👀 Check out today’s @faznet.bsky.social for an interview with our expert Monique Kuglitsch, Chair of the UN Global Initiative on AI for Disaster Resilience. She shares how #AI helps forecast floods, optimize evacuations & speed recovery. #AIforGood #DisasterResilience

Strengthening Indo-German cooperation in digital agriculture 🇮🇳🤝🇩🇪 At #Agritechnica Hannover, we’re joining partners from Telangana to showcase AI & digital tools for climate-resilient, smallholder farming 🌍 Come by and say hello! 👋 #Agritechnica2025 #ACRAT #AIforGood

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗛𝗜 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: a hybrid PIC with 16 channels at 500 GHz spacing for neuromorphic computing. More info: www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departmen...

💡 We’re at MEDICA 2025 in Düsseldorf! Discover our photonic biosensors for rapid, reliable diagnostics — and don’t miss Jakob Reck’s talk “𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥-𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨” on Nov 19, 1–1:30 p.m. 👉 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/events/me...

💡 Scaling photonics together! Our Fraunhofer HHI experts Martin Schell, Axel Schönau, David de Felipe, and Dominic Schulz joined PIC Summit Europe in Eindhoven to showcase our latest advances—from InP Foundry Services and Hybrid PICs to High-Speed Lasers and Thin Film Lithium Niobate.

🚀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆-𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟲𝗚 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀! The Taiwanese-German 6G project 𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦 on energy-efficient RIS has kicked off. It unites Fraunhofer IPMS and Fraunhofer HHI, and Taiwan’s National Chung Cheng University. 🔗 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...

💫 A proud moment for Fraunhofer HHI! Our Innovation Manager Monique Kuglitsch appears in @time.com Magazine’s Special Edition on AI, sharing how AI is transforming disaster preparedness through a UN Global Initiative. 🌍 📰 Read more: www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new... © Woelff

Great visit from Berlin’s Senator Ute Bonde at Fraunhofer HHI! 🌐 We discussed how 5G & 6G can power connected mobility and smart infrastructure — shaping Berlin’s digital future. #FraunhoferHHI #6GResearch #NextGenNetworks #BerlinTech

Berlin’s afterwork for innovators returns! 💡 On 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟯, xG-Afterwork 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗨 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 brings together researchers, founders, engineers and professionals for an evening of ideas, pitches & connections. We’re looking forward to seeing you there! 👉 xgafterwork05.eventbrite.de?aff=sciencea...

It was great to welcome Kai Uwe Bindseil and the Berlin Partner Team at Fraunhofer HHI! Inspiring exchange on how our research in AI, data & sensing tech can support Berlin’s health economy. Thanks for stopping by – we’re looking forward to what’s next! 🧬🤝 #DigitalHealthBerlin #HealthTech #HHI

🌊 Strengthening disaster resilience through AI! Join us in Brussels 11–12 Dec for the 3rd Meeting & Workshop of the Global Initiative on Resilience to Natural Hazards through AI Solutions. 🔗Free to join (in person or online): bit.ly/AI4Resilience #AIforGood #DisasterResilience

🧠 “Explainability is not a luxury – it’s a competitive advantage.” In connect professional, our Head of Artificial Intelligence, Prof. Wojciech Samek, explains why #ExplainableAI is key to improving systems, building trust & driving innovation. 🔗 www.connect-professional.de/software-ser...

🚀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗬𝗨𝗭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! Our expert Dr. Behnam Shariati will speak at FYUZ 2025 on “𝗟𝗟𝗠-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗣𝗜𝘀 : 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗔𝗣𝗜 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”. Our WN-team will also be on site, joined by our partners from l14y lab and airpuls GmbH.

🚀 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻! We are contributing indium phosphide (InP) laser dies which serve as the central light source within the chip architecture. The mission aims to test photonic semiconductor systems under space conditions 🛰️ 🔗 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...

🌱 Fraunhofer HHI is thrilled to join the conversation on the future of photonics in life sciences! Our expert Dominic Schulz will speak at the EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for Bio and Life Science Applications, hosted by CSEM in Neuchâtel, Switz, on 28-29 Oct. 2025. Reg: shorturl.at/7a9lO

📢 The xG-ALOE initiative, together with Fraunhofer HHI and EANTC AG, has published the official Test Report from the first xG-ALOE Plugfest! 🔹 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...

We’re shaping the next global video coding standard for the 6G era with Ericsson & @nokia.bsky.social 🌍 Our joint proof of concept shows considerably high coding efficiency gains & marks a key milestone in catalyzing the international standardization process! www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...

How can AI strengthen Europe’s climate resilience? 🌍 At the ECMWF conference in Brussels, our researcher Monique Kuglitsch joined experts to discuss how initiatives like DestinE, AI Factories, and EuroHPC drive climate preparedness. 🎥 Highlights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYAU...

🌺 Fraunhofer HHI at #ICCV2025 in Honolulu! Our researchers Johannes Künzel, Maximilian Höfler, and Soonbin Lee present new advances in computer vision, from keypoint extraction and 3D Gaussian compression to federated learning. 💡 Don’t miss our paper & workshop sessions!

💡 How do you successfully apply to a startup incubator? Join the upcoming hybrid webinar by the xG-Incubator to learn how to strengthen your StartUpConnect application and position your idea for success. 👉 Register here: howtostartupconnect.eventbrite.de?aff=hhibluesky

🌐 The xG-ALOE Plenary 2025 brought innovators together at Fraunhofer HHI to shape open, modular 5G/6G networks — with strategy talks, demos, and start-up pitches driving the future of enterprise connectivity.

🌍 Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction! The Global Initiative on Resilience to Natural Hazards through AI Solutions – chaired by Fraunhofer HHI expert Monique Kuglitsch – and UNDDR are showing how AI can help fund resilience, not disasters. 💡 www.itu.int/hub/2025/10/...

🔒 How can quantum technology make our communication truly secure? In a new interview, our researcher Jan Krause shares insights on QKD, the upcoming 600 km Berlin–Frankfurt link, and real-world applications of the QuNET initiative. Read the full interview: www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...

💡 This Saturday, our researcher @paulchojecki.bsky.social will speak at the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in Istanbul, presenting updates from TeMoRett—one of Fraunhofer HHI’s health projects dedicated to rare diseases. 🔗 www.rettsyndrome.eu/news/interna...

🚀 Turning 5G/6G research into real-world impact? The xG-Incubator is now open for applications! 💡 Up to €800,000 in equity-free funding, access to Fraunhofer HHI’s 6G-RIC lab infrastructure, and tailored coaching. 🕓 Apply by November 10 here: www.xg-incubator.com?utm_medium=b...

🥣 Our Corporate Communications Team joined @tuberlin.bsky.social's “𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴(𝘴)𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘳!” event today! We presented how research meets real-world impact at Fraunhofer HHI—from AI to quantum communication, 6G, and more. 🔗 More about our career opportunities: www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/jobs-und-...

🥇 Congrats to Caio Santos from @nokia.bsky.social! At #ECOC25 he won our Poinsnaké competition with an impressive 25 points, played on Fraunhofer HHI's plug & play PIC evaluation setup PIConnect. 🐍 #ICT #Photonics

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗮 gave a keynote speech at the symposium “Shaping the Future of Medical Decisions” at the MaxPlanck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences for Multidisciplinary Sciences 𝗶𝗻 𝗚ö𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻: A New Era of Intelligence in Healthcare.” Congratulations! 👏 #multimodalAI #aihealthcare

What a week at ECOC 2025! 🌍✨ With 9 exhibits, 17 presentations and 34 researchers on site, Fraunhofer HHI brought photonics innovation to Copenhagen. Thanks to everyone who visited, to our team, and to Berlin Partner for the great joint booth. 🚀

🚀 The first xG-ALOE Plugfest wrapped up at Fraunhofer HHI in Berlin! Four days of testing and integrating Open RAN innovations: resilient links, attack-detecting xApps, compact 5G networks and LiFi. Results will follow on Oct 28 – stay tuned!

🚀 Congratulations to our fiber-like team! Selected for hubraum’s Tangible Tomorrow program, they bring high-speed Optical Wireless Communication based on Fraunhofer HHI’s LiFi 2.0 – enabling reliable, flexible 6G backhaul, even in tough weather. 🌐

Catch our photonics experts at Photonics Days Berlin Brandenburg 2025 on Oct 8–9 in Berlin-Adlershof! Visit our joint booth with PolyPhotonics Berlin e.V., join the workshop on hybrid PICs, and don’t miss the pitching session on Oct 9. 👩‍🔬💡 More: www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/events/ph...

🎓 We congratulate Robert Emmerich on his PhD with summa cum laude! In his dissertation “𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘌𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴” he explored how to expand existing fiber networks cost efficiently and sustainably. 🌐✨

🌐 ECOC 2025 has officially kicked off in Copenhagen! Find us at at 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝟮𝟭𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭. Our researchers are excited to contribute to the conference program with 17 inspiring high-level talks and presentations! 👉 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/events/ec...

Our fast-cycling scientists made it to ECOC 🚴🌱 After 250 km on the bike from Gedser to Copenhagen, they’ve arrived – combining sustainability, team spirit & adventure. Now ready to share their expertise in photonic integrated circuits! 🌍✨ 📍 Meet us at 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝟮𝟭𝟭𝟬 in the 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿!

We successfully tested its QKD system in flight 🚀 A secure quantum link was established between the DLR research aircraft and the Fraunhofer IOF QuBUS – proving quantum communication works reliably under real airborne conditions ✈️🔒

🌍 How can AI boost Europe’s resilience to climate change? Join us Oct 2 in Brussels (and online) for ECMWF’s public conference. 🎙️ Our expert Monique Kuglitsch will speak on building Europe’s AI ecosystem for real-world impact. 🔗 sciencebusiness.net/events/ai-we...

🧪 From the lab to the tap: In the latest 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 episode, our researcher Jakob Reck shares how light-powered biosensors can detect trace substances in water within minutes – fast, simple, and right where it’s needed. 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/06Pz...

𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 #HuaweiConnect2025 🚀 Our photonics experts represented Fraunhofer HHI and the F5G OpenLab by demonstrating fiber-based solutions and a presentation on “𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀”. 👉 www.f5g-openlab.org

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝗼𝘅 ⬛ … 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲! Find out how it works as an AI microscope in the most recent Deutschlandfunk podcast episode: 🎧 www.deutschlandfunk.de/erklaerbare-...

🛫 The 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 in #QuNET 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟯 has started! Our experts from Fraunhofer HHI join forces with Fraunhofer IOF, MPL, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg & DLR to connect a flying qubit with a stationary one – paving the way for quantum-secure communication.

Quantum innovation powered by photonics ⚡ We will take part in the EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for Quantum Technologies, 1–2 Oct in Birkerød 🇩🇰 On day 2, our Executive Director Martin Schell speaks in the session 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺. 👉 epic-photonics.com/events/epic-...

Photonics for faster, safer, smarter networks 📶🔒 From Sept 28 – Oct 2 we’ll be at ECOC 2025 in Copenhagen! Meet us at booth C2110 and explore our latest innovations in quantum security, LiFi 2.0, PICs & more. 👉 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/events/ec...

📡 Seamless connectivity begins with smarter antennas! At WSA 2025 in Erlangen, our wireless communications and networks department shared research on advanced antennas, AI for wireless communications, channel modeling, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

Turning ideas into innovation 🚀 On September 25, our start-up incubator Silicon Allee will host their monthly Deep Tech Night in collaboration with Deep Tech Nexus to bring together Berlin’s deep tech community. 💡 luma.com/f9ezosd1

The research project 𝗘𝗔𝗩-𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮 celebrated its project completion! 🎉 Aimed at creating digital noise protection for rail infrastructure using the innovative Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology 🔊 🚆 👉 www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...

🌍 A warm welcome to our guests from Tanzania at the Forum Digitale Technologien as part of the EU-funded Digital4Tanzania Twinning Project. The study visit explored how German institutions approach ICT, cybersecurity, and AI for the public sector.

In times of AI and deepfakes, trust in video matters more than ever. 🎥 At IBC 2025 we’ll show how cryptographic signatures embedded in video streams make content verifiable. Meet us in Amsterdam Sept 12–15, Booth B80 Don’t miss Jonathan Pfaff’s talk on Sept 14, 11:15 a.m.

🥇 Congratulations to the winners of the 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗭𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 as part of the 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! 👉 bit.ly/4dklkuq

📢 EPSILON extended until 2026! Fraunhofer HHI and partners are advancing VR-based tools and wearable sensors to reliably diagnose Post-COVID symptoms. Next step: advancing the 𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅 and 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 👉 Read more: www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press/new...