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30.01.2026

Cracks in the Foundations of Cosmology

Daniel Grün Explains How Observations Test Our Understanding of the Universe

There was a time when the Andromeda Nebula was the end of the Universe. At least, a number of astronomers in the early 20th century still thought that fuzzy objects in the night sky – such as the …

29.01.2026

How Machines Can Discover Hidden Rules Without Supervision

MCML Research Insight - With Tobias Schmidt, and Steffen Schneider

How can machines learn the hidden rules that govern how systems change—how objects move, how weather patterns unfold, or how biological signals evolve—without ever being told what those rules are?

28.01.2026

Matthias Nießner Co-Founds AI Startup Synthesia

Interactive AI Avatars Reshape Corporate Training

The London-based AI company Synthesia, co-founded by MCML PI Matthias Nießner, has raised an additional $200 million, bringing its valuation to $4 billion. Synthesia is one of Europe’s most valuable …

Colloquium • 04.02.2026 • LMU Munich, Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Large Language Models for Statistical Inference: Context Augmentation With Applications to the Two-Sample Problem and Regression

Marc Ratkovic, University of Mannheim

The colloquium introduces context expansion, an approach that uses large language models to generate additional contexts around strings to enable valid statistical inferences. These contexts reduce …

Talk Series • 11.02.2026 • PATHOS theater

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

One Year Left: Is the AI Apocalypse Coming?

Franziska Kaltenberger, MCML Junior Member

This event is part of an exhibition and talk series on the future of technology and art by 1E9 x Digitale Bühne. Starting from the controversial “AI 2027” scenario, the discussion asks whether …

Munich AI Lectures • 12.02.2026 • LMU Munich, Main Building, Room D209

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

How Machines Explore, Conjecture, and Discover Mathematics

Sebastian Pokutta, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)

On Febuary 12, 2026, the next Munich AI Lecture will welcome Sebastian Pokutta from Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB).