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08.10.2025
MCML-LAMARR Workshop at University of Bonn
Collaborating on NLP Research in Bonn
On September 24th and 25th, the first MCML-LAMARR-Workshop took place at the University of Bonn. Main focus was NLP, and its related areas. PIs and junior members from both German AI Centers came together to present each others research, to be part …
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 advances in this field are set to reshape research, …
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 innovation across science and industry.
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 and teaching practice).
09.07.2025
Entrepreneurship Insights at MCML Munich AI Day
Short Recap
At the MCML Munich AI Day, we held a Masterclass on Entrepreneurship, with two invited speakers from our collaboration partners, Annie Weichselbaum from the LMU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, and Bastian Burger from TUM Venture Labs. Both …
09.07.2025
Masterclass on Science Communication at MCML Munich AI Day
Short Recap
The MCML Munich AI Day 2025 began on a collaborative note with a masterclass on science communication, in collaboration with the RHET AI Center and the Tübingen AI Center. A group of PhD researchers and PostDocs came together to tackle a crucial …
08.07.2025
Highlights From the MCML Munich AI Day 2025
A Short Recap
The MCML Munich AI Day 2025 brought together a full house of leading researchers, policymakers, industry experts, and journalists to discuss the transformative power of AI in today’s society. In addition,as part of the ELLIS Pre-ICML 2025 Fest, the …
03.07.2025
Greetings From the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
PSt’in Dr. Silke Launert on the Importance of Responsible and Forward-Looking AI Research
We are pleased to share a video message from of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) on the occasion of the MCML Munich AI Day 2025. In her address, PSt’in Dr. Silke Launert emphasizes the federal government’s strong …
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 …
20.05.2025
Call for Papers for NLPOR - First Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research
Co-Located With COLM 2025, 10.10.2025, Montreal, Canada
Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming how we engage with and interpret human-generated data—highlighting critical issues around data quality, bias, and ethics. At the same time, Public …
01.04.2025
DataFest Germany 2025
A Weekend of Data at LMU Munich
From March 28–30, LMU Munich hosted DataFest Germany 2025, bringing together 24 student teams from 15 universities for an intense 48-hour data challenge. Participants worked with a newly developed dataset on German municipalities, tackling real-world …
21.03.2025
Explainable Multimodal Agents With Symbolic Representations & Can AI Be Less Biased?
Ruotong Liao at United Nations AI for Good
More than 170 audiences visited the online lecture of our Junior Member Ruotong Liao, PhD student in the group of our PI Volker Tresp, on Monday, 17. March 2025, as an invited speaker at the United Nations “AI for Good”. With her talk “Perceive, …
14.02.2025
Daniel Cremers at AI Action Summit
Discussions on the Future of AI
MCML Director Daniel Cremers met the French Minister of Science Philippe Baptiste at the AI Action Summit in Paris, last week. He was also part of the Symposium about frontiers in Generative AI at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris that hosted the …
23.01.2025
Björn Ommer Speaks at DLD Munich 2025
Generative AI: Future-Proofing Germany’s Innovation Hub
We are proud to announce that our PI Björn Ommer was a featured speaker at DLD Munich 2025, celebrating 20 years of shaping the future. Björn delivered an inspiring talk titled “Generative AI: Future-proofing Germany’s Innovation Hub”, exploring the …
23.01.2025
Gitta Kutyniok Speaks at DLD Conference 2025
Next Generation AI Computing
We are proud to share that our PI Gitta Kutyniok was an invited speaker at the prestigious DLD Conference 2025, participating in the BAIOSPHERE track. In her talk, titled “Next Generation AI Computing”, Gitta highlighted the critical role of advanced …
11.12.2024
Industry Pitch Talks Report
Visit to MunichRE
On December 11th, we visited Munich Re for another event in our series „MCML Pitchtalks with Industry“ - this time, our focus was on generative AI, and how it transforms the reinsurance business. After a presentation from MunichRe on open problems in …
25.11.2024
Industry Pitch Talks Report
Visit to Allianz Technology Campus
We visited the Allianz Technology Campus in Unterföhring on November 25th, to have our second event in our series „MCML Pitchtalks with Industry“. Connecting dots between collaboration ideas and joint research interests on Generative AI and other hot …
13.11.2024
Industry Pitch Talks Report
Visit to Se3labs
With the company se3labs, we started our new event series „MCML Pitchtalks with Industry“ on November 13th. We had an insightful exchange of ideas on research that’s happening at the MCML. se3labs shared open questions in the field of computer vision …
06.11.2024
Daniel Cremers at TUM Talk for Mid-Sized Businesses
Exploring the Role of Digital Innovation
At this year’s TUM Talk for Mid-Sized Businesses, MCML Director Daniel Cremers, a renowned expert in computer vision and artificial intelligence, provided valuable insights into how digital innovations can reshape mid-sized enterprises. The talk …
24.10.2024
LRZ Visit
Visit of the MCML to the Leibniz Rechenzentrum in Garching
This week, the MCML visited the Leibniz Rechenzentrum in Garching. Following a brief introduction to LRZ and their services for researchers, we received a tour of the LRZ supercomputer, including the MCML GPU cluster. Thank you to the LRZ team for an …
24.10.2024
MCML-Exhibition at Deutsches Museum
Long Night of Munich Museums
More than 1.000 visitors passed by the Science Communication Lab in the Museum during the Long Night of Munich Musuems. Our MCML researchers Mariia Gladkova, Tarun Yenamandra, Mateo de Mayo, Mia Brandtner and Qadeer Khan were on site providing …
23.10.2024
The MCML at the All Hands Meeting 2024 in Dresden
Meet Up of All German AI Competence Centers
This year’s All Hands meeting took place in Dresden, bringing together professionals from the field to share insights and collaborate. Participants had the opportunity to present their projects, engage in panel discussions, and attend interactive …
16.09.2024
Benjamin Lange About Risk and Opportunities of AI
Digital Ethics Summit of the Rheinische Post (RP)
MCML JRG Leader Benjamin Lange will be a speaker at this year’s Digital Ethics Summit organized by the Rheinische Post (RP). He will join the panel “AI – Opportunities and Risks” as an expert.
16.07.2024
MCML Munich AI Day
A Short Recap
The first Munich AI Day on July 4, 2024, organized by the MCML, was dedicated to the latest developments and research in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Munich Werksviertel district. Along with researchers, the AI Day brought …
21.06.2024
Call for Papers
Symposium on "Scaling AI Assessments – Tools, Ecosystems, and Business Models"
Our partners from the AI Competence Center LAMARR invite submissions of papers for this year’s Symposium on “Scaling AI Assessments – Tools, Ecosystems, and Business Models”. Against the backdrop of the importance of Trustworthy AI, as well as its …
12.06.2024
Alena Buyx at Re:publica 2024
Data Protection vs. Data Usage: Irreconcilable Opposites?
As part of this year’s re:publica 2024 in Berlin, our PI Alena Buyx was part of the panel discussion “Data Protection vs. Data Usage: Irreconcilable Opposites?” Together with moderator Theresa Sickert and the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection …
25.05.2024
MCML at the 18th International For..Net Symposium 2024
Truth - Power - Rule of Law: Generative AI in the Mirror of Law, Technology and Society
On April 18-19, the 18th International For..Net Symposium 2024 “Truth - Power – Rule of Law: Generative AI in the Mirror of Law, Technology and Society” took place.
28.04.2024
Call for Abstracts - MCML Workshop on "The Ethics of Partiality, Human-Robot Relationships, and AI"
24–25 October 2024, LMU Munich
LMU’s research group in AI ethics, together with the MCML, the Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice, and the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, welcomes submissions of extended abstracts (750 to 1000 words) for a two-day workshop on …
11.04.2024
Call for Abstracts - MCML Conference on "The Ethics of Conversational Agents & Generative AI"
12–13 September 2024, LMU Munich
The MCML AI Ethics research group invites submissions of abstracts (250-500 words) for a two-day conference on “The Ethics of Conversational Agents and Generative AI” taking place at LMU Munich this fall. The conference will bring together academic …
11.04.2024
Daniel Cremers at the AI Days in Paris
Organized by PRAIRIE Institute and France Digitale
Our Director Daniel Cremers was a guest at the AI Days in Paris, organized by the PRAIRIE Institute and France Digitale. There, he presented, among other things, the MCML, its structure and activities. As part of the panel discussion, he spoke with …
27.03.2024
MCML Launches New Collaborative Format for Scientific Exchange
MCML Pitch Talk Series
The MCML initiated a new collaborative format for scientific exchange and community building: Our Pitch Talk Series. Here, our junior members get the opportunity to pitch their research and connect within the MCML community.
25.02.2024
ELLIS Workshop: Semantic, Symbolic and Interpretable Machine Learning
Organized by Volker Tresp
MCML PI Volker Tresp organized an ELLIS Workshop together with Kristian Kersting (TU Darmstadt) & Paolo Frasconi (Università di Firenze). The workshop concerned machine learning approaches which operate at the human abstraction level, where the …
22.02.2024
Girls'Day 2024
Explore the World of AI and Data!
Girls’Day 2024 is just around the corner! To support the professional growth of more women in technical professions, the MCML offers interested girls the opportunity to delve into the everyday life of AI researchers and data scientists. To this end, …
22.01.2024
The MCML-Exhibition at Deutsches Museum Munich
Our Exhibition Was a Great Success - A Short Recap
The Science Communication Lab at Deutsches Museum hosted our MCML exhibition that attracted thousands of visitors over three weeks. The exhibition featured interactive exhibits on machine learning, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and …
20.12.2023
Explore the MCML-Exhibition: Kann KI Sehen Lernen?
20.12.2023-10.01.2024 at Deutsches Museum Munich
Explore our MCML-Exhibition at Deutsches Museum Munich. The exhibition offers an insight into current research on Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on the field of Computer Vision. We look forward to seeing you there!
17.12.2023
MCML at Wissenschaft Für Jedermann
The Lectures at a Glance
As part of the Deutsches Museum’s “Wissenschaft für Jedermann” series, our Director Daniel Cremers, our researcher Julia Moosbauer and our PI Matthias Nießner gave talks on the topic of AI.
09.11.2023
Join the Interdisciplinary College 2024
Registration Is Now Open
Hosted by the AI Section of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) the program has been around for about 20 years. This year the event offers an exciting lineup of courses, workshops, and activities that span various disciplines and promote …
09.10.2023
The MCML at the All Hands Meeting 2023 in Berlin
The MCML Took Part in the All Hands Meeting 2023 Together With the Other German AI Competence Centers
On October 9 and 10, the All Hands Meeting 2023 of the German AI competence centers (BIFOLD, ScaDS.ai, Lamarr Institute, Tübingen AI Center, DFKI and MCML) took place in Berlin. As one of a total of five university competence centers, the MCML …
08.09.2023
17–18.11.2023: AI Meets Entrepreneurs
Impact Bootcamp Towards Food Security & Nutrition @LMU Munich
The MCML is organizing together with impACTup!, Netlight Consulting GmbH and ZD.B / LMU Media Informatics Group this two-part event, where we aim to shift researchers and students in ML and AI into an entrepreneurial mindset. This edition of our …
28.07.2023
Federal Ministry for Education and Research and Bavarian State Ministry Visited MCML
The MCML Was Happy to Welcome the BMBF and the BayStMWK
The MCML had the privilege of hosting a delegation led by PStS Mario Brandenburg from BMBF and Amtschef Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk from BayStMWK. Eminent MCML researchers presented the center’s cutting-edge research across various domains. The event …
20.07.2023
First ICCV 2023 Workshop on Scene Graphs and Graph Representation Learning (SG2RL)
MCML Is Sponsor of the SG2RL Workshop at ICCV 2023 in Paris, October 2nd, 2023
Authors are invited to submit full-length high-quality papers as well as extended abstracts related to the topic of scene graphs and graph representation learning.
07.07.2023
Professor Jürgen Schmidhuber at MCML on July 14, 2023
Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence
The Munich Center for Machine Learning invites you to a talk by Professor Jürgen Schmidhuber as part of the Munich AI Lectures. He is one of the best-known researchers in the field of artificial intelligence and will talk about his “Thoughts on …
23.06.2023
MCML X Deutsche Journalistenschule: Impact of AI on Media
Interview With Our PI Stefan Feuerriegel
On 30th of May, MCML cooperated with the Deutsche Jounalistenschule by organizing a workshop that brought together young journalists and AI junior researchers. As a follow-up to the event, our PI Stefan Feuerriegel, LMU professor for AI in Management …
15.06.2023
CFP: AI for People - Democratizing AI (CAIP’23)
November 24 to 26, 2023, Bologna, Italy
This year, AI for People is organizing the conference “AI for People: Democratizing AI (CAIP’23)”. The conference will be an occasion to unpack and critically examine what “democratizing AI” really entails. The Call for Papers is now open, and you …
13.06.2023
Open Research Hybrid Summer School 2023
September 11 to 15, 2023, Registration Is Open Until July 17, 2023
The LMU Open Science Center is inviting masters and doctoral researchers to join a 5-day summer school so they can gain more trust in their research, and make it as credible as it can be in the eyes of their peers, the public, and funding agencies.
06.06.2023
Join the Women in Data Science Munich Conference
Conference on June 19, 2023, Munich
Our PI Frauke Kreuter is one of the main organizers of the WiDS Munich Conference. WiDS is an independent event to coincide with the annual Global WiDS Conference held at Stanford University and 150+ locations worldwide. All genders are invited to …
05.06.2023
Björn Ommer Gave a Keynote Talk on Generative AI at Re:publica
Generative AI - Brave New World?
Our PI Björn Ommer, head of the Computer Vision & Learning Group, which developed Stable Diffusion, gave a talk at re:publica, Europe’s biggest festival for digital society. He talked about the future possibilities of generative AI, emphasizing on …
09.05.2023
The MCML Is One of the Main Sponsors of This Year's HHAI 2023 Conference
The Second International Conference on Hybrid Human-Artificial Intelligence
HHAI aims for AI systems that assist humans and vice versa, emphasizing the need for adaptive, collaborative, responsible, interactive and human-centered intelligent systems that leverage human strengths and compensate for human weaknesses, while …
28.04.2023
Girls' Day 2023 Was a Success!
The MCML Had the Pleasure to Work With Young Talents on This Year's Girls' Day at LMU München
It was great to meet the next generation of smart and enthusiastic young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the field of ML. It’s important to encourage and support talents from a young age to pursue their interests in these fields, and …
18.04.2023
27.04.2023: Welcoming Young IT-Talents at This Year’s Girls' Day
A Day at the University With Female Researchers From MCML
The MCML partnered up with Women in AI & Robotics to invite young and motivated talents to this year’s Girls’ Day at LMU. 12 preselected female talents will have the opportunity to dive into the fascinating world of AI for a day and get an …
10.04.2023
14–16.04.23: DataFest Germany 2023 at LMU
The Event Is Bringing Together Young Data Enthusiasts
The annual Data Fest is promising to be an exciting event for data enthusiasts. The DataFest Germany is a 48-hour competition where teams of Bachelor and Master students from different disciplines come together to analyze a large and complex data set …
11.03.2023
MCML at the Bavarian International Conference on AI
Bringing Together Experts From All Over the World at Ai.Bay 2023
The MCML took part at ai.Bay 2023, the Bavarian International Conference on AI, bringing together experts from all over the world to exchange knowledge and ideas on the latest developments in AI. The two directors of MCML, Thomas Seidl and Daniel …
07.03.2023
9–10.03.2023: German Data Science Days 2023
MCML Participated With a Talk and a Session on AI in University Education
The German Data Science Days bring together data scientists from various fields creating a forum for users and experts. The MCML participated with a talk from our Director Bernd Bischl and a great session including our PI Fabian Theis on Data …
20.12.2022
27–28.01.2023: AI Meets Entrepreneurs
Impact Bootcamp Towards Start-Ups That Unfold Potential of Sustainability @LMU Munich
The MCML is organizing together with impACTup!, Netlight Consulting GmbH and ZD.B / LMU Media Informatics Group this two-part event, where we aim to shift researchers and students in ML and AI into an entrepreneurial mindset.
11.10.2022
Stable Diffusion
Visual Synthesis and Its Implications for the Arts and Creative Industry
MCML PI Björn Ommer invited on October 6, 2022 artist and researcher of the Angewandte Wien Pamela Breda and students of the TUM Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Chair of our Director Daniel Cremers accompanied by EuroTech Marie Curie …
10.10.2022
First Cross-Atlantic RoboArt Hackathon
November 4th-6th, 2022
The MCML is happy to promote this Hackathon, a collaboration of Women in AI & Robotics, the University of Waterloo Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, and Mila. You will work as a part of a team to develop your artistic robotic …
09.08.2022
MCML Kick-Off-Event Was a Success
We Had a Great Kick-Off on July 27, 2022 at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
MCML became a permanent research institution in July 2022, funded by the German BMBF and the Bavarian HighTech Agenda. We celebrated this milestone at our MCML Kick-Off Event with our members. The agenda included welcome addresses and selected short …
29.10.2021
Join the 1st Virtual AutoML Fall School 2021
Nov 8th – Nov 12th 2021
The 1st AutoML Fall School will cover core topics of AutoML, covering basics, state-of-the-art approaches and hands-on sessions. Enthusiastic AutoML experts will present their diverse views on AutoML to ML practitioners, developers, research …
17.05.2021
Lernen. Wissen. Daten. Analysen. - Learning. Knowledge. Data. Analytics.
LWDA 2021 at MCML, Munich, 01.09–03.09.2021
The LWDA 2021 conference will be hosted by the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) from September 01, 2021 to September 03, 2021. The conference will be fully online.
30.04.2021
French-German Machine Learning Symposium
May 10th & 11th 2021, Munich, Germany (Virtual)
We invited some of the leading ML researchers from France and Germany to this two day symposium to give a glimpse into their research, and engage in discussions on the future of machine learning and how to strengthen research collaborations in ML …
24.02.2021
Invited Key Note at First ELLIS NLP Workshop
Hinrich Schütze on 'Humans Learn From Task Descriptions. and So Should Our Models!'
This workshop will have the purpose to share insights, discuss emerging topics and a strategic roadmap for the field under the title ‘Open Challenges and Future Directions of NLP’.
23.02.2021
Responsible Research 2021
MCML Participates in This Year's Event of the Lifescience Network - March 25 and 26, 2021 From 9:00 - 14:00
Researchers are obliged to conform to rules of Good Scientific Practice. To raise awareness about these questions, life science graduate programs in the greater Munich area. The Graduate Center of LMU and MCML have joined forces to organize a …
08.10.2020
MCML Director Thomas Seidl Gives a Keynote Talk at ICPM 2020
Data Mining on Process Data
The talk recalls commonalities like model-based supervised and unsupervised learning approaches, and it also sheds light to peculiarities in process data and process mining tasks as seen from a data mining perspective.
29.07.2020
MCML - Virtual Workshop
Over 20 Presentations by Our PhD Students on Current Research Topics
The workshop includes presentations on Spatial and Temporal Machine Learning & Computer Vision, Learning on Graphs and Networks & Representation Learning, and Automatic and Explainable Modeling & Computational Models for Large-Sclae ML.