02.09.2026
Barbara Plank Featured in Tagesschau on AI and Bavarian Dialects
Teaching AI to Understand Regional Languages
MCML PI Barbara Plank is featured in a recent Tagesschau report on the challenges artificial intelligence faces when processing Bavarian dialects. The report highlights a research project collecting …
27.08.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Well-Intentioned but Dangerous – Will AI Regulation Become a Tool for Censorship?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, MCML Junior Member Sarah Ball talks together with Phil Hackemann about AI regulation. Most people want AI to be safe, but the same mechanisms designed to protect AI from …
17.08.2026
Matthias Nießner Featured in Augsburger Allgemeine on Europe's AI Hub
Exploring London's Growing AI Ecosystem
MCML PI Matthias Nießner is featured in a recent Augsburger Allgemeine article exploring how London has developed into one of Europe’s leading AI hubs. The article looks at the city’s thriving startup …
14.08.2026
Stephan Günnemann Featured in t3n on Data Poisoning and AI Security
Understanding the Growing Threat of Manipulated Data
MCML PI Stephan Günnemann is featured in a recent t3n article examining data poisoning as a growing threat to the security and reliability of AI systems. Data poisoning involves deliberately …
13.08.2026
Digdeep Podcast: How Does AI Help Us With AI Strategy, Stephan Grabmeier?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, Stephan Grabmeier explains how AI is changing strategic processes and why language models cannot make decisions. Companies often look to new technologies such as AI for …
13.08.2026
Fabian Theis Receives 2026 BBAW Academy Award
Advancing AI-Driven Biomedicine
MCML PI Fabian Theis has received the 2026 Academy Prize from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). The €50,000 award recognizes his pioneering work at the intersection of …
10.08.2026
Valentin Hofmann Featured in San Francisco Chronicle on AI Chatbots in Politics
Examining the Risks of AI in Political Communication
MCML PI Valentin Hofmann is featured in a recent San Francisco Chronicle article examining the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns. The article focuses on a controversial AI chatbot …
07.08.2026
Björn Schuller Featured in t3n on AI and Emotion Recognition
Exploring How AI Interprets Human Emotions
MCML PI Björn Schuller is featured in a recent t3n article exploring how artificial intelligence can recognize and interpret human emotions. Drawing on more than 25 years of research in emotion …
30.07.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Will the Lights Stay Off in Factories in the Future, Sebastian Linzmair?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, Sebastian Linzmair talks about roboters in factories of the future. Industry 4.0 may not have fully lived up to expectations, but the digitalization and connectivity it …
28.07.2026
Gaps in the Benchmark: Why Medical AI Fails in the Real World
MCML Research Insight – With Jiazhen Pan, Bailiang Jian, Niklas Bubeck, Christian Wachinger, Benedikt Wiestler, and Daniel Rückert
We’ve all seen the headlines: the latest Artificial Intelligence model has aced the US medical licensing exams, scoring higher than many human doctors. It sounds like the future of healthcare has …
26.07.2026
Barbara Plank Becomes President of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Leading the Global Natural Language Processing Community
MCML PI Barbara Plank has become President of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), serving on the ACL Executive Committee for 2026. As the world’s leading professional organization for …
25.07.2026
Konstantin Riedl Receives 2026 SIAM Student Paper Prize
Advancing the Mathematical Foundations of Nonconvex Optimization
Former MCML Junior Member Konstantin Riedl received the 2026 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Paper Prize for outstanding research in optimization. The award recognizes …
23.07.2026
Matthias Niessner Featured in Handelsblatt on AI-Powered Avatars
Shaping the Next Generation of Digital Humans
MCML PI Matthias Niessner is featured in a recent Handelsblatt article exploring the growing use of AI-generated avatars in corporate training. The article examines how companies are using digital …
23.07.2026
SE3 Labs Co-Founded by Daniel Cremers Featured in Handelsblatt
Bringing Spatial Intelligence to Autonomous Systems
A recent Handelsblatt article highlights SE3 Labs, a Munich-based start-up co-founded by MCML Director Daniel Cremers. The company develops hardware-independent software designed to give autonomous …
23.07.2026
SE3 Labs Co-Founded by Daniel Cremers Featured in the New York Times
Driving Innovation in Germany’s Defense Technology
A recent New York Times article highlights SE3 Labs, a Munich-based start-up co-founded by MCML Director Daniel Cremers, as part of a broader look at Germany’s efforts to strengthen its defense …
22.07.2026
Sven Nyholm Explores the Ethics of Living With Robots
Exploring AI Ethics Beyond the Trolley Problem
MCML PI Sven Nyholm joined the podcast Art of the Question to discuss the ethical questions surrounding intelligent robots and their growing role in everyday life. The conversation explores how …
22.07.2026
MCML Welcomes Student Delegation From HEC Montréal
Strengthening International Academic Exchange
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) recently welcomed a group of students from HEC Montréal, one of Canada’s leading business schools, led by Professor Jean-François Ouellet. The visit began …
21.07.2026
Timo Heiß Receives Best Student Paper Award at XAI 2026
Improving Feature Effect Estimation in Explainable AI
MCML Junior Member Timo Heiß received the Best Student Paper Award at the 4th World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI 2026) for the paper Analyzing Error Sources in Global Feature …
21.07.2026
The Learning Rate Does More Than Set the Pace
MCML Research Insight – With Maria Matveev, Vit Fojtik, Gitta Kutyniok, and Johannes Maly
A neural network can fit its training examples in many different ways. The harder question is which of these possible solutions will continue to perform well on new data, and whether the choices made …
20.07.2026
How Fair Does AI Seem in Job Interviews?
Enkelejda Kasneci Explores Fairness in AI Job Interviews
Many companies rely on AI for recruitment. A new study shows that job applicants mostly trust the avatars conducting their interviews – but only until they receive a rejection. How fair this decision …
20.07.2026
TUM Develops Intelligent 3D Twins of Crime Scenes
Advancing AI for Digital Crime Scene Investigation
A crime scene is often accessible only for a short period of time. During that time, all relevant evidence must be documented quickly, and even small details can prove crucial. Researchers at the …
16.07.2026
Digdeep Podcast: 5 Tipping Points, 10 Years of #Digdeep – Did We Get the Future Right?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, the podcast founder look back on 10 years of exciting topics. Ten years ago, #digdeep set out to identify and make sense of digital transformation early on, and five years …
16.07.2026
Gitta Kutyniok Featured in Heise on Energy-Efficient AI
Exploring the Potential of Neuromorphic Chips
MCML PI Gitta Kutyniok is featured in a recent Heise article exploring how neuromorphic chips could help reduce the energy consumption of artificial intelligence. The article examines how new …
10.07.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Can AI Save Our Legal System From Collapse, Viktor Von Essen (Libra)?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, Viktor von Essen talks about AI and our legal system. This talk explains why Legal Tech is becoming increasingly important due to overloaded legal systems and the growing …
09.07.2026
MCML Junior Member Bolei Ma Earns Best Paper and SAC Highlight Awards at ACL 2026
Bolei Ma Receives Two ACL 2026 Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Large Language Models and Natural Language Processing
MCML Junior Member Bolei Ma received a Best Paper Award at ACL 2026 for “The Imperfective Paradox in LLMs” and an SAC Highlight Award for the survey “Table Question Answering in the Era of Large …
09.07.2026
Benjamin Lange Introduces AI to Elementary School Students
Benjamin Lange Introduces Elementary School Students to Artificial Intelligence and Answers Their Questions About How AI Works.
MCML PI Benjamin Lange recently welcomed a group of elementary school students from the Städtisches Haus für Kinder am Hollerbusch as part of BR’s MünchenHören 2026 project, KI macht Schule. Together, …
08.07.2026
How Autonomous Systems Learn to Understand Their Environment
Startup SE3 Labs Develops Spatial AI
Generative AI like ChatGPT can write text, generate images, and even write code. But when it comes to the physical world, these models reach their limits. They have only a limited understanding of …
08.07.2026
MCML Junior Member Sarah Ball Receives Outstanding Position Paper Award at ICML 2026
Their Work Examines the Dual-Use Potential of AI Alignment Methods
MCML Junior Member Sarah Ball and her co-author Phil Hackemann received the Outstanding Position Paper Award at ICML 2026 this week in Seoul. Their award-winning position paper, “The alignment …
07.07.2026
Michael Hedderich Featured in the Deutschlandfunk
The Interview Highlights the Potential of Small Language Models for a More Efficient and Sustainable AI Future
MCML PI Michael Hedderich was featured in the Deutschlandfunk programme Computer und Kommunikation. In the interview, he discusses how Small Language Models (SLMs) offer an efficient and sustainable …
03.07.2026
Christian Kühn Receives Award From the Mathematics and Environment Foundation
His Work Provides Key Approaches to the Early Detection of Climate Risks and Strengthens Interdisciplinary Environmental Research
MCML PI Christian Kühn, Professor of Multiscale and Stochastic Dynamics at the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology of the Technical University of Munich, received the award on June …
02.07.2026
Study Reveals Privacy Risks in Medical AI
Attackers Can Extract Information About Individual Patients From AI Models
AI models – for example, those used for cancer detection – are trained on patients’ health data. Even the mere fact that personal data has been incorporated into a model can have negative consequences …
30.06.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Live From Futuromondo With Dominik Tress: Organic Food for Kids, AI for the Rest
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this live episode of #digdeep, entrepreneur Dominik Tress talks about how artificial intelligence is transforming the organic food industry, recorded at the Futuromondo Cross Innovation Conference …
30.06.2026
All AI? An elephant with three legs and an ice cream stand with enough ice cream for everyone
AI Workshops at the Eching Municipal Library With MCML
We promise to explain the headline further down in this report! But let us start from the beginning: One thing is undisputed: AI has become an integral part of our everyday lives. To help primary …
30.06.2026
MCML Junior Members Featured in BR Abendschau
Jonas Schweisthal and Jonas Schröder Explain LLM SoccerArena
BR Abendschau recently featured LLM SoccerArena, a project from the group of MCML PI Stefan Feuerriegel at LMU Munich. In the segment, MCML Junior Members Jonas Schweisthal and Jonas Schröder were …
29.06.2026
Stefan Feuerriegel Featured in Tagesschau
Can AI Predict the FIFA World Cup?
Tagesschau recently featured MCML PI Stefan Feuerriegel and the LLM SoccerArena project, developed at LMU Munich in collaboration with researchers from the University of Cologne and Paderborn …
29.06.2026
Research Stay at Stanford University
Felix Dülmer – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program
From March to May 2026, I had the opportunity to spend three months as a visiting researcher at Stanford University, hosted by Prof. Jeremy Dahl and the Ultrasound Imaging and Instrumentation Lab. …
26.06.2026
Research Stay at National University of Singapore
Bailiang Jian – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program
During my academic visit to Singapore. I am happy to work with the MVI-Lab lead by Prof. Hongwei Bran Li. The group works on a wide range of topics in medical image analysis, including CT-PET imaging …
25.06.2026
Gitta Kutyniok Appointed Vice President of BBAW
New Role in Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Leadership
MCML PI Gitta Kutyniok has been appointed Vice President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). Her term will begin on October 1, 2026. With a history spanning 325 years, …
22.06.2026
Björn Ommer Featured in Tagesschau on AI Hallucinations
Understanding the Risks of AI-Generated Information
MCML PI Björn Ommer is featured in a recent Tagesschau article examining the growing risks of AI-generated errors in science and research. The article explores how AI hallucinations can lead to …
19.06.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Does Europe Have Anything Else to Say About AI, Aljoscha Burchardt?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep Aljoscha Burchardt talks about whether Europe still has a voice in the AI debate. Four years after ChatGPT’s breakthrough, the question is whether Europe has already fallen …
19.06.2026
FIFA World Cup: How Well Can AI Predict Sports Results?
In a New Project, LMU Researchers Are Putting Different Large Language Models Head-to-Head to Find Out Which One Delivers the Most Accurate Predictions.
Who will win the FIFA World Cup 2026? LLM SoccerArena is a new project that is kicking off shortly at LMU, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Cologne and Paderborn University. …
12.06.2026
MCML PI Tom Sterkenburg Receives 2026 Simon Award
Awarded for Research in Computing, Philosophy, and Machine Learning
MCML PI Tom Sterkenburg has been awarded the 2026 Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy by the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP), recognizing …
12.06.2026
MCML Members Receive IEEE/CVF CVPR 2026 DriveX Best Paper Award
Award-Winning Work on Multi-View 3D Object Detection in Autonomous Systems
MCML Director Daniel Cremers and MCML Junior Members Malaz Tamim and Johannes Meier have received the IEEE/CVF CVPR 2026 DriveX Best Paper Award for their work on 3D object detection in autonomous …
12.06.2026
Matthias Althoff Featured in Handelsblatt
Sitegeist Develops Robots for Infrastructure Repair
MCML PI Matthias Althoff is co-founder of the Munich-based startup Sitegeist, which is developing autonomous robotic systems for the rehabilitation of aging infrastructure. The company’s modular …
10.06.2026
Daniel Rückert Featured in Deutsches Ärzteblatt on the Future of Health Data
Advancing Digital Healthcare Through Interoperable Data
MCML Director Daniel Rückert is featured in a recent Deutsches Ärzteblatt article discussing the need for more intensive generation and use of health data. The article highlights a new policy paper …
10.06.2026
How Should Researchers Report Their Use of LLMs?
MCML Research Insight – With Stefan Feuerriegel, Barbara Plank, Kerstin Forster, Dominique Geissler, Abdurahman Maarouf, Sebastian Maier
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly becoming part of scientific research. They can generate text, analyze data, simulate participants, and support researchers in entirely new ways. But there …
05.06.2026
Digdeep Podcast: AI in Schools – Are We Switching Off Our Thinking or Really Turning It On?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep Jochen Kuhn and Florian Karsten talk again about AI in schools and the new developments. They discusses how rapidly the debate about artificial intelligence in schools has …
05.06.2026
AI in Biomedicine
New Elite Master's Program
More than a degree: Leibniz Prize winner and MCML Director Daniel Rückert talks about the potential of the new elite master’s program at the intersection of artificial intelligence and …
05.06.2026
Björn Ommer Featured in Deutschlandfunk on AI and the Future of Work
AI, Gen Z, and the Changing World of Work
MCML PI Björn Ommer is featured in a recent Deutschlandfunk article examining growing concerns among Gen Z about the impact of artificial intelligence on their future careers. The article explores why …
29.05.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Why Shouldn’t Women Be Afraid of STEM, Claudia Zech?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep physicist and science communicator Claudia Zech talks about women in STEM and why young women should not be afraid of pursuing careers in science and technology. Women are …
29.05.2026
Fabian Theis Featured in FOCUS Online on AI in Healthcare
Using AI to Transform Diagnosis and Treatment
MCML PI Fabian Theis is featured in a recent FOCUS Online article exploring how artificial intelligence could transform healthcare. In an interview at DLD 2026 in Munich, Theis discusses the potential …
28.05.2026
Martin Menten Featured on Joyn’s Galileo on AI in Medicine
Exploring the Role of AI in Modern Healthcare
MCML PI Martin Menten is featured in a recent Galileo segment available on Joyn, exploring how artificial intelligence is already being used in medicine. The feature looks at applications ranging from …
28.05.2026
Germany’s AI Strategy: Powering Up the National Network
How a National Network Is Shaping the Country's New Tech Roadmap and Global Position
In a recent article in Tagesspiegel Background, journalists Manfred Ronzheimer and Oliver Voß discuss Germany’s AI strategy. In their view, while a comprehensive national AI strategy is still pending, …
28.05.2026
Angela Schöllig Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung
Exploring Physical Intuition and the Limits of Language Models
MCML PI Angela Schöllig was recently featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung discussing whether current language models have hit a dead end. Schöllig explored why AI systems excel at complex cognitive tasks …
27.05.2026
Medical Diagnoses: How AI Explanations Help Doctors
Stefan Feuerriegel Shows That AI Models Like ChatGPT Can Improve Diagnostic Accuracy in Radiology
That the Universe is expanding has been known for almost a hundred years now, but how fast? The exact rate of that expansion remains hotly debated, even challenging the standard model of cosmology. A …
27.05.2026
Daniel Cremers Featured in Everlast AI
Discussing World Models, Autonomous Driving, and Europe’s AI Future
MCML Director Daniel Cremers was featured in an interview on the tech channel Everlast AI to discuss why the next major breakthrough in artificial intelligence will not be ChatGPT, but World Models. …
21.05.2026
Björn Ommer Featured in Bavaria’s AI Initiative on Tagesschau
Towards More Efficient and Accessible AI Systems in Bavaria
MCML PI Björn Ommer was featured in a Tagesschau article on Bavaria’s new large-scale AI initiative, which includes more than €50 million in investment for high-performance Nvidia GPUs to support the …
21.05.2026
Björn Eskofier Featured in Heise Online
Interdisciplinary AI Approaches in Healthcare Discussed at Digital Health Innovation Forum in Potsdam
MCML PI Björn Eskofier participated in the panel discussion “How Research Scientists Build Health AI” at the Digital Health Innovation Forum hosted by the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam. …
20.05.2026
MCML Members Recognized in Research.com 2026 Computer Science Ranking
Three Researchers Secure Top 10 Spots in Germany
We are pleased to announce that several MCML Principal Investigators have been named among Germany’s Best Computer Science Scientists for 2026 by Research.com. The ranking is based on the Discipline …
11.05.2026
Cordelia Schmid Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung
Teaching Robots to See and Interact With Their Environment
Cordelia Schmid, member of the MCML Advisory Board, was recently featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung. The article focuses on her work in computer vision and robotics, including how AI helps robots …
08.05.2026
Right Answer, Wrong Reasoning - Is AI Thinking or Cheating?
MCML Research Insight – With Xinpeng Wang and Barbara Plank
Imagine a student solving a math problem. The steps look perfectly logical, neatly written, and convincing. But in reality, the student already knew the answer and simply worked backwards to justify …
07.05.2026
Digdeep Podcast: China Speed Or Fight for Survival – What Does the Beijing Auto Show Show Us, Augustin Friedel?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep automobile expert Augustin Friedel talks about the Beijing Auto Show. The Beijing Auto Show has become the world’s largest automobile show, with over 1,800 vehicles and more …
07.05.2026
Matthias Niessner Featured in Handelsblatt Disrupt Podcast
World Models and the Future of Robotics
MCML PI Matthias Niessner joined the Handelsblatt Disrupt podcast to discuss the growing hype around “World Models”, AI systems capable of understanding and recreating the world in 3D. In conversation …
06.05.2026
MCML Research Forum Kicks Off With First Session
A Space for Early-Stage Research and Collaborative Discussion
The first session of the MCML Research Forum marked a successful kickoff of this new initiative. Participants received an introduction to the concept of edge of stability, along with insights into …
06.05.2026
MemAgents Workshop at ICLR 2026
Interational Workshop Co-Organized by Hinrich Schütze, Yunpu Ma and Ercong Nie
The workshop Memory for LLM-Based Agentic Systems (MemAgents), co-located with ICLR 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, focused on the role of memory in long-horizon AI agents. As LLMs evolve into agentic systems, …
