Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF)

The Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) is the center for digitalization research in Berlin. Since its opening on April 3, 2017, scientists have been conducting research in the core areas of

● Digital Infrastructure, Methods, and Algorithms

and in the innovation areas of

● Digital Health

● Digital Society

● Digital Industry and Services.

The ECDF is a project based on a large-scale public-private partnership (PPP) between more than 30 companies, organizations, all four Berlin universities, the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and more than ten research institutions from Berlin science.

The ECDF has a planned duration of six years. With 38.5 million euros in funding, the project aims to create more links in the field of digitization in Berlin, try out new forms of cooperation, concentrate on innovative interdisciplinary cutting-edge research and attract excellently trained young scientific talent. The ECDF was approved by the Einstein Foundation Berlin in September 2016 after an elaborate review.