Privacy-Preserving Data Usein medical applications
The AnoMed Research Center investigates methods for the privacy-preserving use of medical data — from anonymization and synthetic data to legal frameworks for the responsible handling of health data.
Latest News
Anmeldung geöffnet: Community Event 2026
Communityevent des Forschungsnetzwerks Anonymisierung in Dresden am 23. September Das Treffen des Forschungsnetzwerks Anonymisierung findet am 23. September 2026 im Rahmen des GI Informatikfestivals an der TU Dresden statt. Auf dem Programm stehen Poster Sessions und Arbeitsgruppen für den Austausch innerhalb der Community. Mit dem Gutscheincode FNANON2026! stehen ermäßigte reguläre 1-Tagestickets zur Verfügung. Bitte wählen […]
AnoMed Forschungszentrum präsentiert aktuelle Vorhaben beim Tag der offenen Tür des BMFTR
Vom 19. bis 21. Juni 2026 wird das AnoMed Forschungszentrum mit einem eigenen Stand am Tag der offenen Tür des Bundesministeriums für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) vertreten sein. Die Präsenz dient dazu, die Öffentlichkeit über laufende Aktivitäten und zukünftige Infrastrukturprojekte zu informieren. Themenschwerpunkte am Ausstellungsstand Das Team von AnoMed wird die Arbeit des Zentrums […]
heise online: „Sicherer Umgang mit medizinischen Daten: AnoMed geht in die zweite Runde”
„Die klassischen Anonymisierungsverfahren haben nicht funktioniert“, sagt Prof. Esfandiar Mohammadi, Leiter des Projekts „AnoMed“, auf einer Veranstaltung in Berlin. Beim Projekt geht es darum, Gesundheitsdaten für Forschung und KI-Entwicklung zu nutzen, ohne die Privatsphäre von Patientinnen und Patienten zu gefährden. Wie das gelingen soll, zeigten die beteiligten Teams beim Auftakttreffen für die Fortführung des vom […]
Overview
The amount of sensitive medically relevant data recorded both in healthcare and by smart devices is growing rapidly.
The Central Challenge
"How can patient anonymity be preserved?"
Our Approach
AI and Big Data methods enable efficient processing. We work on individualized precision medicine and long-term observations, without compromising data privacy.
Our Mission
We shape the future of secure data use in medicine.
Goals
The AnoMed Research Center researches new, provably secure methods for the privacy-preserving use of medical data and builds a benchmarking platform for the international research community, enabling researchers to upload and thoroughly evaluate their solutions.
The platform provides the basis for evaluating various privacy metrics. It offers interfaces for medical researchers and companies to enter gold standards, define metrics, and store data securely. A series of medical application scenarios is being created in which stakeholders can interact with medical data and the latest results from privacy research.
Innovation & Growth
The Research Center ensures that the potential for innovation and new treatment methods, made possible by privacy-preserving data use, are brought into medicine and the medical technology industry, thereby promoting health and economic growth in Germany and the EEA.
Technology Transfer
We accelerate technology transfer through concrete attacks on medical challenges and a comprehensive science communication campaign. In doing so, we make the risks of medical data use tangible for companies, medical professionals, and citizens, and demonstrate how modern privacy-preserving methods effectively address these risks.
An important building block for accelerating technology transfer and strengthening user awareness is the continuous search for weaknesses in existing privacy protection methods. Within the AnoMed Research Center, we develop exactly such attacks.
Research, Medicine and Law united
In addition to building an infrastructure, AnoMed focuses on developing novel methods for privacy-preserving data use in medical applications — together with experts from IT security, medicine, AI research, and industry.
To understand the legal relevance of the developed solutions, AnoMed additionally investigates legal questions surrounding privacy-compliant data use. This includes the analysis and interpretation of GDPR provisions on identifiability, anonymity, and pseudonymity.
Our Partners
Together for innovative and secure solutions in healthcare.
