Institut für Angewandte Informatik (InfAI) e.V.

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Institut für Angewandte Informatik (InfAI) e.V.

Institut für Angewandte Informatik (InfAI) e.V.

The Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) is a research institute affiliated with Leipzig University that conducts applied research and technology transfer in informatics, focusing on data-driven innovation and digital transformation

Consortium in the NFDI e. V.
Participant
Dr. Sebastian Hellmann
Dr. Sebastian Hellmann
Leipzig, Germany
https://infai.org/

InfAI stands for applied research in data and AI – bridging academic excellence with practical, scalable solutions for digital infrastructures in science and industry. Within NFDI4Energy, InfAI contributes its expertise in metadata systems by enhancing the Databus and MOSS technologies to support FAIR data principles.

Contributions to the consortium include

  • Advancing MOSS with improved search and usability through user-centered development.
  • Developing tools for streamlined data upload and publication based on rich metadata.
  • Creating KPI dashboards to monitor and visualize data usage across repositories.

InfAI brings experience in open-source infrastructures, interoperability, and user-driven innovation, ensuring that energy research data becomes more discoverable, reusable, and impactful.

Task Areas

InfAI is involved in Task Area 4 (Data, Metadata & Services) of NFDI4Energy. The specific tasks cover WP2–WP4:

  • enhancing MOSS for improved search,
  • developing tools for data upload & publication,
  • creating KPI dashboards for data usage.

Involvement

InfAI is not part of further NFDI consortia besides NFDI4Energy.