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Awards and Prizes

MCML researchers are regularly honored with prestigious awards for their contributions to machine learning and artificial intelligence. This section highlights notable achievements, from distinguished research prizes to academic honors, reflecting the impact and excellence of our community.

2025

Link to MCML Associate Steffen Schneider Is Young Scientist of the Year

01.02.2025

MCML Associate Steffen Schneider Is Young Scientist of the Year


2024

Link to Björn Ommer Receives 2024 Eduard-Rhein-Foundation Technology Prize

13.12.2024

Björn Ommer Receives 2024 Eduard-Rhein-Foundation Technology Prize

Link to MCML Director Daniel Rückert Receives Leibniz Prize

11.12.2024

MCML Director Daniel Rückert Receives Leibniz Prize

Link to Matthias Nießner Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant

05.12.2024

Matthias Nießner Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant

Link to Nassir Navab Receives the Prestigious ISMAR Career Impact Award

05.12.2024

Nassir Navab Receives the Prestigious ISMAR Career Impact Award

Link to Our PI Alena Buyx Appointed as New Curator of the Bertelsmann Foundation

28.10.2024

Our PI Alena Buyx Appointed as New Curator of the Bertelsmann Foundation

Link to Daniel Rückert Receives MICCAI Society’s Enduring Impact Award

22.10.2024

Daniel Rückert Receives MICCAI Society’s Enduring Impact Award

Link to MCML PI Alexander Fraser Receives EU Funding for Research on LLMs

16.10.2024

MCML PI Alexander Fraser Receives EU Funding for Research on LLMs

Link to Alena Buyx Receives Order of Merit on German Unity Day 2024

11.10.2024

Alena Buyx Receives Order of Merit on German Unity Day 2024

Link to Leopoldina Prize for Young Scientists for MCML PI Niki Kilbertus

13.06.2024

Leopoldina Prize for Young Scientists for MCML PI Niki Kilbertus

Link to 2024 Engagement Award for MCML Junior Member Maria Matveev

24.05.2024

2024 Engagement Award for MCML Junior Member Maria Matveev

Link to Alfred-Breit-Prize for MCML PI Julia Schnabel

16.05.2024

Alfred-Breit-Prize for MCML PI Julia Schnabel

Link to Humboldt Professorship for Our PIs

16.05.2024

Humboldt Professorship for Our PIs

Link to 2023 ACM Fellows

30.01.2024

2023 ACM Fellows


2023

Link to ERC Starting Grant for Our PI Angela Dai

26.10.2023

ERC Starting Grant for Our PI Angela Dai

Link to ERC Synergy Grant for Our PI Julien Gagneur

26.10.2023

ERC Synergy Grant for Our PI Julien Gagneur

Link to Two MCML PhDs Received the GMDS Förderpreis 2023

22.09.2023

Two MCML PhDs Received the GMDS Förderpreis 2023

Link to Four MCML Members Received the Best Paper Award at the ECML PKDD 2023

21.09.2023

Four MCML Members Received the Best Paper Award at the ECML PKDD 2023

Link to ACL 2023 Test of Time Paper Award Goes to Our PI Hinrich Schütze

21.07.2023

ACL 2023 Test of Time Paper Award Goes to Our PI Hinrich Schütze

Link to MCML Junior Member Dominik Bär Is "AI-Newcomer 2023"

03.05.2023

MCML Junior Member Dominik Bär Is "AI-Newcomer 2023"

Link to MCML PI Alex Fraser Received a Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant for His Project "Data4ML"

25.01.2023

MCML PI Alex Fraser Received a Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant for His Project "Data4ML"


2022

Link to Biomathematician Fabian Theis Receives Leibniz Prize

08.12.2022

Biomathematician Fabian Theis Receives Leibniz Prize

Link to LMU Scientists Awarded With Corona Special Prize

24.11.2022

LMU Scientists Awarded With Corona Special Prize

Link to Best Poster Award at IBC 2022

27.09.2022

Best Poster Award at IBC 2022

Link to LMU News: Two LMU Research Projects Awarded ERC Grants

06.09.2022

LMU News: Two LMU Research Projects Awarded ERC Grants

Link to ERC Results in Brief Article

12.08.2022

ERC Results in Brief Article


2021

Link to Best Paper Award at ISWC 2021

08.11.2021

Best Paper Award at ISWC 2021


2020

Link to Moritz Herrmann Receives the Bernd-Streitberg Award of the German Biometric Society

11.09.2020

Moritz Herrmann Receives the Bernd-Streitberg Award of the German Biometric Society


2019

Link to 3rd Place at ACM SIGSPATIAL GisCup 2019

14.11.2019

3rd Place at ACM SIGSPATIAL GisCup 2019