Fujitsu and Fraunhofer ISST Establish a Framework for Assuring Trustworthiness in Inter-Organizational Data Sharing at HMI 2025

Munich, March 26, 2025

At the Hannover Messe International (HMI) fair (March 31-April 4, 2025), Fujitsu Research of Europe and the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST are presenting a new groundbreaking advancement that seeks to establish new levels of trust in data sharing and mitigate the risks associated with utilizing third-party data to develop AI models. Inadequate or unreliable data can result in low-quality AI models that yield inaccurate or inconsistent predictions, potentially leading to substantial negative impacts on profit, safety, and security.

To address this challenge, the two companies are working on establishing Levels of Assurance for Data Trustworthiness (Data LoA), an intuitive and transparent grading system to ensure the trustworthiness of data in inter-organizational sharing.

With its unique value drivers, the Data LoA framework aims to standardize and unify different data assurance approaches, establishing an interoperable and intuitive system across both industries and data types. As a result, it can reliably and efficiently evaluate third-party data assets and unlock their operational value.

Fujitsu and Fraunhofer ISST are presenting the concept in three sessions at HMI. Visitors, interested contributors, and businesses are welcome to participate and engage in the interactive session:

• A keynote on the Industry 4.0 Stage (Hall 8, Booth D17) on Monday, March 31, at 17:10 CEST presented by Boris Otto, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fraunhofer ICT Group and Director of the Fraunhofer ISST and Taka Matsutsuka, Senior Research Director at Fujitsu.
• An interactive industry sounding board session (Convention Center, room 218) on Tuesday, April 1, at 16:00 CEST.
• A presentation on the Tech Transfer Stage (Hall 2, Booth B02) on Friday, April 4, at 12:10 CEST by Florian Zimmer, a Scientific Researcher at Fraunhofer ISST and Janosch Haber, a Principal Researcher at Fujitsu Research of Europe.

Learn more about this collaboration between Fraunhofer ISST and Fujitsu in this White Paper - Levels of Assurance for Data Trustworthiness.

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Date: March 26, 2025
City: Munich