The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) will showcase how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the industrial value chain while remaining socially and environmentally responsible at this year's HANNOVER MESSE from March 31 to April 4, 2025. The focus of the exhibition will be on DFKI's three innovation fields: Twinned AI, Trusted AI, and Sustainable AI.
With nine exhibits at the DFKI booth in Hall 2 and eight additional exhibits at partner booths, DFKI will present projects that make the bridge between research and industry tangible. From explainable time series analysis to innovative quality management systems in automotive manufacturing to resource-efficient AI for small and medium-sized enterprises – DFKI demonstrates how future technologies are becoming a reality today.
"The three innovation fields of DFKI – Twinned AI, Trusted AI, and Sustainable AI – are fundamental dimensions of holistic, forward-looking AI research. These fields interlock, build on each other, and create a coherent innovation ecosystem for technological advancements," explains Professor Antonio Krüger, Scientific and Technical Director and CEO of DFKI.
DFKI Innovation Fields in Focus
Twinned AI
Twinned AI addresses the gap between human intuition and machine precision. By integrating experiences from real interactions, DFKI develops AI systems that understand and navigate the production environment like humans. This deep understanding leads to more effective collaboration, higher efficiency, and the ability to adapt in ways previously unattainable for machines.
Trusted AI solutions combine technology with human values such as safety, reliability, fairness, transparency, protection, and traceability. They enable close collaboration between humans and machines by explaining their decisions and remaining controllable at all times due to the guaranteed properties of the underlying AI systems. This builds trust, improves efficiency, and strengthens the long-term innovative power of companies.
AI will play a crucial role in sustainability by improving decision-making and resource optimization across all sectors. Sustainable AI aims to develop robust methods for quantifying and shaping the multifaceted impacts of AI on sustainability across ecological, economic, and social dimensions. By considering the entire lifecycle of AI technologies – from development to reuse – Sustainable AI seeks to establish methods for measuring and quantifying the impacts of AI and thus contribute to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Three selected projects from the Green-AI-Hub-Mittelstand, the AI initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, will be presented at the DFKI booth.
Additionally, DFKI offers an attractive supporting program:
Top researchers from DFKI will speak on the Tech Transfer Stage in Hall 2 about DFKI innovation fields, AI for space applications, the use of AI in SMEs, and sustainable technologies for resilient and energy-efficient networks.
On Thursday, April 3, DFKI Lower Saxony will present itself at the Niedersachsen booth "Digitalization" in Hall 16, Stand F12.
