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64 Papers in 2026 Highlight Scientific Impact

We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2026 with 64 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!

B. Lange
Calibrated Epistemic Deference to Conversational AI in Mental Healthcare.
American Journal of Bioethics. May. 2026. To be published. Preprint available. URL
Q. XuD. RügamerA. Bender • M. E. Maros
Deep generative models in digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and X-ray angiography: a systematic review.
Artificial Intelligence Review 59.2. Jan. 2026. DOI
R. A. McDonald • H. M. Byrne • H. A. Harrington • T. Thorne • B. J. Stolz
Topological model selection: a case-study in tumour-induced angiogenesis.
Bioinformatics 42.3. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
L. Burk • J. Zobolas • B. BischlA. Bender • M. N. Wright • R. Sonabend
A Large-Scale Neutral Comparison Study of Survival Models on Low-Dimensional Data.
Bioinformatics.btag186. Apr. 2026. DOI GitHub
C. Wiederkehr • C. Heumann • M. Schomaker
Causal Effect Estimation With TMLE: Handling Missing Data and Near Violations of Positivity.
Biometrical Journal 68.3. Apr. 2026. DOI
T. Müller • R. Hornung • S. Szymczak • H. Buchner
ShadowVIMP: permutation-based multiple testing-controlled variable selection.
BMC Bioinformatics 27.96. May. 2026. DOI
T. Richter • W. Wang • A. PalmaF. J. Theis
Generative models of cell dynamics: from Neural ODEs to flow matching.
Communications Biology. Jan. 2026. DOI
D. S. Bové • H. Seibold • A.-L. Boulesteix • J. Manitz • A. Gasparini • B. K. Günhan • O. Boix • A. Schüler • S. Fillinger • S. Nahnsen • A. E. Jacob • T. Jaki
The statistical software revolution in pharmaceutical development: challenges and opportunities in open source.
Drug Discovery Today. Feb. 2026. DOI
Y. MuZ. Xiong • Y. Wang • M. Shahzad • F. Essl • H. Kreft • M. van Kleunen • X. Zhu
GlobalGeoTree: A Multi-Granular Vision-Language Dataset for Global Tree Species Classification.
Earth System Science Data 18.2. Feb. 2026. DOI GitHub
P. Garthen • H. S. C. Mudragada • S. Schwarz •  . Edelhoff • M. J. Steinbauer • W. Peters • K. Kuecuekaytekin • L. Bothmann
Distance-based population density estimates from camera traps: Strong impact of technical choices in automated pipelines.
Ecological Informatics 95.103682. May. 2026. DOI
J. K. Throm • M. MillingA. TriantafyllopoulosA. Kathan • A. F. Dörsam • J. Löchner • B. W. Schuller • K. E. Giel
Affective Dimensions in Maternal Voice During Child Feeding in Mothers With and Without Eating Disorder History—Findings From a Machine Learning Analysis of Speech Data.
European Eating Disorders Review 34.2. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. M. Heimer • J. Dexl • J. Ta • R. Ebner • F. L. Herr • L. Orasanin • K. Jeblick • L. C. Adams • L. K. Shiyam Sundar • A. Tufman • R. A. Werner • G. Sheikh • J. Ricke • M. Ingrisch • M. P. Fabritius • C. C. Cyran
Artificial intelligence for TNM staging in NSCLC: a critical appraisal of segmentation utility in [1⁸F]FDG PET/CT.
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 53. Apr. 2026. DOI
E. O. Riedel • S. Schramm • F. Bongratz • M. J. Gruber • D. Sepp • K. J. Paprottka • C. Zimmer • B. Wiestler • D. M. Hedderich
Deep learning-based synthetic brain MRI for the assessment of regional atrophy patterns in neurodegenerative diseases.
European Radiology. Feb. 2026. DOI
J. Lonardi • S. Halimeh • S. von Mackensen • L. Kleinlein • J. Fleischer • H. Funk • J. Hölz • J. Holzapfel • S. Juranek • V. Lieftüchter • C. Bidlingmaier • M. Olivieri
HAEMFIX: Impact of Switching From SHL‐FIX to EHL‐FIX in Patients With Haemophilia B.
Haemophilia 32.1. Jan. 2026. DOI
M. MillingA. Triantafyllopoulos • S. Rampp • A. Akman • B. W. Schuller
Leveraging Sample Difficulty in Computer Audition Analysis.
IEEE Access 11.2023. May. 2026. DOI
S. Ofori-Ampofo • A. Zappacosta • R. S. Kuzu • P. Schauer • M. Willberg • X. Zhu
Assessing Cocoa Landuse Change and Exposure to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Using Satellite Imagery.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 19. Mar. 2026. DOI
S. Chen • Y. Shi • X. Zhu
Enhancing Monocular Building Height Estimation via Weak Supervision from Imperfect Labels.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing Early Access. Apr. 2026. DOI
L. Yang • Y. Bai • Y. Wang • I. Alsarraj • G. Kutyniok • Z. Wang • K. Wu
Lightweight Learning from Actuation-Space Demonstrations via Flow Matching for Whole-Body Soft Robotic Grasping.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 11.6. Jun. 2026. DOI
A. FonoM. Singh • E. Araya • P. C. Petersen • H. Boche • G. Kutyniok
Mathematical Foundations of Spiking Neural Networks: Strengths, challenges, and computational paradigm potential [Special Issue on the Mathematics of deep Learning].
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 43.2. Mar. 2026. DOI
A. TriantafyllopoulosA. BatlinerB. W. Schuller
Charting 15 years of progress in deep learning for speech emotion recognition: A replication study.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing Early Access. Apr. 2026. DOI
C. Liu • G. Perantoni • L. Bruzzone • X. Zhu
Adaptive Gradient Calibration for Single-Positive Multi-Label Learning in Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Early Access. Feb. 2026. DOI GitHub
Z. Chen • Y. Wang • Y. Shi • X. Zhu
Reconstructing Building Height from Spaceborne TomoSAR Point Clouds Using a Dual-Topology Network.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Early Access. Jan. 2026. DOI GitHub
B. JianJ. PanY. LiF. Bongratz • R. Li • D. RückertB. WiestlerC. Wachinger
Temporal Conditioning for Longitudinal Brain MRI Registration and Aging Analysis.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Early Access. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. Fuest • P. MaM. GuiJ. Schusterbauer • V. T. Hu • B. Ommer
Diffusion Models and Representation Learning: A Survey.
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Early Access. Jan. 2026. DOI GitHub
J. Tang • W. Cao • B. Zhang • C. Luo • Y. Liu • M. Nießner
Motion2VecSets: Non-Rigid Shape Reconstruction and Tracking with 4D Latent Set Diffusion.
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. Apr. 2026. DOI URL
Y. Ni • R. Liang • X. Hao • J. Cheng • Q. Wang • C. Huang • C. Zou • W. Zhou • W. Ding • B. W. Schuller
Affine Modulation-based Audiogram Fusion Network for Joint Noise Reduction and Hearing Loss Compensation.
Information Fusion 127. Part A.103726. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
M. Li • E. Nie • H. Huang • X. Lv • G. Zhou
Dual-layer prompt ensembles: Leveraging system- and user-level instructions for robust LLM-based query expansion and rank fusion.
Information Fusion 131.104160. Jul. 2026. DOI
L. Benz • U. Pul • T. Brock • F. Schwendicke • E. Walter
Cost-Effectiveness of AI-Assisted Detection of Apical Periodontitis on Panoramic Radiographs.
International Endodontic Journal. Mar. 2026. DOI
J. HeX. Zhu
Reverse degradation for remote sensing pan-sharpening.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 146.105085. Feb. 2026. DOI
Y. Xia • R. Ding • Z. Qin • G. Zhan • K. Zhou • L. Yang • H. Dong • D. Cremers
TARGO and TARGO-Net: Benchmarking Target-Driven Object Grasping Under Occlusions.
International Journal of Computer Vision 134.170. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
Y. Zuo • B. Chen • C. Maksimovic • J. Qi • J. Hu • B. W. Schuller
Looking Alike Does Not Mean Judging Alike: Dissociation Between Aesthetic Consistency and Gaze Consistency.
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. Apr. 2026. DOI
C. Naumzik • A. MaaroufS. Feuerriegel • M. Weinmann
Beyond Means: A Dynamic Framework for Predicting Customer Satisfaction.
International Journal of Research in Marketing In press. Mar. 2026. DOI
P. Ricci • C. Bonaudo • I. Ezhov • A. Toaha • D. Nardini • M. Camelia • F. Lucidi • F. Nozzoli • T. Mach • I. Tachtsidis • D. Rückert • A. Della Puppa • L. Giannoni • F. S. Pavone
A Label-Free Hyperspectral Imaging Device for Ex Vivo Characterization and Grading of Meningioma Tissues.
Journal of Biophotonics 19.3. Mar. 2026. DOI
J. Beddrich • E. Chenchene • M. Fornasier • H. Huang • B. Wohlmuth
Constrained consensus-based optimization and numerical heuristics for the few particle regime.
Journal of Global Optimization. Apr. 2026. DOI GitHub
R. Niedermeier • N. Castelletti • A. Bender •  Hoelscher • O. Ivanova
Interpretations of Menstrual Blood Appearance and Diagnostic Potential Among Social Media Users: Cross-Sectional Mixed Methods Social Media Listening Study.
Journal of Medical Internet Research 28. May. 2026. DOI
J. Dexl • S. Gatidis • M. Früh • K. JeblickA. MittermeierA. T. StüberB. SchachtnerJ. Topalis • M. P. Fabritius • S. Gu • G. K. Murugesan • J. VanOss • J. Ye • J. He • A. Alloula • B. W. Papież • Z. Mesbah • R. Modzelewski • M. Hadlich • Z. Marinov • R. Stiefelhagen • F. Isensee • K. H. Maier-Hein • A. Galdran • K. Nikolaou • C. la Fougère • M. Kim • N. Kallenberg • J. Kleesiek • K. Herrmann • R. Werner • M. Ingrisch • C. C. Cyran • T. Küstner
AutoPET Challenge on Fully Automated Lesion Segmentation in Oncologic PET/CT Imaging, Part 2: Domain Generalization.
Journal of Nuclear Medicine 67.3. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. FornasierJ. KlemencA. Scagliotti
Trade-off Invariance Principle for Minimizers of Regularized Functionals.
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 208.78. Jan. 2026. DOI
M. Fischer • A. Muckenhuber • R. Peretzke • L. Farah • C. Ulrich • S. Ziegler • P. Schader • L. Feineis • H. Gao • S. Xiao • M. Götz • M. Nolden • K. Steiger • J. T. Sieveke • L. Endrös • R. Braren • J. Kleesiek • P. J. Schüffler • P. Neher • K. Maier-Hein
Contrastive virtual staining enhances deep learning-based PDAC subtyping from H&E-stained tissue cores.
Journal of Pathology 268.1. Jan. 2026. DOI
M. F. Dasdelen • I. Kukuljan • P. Lienemann • F. Ozlugedik • A. Sadafi • M. Hehr • K. Spiekermann • C. Pohlkamp • C. Marr
AI-based hematological malignancy prediction from peripheral blood smears in a large diagnostic laboratory cohort.
Leukemia. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. K. Belaid • M. Rabus • E. Hüllermeier
Uncertainty Quantification in Pairwise Difference Learning for Classification.
Machine Learning 115.12. Jan. 2026. DOI
S. M. A. R. Thies • J. C. Alfaro • V. Bengs
MORE–PLR: Multi-Output Regression Employed for Partial Label Ranking.
Machine Learning 115.18. Jan. 2026. DOI
S. Haas • E. Hüllermeier
Aleatoric and Epistemic Uncertainty Measures for Ordinal Classification through Binary Reduction.
Machine Learning 115.63. Mar. 2026. DOI
C. KolbC. L. MüllerB. BischlD. Rügamer
Smoothing the Edges: Smooth Optimization for Sparse Regularization Using Hadamard Overparametrization.
Machine Learning 115.87. Apr. 2026. DOI
Y. Li • I. Yakushev • D. M. Hedderich • C. Wachinger
Translating MRI to PET through conditional diffusion models with enhanced pathology awareness.
Medical Image Analysis 111.104035. Jun. 2026. DOI GitHub
H. LiJ. Liu • Z. Huang • Z. Li • X. Ma • P. J. SchüfflerN. Navab • S. K. Zhou
PASS-Tr: PAtch-wise swin slice attention to leverage generalization of 2D large vision model to universal lesion detection.
Medical Image Analysis 111.104036. Jun. 2026. DOI
B. Schmitz-Koep • V. Schultz • F. Bongratz • A. Menegaux • M. Thalhammer • S. Schramm • S. H. Kim • C. Zimmer • C. Sorg • C. Wachinger • P. Giannakopoulos • M.-L. Montandon • C. Rodriguez • S. Haller • D. M. Hedderich
Longitudinal assessment of cortical thickness in healthy older individuals: a comparison between CAT12 and freesurfer.
Neuroradiology 68.2. Feb. 2026. DOI
A. Holz • M. Karmann • S. Deli • V. Neumaier • M. Bonhoeffer • F. Bongratz • B. Schmitz-Koep • P. Rossmueller • B. Zott • B. Wiestler • C. Sorg • C. Zimmer • C. Wachinger • D. M. Hedderich
Artificial intelligence-based segmentation of perisinusoidal tissue along the superior sagittal sinus in human brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Neuroradiology. Apr. 2026. DOI
X. ZhuP. RinkeD. A. Egger
Predicting the Thermal Behavior of Semiconductor Defects with Equivariant Neural Networks.
npj Computational Materials 12.176. May. 2026. DOI
P. Spitzer • D. Hendriks • J. Rudolph • S. Schläger • J. Ricke • N. Kühl • B. F. HoppeS. Feuerriegel
The effect of medical explanations from large language models on diagnostic accuracy in radiology.
npj Digital Medicine 9.333. Apr. 2026. DOI
E. ÖzsoyC. PellegriniD. Bani-HarouniK. YuanM. KeicherN. Navab
Specialized foundation models for intelligent operating rooms.
npj Digital Medicine. Apr. 2026. DOI
A. Varma • D. Scholz • A. C. Erdur • J. C. Peeken • D. RückertB. Wiestler
Improving out-of-domain generalization in Multiple Sclerosis detection and segmentation using Random Convolutions.
Pattern Recognition Letters 199. Jan. 2026. DOI
J. He • L. Lin • Z. Zheng • Q. Yuan • J. Li • L. Zhang • X. Zhu
Spatial-X fusion for multi-source satellite imageries.
Remote Sensing of Environment 334.115214. Mar. 2026. DOI
Á. I. Toldy • P. Pisal • O. Krejčí • P. Rinke • A. Santasalo-Aarnio
TheMeCat: Dataset of Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Methanol.
Scientific Data 13.165. Jan. 2026. DOI
X. Zhu • Q. Li • Y. Shi • Y. Wang • A. J. Stewart • J. Prexl • F. Zhang
GlobalBuildingMap — Unveiling the mystery of global buildings.
Scientific Data 13.71. Jan. 2026. DOI
A. Höhl • S. Ofori-Ampofo • M.-Á. Fernández-Torres • R. S. Kuzu • X. 
A large-scale, multitask, multisensory dataset for climate-aware crop monitoring in the US from 2018–2022.
Scientific Data 13.72. Jan. 2026. DOI
M. Milling • A. Triantafyllopoulosa • S. D. N. Rampp • B. W. Schuller
A frequency analysis of filterbank initialisation and noise augmentation for LEAF.
Scientific Reports 16.13410. Apr. 2026. DOI GitHub
Y. Li • Q. Sun • H. Li • L. Specia • B. W. Schuller
Explainable detection of machine generated music and early systematic evaluation.
Scientific Reports 16.13757. Apr. 2026. DOI GitHub
T. T. Trần • M. Oesten • S. G. Griesshammer • A. Malessa • K. Shi • M. Heckel • B. M. Eskofier • A. Koelpin • C. Ostgathe • T. Steigleder
Radar-based inspiratory-to-expiratory time ratio estimation: a validation study.
Scientific Reports 16.8256. Mar. 2026. DOI
Y. Li • H. Li • L. Specia • B. W. Schuller
M6: multi-generator, multi-domain, multi-lingual and cultural, multi-genres, multi-instrument machine-generated music detection databases.
Scientific Reports In press. Feb. 2026. DOI
R. Schwank • M. Drton
On the distance between mean and geometric median in high dimensions.
Statistics and Probability Letters Early Access.110679. Feb. 2026. DOI
X. Zhu • Y. Zeng • J. Guo
Enhancing the Understanding of Urban Green Space Cooling Effects in China's Major Cities with a Sub-Meter Dataset.
Sustainable Cities and Society 136.107051. Jan. 2026. DOI
L. Lind • H. Sandström • P. Rinke
An interpretable molecular descriptor for machine learning predictions in atmospheric science.
The Journal of Chemical Physics 164.084115. Feb. 2026. DOI
M. Ingrisch
The architectural gap in clinical artificial intelligence.
The Lancet Digital Healths 8.2. Apr. 2026. DOI
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