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Link to Digdeep Podcast: Why Shouldn’t Women Be Afraid of STEM, Claudia Zech?

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 …

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Link to MCML at ICRA 2026

29.05.2026

MCML at ICRA 2026

Three Accepted Papers

We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 3 papers to ICRA 2026. Congrats to our researchers!

Link to Zeynep Akata: To Trust AI, We Need to Understand What Goes on Behind the Scenes

28.05.2026

Zeynep Akata: To Trust AI, We Need to Understand What Goes on Behind the Scenes

Research Film

How can we build AI systems that are transparent enough to be trusted with decisions that affect our health and daily lives?

Link to Angela Schöllig Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung

28.05.2026

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 …

Link to Germany’s AI Strategy: Powering Up the National Network

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, …

Link to Medical Diagnoses: How AI Explanations Help Doctors

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 …

Link to Daniel Cremers Featured in Everlast AI

27.05.2026

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. …

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Link to MCML at ICWSM 2026

26.05.2026

MCML at ICWSM 2026

One Accepted Paper

We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 1 paper to ICWSM 2026. Congrats to our researchers!

Link to MCML Pitchtalks With Reply

26.05.2026

MCML Pitchtalks With Reply

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On 22 May 2026, the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) had the latest edition of its Industry Pitch Talks at Reply in Munich – bringing together MCML Junior Members, researchers, and …

Link to Björn Eskofier Featured in Heise Online

21.05.2026

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. …

Link to Björn Ommer Featured in Bavaria’s AI Initiative on Tagesschau

21.05.2026

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 …

Link to MCML Members Recognized in Research.com 2026 Computer Science Ranking

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 …

Link to MCML at LRZ — Pitchtalks, Meetup, and Guided Tour

13.05.2026

MCML at LRZ — Pitchtalks, Meetup, and Guided Tour

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On 12 May, MCML members visited the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Garching for an afternoon dedicated to the intersection of machine learning research and high-performance computing. The …

Link to Cordelia Schmid Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung

11.05.2026

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 …

Link to Research Stay at Imperial College London

11.05.2026

Research Stay at Imperial College London

Jun Li – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program

After the MCML delegation trip to London, I was very happy to stay for one week at Imperial College London and visit Professor Wenjia Bai’s group as part of the MCML AI X-Change Program. It was …

Link to Right Answer, Wrong Reasoning - Is AI Thinking or Cheating?

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 …

Link to Digdeep Podcast: China Speed ​​Or Fight for Survival – What Does the Beijing Auto Show Show Us, Augustin Friedel?

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 …

Link to MCML Delegation Visit to the UK

07.05.2026

MCML Delegation Visit to the UK

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The visit brought together MCML researchers and partners for a week of workshops and joint discussions across Imperial College London, the University of Oxford, Cambridge University, King’s College …

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