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Since its founding in 1993, the TECO research group has been directing a multitude of projects across a wide range of research topics which can be divided into three broader Research Fields: Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction, and Sensors and Systems.

With partners from relevant industry sectors and the core idea to tie research and industry closer together, all of these projects are tightly linked to one or multiple Application Areas, most importantly Big Data, the Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Mobile & Wearable Computing, and Smart Cities.

With the rise of Ubiquitous Computing, computers and therefore sensors have become omnipresent in our daily life. Likewise, Industry 4.0 strategies have introduced sensors in the supply chain and production processes. The TECO research group develops and analyses improvements in how these sensors collect information, connect with each other, and interchange and process data to enable innovative processes throughout society in business, Smart City, industrial and private settings.
Other projects study how people interact with electronic devices and which tools can assist individuals or teams in different environments to benefit from technological advancement. Finding new forms of preparing and conveying information by using Augmented Reality or special feedback methods suited for particular contexts is essential to maximize the efficiency and usability of these computer systems.

Current Projects

Finished Projects

Towards a Mobile Hybrid Cloud: An EIT ICT Labs Activity

Towards a Mobile Hybrid Cloud: An EIT ICT Labs Activity

This project explores mobile hybrid cloud computing — integrating cloud and edge resources to optimize data-intensive mobile applications.

AR Sensors

AR Sensors

The AR Sensors project merges augmented reality (AR) with sensor visualization, allowing users to view sensor data overlaid in physical space.

GPU + In-Memory Data Management for Big Data Analytics

GPU + In-Memory Data Management for Big Data Analytics

This project studies how GPU acceleration and in-memory computing can boost performance for large-scale data analytics.

Software Campus: InstaGuide – A Document Generation Prototype for Reconfigurable Software

Software Campus: InstaGuide – A Document Generation Prototype for Reconfigurable Software

InstaGuide is a Software Campus project that automates the generation of documentation for configurable and reconfigurable software systems.

Software Campus: AKTIFUNK

Software Campus: AKTIFUNK

AKTIFUNK explores context-sensitive function activation in distributed systems — enabling software components to automatically activate or deactivate based on environmental or contextual factors.

Software Campus: PreTIGA

Software Campus: PreTIGA

PreTIGA focuses on predictive data analytics and modeling for intelligent environments, integrating real-time sensing and AI-driven prediction.

Software Campus: FRAGMENTS – A Development Framework for Human-Computer Interactions in Intelligent Environments

Software Campus: FRAGMENTS – A Development Framework for Human-Computer Interactions in Intelligent Environments

FRAGMENTS develops a framework for modular HCI design in intelligent environments, simplifying integration of multimodal interaction components.

Software Campus: VDAR – An IT Project of Future Decentralized Power Markets

Software Campus: VDAR – An IT Project of Future Decentralized Power Markets

VDAR studies IT infrastructure and algorithms for decentralized energy markets using distributed control and trading.

Software Campus: Hot Updates in Distributed Systems

Software Campus: Hot Updates in Distributed Systems

This project focuses on safe, live updates of distributed systems without service interruption.

KOORDINATOR

KOORDINATOR

KOORDINATOR is a BMBF-funded project developing an open ecosystem for data-driven, coordinated industrial processes.

Science Bridge Asia

Science Bridge Asia

Science Bridge Asia fosters scientific collaboration between KIT/TECO and Asian institutions, supporting joint research, student exchange, and innovation projects in pervasive computing and AI.

Towards a Mobile Cloud: An EIT ICT Labs Activity

Towards a Mobile Cloud: An EIT ICT Labs Activity

“Towards a Mobile Cloud” was an EIT ICT Labs project exploring seamless integration of mobile computing and cloud services.

TECO Envboard

TECO Envboard

The TECO Envboard is a modular environmental sensing platform designed for rapid prototyping and deployment in research projects.

TIMBUS: Digital Preservation for Timeless Business Processes and Services

TIMBUS: Digital Preservation for Timeless Business Processes and Services

TIMBUS (Timeless Business Processes and Services) addresses digital preservation of business processes, ensuring that digital services remain executable and verifiable over long periods.

Polytos

Polytos

Polytos (Polytope Topologies for Sensor Networks) explores adaptive network topology control for distributed sensor networks.

DiagnOptiMesh

DiagnOptiMesh

DiagnOptiMesh focuses on diagnostics and optimization in wireless mesh networks.

aletheia

aletheia

Aletheia develops tools for automatic annotation and analysis of sensor data to improve data integrity and usability.

Chosen

Chosen

Chosen is a TECO project developing context-aware middleware for sensor networks, enabling adaptive data collection and routing based on environmental and application context.

IT-Ecosystems Subproject “LocCom”

IT-Ecosystems Subproject “LocCom”

The LocCom subproject of IT-Ecosystems investigates localized communication in pervasive computing systems, focusing on adaptive, neighborhood-based messaging.

Landmarke

Landmarke

Landmarke is a context-awareness project focusing on the use of landmarks (physical, digital, or conceptual) to improve location-based interaction and navigation in smart environments.

SENSORAUM

SENSORAUM

SENSORAUM (Sensor Space) explores interactive spaces enriched with sensor networks and ambient intelligence.

MoSe (Modeling of Sensor Network)

MoSe (Modeling of Sensor Network)

MoSe (Modeling of Sensor Network) aims to improve model-based design and simulation of sensor networks, focusing on performance prediction and deployment planning.

Project Intelligenter Güterwagen (Intelligent Waggon)

Project Intelligenter Güterwagen (Intelligent Waggon)

The “Intelligenter Güterwagen” project applies smart-sensing technologies to freight railcars for condition monitoring and logistics optimization.

SenseCast: Context Prediction for Optimisation of Network Parameters in Wireless Sensor Networks

SenseCast: Context Prediction for Optimisation of Network Parameters in Wireless Sensor Networks

SenseCast investigates context prediction in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to dynamically optimize communication parameters like duty cycling and transmission power.

dinam

dinam

dinam (Distributed Information and Navigation Architecture for Mobile) develops distributed architectures for mobile context and navigation systems, supporting real-time information delivery.

LoCostix

LoCostix

LoCostix is a low-cost sensor platform developed at TECO for scalable and affordable environmental and industrial monitoring.

P2P4Ubicomp

P2P4Ubicomp

P2P4Ubicomp explores the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking to support distributed ubiquitous computing environments.

RELATE

RELATE

RELATE (European FP6 project) focuses on relative positioning and interaction between mobile smart objects.

PHAR – Practical Human Activity Recognition

PHAR – Practical Human Activity Recognition

PHAR explores human activity recognition using wearable and ambient sensors.

ParticleOS

ParticleOS

ParticleOS is a lightweight operating system for wireless sensor nodes, providing task scheduling and network communication for embedded sensing.

Superimposing RF Transmission

Superimposing RF Transmission

This project investigates RF signal overlaying as a means of low-cost communication between passive or semi-passive devices.

OSOITE

OSOITE

OSOITE (Open Source Office Information Technology Environment) provides a middleware infrastructure for context-aware office environments.

DFG SPP 1183: Organic Computing – Emergent Radio

DFG SPP 1183: Organic Computing – Emergent Radio

As part of the DFG Priority Programme “Organic Computing”, the Emergent Radio project studies self-organizing wireless communication systems.

SmartSurroundings

SmartSurroundings

SmartSurroundings is a European IST project creating context-aware environments that sense and react to human presence.

CoBIs (Collaborative Business Items)

CoBIs (Collaborative Business Items)

CoBIs develops a platform for collaborative business processes using smart objects that communicate autonomously within supply chains.

JuBot – Stay Young with Robots

JuBot – Stay Young with Robots

The JuBot project (“Stay Young with Robots”) focuses on improving the quality of life for seniors through the use of robotics.

askui

askui

askui brings vision to your code and automates any technology and any use case by automating operating systems instead of applications.

Validaitor

Validaitor

Validaitor is a former research project and is now a start-up being incubated by TECO.

TreuMoDa – Treuhandstelle für Mobilitätsdaten (Mobility Data Trust Center)

TreuMoDa – Treuhandstelle für Mobilitätsdaten (Mobility Data Trust Center)

TreuMoDa (TMD) is conceived as an independent, non-profit interface to enable mobility-data from various sources to be made available and utilized by science, industry and society under transparent criteria and in full compliance with data-protection regulations.

HEPTA (Helmholtz European Partnership for Technological Advancement) – Topic area 3: Smart Cities

HEPTA (Helmholtz European Partnership for Technological Advancement) – Topic area 3: Smart Cities

HEPTA promotes cooperation between Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in the development of sustainable technologies in the fields of air quality, atmospheric physics, biomass and smart cities.

EUHubs4Data

EUHubs4Data

Most of Europe’s SMEs lag behind in data-driven innovation.

SoftNeuro – Soft-Electronics and Neuromorphic Systems for Resource-Constrained Artificial Intelligence in Soft Robotics and Wearables

SoftNeuro – Soft-Electronics and Neuromorphic Systems for Resource-Constrained Artificial Intelligence in Soft Robotics and Wearables

SoftNeuro is a project focused on the development of resource-constrained artificial intelligence for soft robotics and wearable devices.

TECO Wearable Framework (TWS)

TECO Wearable Framework (TWS)

The TECO Wearable Framework (TWS) is a comprehensive collection of electronic modules, components, materials, embedded software and applications (for user interfaces and data analytics) used in TECO’s wearable research projects.

Digital Hub SBH

Digital Hub SBH

The Digital Hub SBH is the regional digital-hub initiative for the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg (SBH) region in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Aura – Sleep Apnea

Aura – Sleep Apnea

A small wearable that tracks a person’s breathing during sleep to diagnose sleep apnea — without the need for nasal cannulas.

CC-KING – Karlsruhe Competence Center for AI Engineering

CC-KING – Karlsruhe Competence Center for AI Engineering

The CC-KING project (Competence Center for AI Engineering) aims to link state-of-the-art AI research and established engineering disciplines.

SmartAQnet

SmartAQnet

“SmartAQnet” addresses urban air-quality and associated health-related quality-of-life issues by combining existing data sets with a networked mobile measurement strategy.

Lehre-HOCH-Forschung

Lehre-HOCH-Forschung

The project “Lehre-HOCH-Forschung” (teaching meets high-level research) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and aims to establish research-oriented teaching much earlier than traditional university formats.

IntEnseChoI – Intelligent Environment secures Choice of Interaction

IntEnseChoI – Intelligent Environment secures Choice of Interaction

This is a Software Campus project focused on ambient assisted-living (AAL) technologies for people with disabilities or older adults (visually impaired, elderly) — examining how intelligent environments can preserve user choice and interaction modalities.

RüttelFlug

RüttelFlug

RüttelFlug is a wearable framework for haptic feedback on the arm, developed at TECO as part of the TECO Wearable Framework (TWS).

DroneCAS | EUHubs4Data

DroneCAS | EUHubs4Data

DroneCAS (Drone Collision Avoidance System) is an AI-driven project under EUHubs4Data focusing on improving UAV safety and autonomy.

FreshIndex | EUHub4Data

FreshIndex | EUHub4Data

FreshIndex aims to improve food-supply transparency through IoT, blockchain and data analytics.

ARCTUS – Monitoring Refrigerator Condensing Units | EUHubs4Data

ARCTUS – Monitoring Refrigerator Condensing Units | EUHubs4Data

ARCTUS (AI-based Remote Condition Tracking for Unitary Systems) focuses on monitoring refrigeration condensing units through distributed sensor data and AI models.

Coronazähler

Coronazähler

“Coronazähler” (Corona Counter) was a project initiated at TECO during the COVID-19 pandemic to collect, visualise and interpret COVID-19 case numbers in real-time.

FF4EuroHPC: AI4CAD

FF4EuroHPC: AI4CAD

AI4CAD is part of FF4EuroHPC, exploring high-performance computing (HPC) and AI for computer-aided design (CAD) optimisation.

Software Campus: Fit2Ear Otoplastics

Software Campus: Fit2Ear Otoplastics

Fit2Ear investigates the digitalisation of custom ear-mould manufacturing for hearing aids and wearables.

HelioPas AI

HelioPas AI

HelioPas AI is a TECO spin-off that uses satellite and sensor data to optimise agricultural irrigation and soil monitoring.

AI-Driven Autocalibration of a Heterogeneous Sensor Network

AI-Driven Autocalibration of a Heterogeneous Sensor Network

This project develops algorithms for automatic calibration of heterogeneous IoT sensor networks using AI and self-learning approaches.

ScaleIT – Scaling ICT for Increasing Productivity in Mechatronics Manufacturing

ScaleIT – Scaling ICT for Increasing Productivity in Mechatronics Manufacturing

The ScaleIT project aims to make information and communication technologies (ICT) scalable and modular for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in mechatronics manufacturing.

Software Campus: Haptic User Interfaces for Complex Visualizations (VibrAid)

Software Campus: Haptic User Interfaces for Complex Visualizations (VibrAid)

The VibrAid project explores haptic user interfaces for improving perception and interaction with complex visual data.

Software Campus: Augmented Reality for In-Situ Process Visualization (ARVis)

Software Campus: Augmented Reality for In-Situ Process Visualization (ARVis)

ARVis investigates augmented reality (AR) for visualizing process data directly in operational environments.

Requirement Analysis for Energetic Construction Measures Based on Historical Infrastructure Data

Requirement Analysis for Energetic Construction Measures Based on Historical Infrastructure Data

This project focuses on using historical infrastructure and building data to support energy-efficient renovation planning.

Software Campus: KEESmartHome – Comfort-Efficiency-Equilibrium in a Smart Home

Software Campus: KEESmartHome – Comfort-Efficiency-Equilibrium in a Smart Home

KEESmartHome investigates the balance between comfort, energy efficiency, and automation in intelligent home environments.

Software Campus: FeinPhone

Software Campus: FeinPhone

FeinPhone explores fine-grained auditory feedback in mobile and wearable computing.

MobileDust

MobileDust

MobileDust is a participatory environmental sensing project focusing on mobile fine-dust monitoring using low-cost sensors integrated with smartphones and citizen-science engagement.

Smart Air Purifier

Smart Air Purifier

The Smart Air Purifier project integrates air-quality sensing with automated air-filtering systems.

ProximityHat

ProximityHat

ProximityHat is a wearable sensory augmentation system that provides proximity feedback through pressure or vibration around the head.

Software Campus: AnKSeK – Anonymization Techniques for Automatic Calibration of Distributed Sensor Systems

Software Campus: AnKSeK – Anonymization Techniques for Automatic Calibration of Distributed Sensor Systems

AnKSeK develops privacy-preserving methods for the automatic calibration of distributed sensor networks.

Software Campus: MARC² – Improving Activity Recognition on Mobile Devices Using Crowdsourcing and Cloud Information

Software Campus: MARC² – Improving Activity Recognition on Mobile Devices Using Crowdsourcing and Cloud Information

MARC² (Mobile Activity Recognition with Crowdsourcing and Cloud) focuses on improving human activity recognition through distributed data collection and cloud-based learning.

bPart

bPart

bPart (“Body Part”) is a miniature wearable sensor platform developed at TECO as part of the TECO Wearable Framework.

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