European Digital Innovation Hub Südwest
The EDIH Südwest project is a central point of contact for companies, SMEs, start-ups and the public sector in Baden-Württemberg seeking support with their digital transformation. With practical services such as access to test environments for new technologies, training and funding advice, the hub promotes the region's innovative strength and competitiveness. Special focus areas are artificial intelligence, cyber security, high-performance computing and sustainable innovations. Companies can have their digital maturity assessed here free of charge. Financed by EU and national funds, the project aims to promote digital excellence in the region.
More information is available on the EDIH Südwest website.
- Project duration: 10/2022 - 10/2025
- Research themes: Computer Science and media
- Research Institutes: Institute for Data Science, Cloud Computing and IT Security
- Technological integration: Support for the introduction of new technologies such as AI and high-performance computing.
- Cybersecurity: Strengthening the security of digital infrastructures for companies and public organizations.
- Sustainability: Promoting innovative, environmentally friendly solutions.
- Digital skills: Training and workshops to strengthen digital skills.
- Funding and financing: Advice and access to financing options for digital transformation.
- Use of AI technologies to support individual search queries in clinical information systems
- Implementation of server-side tracking for an online store
- Integration of a vibration monitoring system into the IoT architecture of networked machining centers
- Generation and evaluation of synthetic training data for pose estimation in medical technology
- Use of artificial intelligence in the reporting of an access controller
- Cyber security for cars
- Developing an interface to control a physical product with the help of its virtual and three-dimensional digital twin
- Distributed Hoeffding Races for Accelerated Model Selection
- Internal link opens in the same window:Xmas Hackathon 2024: The hackathon brought students together with industry experts to develop practical solutions. The winning team presented an innovative AI-supported chatbot for customer service that illustrates the potential of modern AI technologies in the industry. The event promoted collaboration between science and business and showed how young talent can contribute to digital transformation.
- Student Study: The Student Study is a program that combines weekly lectures for students with a hands-on Python course to teach basic programming skills. General Computer Science students assist participants in lab sessions that provide intensive practice in a supervised environment. The one-semester course provides a comprehensive introduction to programming for high school students.
- Internal link opens in the same window:AI Workshop for high school classes: A hands-on workshop for students to learn how to use AI responsibly, highlighting opportunities and limitations, especially in an academic context. Students analyze AI tools for their own text production. A cooperation between HFU and local schools to promote AI literacy through hands-on education.
- Internal link opens in the same window:Teacher training: Our training series for IT teachers provides practical specialist knowledge for the classroom. It is aimed at teachers from vocational and general schools as well as vocational colleges. The aim is to promote their professional development and keep them up to date with current trends in computer science. The exercises and solutions can be used directly in the classroom. The event also provides a platform for exchanging ideas with colleagues, schools and universities.
- Robotics Workshop - Bot-Battle Royale: This workshop introduces students with no prior knowledge of Blockly and Python. Contents: Practical programming, insights into future-oriented technologies, promotion of problem-solving skills and creativity.
- Girls'Day - Wake up the ClicBot brain: ClicBots are small educational robots that can see, feel, hear, think and communicate with their environment. In this workshop specially designed for girls, they bring the ClicBots to life and create their own characters, whether humanoid, with wheels or as a robot dog.
- Internal link opens in the same window:Taster programmes: This programme offers pupils the opportunity to experience a day of academic teaching during the autumn vacations. The taster course includes trial lectures from various disciplines such as IT security, mathematics, autonomous systems, project management and AI.
- Internal link opens in the same window:Applicants Information Day: This programme is updated every year to ensure that current topics in computer science are addressed.
- Computer Science - Open Day 2024: The Computer Science Day 2024 at Furtwangen Campus offered a varied programme, including a lecture by Dr. Matthias Preissner from Fraunhofer IAO on the topic of “AI in the workplace” and a panel discussion on “AI skills of the future”. Visitors had the opportunity to experience AI live, control robots, meet students and explore the computer science labs. The event was aimed at prospective students, families, researchers, teaching staff and any other interested parties.
- BadenCampus GmbH & Co. KG
- Bwcon GmbH
- cyberLAGO e. V.
- Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research e. V.
- Hahn-Schickard Society for Applied Research e. V.
- Furtwangen University
- Constance University of Applied Sciences
- MedicalMountains GmbH
- Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen
- Project partner Oberrhein - Society for Project Development GmbH
- Sicos BW GmbH
- St. Georgen Technology Center GmbH
EDIH Südwest is co-financed by the “Digital Europe” programme of the European Union (project number 101083741), the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism together with the Ministry of the Interior, Digitalisation and Local Authorities of the State of Baden-Württemberg as well as other national funding.