Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)

About DFKI

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH (DFKI) was founded in 1988 as a non-profit public-private partnership and is an economically focused research institute in the field of innovative software technologies based on Artificial Intelligence methods. In 29 research areas, 13 competence centers, and 8 Living Labs, product functions, prototypes, and patentable industrial solutions are developed in the field of information and communication technology. Services include commissioned research, development of AI-based systems, AI training, and workshops, as well as support for spin-offs. Application areas include Industry 4.0, Health/Medicine, Mobility, Education, Aerospace, Defense, Agriculture, and Energy. Approximately 920 employees and around 580 student employees from over 75 nations work on over 560 research projects. Funding is provided by grants from public funders and development contracts from industry; more than 100 spin-offs have emerged from DFKI.

Site

Kaiserslautern

Processes

AI Research and Development, Development of product functions, prototypes, and patentable industrial solutions, Commissioned research for industry, AI training and workshops, Support for spin-offs

Materials

Artificial Intelligence, Explainable AI

Founded

1988

Employees

ca. 1.500 (ca. 920

Industries

Information Technology, Health/Medicine, Mobility, Industry 4.0, Education, Aerospace

1. 01

   Commissioned Research

2. 02

   Application-Oriented Basic Research

3. 03

   Prototype Development

4. 04

   Transfer to Industrial Applications

5. 05

   Spin-off Support

6. 06

   AI Training

Research Focuses and Technologies

Locations

History

1. 1988

   Founding as a non-profit public-private partnership

2. 2026

   Founding of the Franco-German Center for AI with Inria; strategic partnership with Mila (Canada); new research area 'Intelligent Markets' in Osnabrück; DFKI Project Office AURA Lab Duisburg-Essen started