Latest News

Here we will inform you about the latest research topics, upcoming events and other news of the department.

Latest News

 

New Project / 02.05.2025

For the Pension Provision Debeka and Us Develop Objective Assessment Frameworks for Its Customer Service

Pension products are complex and difficult to compare. Together with Debeka, we develop scientifically sound models and evaluation frameworks that enable transparent and comprehensible presentation.

 

Interview / 21.03.2025

From Internship to Head of Department

From internship to doctorate to head of department – Dr Stefanie Grimm talks about her exciting career at the Fraunhofer ITWM.

She shows how diverse the career opportunities at our institute can be and emphasises the importance of flexibility, both in research and in everyday working life.

 

Essen / Fair / 10.02.2026 – 12.02.2026

E-world Energy and Water 2026

The »E-world Energy and Water« is the leading trade fair for the European energy industry.

At our two booths, our experts will present the latest developments in Digital Twins, which enable precise analyses, prognosis, and controls. We will focus on the key topics of »energy producers and distributors« and »consumers and markets«.

 

Press Release / 23.01.2025

E-world Energy and Water 2025

Saving energy and using it sensibly – this goal runs through many of our projects. That's why we will be at E-world Energy and Water 2025 in Essen from February 11 to 13 to present our latest developments in the context of »Using AI, Digital Twins and Smart Algorithms to Achieve a Resource-Efficient Energy Industry«.

 

News / 18.11.2024

Our Project »KIDAGO« Wins Fraunhofer Alumni Award 2024

The project »KIDAGO – Digitization of Health Data for Innovative Billing Systems« has been awarded the Fraunhofer Alumni Award »TECHNOLOGY4DEVELOPMENT«. The team, consisting of researchers from the »Image Processing« and »Financial Mathematics« departments, is being supported with a grant of 10,000 euros.

Events

 

Kaiserslautern / Workshop / 24.11. – 25.11.2025

Anomaly Detection Workshop

In collaboration with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), our department »Financial Mathematics« organizes a workshop on anomaly detection.

The workshop presents questions and initial research results in lectures and discusses them together.

 

Berlin / Conference / 07.10. – 08.10.2025

KassenGipfel 2025

The KassenGipfel 2025 offers a platform for dialogue, positioning, and exchange on an equal footing. Our experts Dr. Ria Grindel and Dr. Stefan Mai will be there. They will give a presentation on the topic »Challenges in Anomaly Detection With AI – And Why You Should Use It Anyway. Both will participate in a panel discussion.

 

Potsdam / Conference / 01.10.2025

Police Day in Potsdam

The Police Day in Potsdam focuses on current developments and innovations in policing.

Our experts Dr. Henrike Stephani and Tania Jacob are on site. They give a presentation on »Digitalization and Pattern Recognition in COVID Test Fraud – A Current Case.«

Recurring Workshop

Federated learning makes it possible to train your own machine learning models. Our recurring workshop »Federated Learning: Decentralized Machine Learning that Ensures Data Protection« consists of several presentations on different aspects of federated learning followed by discussion rounds.

 

Current Research Topics

Our doctoral students and post-docs research and researched current topics in financial mathematics and data science.

Vacancies

Scientific Assistants / Interns

We are always looking for scientific assistants an interns as support in projects from the industry and research. Besides your interest on financial mathematical context, basic knowledge in a common programing language is requested. The remuneration is to be agreed upon.

 

Topics for Master Thesis

Do you have your own idea for a thesis? This is also possible with us. Present us your proposed topic in a speculative application so that we can assess whether it reflects our core competencies.

Our EP-KI Team Blog

Here, the EP-KI team blogs. This stands for decision support for business management processes with the help of new AI methods. Our junior research group »EP-KI: Decision Support for Business Processes using New AI Methods« works at the interface of business administration and artificial intelligence (AI). Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the junior research group focuses its research on future-oriented issues and their solution by user-friendly methods.

Our AI Group team of scientists has set itself the goal of supporting current developments in digitization in public administration and SMEs. In the blog, we regularly report on our work, activities and comment on current developments.