News at and around MCML
23.11.2023
Our PI Alena Buyx on RBB Studio 3
Our PI and TUM professor Prof. Alena Buyx was a guest on the television show “Studio 3 - live aus Babelsberg”" on RBB. There, she talks about medicine and her role as a member of the German Ethics Council, as well as about ChatGPT, Deep Fakes and other topics regarding AI.
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22.11.2023
Artificial intelligence: stemming the tide of fake facts
Interview with our PI Prof. Stefan Feuerriegel
In this interview with LMU newsroom, our PI Prof. Feuerriegel talks about the danger of AI generated fake news. He explains what makes these campaigns so dangerous and how to counter them.
18.11.2023
Podcast: This is technology ethics
Machines as colleagues, friends and lovers
In the 8th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher talk about relationships with machines. Can you collaborate with a machine? Can robots be friends, colleagues or, perhaps, even lovers? These are common tropes in science fiction and popular culture, but is there any credibility to them? What would the ethical status of such relationships be? Should they be welcomed or avoided? These are just some of the questions addressed in this episode.
15.11.2023
Ranking highly cited researchers
Eleven researchers among the world’s most cited - including two of our PIs
Every year the US company Clarivate publishes a list with the most cited scientists in their specific research areas or overall in different scientific areas (crossfield). Our PIs Prof. Fabian Theis and Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu are featured in their respective research areas, namely biology/biochemistry and earth sciences.
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14.11.2023
We are not taking part in the scaling race with our algorithms
Interview with our PI Prof. Björn Ommer
In this interview with LMU newsroom, our PI Prof. Björn Ommer shares his opinion about the current development of Large Language Models. He talks about the problematic of computing power in AI, the importance of data security and how Germany could potentially solve these problems.
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13.11.2023
Call for applications: Show & Tell Workshop on AI models and training data for journalism use cases
In this workshop organized by BR (bavarian public broadcasting) researchers show each other the projects and methods they are working on in short pitches and subsequently explore possible collaborations on use cases and methods.
09.11.2023
Podcast: This is technology ethics
Can machines be moral patients?
In the 7th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher talk about the moral status of machines and discuss wether machines can be more than just mere things. Sven and John share their thoughts on this topic and give some guidance as to how to think about the nature of moral status and its significance.
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09.11.2023
How artificial intelligence is changing teaching and learning
LMU newsroom article
Check out the new LMU Newsroom article about how LMU is utilising the possibilities of AI in various areas and how AI is changing teaching and learning. The article features our PIs Prof Frauke Kreuter, Prof Gitta Kutyniok and Prof Björn Ommer, as well as some of our PhD candidates. The latter talk about their own experience with AI at LMU.
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09.11.2023
New minor in AI at LMU
LMU newsroom article
This winter semester (WS23/24), LMU launched a minor in Artificial Intelligence with the aim of offering a tailor-made education in artificial intelligence for non-computer scientists. The LMU Newsroom article explains the most important things you need to know if you are interested.
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09.11.2023
AI language models: Who is the author?
LMU newsroom article
Our PI Prof. Barbara Plank explains how it is possible to differentiate between machine-generated and human-written texts despite ever-improving AI. She also explains what is now important in the further development of language models.
01–08.03.2024
Registration for Interdisciplinary College 2024 is now open
The registration for the Interdisciplinary College 2024 is now open. Hosted by the Artificial Intelligence Section of the Gesellschaft für InformatikT (GI) the program has been around for about 20 years. This year the event offers an exciting lineup of courses, workshops, and activities that span various disciplines and promote collaborative, innovative thinking. The focus topic for our 2024 edition is Resilience, Robustness, Responsibility.
08.11.2023
Digdeep Podcast: Marvin Ruf, warum ist Mobilität so spannend wie nie??
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
Have you noticed? The streetscape is changing. Cars with electric number plates are becoming commonplace, charging is the new refuelling, and on the motorway you can see drivers taking their hands off the steering wheel. And even after the car has been purchased, digital after-sales continues and new functions can be added throughout the car’s service life. All these new functions require digital online services and data, and a very precise digital image of the physical world in order to be able to drive automatically. Marvin Ruf works for the company HERE, that provides the basis for geo-based mobility services with their map data. He shares his opinion about the current and future development of mobility in episode 106 - just listen in (podcast in German).
01.11.2023
Podcast: This is technology ethics
Moral agency in machines
In the 6th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher discuss the controversy arising from the idea moral agency in machines. What is an agent? What is a moral agent? Is it possible to create a machine with a sense of moral agency? Is this desirable or to be avoided at all costs? These are just some of the questions up for debate.
26.10.2023
A chatbot for gene regulation
ERC Synergy Grant for our PI Prof. Julien Gagneur
Our PI Prof. Julien Gagneur, together with researchers from Sweden and Belgium, received a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for their research on deciphering the language in which our genomes are written. In this interview, the researchers talk about their project EPIC and what the synergy grant means for them and their future work.
19.10.2023
Digdeep Podcast: Tom Brägelmann, werden KI und Juristen noch beste Freunde?
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
Law & AI is the stuff of many science fiction movies: AI solves crimes, or better yet, prevents them before they happen in the first place. But the reality of the legal system is an analog one. Law and jurisprudence are built on decades of experience and tradition, using very human processes and procedures. And a lot of paper. How will the interaction between AI and the legal system look like? Tom Brägelmann shares his opinion in episode 105 - just listen in (podcast in German).
17.10.2023
Podcast: This is technology ethics
Technology and responsibility gaps
In the 5th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher discuss the thorny topic of responsibility gaps and technology. Over the past two decades, a small cottage industry of legal and philosophical research has arisen in relation to the idea that increasingly autonomous machines create gaps in responsibility. But what does this mean? Is it a serious ethical/legal problem? How can it be resolved? All this and more is explored in this episode.
09.10.2023
The MCML at the All Hands Meeting 2023 of german AI competence centers in Berlin
The MCML participated in the All Hands Meeting 2023 of the German AI Competence Centers from October 9-10. Besides presenting our own research, our members were allowed to gain insights into the research of the other competence centers and to discuss the present and future of AI in panel discussions with experts from all parts of Germany.
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Deadline for application 13.11.2023
The Carpentries (software, data, library) instructor training – Call for application
The Carpentries (software, data, library) instructor training
The MCML, in partnership with The Carpentries, is offering a free course to qualify as an instructor for The Carpentries. The carpentries are a non-profit, community-led organization. Its goal is to make coding and data skills accessible to the general public. This course will deepen didactics and teaching skills that will help you share your knowledge of data and coding with others.
13.10.2023
Digdeep Podcast: Prof. Enzo Weber, wie kommt Deutschland auf die digitale Überholspur?
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
Germany lacks digital infrastructure, and is midfield instead of world champion. ‘Game over’ is the tenor in the press. But is that true? Our studio guest Prof. Enzo Weber has a more nuanced view of the situation. As a macroeconomist, he heads the ‘Forecasts and Macroeconomic Analysis’ department at the IAB. So where do we stand today compared to the turn of the millennium? Prof. Enzo provides the answers in episode 104 - just listen in (podcast in German).
10.10.2023
Podcast: This is technology ethics
Behaviour change and control
In the 4th episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher talk about the role that technology can play in changing our behaviour. In doing so, they note the long and troubled history of philosophy and self-help. They also ponder whether we can use technology to control our lives or whether technology controls us.
06.10.2023
Call for applications: Data Science Professional Certificate Program @LMU
Application deadline: 31.12.2023
The Data Science Certificate Program is a graded extra-occupational training program at LMU Munich designed for working professionals, researchers, and executives who want to improve their skills in the field of data analytics, statistics, and machine learning. The program is offered twice a year (summer term and winter term), once as an in-person course (on Fridays) and once as an online course. Apply now and join the training between February and June 2024!
29.09.2023
Podcast: This is technology ethics
Value alignment and the control problem
In the 3rd episode of their podcast, our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm and his co-host John Danaher discuss risk and technology ethics. They focus, in particular, on the perennially popular and widely discussed problems of value alignment (how to get technology to align with our values) and control (making sure technology doesn’t do something terrible). They start the conversation with the famous case study of Stanislov Petrov and the prevention of nuclear war.
28.09.2023
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) closing ceremony
Our 8 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) scholarship fellows successfully presented their projects, which they had worked on over a 2-months period, at the closing event of the DSSG summer program. During this period, both groups did fantastic work applying machine learning and statistics to a social context.
26.09.2023
Our DSSG team visited Berlin
Our Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) fellows had the privilege of visiting the Bundeskanzleramt and meeting members of the German Parliament in Berlin. Our team got a tour at the Bundeskanzleramt and a presentation of the newly founded Datalab. In addition, the fellows and the rest of the DSSGxMunich2023-team had the honor to meet and present their projects to important personalities of our parliament
22.09.2023
Two MCML PhDs received the GMDS Förderpreis 2023
Our MCML PhDs Theresa Ullmann and Julian Lange received the ‘GMDS Förderpreis 2023’ of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) for their outstanding theses. Theresa received the award for her PhD thesis, Julian for his master thesis, both supervised by our PI Prof. Anne-Laure Boulesteix. Congratulations from us!
21.09.2023
Four MCML members received the Best Paper Award at the ECML PKDD 2023
Our MCML PIs Bernd Bischl, Stephan Günnemann and David Rügamer and MCML PhD Lisa Wimmer received the Best Paper Award for the Research Track at the ECML PKDD 2023 with their paper ‘Towards Efficient MCMC Sampling in Bayesian Neural Networks by Exploiting Symmetry’. The paper is a joint work with J. G. Wiese and T. Papamarkou.
20.09.2023
MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm launched his new podcast
This is technology ethics
Our MCML PI Prof. Sven Nyholm recently launched his new Podcast ‘This is Technology Ethics’. In nine episodes he will discuss topics from his book ‘This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction’. The first two episodes are already available.
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20.09.2023
Our PI Prof. Stefan Feuerriegel was featured by FAZ
Discussing his research on Russian Propaganda-Bots on X
A new empirical study by MCML researchers analyzes the workings of russian bots on X/Twitter in relation to the war in Ukraine. It was featured in a new article by the German magazine FAZ.
08.09.2023
17–18.11.2023: AI meets Entrepreneurs
Impact Bootcamp towards Food Security & Nutrition @LMU Munich
The Munich Center for Machine Learning is organizing together with impACTup!, Netlight Consulting GmbH and ZD.B / LMU Media Informatics Group this two-part event, where we aim to shift researchers and students in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence into an entrepreneurial mindset. With input from experts and hands-on experience, we want to highlight the chances and risks that a career as a founder and entrepreneur can hold in contrast to research. This edition of our event aims to unlock the potential of start-ups utilizing AI to ensure food security.
04.09.2023
Dieter Kranzlmüller on cybersecurity in the age of the first quantum computers
New article in the LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
The MCML and LRZ (Leibniz Computing Center) cooperate closely in the field of hardware, also due to the engagement of MCML Director Thomas Seidl in the board of the LRZ. In this article, Dieter Kranzlmüller, director of the Leibniz Computing Center, shares insights on cybersecurity in the era of the first quantum computers.
04.09.2023
Björn Ommer on AI Art and Stable Diffusion
New article in the LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
In this comprehensive and insightful article our PI Prof. Björn Ommer explains his research in the field of computer vision and the impact of generative AI on creativity and the arts. Furthermore, it provides insight into the decision to make Stable Diffusion open source.
04.09.2023
Barbara Plank explains NLP
New article in the LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
In this insightful piece, our PI Prof. Barbara Plank elucidates the intricacies of Natural Language Processing, an interdisciplinary research field central to AI that revolves around the computerized processing and generation of human language.
31.08.2023
Venture capitalist Thomas Andrea on successful digitalization
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
Our studio guest, Thomas Andrae, is an investor and digitalization thought leader who also has a passion for art and culture. Tune in as we explore topics ranging from startups to preparing the youth for a digital future (podcast in German).
02.08.2023
The Data Science for Social Good hands-on summer program started this week
For two months, two teams of 4-5 fellows from across the world will work on machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science projects that have a social impact. Both teams will be assisted by a technical mentor and a project manager. The program is hosted by the statistical department of our PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and the Munich Center for Machine Learning.
28.07.2023
Federal Ministry for Education and Research and Bavarian State Ministry visit MCML
The MCML had the privilege of hosting a delegation led by PStS Mario Brandenburg from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and Amtschef Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art (BayStMWK). Eminent researchers, including Prof. Björn Ommer, Prof. Julia Schnabel, Prof. Barbara Plank, and Prof. Matthias Nießner, presented the center’s cutting-edge research across various domains. The event concluded with insightful discussions during the poster reception.
27.07.2023
Best of #digdeep - we keep on celebrating
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
100 episodes of #digdeep and seven years online - after the men’s round, we continue this time with our female guests. A third of our studio guests have been women so far, and we’re taking a wild ride through the digitization garden in this episode as well (podcast in German).
21.07.2023
ACL 2023 Test of Time Paper award goes to our PI Prof. Hinrich Schütze
Professor Schütze received the Award for his paper on Automatic Word Sense Discrimination
Each year the Association for Computational Linguistics awards papers for their long-lasting impact on the field of Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics. This year Schütze’s paper Automatic Word Sense Discrimination, which was published in 1998 by MIT Press, got awarded.
20.07.2023
First ICCV 2023 Workshop on Scene Graphs and Graph Representation Learning (SG2RL)
MCML is sponsor of the SG2RL Workshop at ICCV 2023 in Paris, October 2nd, 2023
Authors are invited to submit full-length high-quality papers as well as extended abstracts related to the topic of scene graphs and graph representation learning.
07.07.2023
Professor Jürgen Schmidhuber at MCML
Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence
July 14, 2023, 3 pm, Audimax LMU
The New York Times once headlined: When A.I. Matures, It May Call Jürgen Schmidhuber ‘Dad’. He is one of the best-known researchers in the field of AI and advises various governments on the subject. His artificial neural networks revolutionized machine learning and have been used billions of times in applications. His team developed the principle of generative adversarial networks, artificial curiosity, transformers with linearized self-attention, and meta-learning machines that learn to learn.
25.06.2023
We celebrate anniversary! Best of 100 episodes #digdeep
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In our anniversary episode 100, we take a journey through the development of the last years: from #Bot to #ChatGPT, from #Facebook to #Algorithmwatch, from #Covid to #Agile. Look forward to Björn Ommer, Ralf Klüber, Matthias Spielkamp, Thomas Fetzer, Johannes Abeler, Wolfgang Lotter, ChatGPT and Hermann Arnold - and of course Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn (podcast in German).
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23.06.2023
MCML x Deutsche Journalistenschule: Impact of AI on media
Interview with our PI Prof. Stefan Feuerriegel
On 30th of May, MCML cooperated with the Deutsche Jounalistenschule (German School of Journalism) by organizing a workshop that brought together young journalists and AI junior researchers. As a follow-up to the event, Stefan Feuerriegel, LMU professor for Artificial Intelligence in Management at MCML, gave an interview about the impact of AI on media and journalism, which can be read on the DJS website.
20.06.2023
Björn Ommer on the future of AI in europe
Interview by Manager Magazin
Björn Ommer, LMU Professor at MCML and head of the Computer Vision & Learning Group, which developed Stable Diffusion, talked in an Interview with the German Manager Magazine about OpenAI, the importance of computing power in the EU , Europe’s place in current AI developments and its impact on jobs.
15.06.2023
CFP: AI for People - Democratizing AI (CAIP’23)
November 24 to 26, 2023, Bologna, Italy
This year, AI for People is organizing the conference ‘AI for People: Democratizing AI’ (CAIP’23). The conference will be an occasion to unpack and critically examine what ‘democratizing AI’ really entails. The Call for Papers is now open, and you can send your papers in until the 14th of July.
13.06.2023
Open Research Hybrid Summer School 2023
September 11 to 15, 2023, Registration is open until July 17, 2023
The LMU Open Science Center is inviting masters and doctoral researchers to join a 5-day summer school so they can gain more trust in their research, and make it as credible as it can be in the eyes of their peers, the public, and funding agencies. Application to attend the whole summer school from September 11 to 15, 2023 is open until July 17, 2023, 12 noon. Registration to attend the public lectures online is unlimited.
06.06.2023
Women in Data Science Munich
Conference on June 19, 2023, Munich
Our PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter is one of the main organizers of the WiDS Munich Conference. WiDS is an independent event organized by BERD@NFDI, LMU, MDSI, SIXT SE, TUM and TUM Think Tank to coincide with the annual Global WiDS Conference held at Stanford University and an estimated 150+ locations worldwide. All genders are invited to attend WiDS regional events, which features outstanding women doing outstanding work.
05.06.2023
Our PI Prof. Björn Ommer gave a talk on Generative AI at re:publica
Björn Ommer, LMU Professor at MCML and head of the Computer Vision & Learning Group, which developed Stable Diffusion, gave a talk at re:publica in Berlin, Europe´s biggest festival for digital society. In his presentation he talked about the future possibilities of generative AI, emphasizing on the need for a social dialogue about its use, its dangers and how to maximize its profit.
24.05.2023
White Paper: Große Sprachmodelle – Grundlagen, Potenziale und Herausforderungen für die Forschung
Check out the new White Paper of Platform Lernende Systeme on which our PI Prof. Volker Tresp was one of the authors
He states: ‘If we want to use language models for applications in and from Europe, we need European language models that master the local languages, take into account the needs of our companies and the ethical requirements of our society’.
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23.05.2023
Use of AI: placebo effect increases risk-taking
Technologies that improve human capabilities change risk behaviour, shows a new study led by our PI Prof. Albrecht Schmidt
Human augmentation technologies refer to technological aids that enhance human abilities. They include things like exoskeletons, but also augmented reality headsets. A study at the Chair of Human-Centered Ubiquitous Media at LMU has now shown that users have high expectations of the effects of these technologies.
15.05.2023
The Munich Center for Machine Learning has a new director
We are happy to announce that Prof. Dr. Daniel Rückert became the fourth director of the MCML last week
Daniel Rückert is Alexander von Humboldt Professor for AI in Medicine and Healthcare at the Technical University of Munich. He is also a Professor at Imperial College London. His field of research is the area of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and their application to medicine and healthcare.
09.05.2023
The MCML is one of the main sponsors of this year's HHAI 2023 conference
The second International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence
HHAI aims for AI systems that assist humans and vice versa, emphasizing the need for adaptive, collaborative, responsible, interactive and human-centered intelligent systems that leverage human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses, while taking into account social, ethical and legal considerations. This field of study is driven by current developments in AI, but also requires fundamentally new approaches and solutions.
03.05.2023
MCML junior member Dominik Bär is 'AI-Newcomer 2023'
Awarded by Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung at this year’s KI-Camp
He explains: ‘My research leverages methods from AI and machine learning to study social issues. Here, we use large-scale data from social media, for example, to detect conspiracy theorist, study the spread of misinformation, or analyze the impact of social media on elections.’ Congrats from the MCML!
28.04.2023
Girls' Day 2023 was a success!
The MCML had the pleasure to work with young talents on this year’s Girls’ Day at LMU München
18.04.2023
27.04.2023: Welcoming young IT-talents at this year’s Girls' Day
A day at the university with female researchers from MCML
The MCML partnered up with Women in AI & Robotics to invite young and motivated talents to this year’s Girls’ Day at LMU. On April 27th, 2023, 12 preselected female talents will have the opportunity to dive into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence for a day. The talents will get an insight into the work of female scientists at the Munich Center for Machine Learning, learn how AI algorithms work and how they are used in various application areas such as speech recognition, image recognition, and autonomous driving. The MCML is excited to welcome the new female generation in AI!
15.04.2023
Episode 99: Man and Machine - the German Ethics Council on the challenges posed by AI
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
Technological developments constantly present us as a society with new kinds of questions - and they are faster than social discourse or legal regulation. AI technologies such as ChatGPT demonstrate this very clearly, so much so that there have even been calls for an ‘AI moratorium’: Press the pause button once, so that humanity can be clear about where it wants to head with AI. As an independent body, the German Ethics Council is supposed to reflect on such ‘big’ social issues and bring them into the democratic processes. Our studio guest Prof. Judith Simon is one of 26 members and tells us how the Ethics Council sees the relationship between humans and machines. She holds the professorship on ethics in information technology at the University of Hamburg and works at the interface of IT, philosophy, sociology and psychology.
10.04.2023
14–16.04.23: DataFest Germany 2023 at LMU
The event is bringing together young data enthusiasts
This weekend marks the annual Data Fest in Munich, promising to be an exciting event for data enthusiasts. The DataFest Germany is a 48-hour competition where teams of Bachelor and Master students from different disciplines come together to analyze a large and complex data set provided by an organization or company. At the end, students are only allowed to present a few slides to convince the panel of expert judges that they have developed the best data-based insight or visualization. The MCML is looking forward to seeing you there!
11.03.2023
MCML at the Bavarian International Conference on AI
Bringing together experts from all over the world at AI.Bay 2023
The MCML took part at AI.Bay 2023, the Bavarian International Conference on AI, bringing together experts from all over the world to exchange knowledge and ideas on the latest developments in AI. The two directors of the MCML, Prof. Dr. Thomas Seid and Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers, along with other MCML Principle Investigators delivered exciting and interesting talks throughout the conference.
07.03.2023
9–10.03.2023: German Data Science Days 2023
MCML participated with a talk and a session on AI in university education
The German Data Science Days bring together data scientists from various fields creating a forum for users and experts aiming to identify and discuss new methods, explore new fields of application, and enhance the professional image of data scientists. The MCML participated with a talk from our Director Prof. Bernd Bischl and a great session including our PI Prof. Fabian Theis on Data Science, ML and AI in university education.
10.02.2023
Episode 97: You, the others and a theme - how the metaverse can become a liveable place
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
Why do we actually spend so much time on the Internet - but without actually experiencing things that remain unforgettable? The click-baiting and dopamine industry has optimized itself into yawning boredom and only needs us to click. Mio Loclair wants to change that. As an Artist by Nature, he’s done a lot of research into the interactions of humans and digitization and found: It can be done much better! (Podcast in German)
25.01.2022
LMU News: Two LMU research projects awarded ERC grants
MCML PI Prof. Alex Fraser received a Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant for his project ‘Data4ML’
State-of-the-art machine translation is trained on large parallel corpora, texts and their translations. But such corpora are not available for less-resourced languages. MCML PI Prof. Alexander Fraser now wants to provide a system for the rapid and inexpensive creation of new parallel corpora as part of the new proof-of-concept grant ‘Data4ML’ at LMU’s Center for Information and Language Processing. The key innovation of the prototype will be that it can be used by the less-resourced language community themselves.
21.01.2023
Interview with n-tv.de: AI will have a positive impact on the job market
Our PI Prof. Albrecht Schmidt talked with n-tv.de about ChatGPT
ChatGPT has been causing a stir for weeks. The AI model can write texts, answer questions and program - but still has some pitfalls. Albrecht Schmidt, a professor of computer science at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, is researching how computers and humans will work together in the future. In an interview with ntv.de, he explains why he thinks ChatGPT is underestimated in Germany and why he sees parallels with the emergence of the Internet.
06.01.2023
Episode 96: Andreas Loos from Zeit.de and what ChatGPT has to do with good journalism
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the studio is science journalist Andreas Loos from Zeit Online. He has won many awards for his research and articles on data and digitization, including the Grimme Online Award. The initiative ‘Die 49’, in which 49 people from Germany were brought into exchange on current topics, received particularly much attention. But is his work and expertise still needed at all, now that AI-based text generators and chatbots have taken over the opinion supremacy (see, for example, #digdeep episode 95)?
26.12.2022
Call for Data Science For Social Good Fellowship is open
Application Deadline: February 15th, 2023
Data Science for Social Good (DSSG), is an initiative founded at the University of Chicago in 2013. Its mission is to create and sustain programs, solutions and communities that enhance the use of data science and AI for social good. From the very beginning, the flagship project of DSSG has been its annual fellowship program, where aspiring data scientists can sharpen their skills in ML and Data Science while working on real problems for the social good. Through the collaboration of the department of statistics at LMU Munich and the Munich Center for Machine Learning we are now able to launch our own version of the DSSG fellowship program, here in Munich.
25.12.2022
Article in BR24 Netzwelt
2022: Das Jahr, in dem die KI-Revolution ihren Anfang nahm
BR24 quotes, among others, our MCML PI Prof. Björn Ommer, who heads the ‘Computer Vision & Learning Group’ at LMU. This is where ‘Stable Diffusion’ was developed, one of the most exciting AI applications in 2022, which transforms texts into images.
20.12.2022
27–28.01.2023: AI meets Entrepreneurs
Impact Bootcamp towards Start-Ups that unfold Potential of Sustainability @LMU Munich
The Munich Center for Machine Learning is organizing together with impACTup! and ZD.B / LMU Media Informatics Group this two-part event, where we aim to shift researchers and students in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence into an Entrepreneurial Mindset. With input from experts and hands-on experience, we want to highlight the chances and risks that a career as a founder and entrepreneur can hold in contrast to research.
16.12.2022
Calls for Junior Research Groups at the Munich Center for Machine Learning are out
Application Deadline: February 28th, 2023
Join one of the top AI research centers in Germany and in Europe with access to an excellent network of scholars and scientists and lead a research group for which you are expected to hire two PhD students, who will be funded by MCML.
15.12.2022
Episode 95: ChatGPT is our studio guest - Pandora's box is open
News from the Digital World by MCML PI Prof. Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
The GPT-3 language model is now available in a version optimized for conversations. ChatGPT from Open.ai is available to everyone in a trial version and shows where the journey is headed. We invited ChatGPT to our podcast and talk to the algorithm: So our studio guest is an AI bot (podcast in German).
13.12.2022
Call for Thomas Bayes Fellowship at the Munich Center for Machine Learning is out
Job Offer@LMU: Interim Professorship (W2) of Statistical Learning und Data Science - fixed term for 3 years
Within the Thomas Bayes Fellowship Program of the Munich Center for Machine Learning, LMU Munich seeks to appoint a highly qualified junior academic to this professorship and, therefore, especially encourages early-career scholars to apply.
08.12.2022
TUM News: Biomathematician Fabian Theis receives Leibniz Prize
MCML PI Prof. Fabian Theis has won the 2023 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. The full professor for Biomathematics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been honored for his pioneering work in the analysis, modeling and interpretation of genomic data, the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced. The Leibniz Prize, the most important research prize in Germany, is endowed with 2.5 million euros.
24.11.2022
LMU News: LMU scientists awarded with Corona Special Prize
MCML PI Prof. Göran Kauermann and Giacomo De Nicola from the LMU Department of Statistics, together with Michael Höhle from the Robert Koch Institute, have been awarded the Corona Special Prize of the Federal Statistical Office for two papers on estimating excess mortality in the pandemic years 2020 and 2021.
09.11.2022
Article in IHK Magazin München und Oberbayern 11/2022
Gemeinsam schneller
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) of the Munich universities is considered an important Bavarian competence center for artificial intelligence. To drive innovation, it is looking for companies to collaborate with.
31.10.2022
Job Offer@LMU: Science Communication Coordinator (m/f/d)
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) in collaboration with the Munich Science Communication Lab (MSCL) is looking for a Science Communication Coordinator (m/f/d) starting as soon as possible.
21.10.2022
Job Offer@LMU: IT System Administrator (m/f/d)
The Chair of Database Systems and Data Mining at the Institute of Informatics at LMU and the Munich Center for Machine Learning is looking for an IT System Administrator (m/f/d) starting February 01, 2023.
11.10.2022
Stable Diffusion: Visual synthesis and its implications for the arts and creative industry on October 6, 2022 at LMU
MCML PI Prof. Björn Ommer invited artist and researcher of the Angewandte Wien Pamela Breda and students of the TUM Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Chair accompanied by EuroTech Marie Curie Fellow Roman Pflugfelder to his group. The PhD students of LMU and TUM discussed with Pamela Breda new artistic possibilities and the social and ethical questions regarding human emotional responses to the ongoing revolution in text-to-image synthesis. The students also exchanged new ideas how to apply the stable diffusion model to other visual tasks such as 3D reconstruction.Beside the exciting introduction to the topic by Björn Ommer and a more than two hour lively discussion, students of the two chairs had the opportunity to network. This event was a prelude for more collaboration between the two research groups within the MCML.
10.10.2022
First cross-Atlantic RoboArt Hackathon on Nov. 4th-6th, 2022
The MCML is happy to promote this Hackathon, a collaboration of Women in AI & Robotics, the University of Waterloo Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, and Mila. This is a fun way to introduce robotics to curious minds. Under the mentorship of young roboticists, the participants will learn the first concepts about autonomous mobile robots and will write their first program to drive a robot in simulation. For participants, we target the 18–25-year age group by reaching out to schools and Universities further to promote entry into the exciting field of robotics.
22.09.2022
Platform Lernende Systeme
New Workinggroup Management Teams start work
For five years, ‘Platform Lernende Systeme’ has been promoting interdisciplinary exchange and social dialog on artificial intelligence in Germany. At the core of the platform are its seven working groups. MCML PI Prof. Volker Tresp is new co-head of the working group ‘Technologies and Data Science’.
06.09.2022
LMU News: Two LMU research projects awarded ERC grants
MCML PI Prof. Hinrich Schütze received a Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant for his project ‘Respond2Hate’ (Responsive classifiers against hate speech in low-resource settings). In the project, Schütze is seeking to develop a pilot browser extension that allows users to locally remove hateful content from their social media feeds themselves – including in countries with little representation in current training datasets. To this end, he will validate self-developed adaptive models, continuously enhanced by means of natural language processing and deep learning techniques, for the filtering of hate speech.
31.08.2022
Article in Spiegel Netzwelt'
Diese Software macht Sie zum KI-Künstler
When it comes to AI-based text-to-image generators, the spotlight has recently focused on Stable Diffusion, a project in which MCML PI Prof. Björn Ommer’s research group is involved. It is probably the most powerful AI text-to-image generator to date, freely available to Internet users.
12.08.2022
ERC Results in Brief Article
Pushing the boundaries of automatic translation
The ERC has published a ‘Results in Brief’ article on MCML PI Prof. Alexander Fraser’s ERC Starting Grant ‘DASMT’: Our globalised interconnected reality demands ever-smarter automatic translation tools. Via deep learning, Fraser’s team delivers solutions for statistical machine translation
07.08.2022
Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung about MCML
Wie Computer denken
Der Bund steckt Millionen Euro in das Münchner Kompetenzzentrum für maschinelles Lernen. Die gemeinsame Einrichtung von TU und LMU soll den Menschen helfen, Krebs zu erkennen, Shitstorms vorherzusagen und den Klimawandel zu verstehen.
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26.07.2022
TUM News: Big coup for AI research in Munich
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) will receive permanent funding from the German government and the state of Bavaria. MCML, a joint initiative by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), is one of six AI centers of excellence throughout Germany. As a result, regional research into artificial intelligence (AI) and particularly machine learning will gain considerable cachet within the knowledge hub of Munich and beyond.
29.10.2021
1st Virtual AutoML Fall School 2021
Nov 8th – Nov 12th 2021
The AutoML Fall School will cover core topics of AutoML, covering basics, state-of-the-art approaches and hands-on sessions. Enthusiastic AutoML experts will present their diverse views on AutoML to ML practitioners, developers, research engineers, researchers and students.
15.06.2021
IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2021), June 19–25, 2021, Virtual
CVPR is the premier annual computer vision event comprising the main conference and several co-located workshops and short courses. We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented at CVPR 2021.
17.05.2021
Lernen. Wissen. Daten. Analysen. - Learning. Knowledge. Data. Analytics.
LWDA 2021 at MCML, Munich, 01.09–03.09.2021
The LWDA 2021 conference will be hosted by the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) from September 01, 2021 to September 03, 2021. The conference will be fully online.
30.04.2021
French-German Machine Learning Symposium
May 10th & 11th 2021, Munich, Germany (Virtual)
We invited some of the leading ML researchers from France and Germany to this two day symposium to give a glimpse into their research, and engage in discussions on the future of machine learning and how to strengthen research collaborations in ML between France and Germany.
23.02.2021
MCML participates in this year's event ''Responsible Research 2021'' of the Lifescience Network - March 25 and 26, 2021 from 9:00 - 14:00
Researchers are obliged to conform to rules of Good Scientific Practice. While this might seem obvious at first glance, a closer look reveals that these rules are often implicit, and sometimes the border between acceptable and unacceptable practice may remain unclear. To raise awareness about these questions, life science graduate programs in the greater Munich area and the GraduateCenterLMU have joined forces to organize a campus-wide educational event.
08.02.2020
Flyer -- Network of National Centers of Excellence for AI research --
The Network of National Centres of Excellence for AI Research brings together experts and knowledge from the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data. In their research, they aim to advance AI technologies that place societal interests at the forefront of scientific endeavours.
28.01.2021
Data Science for Social Goodx Summer Projects – Data Science Internship
This year, the MCML will partake in the renowned Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) initiative.
LMU Munich joins forces with University of Warwick under the DSSGx UK chapter of the DSSG Foundation supported by the Alan Turing Institute to organise 2021 DSSGx Summer Projects…
15.01.2021
Newsletter #1 of German AI competence centers
In this first newsletter issue, the Network of German AI competence centres is introduced: The research institutions provide exciting insights into their work as well as research and inform about current events. You are an AI expert and would like to advance Germany’s position as a first-class innovator for AI science and technologies? Get in contact with us and network with excellent researchers from all over Germany…