“To do what by now has become common strategy a little better than the rest cannot be any distinction. Yet it becomes increasingly expensive. It is therefore, on principle, the wrong strategy” — Peter F. Drucker*

Our highlights: 5 years of dataspace and ecosystem firsts! Discover how our research on digital interactive systems—distributed, multi-agent, and complex-adaptive—combined with real-world adoption has advanced Web3, distributed data, and trusted cross-organizational data sharing as foundations for scalable digital transformation.

2025: …
– At CES, dataspace for data governance across internal silos for differentiated Gen AI, link
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2024: First data ECOSYSTEM with automotive super-apps
– Robotics ecosystem launched, Berlin: Our team with minister, Telekom board member, link
– Catena-X ecosystem and Tractus-X software stack delivered, Munich: “5 Stars”, link
– First CES with Ford-Flex showcasing CO2 emission tracking use case, Las Vegas, NV, link

2023: C-level and international recognition
– Founded: Internat. Manufacturing-X, with Industrie 4.0 and CSMII, Greenville, SC, link
– Promoted: Sustainable mobility, Berlin: Our team with federal minister, Telekom CEO, link
– Pre-launched: Catena-X in Austin, TX, link

2022: First dataspace CASE STUDIES
– Premiered: ITS World Congress Los Angeles, CA – 25% faster with ‘Dataspace Turbo’, link
– Published and awarded: Intermodal mobility and manufacturing’s Universal Machine Technology Interface (UMATI) based on OPC UA standard, link
– Best paper award: “Linking Data Sovereignty and Data Economy,” WI Proceedings, link

2021: First dataspace PROTOTYPE for mobility use case, the way we get from A to B
– ITS World Congress Hamburg, Germany: Launch of intermodal travel app demo, link
– T-Systems ranked No.1 for ten consecutive years: Dataspace recognition, link
– Founded: Mobility Community of International Data Spaces Association, link

2020: First dataspace PILOT BLUE PRINTS
– RealLab Hamburg, National Platform Future of Mobility: Our team with federal minister, link
– First Springer paper: “Data factories for data products” – make it actionable, scale it, link
– Startup Autobahn powered by Plug and Play: Toward data-driven mobility – Webinar, link

Publication counter
A-level:  4
Journal:  10
Book chapter (refereed only):  13
Conference (refereed only):  18
Research note:  10
Book:  “Dynamics of emergent structures in digital interactive services: Organisational analysis, and Complex Adaptive System modeling and simulation” (150 pages, 1000 lines of code, link)

* Drucker, P. 1974. Letter to Mr. Richard H. Jenrette of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Correspondence from Peter Drucker (1974-06-17), Drucker Archive, Drucker Institute, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont