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 …
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 …
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, …
27.04.2026
Research Stay at Imperial College London
Lennart Bastian – Funded by the MCML AI X-Change Program
During my research stay at Imperial College London, I had the pleasure of working with the CIRCLE group led by Tolga Birdal in the Department of Computing. Among the various research topics at CIRCLE …
23.04.2026
Teaching NLP in the LLM Era: Workshop TeachNLP 2026
International Workshop at EACL 2026 Co-Organized by Our Junior Member Matthias Aßenmacher
How should Natural Language Processing be taught in the age of large language models? This question brought researchers and educators together at the Seventh Workshop on Teaching Natural Language …
23.04.2026
Digdeep Podcast: How Can Dr. ChatGPT Actually Help the Family Doctor, Prof. Jochen Gensichen?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
This episode of #digdeep is with Jochen Gensichen, director of general medicine at the LMU Clinic in Munich. For most people in Germany, the general practitioner’s office is the first point of contact, …
23.04.2026
Development of a New AI Foundation Model
New Infrastructure Aims to Enable More Efficient and Accessible AI
The Bavarian AI Foundation Model Initiative is a flagship project funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (StMWK) to strengthen Bavaria’s technological sovereignty in the field …
23.04.2026
When Vision AI Hallucinates Details
MCML Research Insight – With Rui Xiao, Sanghwan Kim and Zeynep Akata
A photo shows a dog on a sofa. You ask an AI assistant: Is there also a cat sitting next to it? The assistant confidently says yes, even though there is no cat at all. In many everyday situations, …
19.04.2026
Clara-Sophie Vetter Featured on ARD Podcast
Can AI Improve Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment?
MCML Junior Member Clara-Sophie Vetter was featured on the ARD podcast Science TeaTime – Knowledge Over a Cup of Tea in the episode “AI in Psychiatry – Can It Replace Doctors?” In the discussion, she …
16.04.2026
Welcoming Achim Lilienthal to MCML
Advancing Perception and Autonomy in Robotics Through AI-Driven Systems
We are pleased to welcome Achim J. Lilienthal as a Principal Investigator at MCML. Achim J. Lilienthal is Professor at the Technical University of Munich, where he holds the Chair of Perception for …
16.04.2026
Welcoming Valentin Hofmann to MCML
Exploring How Language, Society, and AI Interact in Modern NLP Systems
We are pleased to welcome Valentin Hofmann as a Principal Investigator. Valentin Hofmann is a Junior Professor for Information and Language Processing Using AI Methods at LMU Munich. His research …
16.04.2026
Do Language Models Reason Like Humans?
MCML Research Insight – With Philipp Mondorf and Barbara Plank
Imagine reading the sentence: “If it rains, the streets will be wet.” Most people would consider it perfectly reasonable. Now consider a different statement: “If the moon is made of cheese, the …
15.04.2026
Michael A. Hedderich Featured in “KI Pro” Podcast
Discussing Trust, Limitations, and Evaluation of LLMs From an Industry Perspective
MCML Junior Research Group Leader Michael A. Hedderich was recently interviewed by heise for their industry-focused “KI Pro” podcast. In the episode, he discusses key questions around large language …
15.04.2026
Visit from Federal and Bavarian Ministries to MCML
Strengthening Collaboration Between Research, Policy, and Industry for Impactful AI Innovation
The MCML had the pleasure of welcoming representatives from the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (StMWK). The …
09.04.2026
Digdeep Podcast: Why Does AI Have an Incomplete Picture of Our World, Wiebke Hutiri?
News From the Digital World by MCML PI Frauke Kreuter and Christof Horn
In this episode of #digdeep speeks Wiebke Hutiri, Senior Research Scientist at Sony. The podcast describes how AI systems make decisions about people every day, but often rely on unbalanced training …
09.04.2026
Nikita Araslanov Receives Prestigious Emmy Noether Grant
Award Supports Establishment of Independent AI Research Group
MCML Junior Member Nikita Araslanov has been awarded a prestigious Emmy Noether Grant by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The grant will support Nikita in establishing his independent research …
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