Smart Data is the raw material of the 21st century, a major issue of the future,
and the basis for many services and products.
Data makes products smart. We want to utilize the data of companies
and institutions in the best possible manner to
provide a basis for competent decisions.
Our research cluster combines the efforts of various HsH faculties.
Its interdisciplinary approach addresses questions from practical application
to theoretical basic research. In addition to the technical aspects,
we also examine effects on data security and privacy,
as data is of great value to its owners.
We conduct our research in cooperation with small and medium-sized companies
and public institutions, for instance Hannover Medical School, our partner for one
of our focus fields of application: health and medicine.
We provide after-care for kidney transplant patients.
The biggest risk after a transplant operation is immune system induced organ rejection.
It is very important to diagnose this development as early as possible.
Our research focuses on methods of compiling data in an organized manner.
Such data bases can help assess which patients
run a higher risk of rejecting the donor organ.
A lot of data is gained from clinical routine: biopsy data, like pathologic results,
or immunological data, the genetic information on which the transplant
was conducted, but also virological data that identifies specific infectious diseases.
Based on routine data, collected during the regular medical treatment,
our smart data analysis can generate even more knowledge,
At Hannover Medical School, we clinicians take care of the patients.
The IT specialists at HsH take care of the data.
Our patients benefit from the cooperation of these two fields,
as it creates new structures, e.g. to detect risks and diseases at an early stage.