24.11.2025
Almut Sophia Koepke Awarded Gauss AI Compute Grant for Omni-Modal AI Research
The Project Will Leverage the JUPITER Exascale Supercomputer to Develop a European Large-Scale Omni-Modal Foundation Model.
We are pleased to announce that MCML JRG Leader Almut Sophia Koepke has been selected as a winner of the Gauss AI Compute Competition for her project European Large-scale Omni-modal Foundation Model. The award provides access to the JUPITER exascale supercomputer to accelerate cutting-edge AI research.
The project aims to develop a European large-scale omni-modal foundation model capable of learning from and integrating multiple types of data. Access to JUPITER's computational resources will enable large-scale model development and contribute to advancing Europe's AI capabilities.
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Best Thesis Award for Sohir Maskey
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