Welcome to the Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics
The Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI) is a research institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the Helmholtz Association (HGF). It conducts research and development in the field of innovative, application-oriented information, automation, and systems technology for sustainable energy systems and complex industrial and laboratory processes. Interdisciplinary working groups are working on integrated systems solutions, whereby all development phases being covered from conceptual design to modeling and simulation, prototyping and practical testing, also under industrial conditions. Novel, reusable methods and tools, which are developed and applied in the context of system design, are further results.
The work of IAI is embedded in the program Energy System Design (ESD) within the HGF's research field Energy and in the programs “Engineering Digital Futures: Supercomputing, Data Management and Information Security for Knowledge and Action”, Natural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing (NACIP) and Material Systems Engineering (MSE) within the HGF's research field Information of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres.
The projects at the institute are carried out in cooperation with partners from industry, administration and other research institutions in Germany and abroad. Among others, the institute is involved in projects of the EU, various federal and state ministries, the DFG (German Research Foundation), AiF (German Federation of Industrial Research Associations), and German industry. The institute's staff members are active in a wide range of standardization committees, expert and review committees and programme committees.
HAICON25 (Registration deadline prologue day May 14, 2025)
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On May 8, 2025, a completely revised version of the interactive online portal Energieatlas Baden-Württemberg was presented to the public. Using technologies from the IAI's “Web-based Information Systems” (WebIS) group, the central information portal for renewable energies in the state makes access to relevant data even easier with more intuitive user guidance, expanded functions and a fresh look.
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On March 24, 2025, the KIT's power-to-methanol plant in Mannheim was officially opened by Dr. Volker Wissing, Germany’s Federal Minister for Digital and Transport. This had previously been built and successfully tested in container size in the Energy Lab in a collaboration between the Institute for Micro Process Engineering (IMVT) and the Institute of Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI).
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In einem Videobeitrag vom 29.04.2025 im ARD-Morgenmagazin unter dem Titel „Stromausfall auf der Iberischen Halb-insel: Ursachensuche“ wurde Herr Prof. Veit Hagenmeyer, Institutsleiter des IAI, zu möglichen Ursachen des Stromausfalls am 28.04.2025 in Spanien und Portugal befragt und zu einer Einschätzung gebeten, inwieweit solcherlei Ausfälle und in welchem Maße auch in Deutschland zu befürchten seien.
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The third online workshop in the “FlexBlue. Connect” series, which will take place online (in German) on May 8, 2025 from 15:00 to 16:30, will discuss issues relating to the flexibilization of cooling supply systems. Participation is free of charge and is aimed at all players in the value chain in the cooling sector.
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Am Donnerstag, den 03. April, fand der Girls’Day 2025 am KIT statt. 9 Mädchen zwischen 12 und 15 Jahren besuchten uns am IAI und erhielten spannende Einblicke in die Themen 3D-Druck, Cybersicherheit und Virtuelle Realität.
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Am 18.03.2025 veranstaltete die TransnetBW an der Uni Stuttgart das erste Inno-Forum unter dem Motto „Digitale Energiewende – Wissenschaft trifft Industrie und Netze“. Themen waren u. a. Digitale Energiewendelösungen aus BW, Sektorkopplung, Mobility und Lastseitige Flexibilität.
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Pages 76 to 79 of the 2024 issue of NEULAND magazine on innovation at KIT contain a detailed report on the “Diversity Scanner” and how automation is revolutionizing our knowledge of biodiversity. This biodiversity research project uses artificial intelligence to identify insects.
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From March 10 to 13, 2025, the scientific evaulation of Helmholtz Energy, the Helmholtz Research Field Energy, took place. The Helmholtz Program Energy System Design (ESD) was also assessed. Innovative approaches for the sustainable transformation of the energy system were presented, including by researchers of the IAI.
moreTo the list of all student theses (Bachelor and Master theses as well as HIWI-Student projects)
To the list of all student theses (Bachelor and Master theses as well as HIWI-Student projects)