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Umschlag_DFKI_02_2015_ENG WEB_Layout 1 16.11.15 12:25 Seite 2 NEWS GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Google is a DFKI Shareholder SmartFactory KL - German Mittelstand 4.0 DFKI and ZeMA Launch Power4Production © 2015 DFKI I ISSN - 2196 - 2251 I 36th edition 2/2015 Umschlag_DFKI_02_2015_ENG WEB_Layout 1 16.11.15 12:25 Seite 3 Freedom of Movement for Pixels! DaaS is a Selected Place in the Land of Ideas 2015 Germany Land of Ideas Selected Landmark 2015 www.land-der-ideen.de/en Photo: André Mailänder Display as a Service, DaaS, allows individual monitors to be transformed into one gigantic display wall. Everyday life is full of screens: smart phones, tablets, and monitors are everywhere. However, most of them are firmly connected to an information source. Display The award ceremony as a Service provides an unprecedented level of is scheduled for flexibility: Displays of different sizes and resolution can be linked with DaaS via a standard network December 10, 2015 and filled from any number of devices. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. This represents entirely new forms of design and control, presentation and teamworking – from at DFKI Saarbrücken. giant display walls to a combination of several computer screens during a meeting. Inhalt_DFKI_02_2015_ENG PRINT_Layout 1 16.11.15 11:55 Seite 1 Google is DFKI’s Newest Shareholder Google Germany GmbH has acquired a share of DFKI mak- ing it the institute’s 17th industry partner. DFKI is now the only research facility in Europe in which Google is partici- pating as an industry partner with a capital investment and a seat on the supervisory board. A press conference atten- ded by many representatives of the media and approxima- tely 150 invited guests was held on October 6, 2015 at DFKI Saarbrücken. Making the joint announcement were Prof. Wahlster along with Dr. Wieland Holfelder, Engineering Director for Google Germany and Minister President of the Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. The Federal Minister of Research and Education, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, was conducting govern- ment consultations in India at the time and sent her con- System demo of “3Digify – DIY 3D Scanner“ for Michel Benard, University gratulations to the event via a video statement. Relations Manager at Google Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO DFKI: “I am certain, that in the coming decade our innovation alliances with Google and the other market leaders in our group of share- holders, we will revolutionize mobility, daily living, and working with a new generation of autonomous assistance systems, if we examine the possible technological breakthroughs for feasibility and gain public acceptance at an early stage.” Dr. Wieland Holfelder, Engineering Director at Google Germany GmbH added: “Since the opening of our first office in Germany in 2001, we have continuously sought and expanded close relationships with local scientists and technology experts. We have enjoyed a long stand- ing and close partnership with DFKI which is one of the world’s most renowned research institutes. We are delighted that we can Dr. Holfelder, Prof. Wahlster, Minister President Kramp-Karrenbauer, now intensify this as a shareholder. We see great opportunities Federal Minister Wanka (via video feed) in cooperation with other well-known partners to provide even greater support and strengthen the exciting research topics at Minister President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer explained: DFKI. We look forward to the resulting technological develop- “DFKI's new partnership with Google is further evidence of ments so that they will find their way into Google services, for the excellence of the information technology in the state of the benefit of our users around the world.” Saarland. This commitment by a global corporation like Google underscores the reputation of DFKI and the site lo- The press conference was complemented by a series of DFKI cation in general. We look forward to the results of this part- exhibits from all research sites. The subjects included: Big Data nership and to the anticipated contributions to the future text analysis, relation extraction, 3D object scanning, social media development of the digital society.” monitoring, forensic imaging and video analysis, intelligent semantic TV, 3D Internet, INDUSTRIE 4.0, and Display as a Service As Federal Education and Research Minister Prof. Dr. Johanna (DaaS). Wanka stated: “We want to shape the digital era and use the Internet of Things to our advantage. The partnership between DFKI and Google represents a good opportunity to develop this goal. A key challenge is the proper management of a growing vol- ume of data and this issue concerns both the protection and security of the data. The dialog between Google and the top- level German scientists regarding these important matters can speed the development of reliable and practical, as well as understandable and user friendly solutions for the digital society of the future.” News 2_2015 I © DFKI 3 Inhalt_DFKI_02_2015_ENG PRINT_Layout 1 16.11.15 11:55 Seite 2 CONTENTS GOOGLE IS DFKI’S NEWEST SHAREHOLDER S. 3 MEDIA INDUSTRY Launch of New Collaborative Project – Digital Curation Technologies S. 18 HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT Empathetic Training Support for the Job Application Process S. 25 Smart Clothing, Tiny Eyes, and a Virtual Twin – Artificial Intelligence at EU ICT 2015 Exhibition S. 10 Ettention – Innovative Software for Electron and Computed Tomography S. 14 DFKI Successful at “Smart Service World” Technology Competition S. 15 WEARABLES Artificial Intelligence at EU ICT 2015 Exhibition S. 10 Manage Everyday Life with Help from Interactive Ambient Systems S. 24 SOFTWARE AND SERVICES META-FORUM 2015 and Riga Summit 2015 S. 16 IWi Defends International Title at Process Model Matching Contest 2015 S. 31 Multimedia Opinion Mining – A Virtual Trend Scout in the Web S. 32 100 Million Images to Research S. 33 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Augmented Reality System LARA Supports Road Construction S. 12 Vitruv21 Platform Connects 3D Models and Planning Information S. 13 SMART DATA DFKI Joins Research Project AGATA S. 19 Crowd Sensing – Real Time Analysis of Visitor Movements S. 30 4 News 2_2015 I © DFKI Inhalt_DFKI_02_2015_ENG Web_Layout 1 16.11.15 12:21 Seite 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Google is DFKI’s Newest Shareholder AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY 6 SmartFactoryKL and DFKI at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg 7 DFKI Joins Research Project AGATA S. 19 First INDUSTRIE 4.0 Day for the German Mittelstand in Kaiserslautern 8 Project PROWILAN – Fast, Secure, Wireless 9 DFKI and ZeMA Launch New Center for INDUSTRIE 4.0-Production Engineering 10 Artificial Intelligence at EU ICT 2015 Exhibition 12 Augmented Reality System LARA Supports Road Construction 13 Vitruv21 Platform Connects 3D Models and Planning Information 14 Ettention – Innovative Software for Electron and Computed Tomography 15 DFKI Successful at “Smart Service World” Technology Competition 16 META-FORUM 2015 and Riga Summit 2015 17 3cixty Wins Semantic Web Challenge 2015 18 Launch of New Collaborative Project – Digital Curation Technologies 19 DFKI Joins Research Project AGATA 20 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster Interviews Dr. Ammar Alkassar (Sirrix AG) 22 B-Human Success – More than a Collection of Titles and Trophies 24 Manage Everyday Life with Help from Interactive Ambient Systems 25 Empathetic Training Support for the Job Application Process 26 Book Presentation – Smart Factory Networks 26 Prof. Alan Bundy Honored as DFKI Fellow 27 The Future of Retail – Relaunch of the Innovative Retail Lab in St. Wendel 28 From the Earth into Space and Back – Robotics Innovation Center INDUSTRIE 4.0 30 Crowd Sensing – Real Time Analysis of Visitor Movements SmartFactoryKL and DFKI 31 IWi Defends International Title at Process Model Matching Contest 2015 at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg S. 6 32 Multimedia Opinion Mining – A Virtual Trend Scout in the Web First INDUSTRIE 4.0 Day for the German Mittelstand 33 100 Million Images to Research in Kaiserslautern S. 7 34 DFKI Interview – Dr. Damian Borth Project PROWILAN – Fast, Secure, Wireless S. 8 35 News in Brief DFKI and ZeMA Launch New Center for INDUSTRIE 4.0-Production Engineering S. 9 37 Service Offering Book Presentation – 38 Company Profile Smart Factory Networks S. 26 Imprint LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES Issue 36, October 2015, ISSN 2196-2251 Launch of New Collaborative Project – Published by: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) Digital Curation Technologies S. 18 Editorial staff: Heike Leonhard, Christof Burgard, Reinhard Karger, Armindo Ribeiro Campus D3 2, D-66123 Saarbrücken E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +49 681 85775 5390 Photos: DFKI, unless otherwise noted; Cover photo: ARTBUND Layout, Graphics: Christof Burgard; Production: One Vision Design Translation team: Glenn Peach, Armindo Ribeiro, Sylvia Krüger, Heike Leonhard RETAIL AND LOGISTICS Responsible: Heike Leonhard, Corporate Communications Frequency of publication: Semi-annual The Future of Retail – News online: www.dfki.de/newsletter-en Relaunch of the Innovative Retail Lab in St. Wendel S. 27 News 2_2015 I © DFKI 5 Inhalt_DFKI_02_2015_ENG PRINT_Layout 1 16.11.15 11:55 Seite 4 INDUSTRIE 4.0 SmartFactoryKL Demonstrator SmartFactoryKL and DFKI at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg SPS IPC Drives is Europe's leading exhibition for electric au- Visitors at the DFKI stand and the SmartFactoryKL get a look into tomation, systems and components – a sector where INDUS- the future of the human factory worker in the INDUSTRIE 4.0 TRIE 4.0 has become a fundamental axiom. This year, DFKI and production environment. By means of smart devices like the SmartFactoryKL present the world's first vendor-indepen- tablets, SmartGlasses, or SmartWatch, the worker of the future dent INDUSTRIE 4.0 plant, jointly implemented by a major part- will be supported by innovative technologies like augmented ner consortium. The demonstrator is exhibited from November vision or virtual reality as they go about their increasingly com- 24-26, 2015 in Hall 3A, Stand 440. plex activities. In this way, proposed actions, information, or training assignments will be transmitted to the employees in The project is composed of 16 partners and is now in its third a manufacturing environment clearly and reliably in real time.