16.12.2025
Xiaoxiang Zhu Featured in Focus Online on Global 3D Building Atlas
AI-Driven 3D Mapping Reveals Urbanization, Infrastructure, and Social Insights
Our PI Xiaoxiang Zhu and her team have created a Global Building Atlas, mapping 2.75 billion buildings in 3D. Using satellite data and AI, the atlas captures building footprints, geometry, and height, providing insights into urbanization, housing, and infrastructure. The project introduces building volume per capita as a new indicator for living space and social inequalities, and supports planning for energy, environment, and disaster management.
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From Global to Regional Explanations: Understanding Models More Locally
JMLR research shows how subgroup-specific explanations reveal hidden patterns that global model explanations often miss.
20.01.2026
MCML PI Matthias Nießner Featured in WirtschaftsWoche on Spaitial AI
MCML PI Matthias Nießner featured in WirtschaftsWoche for Spaitial AI, creating realistic 3D models of rooms and interiors in seconds.
19.01.2026
MCML at AAAI 2026
MCML researchers are represented with 11 papers at AAAI 2026 (8 Main, and 3 Workshops).
19.01.2026
MCML PI Frauke Kreuter Featured on ARD Alpha on AI
MCML PI Frauke Kreuter featured on ARD alpha discussing AI in daily life, workplace applications, and responsible, future-ready use.
