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Link to Every Household Needs a “Digital Chimney Sweep”– Insights from Johannes Kinder

26.06.2025

Every Household Needs a “Digital Chimney Sweep”– Insights from Johannes Kinder

LMU Newsroom

At this year’s ACNS conference (June 23–26 in Munich), MCML Associate Johannes Kinder emphasized the growing security risks posed by smart home devices. From toothbrushes to robot vacuums, many Internet of Things (IoT) devices transmit data without proper encryption or updates, leaving users …

Link to Zeynep Akata Receives 2025 ZukunftsWissen Prize

26.06.2025

Zeynep Akata Receives 2025 ZukunftsWissen Prize

Award Highlights Contributions to the Field of Interpretable Machine Learning

We are happy to share that our PI Zeynep Akata has been awarded the 2025 ZukunftsWissen Prize by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Commerzbank Foundation. The award honors her work in explainable and trustworthy AI, including early contributions to zero-shot learning and …

Link to What Words Reveal: Analyzing Language in the Trump–Harris 2024 Debate

26.06.2025

What Words Reveal: Analyzing Language in the Trump–Harris 2024 Debate

MCML Research Insight - With Philipp Wicke

In presidential debates, every word counts - not only what candidates say but how they say it. Words are carefully selected to resonate with voters’ values, fears, and hopes. A new insightful study by MCML Junior Member Philipp Wicke and Marianna M. Bolognesi dives deep into the September 10, 2024 …

Link to When Clinical Expertise Meets AI Innovation – With Michael Ingrisch

25.06.2025

When Clinical Expertise Meets AI Innovation – With Michael Ingrisch

Research Film

Artificial intelligence has enormous potential in radiology — but realizing it requires more than good algorithms. Michael Ingrisch, Clinical Data Science Professor at LMU and MCML PI, shares how his team took a practical approach: identifying a key diagnostic challenge in PET CT imaging and inviting the broader AI community to help solve it.

Link to Autonomous Driving: From Infinite Possibilities to Safe Decisions— With Matthias Althoff

23.06.2025

Autonomous Driving: From Infinite Possibilities to Safe Decisions— With Matthias Althoff

Research Film

How can we guarantee that autonomous vehicles always make the right decision in unpredictable traffic?
Matthias Althoff, Professor at the chair of Cyber-Physical Systems at the Technical University of Munich and MCML PI, explores the complex challenge of ensuring safety in AI-powered driving systems.

Link to ERC Advanced Grant for Massimo Fornasier

20.06.2025

ERC Advanced Grant for Massimo Fornasier

MCML PI Receives Funding for Nonconvex Optimization

MCML PI Massimo Fornasier has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his project NEITALG. The project aims to develop new algorithms that can reliably find global solutions to challenging nonconvex optimization problems, with applications in drug development and AI safety.

Link to Zooming in on Moments: ReVisionLLM for Long-Form Video Understanding

20.06.2025

Zooming in on Moments: ReVisionLLM for Long-Form Video Understanding

MCML Research Insight - With Tanveer Hannan and Thomas Seidl

Imagine watching a two-hour video and trying to find the exact moment someone scores a goal - or says something important. Humans can do this with ease by skimming and zooming in. But for AI, finding specific moments in long videos is incredibly hard. Most current AI systems struggle to handle more than a few minutes of video at a time. They often …

Link to ERC Advanced Grant for Albrecht Schmidt

18.06.2025

ERC Advanced Grant for Albrecht Schmidt

MCML PI Receives Funding for Research on Personalized Generative AI

MCML PI Albrecht Schmidt has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his project “AI of Human Experience: Towards Personal Generative AI‑Systems for Amplifying Human Cognition.” The project explores the development of personalized generative AI systems designed to support human memory, planning, and creativity.

Link to Why Causal Reasoning Is Crucial for Reliable AI Decisions

12.06.2025

Why Causal Reasoning Is Crucial for Reliable AI Decisions

MCML Research Insight - With Christoph Kern, Unai Fischer-Abaigar, Jonas Schweisthal, Dennis Frauen, Stefan Feuerriegel and Frauke Kreuter

As algorithms increasingly make decisions that impact our lives, from managing city traffic to recommending hospital treatments, one question becomes urgent: Can we trust them?

Link to Better Data, Smarter AI: Why Quality Matters – With Frauke Kreuter

11.06.2025

Better Data, Smarter AI: Why Quality Matters – With Frauke Kreuter

Research Film

How does data quality shape the future of AI? Frauke Kreuter, Professor at the Chair of Statistics and Data Science at LMU Munich and MCML PI, shares her insights on the fundamental role of data quality in the development and deployment of AI.

Link to Björn Ommer Delivers Keynote at re:publica 2025

11.06.2025

Björn Ommer Delivers Keynote at re:publica 2025

Generative AI and the Future of Intelligence

At re:publica 2025 in Berlin, our PI Björn Ommer gave the opening keynote on how generative AI is transforming intelligence into accessible, scalable knowledge. This shift moves society from raw information to decision-relevant knowledge, empowering individuals. Björn highlighted how personal generative AI will change our thinking and …

Link to Benjamin Lange Featured on the mCAST Podcast

11.06.2025

Artificial Intelligence in Mobility: Your Friend and Helper?

MCML Junior Research Group Leader Benjamin Lange was recently featured on the mCAST podcast. He talks about the ethical challenges of using artificial intelligence in mobility, explains the concept of Human-in-the-Loop, and discusses how AI is already applied today and what future possibilities it holds.

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