Events Archive

Pitchtalk Series  •  04.11.2025  •  Emmy-Noether-Straße 2, 80992 München

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MCML Industry Pitchtalks With Stadtwerke München

Join Us for Networking and Insights

On November 4th, we invite you to our upcoming Pitchtalk event. This time, we visit Stadtwerke München. For registration, please contact our Manager for Industry Collaborations and PhD Coordinator, Dr. Thomas Meier!

Workshop  •  29.10.2025  •  Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Alfons-Goppel-Str. 11 80539 München

1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Influence of AI Algorithms on Individual and Collective Memory

Expert Talks From Different Views and Networking

The aim of this workshop is to foster research collaborations between members of Junges Kolleg | BAdW, the MCML and the bidt. There will be research talks on current projects.

Forum  •  28.10.2025  •  LMU Freskensaal

4:00 pm - 9:00 pm

LMU IEC Innovators’ Forum

Perspectives on Entrepreneurship

On October 28, 2025, the LMU IEC Innovators’ Forum will bring together researchers, founders, and innovators to share insights and experiences under the theme “Perspectives on Entrepreneurship.” The forum offers a platform to connect the LMU startup and innovation community, explore entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities, and celebrate the …

Conference  •  27.10.2025 - 28.10.2025  •  Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich

Bavarian AImed Conference 2025

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Healthcare

The Bavarian AImed Conference brings together PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from across Bavaria to engage in interdisciplinary exchange at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical research.

Munich AI Lectures  •  23.10.2025  •  Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Alfons-Goppel-Str. 11 (Residenz) Munich

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Avoiding Catastrophic Risks From Uncontrolled AI Agencies

Prof. Yoshua Bengio, Université de Montréal

On October 23, 2025, the next Munich AI Lecture will welcome Yoshua Bengio (Université de Montréal, Mila), A.M. Turing Award laureate and one of world’s most cited computer scientist.

Career Fair  •  23.10.2025  •  TranslaTUM at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Einsteinstraße 25 (Bau 522), 81675 Munich

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Munich Career Fair AI & Data Science 2025

Exploring the Job Market in AI & Data Science

Together with MDSI, relAI, and AI Hub@LMU, MCML is organizing the Munich Career Fair AI & Data Science 2025.
The fair brings together students from bachelor to PhD level with eleven leading industry partners. Participants can look forward to company presentations, networking opportunities, and direct exchanges with recruiters and researchers. The …

MCML Stammtisch  •  21.10.2025  •  Löwenbräukeller, Nymphenburger Str. 2, 80335 München

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

MCML Stammtisch - October Edition

Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation

Our Stammtisch will take place right after our next MCML Onboarding Event, and all MCML members are warmly welcome to join — especially those who are new to the MCML community!

The Onboarding  •  21.10.2025  •  Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 01 LMU Hauptgebäude Hörsaal E 006

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MCML Onboarding Event

Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation

We are excited to announce the upcoming MCML Onboarding Event for our doctoral students!

Conference  •  21.10.2025  •  Bayerischer Rundfunk - BR, Arnulfstraße 42, 80335 München

1:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Women in Data Science Conference

Prof. Dr. Frauke Kreuter, MCML
Lisa Wimmer, MCML

Women in Data Science (WiDS) Munich will take place on October 21, 2025. The conference is part of the global WiDS initiative and showcases the contributions of women in data science, offering talks, discussions, and networking for the wider AI community.

Colloquium  •  15.10.2025  •  LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Estimation of Finite Population Proportions for Small Areas - A Statistical Data Integration Approach

Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland

Empirically best prediction (EBP) is used to estimate proportions in small or incomplete populations, but often encounters practical limitations such as missing auxiliary variables or incomplete data linkages. The proposed approach replaces the limited population frame with a large sample with many auxiliary variables, but lacks the target variable. …

Lecture  •  13.10.2025  •  Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, OG2, Raum M218

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

What Is Still Missing for General AI?

Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

On October 13, 2025, Jürgen Schmidhuber will give a lecture exploring the question of what is still missing to achieve true general artificial intelligence. The talk will offer deep insights into current developments and future directions in AI research. The lecture will be held in German.

Workshop  •  10.10.2025  •  Montreal, Canada

Workshop NLPOR @COLM 2025

First Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research Co-Located With COLM 2025

Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming how we engage with and interpret human-generated data—highlighting critical issues around data quality, bias, and ethics. At the same time, Public Opinion Research (POR) offers well-established methods for collecting high-quality, representative …

Pitchtalk Series  •  07.10.2025  •  Oettingenstrasse 67, Room 151

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

MCML Industry Pitchtalks Munich NLP

Join Us for Networking and Insights

On October 7th, we will have our next meet up in our series “MCML Pitchtalks with Industry”. This time, we will meet the Munich NLP - Community. For registration, please contact our Manager for Industry Collaborations and PhD Coordinator, Dr. Thomas Meier!

Workshop  •  25.09.2025  •  Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Südliches Schloßrondell 23, 80638 München

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Part 4: The Ethics of AI Agents

AI Agents and the Transformation of the Modern Workplace

The next “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” event by the Bavarian AI Act Accelerator deals with the question, how AI agents such as advanced personal assistants are rapidly moving from concept to deployment. These autonomous systems raise important ethical and societal questions. Hosted by: appliedAI Institute for Europe in collaboration with …

MCML Workshop  •  24.09.2025 - 25.09.2025  •  LAMARR; University of Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 6 / 8, Raum 2.123

MCML-LAMARR Workshop 2025

Generative AI and Natural Language Processing

As two of the national AI competence centers, MCML and LAMARR aim to strengthen their collaborations with the organization of a joint workshop, bringing together our researchers. The topic of the workshop will be on the intersections between Generative AI and Natural Language Processing. Several of LAMARR’s and MCML’s members, as well as junior …

MCML Workshop  •  24.09.2025 - 30.09.2025  •  Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, Room D 105

MCML Workshop: Reproducibility and Scientific Computing

Practical Workshop on Open Science, High-Performance Computing, and Reproducible Workflows

From September 24 to 30, MCML is hosting a five-day in-person workshop in Munich focused on reproducible computational research - organized by MCML members Moritz Herrmann and Martin Binder.

Summer School  •  15.09.2025 - 18.09.2025  •  TU-Campus EUREF, Berlin

Berlin Summer School on Artificial Intelligence and Society 2025

Open Science and AI – Shaping the Future of Responsible Research

The 2025 Berlin Summer School on Artificial Intelligence and Society invites researchers and practitioners to explore the role of Open Science & Open Data in shaping responsible AI. In times of rapidly advancing generative AI, principles like transparency, accessibility, and collaboration are more essential than ever. The open exchange of …

Summer School  •  09.09.2025 - 12.09.2025  •  Hotel Panství Dlouhá Lhota, about 50km from Prague.

9:30 am - 2:30 pm

Czech-Bavarian Supercomputing Summer School '25

AI and Quantum-Computing Aspects

Be part of the Czech-Bavarian Summer School ‘25 which teaches you basics and highlights of modern supercomputing, including AI and quantum-computing aspects! The school introduces you to the world of quantum and GPU computing (including artificial-intelligence applications) and showcase how cross-system computational workflows can be automatised. …

Workshop  •  01.09.2025 - 04.09.2025  •  LMU Munich, Department of Statistics, Ludwigstraße 33, 80539 München

InterACT Workshop 2025

INTERACT #3

This year’s four-day InterACT Workshop brings together, for the third time, young and experienced researchers working in interpretable machine learning (IML), a key research focus in the field of trustworthy and fair AI. The successful workshop format of recent years is deeply embedded in the broader IML Journal Club community, a collaborative …

MCML Workshop  •  12.08.2025  •  LMU Munich, Professor-Huber-Platz 2, W201

10:00 am - 8:00 pm

4th MCML Workshop on Causal Machine Learning

Organized by Our PI Stefan Feuerriegel and His Team

Causal inference has become highly important in many fields, such as medicine or marketing, and has received increasing attention from researchers in machine learning in recent years. The MCML Workshop in Causal Machine Learning invites causal ML researchers to present their work. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from different …

Hackathon  •  07.08.2025  •  Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 Munich (exact room TBA to registered participants)

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

LMU Open Science Center Hackathon

Join the Effort to Preserve At-Risk Research Data

The LMU Open Science Center invites researchers, students, and enthusiasts to the upcoming Safeguar.de Hackathon, a hands-on event focused on rescuing and preserving endangered research datasets.

Workshop  •  28.07.2025  •  Amalie Bauer - Konferenzsaal (Alte Post), Technische Universität München

9:30 am - 12:30 pm

AI and Schools in Dialogue

Research, Education Policy, and Teaching Practice

The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) warmly invites you to a discussion on practical ways to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into school settings. Together with experts from academia and education policy, the current state of AI applications in everyday school life will be presented and discussed. The focus lies on practice-oriented …

MCML Stammtisch  •  24.07.2025  •  Ristorante Pizzeria Bei Mario, Adalbertstraße 15, 80799 München

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

MCML Stammtisch - July Edition

Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming MCML Stammtisch, taking place on Thursday, July 24th, at 6 pm, at Ristorante Pizzeria Bei Mario Adalbertstraße 15, 80799 München. If you would like to join, please register here by July 17. We are looking forward to seeing you there and having another great evening together! If you have any questions, feel …

Workshop  •  24.07.2025  •  TUM, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, 80333 Munich

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Part 3: Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI

AI Agents and the Transformation of the Modern Workplace

The next “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” event by the Bavarian AI Act Accelerator focusses on, how leading organizations are using AI agents to boost productivity, enhance collaboration, and rethink decision-making, especially in HR and knowledge management to customer service.

Pitchtalk Series  •  22.07.2025  •  SAP Labs Garching, Friedrich-Ludwig-Bauer-Straße 5, 85748 Garching bei München

MCML Industry Pitchtalks With SAP

Join Us for Networking and Insights

On July 22nd, we will be invited to the new SAP Labs in Garching, for a Meetup in our series MCML Pitchtalks with Industry. Some of our junior members and research staff from SAP will show each other’s research on AI Agents and Generative AI. Join us for a lively meetup, and feel free to reach out to our PhD Coordinator Thomas Meier for more …

Munich NLP Meetup  •  21.07.2025  •  Versicherungskammer Bayern Warngauer Str. 30, 81539 Munich

6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Legal NLP in Insurance

Transforming Insurance With AI

The Munich NLP Meetup is a community of AI enthusiasts, researchers, and professionals who regularly meet to discuss the latest developments in natural language processing and artificial intelligence. The meetups provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, networking, and the promotion of innovations in the AI industry. We’re happy to share …

Summer School  •  21.07.2025 - 25.07.2025  •  Inria Rocquencourt (close to Paris), France

Fifth Inria-DFKI European Summer School on AI (IDESSAI 2025)

Responsible AI and Machine Ethics and Twin AI

The Fifth Inria-DFKI European Summer School on AI (IDESSAI 2025), jointly organized by Inria and DFKI, offers a focused program on two timely themes: Responsible AI and Machine Ethics and Twin AI. The program includes courses with hands-on labs and case studies, as well as input from industry practitioners and innovators. An additional 4-hour …

Munich AI Lectures  •  17.07.2025  •  Room B006, Main LMU Building, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 01, 80539 Munich

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Deep Learning Theory: What We Know, What We Are Learning, and What Remains Unclear

Prof. Dr. Guido Montúfar​, UCLA

On 17 July 2025, Guido Montúfar will give a talk as part of the Munich AI Lectures series. The lecture, titled “Deep Learning Theory: What we know, what we are learning, and what remains unclear," addresses the mathematical foundations of deep learning and the rapidly developing theory behind neural networks.

Munich AI Lectures  •  09.07.2025  •  Plenarsaal of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW), Alfons-Goppel-Straße 11, 80539 Munich

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Foundational Methods for Foundation Models for Scientific Machine Learning

Prof. Dr. Virginia Dignum, Umeå University

The next edition of the Munich AI Lecture series will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the Plenarsaal of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich.

Meetup  •  09.07.2025  •  Online

The Best of CVPR 2025 Series

Cecilia Curreli, MCML

On July 9, 2025, Voxel51 is hosting a virtual “Best of CVPR” event, bringing together some of the most exciting work from this year’s CVPR conference.

MCML Diversity Stammtisch  •  08.07.2025  •  Gasthaus FUX - Türkenstraße 38, 80799 München

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

MCML Diversity Stammtisch

Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation

Feeling out of place in academia? First in your family to go to university? Navigating language or cultural barriers in Germany? Neurodivergent? Or simply passionate about inclusion?

Lecture  •  08.07.2025  •  LMU Center for Advanced Studies, Seestraße 13, 80802 Munich

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch Talk: Understanding of Non-Verbal Behavior by Multimodal AI Systems

With MCML Members Philipp Wicke and Sven Mayer.

In this talk the Understanding of Non-Verbal Behavior by Multimodal AI Systems will be discussed. Speaker: Philipp Wicke
(MCML/LMU)
Respondent: Sven Mayer
(MCML/LMU) Only with registration!

Festival  •  03.07.2025 - 06.07.2025  •  Deutsches Museum, Munich

Festival of the Future 2025

Björn Ommer, MCML

The Festival of the Future 2025 gathers leading experts from science, technology, and art to explore innovations shaping our future. The event features talks, panel discussions, and interactive exhibits on topics like artificial intelligence, sustainability, and space exploration. Björn Ommer, our PI, will be among the speakers, sharing insights on …

MCML Summit  •  02.07.2025  •  Kohlebunker (Motorworld) München-Freimann

2:00 pm - 8:00 pm

MCML Munich AI Day 2025

MCML Celebrates Second Summit

We are happy to invite you to this year’s MCML Munich AI Day, hosted by the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) on 2nd July 2025. Join national and international AI researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, and media representatives as we explore the most pressing AI-related questions of our time. The event aims to discuss the …

MCML Masterclass  •  02.07.2025  •  Kohlebunker (Motorworld) München-Freimann

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Masterclass Entrepreneurship

Join Us for Networking and Insights

The other Masterclass will be on Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with TUM Venture Labs and the LMU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. The Masterclass on Entrepreneurship will last from 11 to 12 am. There will be two impulses from members of the respective collaboration partners on how to build your own company, and on ways of getting …

MCML Masterclass  •  02.07.2025  •  Kohlebunker (Motorworld) München-Freimann

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Masterclass Science Communication

Join Us for Networking and Insights

This masterclass will be in collaboration with the Tübingen AI Center and RhetAI, coordinated by Verena. The workshop will last from 9 to 12 am. Learn how to communicate your research and how to make your work accessible, engaging, and impactful beyond academic circles. This course equips you with the tools to share your research with broader …

Workshop  •  01.07.2025  •  House of Communication, August-Everding-Straße 25, 81671 Munich

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Part 2: Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI

Risk vs. Reward?! Implementing AI Agents in Startups, SMEs, and Public Organisations

The next “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” event by the Bavarian AI Act Accelerator dives into whether AI agents are truly worth it for startups, SMEs, and public organisations – especially when resources are limited.

Lecture  •  26.06.2025  •  CAS, Seestraße 13, 80802 Munich

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bayesian Insights on Polarization and Disagreement

Prof. Leah Henderson, Ph.D. (CAS Fellow/Groningen)

As part of the CAS Research Focus “Bayesian Reasoning: A Grammar of Science?”, the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) is hosting a lecture by Leah Henderson from the University of Groningen.

Colloquium  •  25.06.2025  •  LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Practical Causal Reasoning as a Means for Ethical ML

Isabel Valera, Uni Saarbrücken

In this talk I will give an overview of the role of causality in ethical machine learning, and in particular, in fair and explainable ML. In particular, I will first detail how to use causal reasoning to study fairness and interpretability problems in algorithmic decision making, stressing the main limitations that we encounter when aiming to …

Summer School  •  23.06.2025 - 27.06.2025  •  Penck Hotel Dresden, Ostra-Allee 33, 01067 Dresden, Germany

1:00 pm - 12:30 pm

11. International Summer School on AI and Big Data

Mehwish Alam, Télécom Paris
Fredrik Heintz, Linköping University
Ralf Koerrenz, University Jena
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, TU Dresden University of Technology
Anand Subramoney, Royal Holloway, University of London

The 11th International Summer School on AI and Big Data brings together graduate students, PhD students, researchers, and professionals interested in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Machine Learning. This year, the focus will be on Language Models and their applications, especially in areas such as education and ethics. What to …

Colloquium  •  11.06.2025  •  LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Veridical Data Science and PCS Uncertainty Quantification

Bin Yu, Berkeley

Data Science is central to Al and has driven most of the recent advances in biomedicine and beyond. Human judgment calls are ubiquitous at every step of the data science life cycle (DSLC): problem formulation, data cleaning, EDA, modeling, and reporting. Auch judgment calls are often responsible for the “dangers” of Al by creating a universe of …

Colloquium  •  04.06.2025  •  LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Democratizing Methods

Jennifer Hill, New York University

The past few decades have seen an explosion in the development of freely available software to implement statistical methods and algorithms to help explore and analyze data. However, researchers tend to assume that releasing software packages implementing specific methods is sufficient for ensuring that the tools are adopted and used correctly. …

Workshop  •  30.05.2025 - 31.05.2025  •  LMU Main Building, A 120

Epistemology and Theory of Machine Learning

Limits, Interpretability, and Knowledge in Modern AI

This is the second edition of the Epistemology and Theory of Machine Learning series started in 2023. The rapid rise and huge impact of methods in machine learning raises important philosophical questions. There is, in particular, an increasing interest in questions of epistemology: how exactly do machine learning methods contribute to the pursuit …

Lecture  •  27.05.2025  •  LRZ Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Munich + Meet (Hybrid)

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Talk With Matthias Wendland

„Regulatory Readiness Under the AI Act: Operating AI at Scale With HPC Infrastructures as Emerging AI Factories"

The talk will explore how the AI Act may affect institutions operating large-scale AI systems, with a particular focus on HPC centers. He’ll highlight how regulatory requirements intersect with technical capabilities, and what steps HPC centers can take to prepare for upcoming regulatory expectations, especially as they increasingly become central …

Conference  •  22.05.2025  •  Maritim Congress Centrum Ingolstadt, Gießerei-Platz 1, 85049 Ingolstadt

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

BAIOSPHERE CONFERENCE MOBILITY - BAI.CON 2025

THE FUTURE of MOBILITY WITH AI

On May 22, 2025, AImotion Bavaria and AININ invite you to the BAIOSPHERE CONFERENCE MOBILITY (BAI.CON 2025). The event will take place at the Maritim Congress Centrum Ingolstadt and promises an exciting program centered on the future of AI-powered mobility. Under the theme “The Future of Mobility with AI,” the conference will focus on key topics, …

Colloquium  •  14.05.2025  •  LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Robustness in Semiparametric Statistics

Rajen Shah, University of Cambridge

Given that all models are wrong, it is important to understand the performance of methods when the settings for which they have been designed are not met, and to modify them where possible so they are robust to these sorts of departures from the ideal. We present two examples with this broad goal in mind. We first look at a classical case of model …

MCML Seminar  •  08.05.2025  •  Seminar Room Statistics, LMU

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

How to PhD

Tips and Insights for a Successful PhD

Exclusive for MCML PhD Students We invite our MCML PhD Students to a seminar, panel and workshop focused on key questions surrounding the PhD journey, including:

• How to publish successfully
• Where to travel (conferences, summer schools)
• How to work with your supervisor
• What really matters during a PhD

Workshop  •  06.05.2025  •  House of Communication, August-Everding-Straße 25, 81671 Munich

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Part 1: Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI

AI Agents 101: What They Are, How They Work, and How They Can Create Value

By popular demand, the “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” series continues in 2025. This year, we will be exploring different political, legal, technical, and ethical perspectives on AI Agents. Join us for our first event in Munich, free registration here: https://lnkd.in/eX7Pf6UJ

• We will have panel and networking to continue the discussion. The …

Pitchtalk Series  •  06.05.2025  •  Daiichi Sankyo, Munich Office

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

MCML Industry Pitchtalks With Daiichi Sankyo

Join Us for Networking and Insights

On May 6th, the MCML will have its next Pitchtalk with Industry. That day, we will visit Daiichi Sankyo. At their Munich Office, from 16:00 - 18:00.

Meetup  •  24.04.2025  •  Impact Hub Munich, Gotzinger Str. 8, 81371 Munich

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Munich AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision Meetup

Cecilia Curreli, MCML

On April 24, 2025, the Munich AI, ML, and Computer Vision Meetup will take place at Impact Hub Munich. The event will feature talks from experts on cutting-edge topics in AI, machine learning, and computer vision. One of the speakers is our Junior Member Cecilia Curreli, who will present her research on human motion prediction using nonisotropic …

Colloquium  •  23.04.2025  •  LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Story-Led Causal Inference

Jessica Young, Harvard University

The modern causal inference literature has expressed a deep divide over the nature of the so-called consistency condition. Consistency is popularly characterized as the condition that counterfactual/potential outcomes indexed by a hypothetical intervention of interest may be equated to measured outcomes among those whose data is consistent with …