-assuredly and self-determinedly in the digital world. Therefore, we are offering a workshop on the topic of »AI Minilab - Machine Learning Algorithms to Try Out« on the nationwide Digitaltag.

ITWM expert Michael Burger will give a presentation on Data Based Estimation of Vehicle Loads Quantities at this workshop.

The workshop is dedicated to promoting the exchange between French and German experts in the field of structural longevity.

At TechTextil 2022 in Frankfurt am Main, international exhibitors will present the entire spectrum of technical textiles, functional apparel textiles and textile technologies. This year, our experts will again be on site with a wide range of offers on modeling, simulation and optimization of technical textiles.

The Offene Digitalisierungsallianz Pfalz invites all interested parties to the virtual conference around the development of digital solutions in the field of interaction between vehicle, environment and human. Experts from the TU Kaiserslautern as well as from the Department of Mathematics for Vehicle Development at Fraunhofer ITWM contribute to the program with exciting insights into research.

On the occasion of the publication of the Springer book »Handbook Digital Farming - Digital Transformation for Sustainable Agriculture«, Fraunhofer IESE is hosting a half-day hybrid symposium with presentations by the authors.

The Integrata Foundation is organizing a series of online lectures with experts from inside and outside the foundation in order to talk about current developments in artificial intelligence and related issues. ITWM Institute Director Prof. Dr. Anita Schöbel and Dr. Henrike Stepahni will give a presentation.

The main objective of the regular congress is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments in scientific computing in engineering.

The ISC High Performance is the largest community meeting in Europe for High Performance Computing, Machine Learning and Data Analytics. Some of our experts will also be there and contribute to the program with an exhibition booth (booth J908). 

In 2022, the Terahertz Workshop of Fraunhofer ITWM will again offer everyone the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience in the field of terahertz technology. 2022 it will take place for the 10th time.

Entry and development opportunities as well as job offers at Fraunhofer

Attendees at the conference will gain insight into how key players in the global automotive industry are currently using simulation and driving simulators to accelerate new vehicle development. 

The ees Europe is the exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems on the continent. Under the motto »Innovating energy storage«, the annual event brings together manufacturers, dealers, project developers, system integrators, professional users and suppliers.