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19.02.2026

COSMOS – Teaching Vision-Language Models to Look Beyond the Obvious

MCML Research Insight - With Sanghwan Kim, Rui Xiao, Mariana-Iuliana Georgescu, Stephan Alaniz, and Zeynep Akata

Today’s AI systems are remarkably good at recognizing what stands out most. Yet understanding how details relate to each other remains surprisingly difficult. Imagine asking an AI assistant to …

19.02.2026

Benjamin Lange Featured on Bayerischer Rundfunk Podcast

Can AI Lie? – How Manipulative Are Chatbots?

MCML Junior Research Group Leader Benjamin Lange was featured on the Bayerischer Rundfunk podcast IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung in the episode “Kann KI lügen? – So manipulativ sind Chatbots.” In the …

05.02.2026

Needle in a Haystack: Finding Exact Moments in Long Videos

MCML Research Insight - With With Tanveer Hannan and Thomas Seidl

Long videos are everywhere, with footage of movies, YouTube videos, body-cam recordings, and AR/VR often running for tens of minutes or even hours. Now imagine asking a simple question like “Where are …

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Mar

Demo Day

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Demo Day • 03.03.2026 • WERK1, Am Kartoffelgarten 14, Munich

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

LMU Innovation Incubator Demo Day

Cohort 7

On Wednesday, March 3, 2026, we invite you to experience the final pitches from the startup teams of the LMU Innovation Incubator Cohort 7.

The LMU Innovation Incubator supports researchers and …

19

Mar

Pitchtalk Series

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Pitchtalk Series • 19.03.2026 • LMU Munich, Oettingenstraße 67, Room 151

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

MCML Pitchtalks With AppliedAI

Join Us for Networking and Insights

The next MCML Industry Pitch Talks at the Munich Center for Machine Learning will take place in partnership with the appliedAI Initiative.

Topic: Execution in Production AI Systems

We will focus on …

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Mar

Tri-State Venture Sprint

Tri-State Venture Sprint • 26.03.2026 - 27.03.2026 • Zurich

From Frontier Research to Real-World Impact

Connect With Deeply Technical Researchers Across Munich, Tübingen, and Zurich

Venture Sprint is an intensive 90-day program for PhD students, PostDocs, and researchers in AI and Data Science who want to turn their research into real-world products. Across three focused weekend …

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