05.02.2026
Needle in a Haystack: Finding Exact Moments in Long Videos
MCML Research Insight - With With Tanveer Hannan and Thomas Seidl
Long videos are everywhere, with footage of movies, YouTube videos, body-cam recordings, and AR/VR often running for tens of minutes or even hours. Now imagine asking a simple question like “Where are …
04.02.2026
Benjamin Busam Leads Design of Bavarian Earth Observation Satellite Network “CuBy”
Bavarian Earth Observation Satellite Network Ready for Launch
MCML PI Benjamin Busam is leading the scientific design of the Bavarian Earth observation satellite network “CuBy”, which is scheduled for launch in June 2026. The system consists of five small …
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30.01.2026
Cracks in the Foundations of Cosmology
Daniel Grün Explains How Observations Test Our Understanding of the Universe
There was a time when the Andromeda Nebula was the end of the Universe. At least, a number of astronomers in the early 20th century still thought that fuzzy objects in the night sky – such as the …
29.01.2026
How Machines Can Discover Hidden Rules Without Supervision
MCML Research Insight - With Tobias Schmidt, and Steffen Schneider
How can machines learn the hidden rules that govern how systems change—how objects move, how weather patterns unfold, or how biological signals evolve—without ever being told what those rules are?
28.01.2026
Matthias Nießner Co-Founds AI Startup Synthesia
Interactive AI Avatars Reshape Corporate Training
The London-based AI company Synthesia, co-founded by MCML PI Matthias Nießner, has raised an additional $200 million, bringing its valuation to $4 billion. Synthesia is one of Europe’s most valuable …
28.01.2026
Fabian Theis Featured in FOCUS Online at DLD 2026
How AI Can Support Doctors and Improve Access to Healthcare
MCML PI Fabian Theis was featured in an interview with FOCUS online at DLD Munich 2026, discussing how artificial intelligence can transform medicine. Fabian highlighted how AI can help make diagnosis …
27.01.2026
Joint Retreat of MCML and TUEAI Center on the Latest Advances in Computer Vision
Short Recap
In January 2026, two research groups of the MCML and Tübingen AI Center met for a four-day retreat in Gaschurn/ Austria. About 60 researchers joined for talks and poster sessions. The joint retreat …
27.01.2026
Daniel Rückert Speaks at DLD Munich 2026
AI and the Future of Medicine: From Sci-Fi to Your Doctor's Office
Our Director Daniel Rückert spoke at the DLD Conference 2026 as part of the BIOSPHERE Health Track. In his talk, Daniel explored how AI is moving from science fiction into real clinical practice and …
27.01.2026
Fabian Theis Speaks at DLD Munich 2026
From Models to Medicines: AI-Guided Experimental Biology
We are pleased to share that our PI Fabian Theis contributed to DLD Conference 2026 as part of the BIOSPHERE Health Track. Fabian gave a talk titled “From Models to Medicines: AI-guided Experimental …
27.01.2026
Björn Ommer Speaks at DLD Munich 2026
It’s Gonna Be Wild: When AI Moves Faster Than Society
Our PI Björn Ommer was a featured speaker at DLD Munich 2026 in the session “It’s Gonna Be Wild: When AI Moves Faster Than Society”, together with LMU VP Armin Nassehi. The discussion reflects on the …
22.01.2026
From Global to Regional Explanations: Understanding Models More Locally
MCML Research Insight - With Giuseppe Casalicchio, Thomas Nagler, and Bernd Bischl
Machine learning models can be powerful, but understanding why they behave the way they do is often much harder. Early global interpretability tools were designed to show how each feature affects the …
22.01.2026
Research Stay at University of St. Gallen
Andrea Maldonado – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program
Between Freudenberg – “happiness mountain” – and Rosenberg – “roses mountain”, I had the pleasure to visit the Institute of Computer Science (ICS-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in …
20.01.2026
MCML PI Matthias Nießner Featured in WirtschaftsWoche on Spaitial AI
German Startup Develops AI for Instant 3D Room Creation
MCML PI Matthias Nießner was featured in WirtschaftsWoche for his startup Spaitial AI, which develops AI capable of creating realistic 3D models of real-world rooms and interiors within seconds. The …
20.01.2026
MCML Supporting Girls in STEM
Encouraging Girls to Explore Science, Technology, and University Life
At the first GirlsLAB at TUM, female students from Bavarian partner schools explored STEM subjects through hands-on teamwork and creative problem-solving. While the students built chain-reaction …
19.01.2026
MCML PI Frauke Kreuter Featured on ARD Alpha on AI
Exploring Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence
MCML PI Frauke Kreuter was featured on ARD alpha, discussing how AI is shaping everyday life and the workplace. Alongside moderator Birgit Kappel and Sabine Pfeiffer, head of the Chair of Sociology at …
15.01.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Live From the CES in Las Vegas
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, Christof Horn reports live from the CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas and now also one of the leading trade shows for the global …
15.01.2026
Blind Matching – Aligning Images and Text Without Training or Labels
MCML Research Insight - With Dominik Schnaus, Nikita Araslanov, and Daniel Cremers
Vision-language models have shown that images and text can live in a shared space: a picture of a “cat” often lands close to the word “cat” in the embedding space. But such …
12.01.2026
MCML PI Alexander Fraser Featured on Breaking Data Podcast
Discussing AI, Language Diversity, and Low-Resource Languages
MCML PI Alexander Fraser was featured as a guest on an episode of the Breaking Data podcast, where he discussed the importance of integrating low-resource and minority languages into AI models. In …
12.01.2026
MCML PIs Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung
Innovations in Science and Technology
MCML PIs Xiaoxiang Zhu and Felix Dietrich were featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung’s coverage of TU Munich’s major scientific breakthroughs in 2025. Their work contributes to current advances in …
12.01.2026
Call for Speakers Certificate Course „Responsible AI“
We Are Seeking Speakers for the First Certificate Course on Responsible AI
The certificate course “Responsible AI” is jointly organized by the German National AI Centers. It addresses AI researchers on all levels from the centers, the participating universities, …
08.01.2026
High-Res Images, Less Wait: A Simple Flow for Image Generation
MCML Research Insight - With Johannes Schusterbauer, Pingchuan Ma, Vincent Tao Hu, and Björn Ommer
Image generation models today can create almost anything, like a futuristic city glowing at sunset, a classical painting of your cat, or a realistic spaceship made of glass. But when you ask them to …
28.12.2025
Konstantin Riedl Wins Doctoral Award from the Friends of TUM e.V.
Former MCML Member Recognized for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Konstantin Riedl, former MCML member, has received the Doctoral Award of the Friends of TUM e.V., honoring one of the most outstanding doctoral dissertations at the Technical University of Munich. He …
25.12.2025
Digdeep Podcast: Armin Nassehi, How Does Social Transformation Succeed?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep, the sociologist Armin Nassehi declares, how social transformation succeeds. He discusses, why social changes are often not implemented despite clear goals and great urgency …
23.12.2025
MCML: Supporting Teachers in the Use of AI in Education
Using AI Effectively in Teaching and Learning
Teachers need support to keep up with rapid technological change and to adapt teaching and learning to the demands of an increasingly digital world. While new technologies are widely available, they …
18.12.2025
"See, Don’t Assume": Revealing and Reducing Gender Bias in AI
MCML Research Insight - With Leander Girrbach, Yiran Huang, Stephan Alaniz and Zeynep Akata
Using AI and LLMs at work feels almost unavoidable today: they make things easier, but they can also go wrong in important ways. One of the trickiest problems? Gender bias. For example, if you ask …
16.12.2025
Fabian Theis Featured in Handelsblatt on the Future of AI in Precision Medicine
Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Research
Our PI Fabian Theis was recently featured in an interview exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping modern healthcare. As a leading researcher in AI-driven biomedical data analysis, he …
16.12.2025
Gitta Kutyniok Featured in VDI Nachrichten on AI Ethics
Defining Measurable Criteria for Responsible AI Agents
Our PI Gitta Kutyniok was featured in VDI Nachrichten discussing ethical and safety challenges for autonomous AI agents. She emphasizes the need for measurable criteria to guide AI decision-making, …
16.12.2025
Hinrich Schütze Featured in WirtschaftsWoche on Innovative AI Approaches
Advancing Language Models With Memory-Efficient and Context-Aware AI
Our PI Hinrich Schütze commented on the Swiss start-up Giotto.ai’s breakthrough in language models, featured in WirtschaftsWoche. Giotto.ai challenges the prevailing trend of ever-larger AI models by …
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, …
11.12.2025
Digdeep Podcast: Will AI Be the New Colleague, Prof. Sabine Pfeiffer?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the new episode of #digdeep, Sabine Pfeiffer from FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg talks about AI as a new colleague. An MIT study shows that artificial intelligence is widespread in everyday life, but lags …
11.12.2025
From Sitting Dog to Standing: A New Way to Morph 3D Shapes
MCML Research Insight - With Lu Sang and Daniel Cremers
Ever wondered how a 3D shape can smoothly change — like a robot arm bending or a dog rising from sitting to standing — without complex simulations or hand-crafted data? Researchers from MCML and the …
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08.12.2025
Tom Sterkenburg Wins Karl-Heinz Hoffmann Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
Honored for His Work at the Intersection of Philosophy, Statistics, and Machine Learning
MCML JRG Leader Tom Sterkenburg has been awarded the Karl-Heinz Hoffmann Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW). The prize was presented at the Academy’s Ceremonial Annual …
08.12.2025
Björn Ommer Guest on ZDF’s Terra X
Image-Generative AI and Visual Understanding
Our PI Björn Ommer was a guest in the ZDF science series Terra X - moderated by Harald Lesch - where he explained how image-generative AI works and how systems like Stable Diffusion enable machines to …
08.12.2025
Björn Schuller Guest on ZDF’s Terra X
Emotion Recognition and Empathic AI
Our PI Björn Schuller was a guest in the ZDF science series Terra X - moderated by Harald Lesch, where he discussed the fundamentals of Affective Computing and the role of emotion recognition in …
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04.12.2025
All the World's Buildings Available as 3D Models for the First Time
Xiaoxiang Zhu’s Team Releases GlobalBuildingAtlas
With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, the research team led by MCML PI Xiaoxiang Zhu has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial basis for climate …
04.12.2025
When to Say "I’m Not Sure": Making Language Models More Self-Aware
MCML Research Insight - With Yawei Li, David Rügamer, Bernd Bischl, and Mina Rezaei
Large language models like ChatGPT or Gemini are now everywhere, from summarizing text to writing code or answering simple questions. But there’s one thing they still struggle with: admitting …
01.12.2025
Research Stay at Princeton University
Abdurahman Maarouf – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program
From May to July, I spent three exciting months as a visiting researcher at the Computer Science Department of Princeton University, hosted by Prof. Manoel Horta Ribeiro. The visit grew out of a …
27.11.2025
Daniel Grün and Lukas Heinrich Receive BMFTR Funding for Physics Foundation Models
Developing Advanced AI Tools for Astro- And Particle Physics
MCML PIs Daniel Grün and Lukas Heinrich are part of the newly funded Germany-wide project “SciFM,” supported by the BMFTR, which aims to develop foundation models for astro- and particle physics. …
27.11.2025
MCML Members Honored in GAIE Spotlight 2025
Recognized for Their Contributions to AI Research and Innovation in Germany
Four members of the MCML have been selected for the GAIE Spotlight Series: Leading 30 German AI Experts & Academics 2025. The list recognizes outstanding researchers shaping the future of …
27.11.2025
Seeing the Bigger Picture – One Detail at a Time
MCML Research Insight - With Rui Xiao, Sanghwan Kim, and Zeynep Akata
Large vision-language models (VLMs) like CLIP (Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training) have changed how AI works with mixed inputs of images and text, by learning to connect pictures and words. Given …
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25.11.2025
How Will Artificial Intelligence Redefine Medicine in the Next Decade?
MCML Keynote at AI in Medicine Workshop 2025
The AI in Medicine Workshop 2025 brought together more than 120 experts from medicine and computer science at the Baltic, Charité’s innovation hub for digital health.
25.11.2025
Daniel Rückert Among the World’s Most Cited Researchers
TUM News
MCML Director Daniel Rückert is listed among the world’s most frequently cited researchers in the Cross-Field category for his work on artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine. In total, 17 …
20.11.2025
Digdeep Podcast: How Does Synera Shape Product Development of the Future, Moritz Maier?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the new episode of #digdeep, Moritz Mayer talks about the shape product development of Synera. Developing physical products requires specialized knowledge and the use of complex tools. Moritz Maier …
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20.11.2025
Uniform Reference System for Lightweight Construction Methods
Rüdiger Westermann Develops Benchmark for Lightweight Design
How can components be designed for an optimal balance of minimal weight and maximum robustness? This is a challenge faced by many industries, from medical device manufacturing to the automotive and …
20.11.2025
Zigzag Your Way to Faster, Smarter AI Image Generation
MCML Research Insight - With Vincent Tao Hu, Olga Grebenkova, Pingchuan Ma, Johannes Schusterbauer, and Björn Ommer
State-of-the-art diffusion models like DiT and Stable Diffusion have made AI image generation incredibly powerful. But they still struggle with one big issue: scaling to large images or videos quickly …
13.11.2025
Anne-Laure Boulesteix Among the World’s Most Cited Researchers
LMU Newsroom
MCML PI Anne‑Laure Boulesteix has been named a Highly Cited Researcher 2025 by Clarivate for her influential work in the Cross-Field category. The recognition highlights publications from 2014–2024 …
13.11.2025
Björn Ommer Featured in Frankfurter Rundschau
Google’s AI Search Mode Challenges Content Visibility and Online Publishing
MCML PI Björn Ommer was recently featured in Frankfurter Rundschau, commenting on the impact of Google’s new AI-powered search mode. The article discusses how AI-generated summaries in search results …
13.11.2025
Fabian Theis Among the World’s Most Cited Researchers
TUM News
MCML PI Fabian Theis is listed among the world’s most frequently cited researchers in Biology and Biochemistry for his work on mathematical modeling of biological systems. In total, 14 TUM scientists …
13.11.2025
Explaining AI Decisions: Shapley Values Enable Smart Exosuits
MCML Research Insight - With Julia Herbinger, Giuseppe Casalicchio, Yusuf Sale, Bernd Bischl and Eyke Hüllermeier
Picture a typical day in a warehouse: one worker lifts, bends, and carries out the same task over and over again. While the routine may seem simple, the physical toll steadily builds—affecting joints …
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07.11.2025
The MCML at the All Hands Meeting 2025 in Saarbrücken
Meet Up of All German AI Competence Centers - Hosted by DFKI
This year’s All Hands Meeting in Saarbrücken gathered researchers from all German AI centers (BIFOLD, ScaDS.ai, Lamarr Institute, Tübingen AI Center, DFKI and MCML) to exchange ideas and discuss …
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03.11.2025
Research on Human-Centred Exosuit Technology Highlighted in Börsen-Zeitung
MCML Research About Wearable Robotics
LMU and Harvard researchers are developing smarter and safer wearable technologies that adapt to the people using them. Their latest method not only optimizes how an exosuit supports workers during …
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30.10.2025
Strength of Gender Biases in AI Images Varies Across Languages
Alexander Fraser Shows Text-to-Image Generators Reproduce and Magnify Role Stereotypes
The team of MCML PI Alexander Fraser together with researchers at TU Darmstadt have studied how text-to-image generators deal with gender stereotypes in various languages. The results show that the …
26.10.2025
CSG-Fusion Wins Best Paper at ICCV 2025 Workshop
Award-Winning Work by MCML Director Daniel Cremers and Junior Members Wenbo Ji and Weirong Chen
The paper “CSG-Fusion: Consistent Sparse-View Gaussian Splatting via Matching-based Fusion” by MCML Director Daniel Cremers and Junior Member Weirong Chen, together with Wenbo Ji, and Yan Xia, …
26.10.2025
Barbara Plank and Hinrich Schütze Featured on ARD
The Segment Highlights Challenges AI Faces in Understanding Regional Language Variations
MCML PIs Barbara Plank and Hinrich Schütze were featured in a recent ARD Capriccio segment on how AI struggles to understand dialects. The broadcast highlighted research from the MaiNLP lab, with …
26.10.2025
CoProU-VO Wins GCPR 2025 Best Paper Award
Award-Winning Work by MCML Director Daniel Cremers and His Team for Advances in Unsupervised Visual Odometry
The paper “CoProU-VO: Combining Projected Uncertainty for End-to-End Unsupervised Monocular Visual Odometry” by MCML Director Daniel Cremers and Junior Members Weirong Chen and Johannes …
26.10.2025
Unai Fischer-Abaigar Featured on Executive Code
AI Prediction and Its Impact on Government Resource Allocation
MCML Junior Member Unai Fischer-Abaigar, was featured in a recent episode of Executive Code. He discussed his paper “The Value of Prediction in Identifying the Worst-Off”, exploring how …
24.10.2025
Digdeep Podcast: Live From HerCareer With Anne Greul: How to Successfully Pivot a Startup.
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the new episode of #digdeep, Anne Greul shows startup-pivots form herCareer. Anne took the courageous step into entrepreneurship and learned early on that the path is rarely straightforward. Instead …
20.10.2025
Björn Ommer Appointed LMU Chief AI Officer
LMU News
As of October 1, our PI Björn Ommer, has been appointed LMU’s Chief AI Officer. In his new role, he will help strengthen LMU’s strategic profile in Artificial Intelligence and further expand research …
17.10.2025
Call for Applications: Data Science Professional Certificate Program @LMU 2026
Application Deadline: 16.01.2026
The Data Science Certificate Program at LMU Munich, offered in collaboration with MCML, is a graded, part-time academic training program. It is designed for working professionals, researchers, and …
16.10.2025
SIC: Making AI Image Classification Understandable
MCML Research Insight - With Tom Nuno Wolf, Emre Kavak, Fabian Bongratz, and Christian Wachinger
Deep learning models are emerging more and more in everyday life, going as far as assisting clinicians in their diagnosis. However, their black box nature prevents understanding errors and …
12.10.2025
Panel on the "Ethics of AI Agents"
Recap of the Event
On 25 September 2025, LMU Munich hosted the panel discussion “Ethics of AI Agents” at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, in cooperation with MCML, the appliedAI Institute for Europe, the TUM …
10.10.2025
Digdeep Podcast: How Do We Get Germany on Track Digitally, Cihan Sügür?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the current episode of #digdeep, Cihan Sügür, associated partner of MHP, talks about digitalization in Germany. Since 2024, Capital magazine has ranked Cihan Sügür among its “Top 40 under 40” …
09.10.2025
Rethinking AI in Public Institutions - Balancing Prediction and Capacity
Researcher in Focus: Unai Fischer Abaigar
Unai Fischer Abaigar is a researcher at MCML whose work focuses on improving decision-making in public institutions by developing AI systems that are both fair and effective in practice.
08.10.2025
Three MCML Members Win Best Paper Award at AutoML 2025
Our Members Matthias Feurer, Lennart Schneider and Bernd Bischl Honored for Their Work on Hyperparameter Optimization
We are happy to announce that the paper “Overtuning in Hyperparameter Optimization” by MCML Thomas Bayes Fellow Matthias Feurer, MCML Junior Member Lennart Schneider, and MCML Director Bernd Bischl …
07.10.2025
Alena Buyx Joins 3sat’s NANO Talk as New Co-Host
Exploring Science Topics From AI to Nutrition
Since September, MCML PI Alena Buyx has been co-hosting NANO Talk on 3sat, alternating with journalist Stephanie Rohde and following in the footsteps of renowned science communicator Gert Scobel. The …
26.09.2025
Björn Ommer Featured in WELT
AI Bias and Why Neutrality Remains a Human Responsibility
MCML PI Björn Ommer was featured in WELT discussing the challenges of AI neutrality and the risks of over- or under-correcting bias in large models. He highlighted that no system can be fully neutral …
26.09.2025
Making Machine Learning More Accessible With AutoML
Researcher in Focus: Matthias Feurer
Matthias Feurer is a Thomas Bayes Fellow and interim professor, funded by the MCML and a member of the Chair of Statistical Learning and Data Science at LMU. He aims to simplify the usage of machine …
25.09.2025
Björn Schuller Featured in Macwelt Article
The Role of Apple Watch in Personal Health and Wellness
MCML Principal Investigator Björn Schuller is mentioned in a recent Macwelt article discussing how the Apple Watch contributes to health monitoring and the future of healthcare. He highlights the …
25.09.2025
Compress Then Explain: Faster, Steadier AI Explanations - With One Tiny Step
MCML Research Insight - With Giuseppe Casalicchio and Bernd Bischl
Imagine re-running feature importance plots and getting slightly different “top features.” Annoying, right? That uncertainty often comes from a quiet assumption: model explanation algorithms typically …
24.09.2025
Björn Ommer Featured on ZDF NANO Talk
Discussing the Essence, Impact, and Future of Artificial Intelligence
MCML PI Björn Ommer joined the ZDF programme NANO Talk, hosted by MCML PI Alena Buyx, to explore the question: What is the essence of artificial intelligence? In the discussion, Ommer reflected on the …
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23.09.2025
AI Agents: When Artificial Intelligence Organizes Your Life
Benjamin Lange Explores Opportunities and Risks of AI Agents
When machines don’t just provide answers but can also plan and even take action on their own, what does that mean for the people using them? Our Junior Research Group Ethics of AI, led by Benjamin …
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22.09.2025
Avatar’s Presence Inspires Trust
Nassir Navab Shows How Avatars Reduce Stress in Autonomous Ultrasound Exams
Patients have more confidence in autonomous robotic ultrasound systems when an avatar guides them through the process. This was discovered by our PI Nassir Navab, Chair for Computer Aided Medical …
19.09.2025
Digdeep Podcast: IAA in Munich – Will the Automotive Industry Turn Things Around?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the new episode of #digdeep, Christof Horn himself talks about the turnaround of the automotive industry. Individual mobility is one of the freedoms that people value most. However, the mobility …
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19.09.2025
Björn Ommer at DLD Future Hub 2025
The Transformative Power of AI
At this year’s DLD Future Hub in Munich, our PI Björn Ommer took the stage as one of the featured speakers. In his keynote, he explored the transformative role of generative AI, emphasizing how …
19.09.2025
Fabian Theis at DLD Future Hub 2025
Reinventing Science With AI
At this year’s DLD Future Hub in Munich, our PI Fabian Theis delivered a keynote titled “Reinventing Science with AI”. He highlighted how AI is transforming research methodologies and driving …
18.09.2025
GCE-Pose – Predicting Whole Objects From Partial Views
MCML Research Insight - With Weihang Li, Junwen Huang, Hyunjun Jung, Nassir Navab, and Benjamin Busam
Imagine trying to identify the full shape of a familiar object, e.g. a mug, when only its handle is visible. That’s the challenge a computer faces when estimating the pose of an object (its …
17.09.2025
Research Stay at Harvard University
Hannah Laus – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program
This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to spend 11 weeks at Harvard University as part of the AI X-change program, visiting the group of Flavio Calmon at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of …
08.09.2025
Niki Kilbertus Receives Prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Award Supports Project “DYNAMICAUS” on Causal Modeling in Complex Systems
MCML PI Niki Kilbertus has been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The grant supports his project DYNAMICAUS, which combines machine learning, causal inference, …
08.09.2025
3D Machine Perception Beyond Vision - With Researcher Riccardo Marin
Research Film
Can AI understand the world in 3D the way we do? Riccardo Marin, researcher at TUM and MCML, works at the intersection of computer vision and 3D geometry to teach machines how to perceive shapes, …
01.09.2025
Gitta Kutyniok Appears on ARD Audiothek
Discussing AI and Machine Learning in Today’s Research
Our PI Gitta Kutyniok appeared as a guest on the IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung podcast on ARD Audiothek. The episode, titled “Grüne Rechenzentren – Wie werden sie klimaneutral?”, explores how data …
01.09.2025
AI for Personalized Psychiatry - With Researcher Clara Vetter
Research Film
Can AI help us understand why some people develop mental disorders while others remain resilient? MCML Junior Member Clara Vetter, PhD candidate in the group of our Director Daniel Rückert, uses …
27.08.2025
Top 20 in OpenAI’s Red-Teaming Challenge
MCML Junior Member Shuo Chen and Team Recognized for Advancing AI Safety Research
We are proud to share that MCML Junior Member Shuo Chen and his team ranked among the Top 20 worldwide (out of 600+) in OpenAI’s Red-Teaming Challenge on Kaggle, a global competition that attracted …
25.08.2025
Satellite Insights for a Sustainable Future - With Researcher Ivica Obadic
Research Film
Can AI from satellite imagery help us design more liveable cities, improve well-being, and ensure sustainable food production? Ivica Obadić, PhD student in the group of our PI Xiaoxiang Zhu, and MCML, …
21.08.2025
Björn Ommer Featured on IT-BUSINESS Podcast
Generative AI in Germany
MCML PI Björn Ommer was a guest on the eighth episode of the IT-BUSINESS podcast IT ImPuls. Together with hosts Mihriban Dincel and Agnes Panjas, he discussed the current state of generative AI in …
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19.08.2025
New Method Facilitates Realistic Simulation of Fluids
Nils Thuerey and His Team Simulate Wave Movements
Storm surges or collapsing dams: authentic simulations of water flows are not only important for special effects in disaster movies, but could also help to protect coastal regions. For more realistic …
18.08.2025
Mingyang Wang Receives Award at ACL 2025
Award for Impactful Contribution to Reliable and Inclusive NLP
MCML Junior Member Mingyang Wang, PhD student in the group of our PI Hinrich Schütze, has been honored with the SAC Highlights Award at ACL 2025 for the paper “Lost in Multilinguality: Dissecting …
18.08.2025
Digital Twins for Surgery - With Researcher Azade Farshad
Research Film
Azade Farshad, MCML Junior Member and PhD student in the research group of Nassir Navab, researches digital twins of patients at TUM and MCML to improve personalized treatment, surgical planning, and …
14.08.2025
Digdeep Podcast: From University to CEO and Back – Entrepreneurship at LMU With Philipp Baaske
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In the new episode of #digdeep, Philipp Baaske let us know, how he turned his doctoral research into the globally successful company NanoTemper, which offers innovative machines for the pharmaceutical …
13.08.2025
From Physics Dreams to Algorithm Discovery - With Niki Kilbertus
Research Film
As a kid, Niki Kilbertus dreamed of becoming a theoretical physicist and discovering a fundamental law of nature. But when reality proved more complex, he found a new path through computer science.
12.08.2025
Tracking Actions in Space and Time: ICCV 2025 Challenge & Workshop
MCML Research Insight - With Tanveer Hannan, Mark Weber, and Thomas Seidl
Tracking actions, not just objects: The Spatiotemporal Action Grounding Challenge and Workshop at ICCV 2025 focusses on detecting and localizing actions both in space and time within complex, …
11.08.2025
AI for Dynamic Urban Mapping - With Researcher Shanshan Bai
Research Film
Imagine using social media to build a “living map” of our cities. Meet Shanshan Bai, MCML junior member and PhD student PhD student in the group of our PI Xiaoxiang Zhu, who’s …
07.08.2025
Precise and Subject-Specific Attribute Control in AI Image Generation
MCML Research Insight - With Felix Krause, Vincent Tao Hu, and Björn Ommer
Text-to-image (T2I) models like Stable Diffusion have become masters at turning prompts like “a happy man and a red car” into vivid, detailed images. But what if you want the man to look just a little …
06.08.2025
What Is Intelligence—and What Kind of Intelligence Do We Want in Our Future? With Sven Nyholm
Research Film
Sven Nyholm, Chair of the Ethics of AI at LMU Munich and PI at MCML, explores one of the most urgent questions in AI: how responsibility, agency, and credit shift when intelligent systems make …
05.08.2025
Björn Schuller Featured in ARD Documentary on AI and Depression Therapy
Depression - How to Get Out of It?
In the recent ARD documentary “Depression – wie kommt man wieder raus?”, MCML PI Björn Schuller shares insights on the role of artificial intelligence in mental health care. He discusses how AI …
01.08.2025
Stephan Günnemann Featured in BR24
Autonomous AI Agents: Support or Takeover?
MCML PI Stephan Günnemann was recently featured in a BR24 segment discussing the rise of autonomous AI agents. He clarified the key distinction between AI assistants like ChatGPT and true agents: …
01.08.2025
Fabian Theis Receives 2025 ISCB Innovator Award
Recognized for Advancing AI-Driven Biological Research
MCML PI Fabian Theis has been awarded the 2025 ISCB Innovator Award by the International Society for Computational Biology. The award honors leading scientists who have made progressive contributions …
01.08.2025
MCML Hosts “AI and School in Dialogue”
How Can Schools Prepare the Next Generation for an AI-Driven World?
This week, the Munich Center for Machine Learning hosted the event „KI und Schule im Dialog – Forschung, Bildungspolitik und Unterrichtspraxis” (AI and school in dialogue - research, education policy …
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