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The Fraunhofer ITWM – Mathematics for a Bright Future
The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM is one of the largest mathematical research institutes in the world and sees its task as further developing mathematics as a key technology, providing innovative impulses and implementing them in practice together with industrial partners. Methodologically, its research is based on modelling, simulation and optimisation. Integral components of the projects are consulting and implementation and support in the application of high-performance computing technology and the provision of customised software solutions.
We, the Fraunhofer ITWM, see it as our task to further develop mathematics as a key technology, to provide innovative impulses and to implement them in practice together with industrial partners.
Not only large companies, but also more and more small and medium-sized enterprises are using simulations in a wide variety of areas and thus benefiting in terms of innovation and quality assurance of products and processes. The spectrum of our customers extends across all sectors - from the automotive, mechanical engineering, chemical and computer industries to energy and finance. The basic building blocks of the projects are consulting, support in the application of high-performance computing technology and the provision of customised software solutions.
Applied Mathematics as the Engine for Success
Computer simulations are an indispensable tool in the design and optimisation of products and production processes, services, communication and work processes. Real models are increasingly being replaced by virtual models. Mathematics plays a decisive role in the design of this virtual world. The cross-sectional nature of mathematics makes it a »generic technology«. As the basis for bridging the gap to the world of simulation, it is becoming the key technology for computer simulations, which have found their way into almost all areas of economic life.
Small and medium-sized companies are also increasingly using simulation software because it saves time and money. The Fraunhofer ITWM supports companies in this process, particularly by providing advice and computing power. Companies benefit on the market through the use of simulation as proof of innovation and quality assurance for their products. The implementation of mathematical methods and technology in application projects and their further development in research projects is the focus of the Fraunhofer ITWM. The cornerstones here are the classical disciplines of applied mathematics such as numerics, optimisation, stochastics and statistics as well as differential equations.
Our Competences
- Processing data obtained from experiments and observations
- Setting up mathematical models
- Implementing mathematical problem solutions in numerical algorithms
- Combining data, models and algorithms in simulation programmes
- Optimising solutions in interaction with the simulation
- Visualising the simulation runs in images and graphics