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Call for proposals: Researchers’ Mobilité (mobility grants)
Our first CfP for #Mobilité is online! If you are a researcher from IMT/TUM and plan an exchange to the partner country (🇫🇷🇩🇪), please apply for a grant until October 23rd! For more info follow the link!
September 20, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
GFA FLAG ATTACK – The French-German Capture the Flag
We present our Capture the Flag Challenge 2023! Dec 5-6 at Campus Cyber (Paris). 2 days of challenge and knowledge for master students from IMT and TUM! Stay tuned for more info and check our website!
August 31, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
Call for proposals: Research 2023
Our CFP for #research is online! If you plan a research project and want to work with IMT or TUM, please apply until November 1st! For more info follow the link!
August 9, 2023/by Diane Baumer
New Education Projects! These projects were selected through our CfP “Education & Knowledge” 2023
New Education Projects! These projects were selected through our CfP! In May we published our 3rd CfP "Education and Knowledge". We received high quality proposals and selected these 5 projects.
July 28, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
Article from Research in Bavaria: New Solutions for the Industry of the Future – Digital Twins and Cybersecurity Strategies for the Modern World of Work
The GFA is honoured to be spotlighted in this wonderful article by Research in Bavaria.
July 27, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
Female Founders Focus with Flore de Durfort
Female Founders Focus @ GFA Startup LEX:
Flore de Durfort, Co-Founder at Point Twelve Energy: "In moments of doubt, I like to remind myself that being an entrepreneur means remaining an active player in my own life – and that I can hardly lose at that game." Read the full interview here!
June 12, 2023/by Olivia PahlFlore de Durfort, Co-Founder at Point Twelve Energy: "In moments of doubt, I like to remind myself that being an entrepreneur means remaining an active player in my own life – and that I can hardly lose at that game." Read the full interview here!

Female Founders Focus with Barbara Praehofer
Female Founders Focus @ GFA Startup LEX:
Barbara Praehofer, Co-Founder at ExoMatter: "Be brave and bold. Go out with your idea and inspire people with your vision and your product." Read the full interview here!
June 9, 2023/by Olivia PahlBarbara Praehofer, Co-Founder at ExoMatter: "Be brave and bold. Go out with your idea and inspire people with your vision and your product." Read the full interview here!

Female Founders Focus with Flora Geske
Female Founders Focus @ GFA Startup LEX: Flora Geske, Co-Founder at SUMM AI: "Find a problem you are very passionate about and make it your goal to solve it as big and impactful as possible." Read the full interview here!
June 8, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
French-German Tech Lab @ VivaTechnology 2023
We are happy to be co-organizers of the French-German Tech Lab on this year's edition of the biggest Startup Event in Europe "VivaTechnology 2023". See you there!
June 5, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
Workshop on Human-centered AI: “How to enable a bilateral communication between Human and Machine?” June 27, 2023
Like & Share! Join our Future Industry Workshop with @AKKODIS on June 27 in the Factory Berlin! We are talking about #humancentered #AI ! Check the link for more info & registration
May 26, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
[TALK31] Enabling Machine-to-Machine Crypto Economy – Kemal Akkaya (FIU, USA)
“Enabling Machine-to-Machine Crypto Economy,“ by Kemal Akkaya (FIU, USA). Join on Fri, May 12th, 2023, 3pm CET, free live stream! Please share with your interested friends!
May 8, 2023/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
Call for proposals: Education & Knowledge 2023
Our CFP for #education & #knowledge is online! If you plan an education project and want to work with IMT or TUM, please apply until May 31! For more info follow the link!
May 3, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
[TALK30] Trusted Graph for explainable detection of cyberattacks – Pierre PARREND (EPITA / iCube, Unistra)
“Trusted Graph for explainable detection of cyberattacks,“ Pierre PARREND (Laboratoire de Recherche de l'EPITA / Laboratoire ICube - Unistra), on Wed, April 19th, 2023, 2pm CET, free live stream! Please share with your interested friends!
April 13, 2023/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
[#WisdomWednesday] Keynote “Strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty – the Fraunhofer perspective” from Alexander Malaer & Reimund Neugebauer (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft) at GFA conference: Smart World! Smart Europe? 2022
#Wisdom Wednesday Watch & Share: GFA-conference on #european #digital #sovereignty. Keynote from Alexander Malaer (Fraunhofer) about Strengthening Europe's digital sovereignty.
March 1, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
GreenHack~IT 2022 – A great first edition with IMT, TUM and ArianeGroup
That was our hackathon GreenHack~IT last December in Munich. Around 50 French and German students accepted the challenge of ArianeGroup to find ways to decrease the energy consumption in their productions sites. Check our News Article for more info & pictures.
February 2, 2023/by Olivia Pahl
[TALK28] Immersive crisis management, risk management and decision support – Frédérick Benaben (IMT Mines Albi, Georgia Institute of Technology)
On Wed, Feb 22nd, 2023, 2pm CET, Frédérick Benaben (IMT Albi, Georgia Institute of Technology), will talk about “Immersive crisis management, risk management and decision support“. Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/28 with your interested friends!
January 26, 2023/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty – GFA celebrates 60 years of German-French relations
Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. Germany and France celebrate a full 6 decades of close friendship and cooperation.
We celebrate this day and thank our founding institutes IMT and TUM, as well as our partners and many supporters who help and have helped us in our mission!
In the spirit of the Élysée Treaty, we helped develop a total of 30 French-German research projects, directly involving more than 175 researchers, PhD students and engineers as well as more than 30 industrial partners since our foundation in 2015.
January 22, 2023/by Olivia PahlWe celebrate this day and thank our founding institutes IMT and TUM, as well as our partners and many supporters who help and have helped us in our mission!
In the spirit of the Élysée Treaty, we helped develop a total of 30 French-German research projects, directly involving more than 175 researchers, PhD students and engineers as well as more than 30 industrial partners since our foundation in 2015.

[TALK27] A Semantic Investigation System – François Khourbiga (Defants, FR)
On Wed, Jan 25th, 2023, 2pm CET, François Khourbiga (Defants, FR), will talk about “A Semantic Investigation System“. You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/27 with your interested friends!
January 17, 2023/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
[TALK26] Securing the Cloud: Encryption and Data Protection – Guillaume Neau (Amazon Web Services, FR)
On Wed, Jan 11th, 2023, 2pm CET, Guillaume Neau (AWS, FR), will talk about “Securing the Cloud: Encryption and Data Protection“. You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/26
December 7, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
Recording
Watch the recording of our latest event "Innovation cultures in Germany, France and Overseas"!
December 7, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Bits&Pretzels 2022 – A recap
A small recap from our experience at Bits&Pretzels in September.
December 6, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Recordings
Watch the recordings of our Smart World! Smart Europe? – Conference on European Digital Sovereignty that took part in May!
December 5, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Reconfigurable Production 2020: Interdisciplinary research on transition towards sustainability, Nadège Troussier (University of Troyes)
#Wisdom Wednesday Watch & Share: GFA-School on #reconfigurable #production. Keynote from Nadège Troussier about Interdisciplinary research on transition towards #sustainability
November 30, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
GREENHACK~IT – French-German Hackathon, Dec 8-11, 2022 in Munich
We present our first French-German Hackathon, the GreenHackIT! Students from IMT & TUM will work on a challenge from ArianeGroup: #ai #ml #green! Join our future education formats!
November 30, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[TALK25] Increasing Internet security by bridging research and operations, Cristian Hesselman (SIDN Labs, NL)
On Wed, Dec 7th, 2022, 2pm CET, Cristian Hesselman (SIDN Labs, NL), will talk about “Increasing Internet security by bridging research and operations“.
Join the free youtube and LinkedIn live streams!
Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/25
November 29, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.frJoin the free youtube and LinkedIn live streams!
Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/25

[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Reconfigurable Production 2020: Connectivity, Collaboration and Openness – Joachim Michniewicz
#Wisdom Wednesday Watch & Share: GFA-School on #reconfigurable #production. Keynote from Joachim Michniewicz (BMW) on #logistics and #autonomous #transportation!
November 16, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[TALK24] Roland van Rijswijk-Deij (University of Twente, NLnet Labs) – Quantum Prooving the Internet
On Wed, Nov 23th, 2022, 2pm CET, Roland van Rijswijk-Deij (University of Twente, NLnet Labs), will talk about “Quantum Prooving the Internet“. You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/24 with your interested friends!
November 7, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
[TALK22] Gabi Dreo (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany) – Paradigm shift from cybersecurity to cyber resilience
On Mon, Nov 7th, 2022, 10ham CET, Gabi Dreo (Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany), will talk about “Paradigm shift from cybersecurity to cyber resilience“. You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/22 with your interested friends!
October 25, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
[TALK23] Aaron Ding (TU Delft, Netherlands) – Trustworthy and Sustainable Edge AI
On Wed, Oct 26th, 2022, 2pm CET, Aaron Ding (TU Delft, Netherlands), will talk about “Trustworthy and Sustainable Edge AI“. You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/23 with your interested friends!
October 24, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.fr
Recap Summer School on Future IoT “IoT meets Autonomy” (Aug 29 – Sep 2, 2022)
This was our summer school on Future IoT "IoT meets Autonomy" in Aug 2022! The recordings of the keynotes will shortly be online too!
October 14, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Reconfigurable Production 2020: Artificial Intelligence – Michael F. Zaeh (TU Munich)
#Wisdom Wednesday Watch & Share: GFA-School on #reconfigurable #production. Keynote from Michael Zaeh (TUM) on #AI!
October 5, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Reconfigurable Production 2020: Servitized Business Models – Xavier Boucher (IMT Mines Saint-Étienne)
#Wisdom Wednesday Watch & Share: GFA-School on #reconfigurable #production. Keynote from Xavier Boucher on #Servitized #Business Models.
September 28, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Metaverse – threat or opportunity for the French-German industry? – Panel Discussion at Bits&Pretzels in Munich, Sept. 25, 3:55pm
Join our panel discussion at Bits&Pretzels on Sept 25: Metaverse - threat or opportunity for the French-German industry? with Florian Albert, Grigory Emelianov, Marc-Oliver Pahl!
September 22, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Reconfigurable Production 2020: Servitization @ Boa Concept – Nawel Bekkaye and Jean-Lucien Rascle
#Wisdom Wednesday Watch & Share: GFA-School on #reconfigurable #production. Keynote from Boa Concept: Nawel Bekkaye, Jean-Lucien Rascle
September 21, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Our booth at Bits&Pretzels, Sept 25-27, 2022
Meet us in Munich at Bits&Pretzels 2022 on Sept 25-27! GFA is joining founders, investors, and startup enthusiasts at the festival. Visit our booth!
September 21, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Interview from Business France with the GFA: Three questions for the GFA
On September 6th, 2022 Business France interviewed Cosima Stocker,…
September 19, 2022/by Olivia Pahl![[K] Pierre Bégout (IMT) – “Digital Twin and Mixed Reality for the Industry of the Future” – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/K-Pierre-Bgout-IMT-Digital-Twin-and-Mixed-Reality-for-the-Industry-of-the-Future-5-705x397.jpg)
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “Digital Twin a Mixed Reality in the industry” by Pierre Bégout
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on #digitaltwin & #mixedreality at GFA-School on Future IoT (#fiot) by Pierre Bégout
September 7, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “Cybersecurity as key challenge of the industrial Internet of Things” by Tiago Gasiba, Santiago Suppan (Siemens)
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on #cybersecurity and #iiot by Tiago Gasipa & Santioago Suppan (Siemens) at GFA-School on Future IoT (#fiot)
August 31, 2022/by Olivia Pahl![[K] Philippe Coval “Prototyping on Oniro – bridging the gap between a prototype” – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/K-Philippe-Coval-Prototyping-on-Oniro-bridging-the-gap-between-a-prototype-4-705x397.jpg)
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “Prototyping on Oniro” by Philippe Coval
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on #prototyping with #oniro at GFA-School on Future IoT (#fiot) by Philippe Coval
August 24, 2022/by Olivia Pahl![[K] Prabhakara Kasinathan (Siemens)- “Using Blockchain technology for Cybersecurity” – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/K-Prabhakara-Kasinathan-Siemens-Using-Blockchain-technology-for-Cybersecurity-2-705x397.jpg)
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “Using Blockchain technology for Cybersecurity” by Prabhakaran Kasinathan (Siemens)
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on #blockchain for #cybersecurity at GFA-School on Future IoT (#fiot) by Prabhakaran Kasinathan (Siemens)
August 17, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Vivatechnology 2022 – French German Tech Lab #startups #innovation
The GFA took part at Vivatechnolgy 2022 at the French German Tech Lab (booth C33, hall 1), from 15-18 June in Paris. For us and our startups, Vivatech was a great success!
August 12, 2022/by Cosima Stocker![[K] “IoT meets Cyber and Security” (Marc-Oliver Pahl) – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/K-IoT-meets-Cyber-and-Security-Marc-Oliver-Pahl-4-705x397.jpg)
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “IoT meets Cyber and Security” from Marc-Oliver Pahl (IMT Atlantique)
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on #cyber and #security at GFA-School on Future IoT by Marc-Oliver Pahl (IMT Atlantique)
August 10, 2022/by Olivia Pahl![[K] Josephine Hubert (Celonis) – “Transforming Data into Value” – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/K-Josephine-Hubert-Celonis-Transforming-Data-into-Value-705x397.jpg)
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “Transforming Data into Value” from Josephine Hubert (Celonis)
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on Transforming #data into #value GFA-School on Future IoT by Josephine Hubert (Celonis)
August 3, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Smart World! Smart Europe? – Conference on European Digital Sovereignty
Our conference "Smart World! Smart Europe?" focused on ideas that seek to advance Digital European Sovereignty. For this purpose we brought together relevant experts from society, academia and industry.
Check out our recordings!
August 2, 2022/by Cosima StockerCheck out our recordings!
![[K] Guillaume Neau (AWS), “AWS : An introduction to cloud security” – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/K-Guillaume-Neau-AWS-AWS-An-introduction-to-cloud-security-4-705x397.jpg)
[#WisdomWednesday] GFA Winter School on Future IoT with the Keynote “AWS: An introduction to cloud security” from Guillaume Neau (AWS)
#WisdomWednesday: Keynote on #cloud #security at GFA-School on Future IoT by Guillaume Neau (AWS)
July 27, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
Wed, Jul 27th, 2022, 2pm CEST I Philipp Drieger (Principal Machine Learning Architect, Splunk, Germany) – Big Data Cybersecurity and Machine Learning with SPLUNK
On Wed, Jul 27th, 2022, 2pm CEST, Philipp Drieger (Principal Machine Learning Architect, Splunk, Germany), will talk about “Big Data Cybersecurity and Machine Learning with SPLUNK“. You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/21 with your interested friends!
LinkedIN Event: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6957250181952118784/
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2586398184829432/
Youtube: https://TALK.cyberCNI.fr/stream
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July 25, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.frLinkedIN Event: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6957250181952118784/
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2586398184829432/
Youtube: https://TALK.cyberCNI.fr/stream
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[Recording] GFA Winter School on Reconfigurable Production 2020: Keynote Reconfigurable Production – Dominique Maisonneuve (Lacroix Electronics)
Watch & Share: GFA-School on #reconfigurable #production. Keynote from Dominique Maisonneuve (Lacroix)!
July 6, 2022/by Olivia Pahl![[K] Cora Lisa Perner & Paul-Emmanuel Brun – “Secure connected, multi-modal mobility and using vehicl – youtube](https://www.future-industry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/K-Cora-Lisa-Perner-Paul-Emmanuel-Brun-Secure-connected-multi-modal-mobility-and-using-vehicl-2-705x397.jpg)
[Recording] GFA-School on Future-IoT: Cora Lisa Perner & Paul-Emmanuel Brun (Airbus) – Keynote “Secure connected, multi-modal mobility and using vehicles as sensors”
Like & Share: GFA-School on Future-IoT (#fiot): @Airbus keynote “Secure connected, multi-modal #mobility and using #vehicles as #sensors”
June 29, 2022/by Olivia Pahl
5th Future-IoT.org PhD school “IoT meets Autonomy”, 29.8.-2.9.2022 in Berlin
We celebrate our 5th anniversary this year! We cordially invite you to our 5th Future-IoT.org PhD school on "IoT meets Autonomy" from Aug 29th – Sep 2nd, 2022 at the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin, Germany. Expect a week full of exciting challenges, keynotes, PhD pitches, networking, sight seeing, and more - short, a lot of fun is awaiting you. Inform your friends! More info and registration at school.future-iot.org
June 13, 2022/by Science Blog future-iot.org
Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5pm CET I Nicolas Razy and Nicolas Loriot (Airbus, France) – Airbus CyberSecurity – 10 years of challenges and opportunities
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5pm CET, Nicolas Razy and Nicolas Loriot (Airbus, France), will talk about “Airbus CyberSecurity – 10 years of challenges and opportunities“.
You are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/20 with your interested friends!
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/VI49KTW9nBc
June 3, 2022/by Speaker Series TALK.CYBERcni.frYou are cordially invited to join the free live stream on youtube and LinkedIn! Please share the link https://talk.cybercni.fr/20 with your interested friends!
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/VI49KTW9nBc

Bavarian-French Start-up Challenge “AI-Cup”
April 4, 2022/by Cosima Stocker
Call For Proposals 2022 – Research and Education & Knowledge
February 23, 2022/by Cosima Stocker
GFA Newsletter 2022/1
February 14, 2022/by Tjabbo Reinhardus
2nd German-French Industry of the Future Workshop
February 2, 2022/by Cosima Stocker
Airbus and ArianeGroup join the industrial “Partners Club” of the German-French Academy for Industry of the Future
June 11, 2021/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
Workshop, June 24th – How can Machine Learning push the boundaries of Digital Twins?
May 28, 2021/by Olivia Pahl
Summer School on AI for Industry 4.0 – July 26-30 2021
May 6, 2021/by Olivia Pahl
Brokerage Event on French-German collaboration in AI
March 4, 2021/by Morwenna Joubin
2020 in review
February 7, 2021/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
An online workshop to foster German-French collaboration on Artificial Intelligence
November 2, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
Call for Participation to the Winter School Future of Data Sharing for Manufacturing Industry
October 27, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
Throwback at Fall School Future of IoT 2020
October 25, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
Workshop on reconfigurable production systems
October 20, 2020/by Morwenna Joubin
[Livestream registration] Fall School “IoT meets Security” goes online !
September 24, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
9 new research projects to improve Resilience & Sustainability for the Industry
September 21, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
Call For Research Proposals – Resilience and Sustainability for the Industry of the Future
May 27, 2020/by Morwenna Joubin
Joint AI: a platform to facilitate German-French research in AI
April 23, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
[Update] Call for participation to the Summer School “Trustful AI for Industry”
February 28, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
2019 in review
January 10, 2020/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
AI meets IoT: crossing technologies for the Future
November 5, 2019/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
Artificial Intelligence and Urban Living – BMW Summer School 2019
July 24, 2019/by Lisa Pietrzyk
SeCIF project wins Best Paper Award at ICC
July 20, 2019/by Paul-Guilhem Meunier
An ambassador for our Industrial Partner’s Club: Gonzague Dejouany
June 4, 2019/by Lisa Pietrzyk
Workshop: Sharing data to improve supply chain performance
May 15, 2019/by Lisa Pietrzyk
VivaTech 2019: Disruptive solutions and joint AI and data research
March 21, 2019/by Lisa Pietrzyk
Considering the human factor: Winter School on cooperative systems
December 12, 2018/by Lisa Pietrzyk
We are launching new joint research projects for Industry 4.0
October 23, 2018/by Lisa Pietrzyk
A Summer School on network connectivity and IIoT connects people
October 10, 2018/by Lisa Pietrzyk
BMW Summer School on “Intelligent Cars on Digital Roads”
August 13, 2018/by Afaadmin