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Project kickoff of KIDaS (AI-supported data platform for social services)
The joint project KIDaS (AI-supported data platform for social services) started at the beginning of 2026. The kick-off meeting of all project partners and the project sponsor took place in Nuremberg on April 16 and 17, 2026, at which common goals and the first project steps were agreed.
KIDaS aims to develop an AI-supported data platform that mediates and analyzes social services and systematically promotes their innovation. The platform brings together service seekers, providers and suppliers and enables the targeted exchange of data on services, needs and demand in order to better balance supply and demand. AI agents based on generative AI automate the collection and maintenance of supply data, significantly reducing manual effort. An innovative service sonar uses the analysis of publicly accessible data sources to identify trends and unmet needs and generates suggestions for new social services. A matching service with an offer configurator brings people seeking help together with suitable services in a targeted manner. Scientifically, the project is developing design principles for the use of agentic AI on platforms, a method for data-driven innovation of social services and a transferable process model for establishing digital service platforms. In the long term, the platform is intended to act as a public welfare-oriented hub to promote the transfer of knowledge between stakeholders and establish a competence network of supra-local social welfare providers.
The project is being implemented by the Department of Information Systems at the University of Kassel(Dr. Mahei Li and Antonia Tolzin), FAU (coordination), Dataciders PRODATO GmbH and ANLEI-Service GmbH as practice partners. The consortium is complemented by several value partners, including the Landeswohlfahrtsverband Hessen (LWV), the LWL, the LVR and the Barthildisheim e. V.
KIDaS is being funded over three years with around 1.9 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) as part of the "DigiNutzenDat" program.