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30.10.2025
Language Shapes Gender Bias in AI Images
TUM News
Alexander Fraser, MCML PI, and his team discovered that AI image generators reproduce gender stereotypes differently across languages. In their study of nine languages, they found that generic prompts like “accountant” mostly produced male images, …
20.10.2025
Björn Ommer Appointed LMU Chief AI Officer
LMU News
As of October 1, our PI Björn Ommer, has been appointed LMU’s Chief AI Officer. In his new role, he will help strengthen LMU’s strategic profile in Artificial Intelligence and further expand research and transfer activities in this key area – in close …
MCML at ICCV 2025
28 Accepted Papers (22 Main, and 6 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 28 papers to ICCV 2025: 22 Main, and 6 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
16.10.2025
SIC: Making AI Image Classification Understandable
MCML Research Insight - With Tom Nuno Wolf, Emre Kavak, Fabian Bongratz, and Christian Wachinger
Deep learning models are emerging more and more in everyday life, going as far as assisting clinicians in their diagnosis. However, their black box nature prevents understanding errors and decision-making, which arguably are as important as high …
09.10.2025
Rethinking AI in Public Institutions - Balancing Prediction and Capacity
Researcher in Focus: Unai Fischer Abaigar
Unai Fischer Abaigar is a researcher at MCML whose work focuses on improving decision-making in public institutions by developing AI systems that are both fair and effective in practice.
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 …
08.10.2025
Three MCML Members Win Best Paper Award at AutoML 2025
Our Members Matthias Feurer, Lennart Schneider and Bernd Bischl Honored for Their Work on Hyperparameter Optimization
We are happy to announce that the paper “Overtuning in Hyperparameter Optimization” by MCML Thomas Bayes Fellow Matthias Feurer, MCML Junior Member Lennart Schneider, and MCML Director Bernd Bischl has won the Best Paper Award at the 4th AutoML …
29.09.2025
Machine Learning for Climate Action - With Researcher Kerstin Forster
Research Film
How can machine learning fight climate change? Kerstin Forster, researcher at LMU and MCML, explores how AI can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve renewable energy systems, and enhance early warning for extreme weather.
26.09.2025
Making Machine Learning More Accessible With AutoML
Researcher in Focus: Matthias Feurer
Matthias Feurer is a Thomas Bayes Fellow and interim professor, funded by the MCML and a member of the Chair of Statistical Learning and Data Science at LMU. He aims to simplify the usage of machine learning by researching methods and developing …
25.09.2025
Compress Then Explain: Faster, Steadier AI Explanations - With One Tiny Step
MCML Research Insight - With Giuseppe Casalicchio and Bernd Bischl
Imagine re-running feature importance plots and getting slightly different “top features.” Annoying, right? That uncertainty often comes from a quiet assumption: model explanation algorithms typically sample points from data at random. A new ICLR …
23.09.2025
Benjamin Lange Explores Opportunities and Risks of AI Agents
LMU News
Our MCML Junior Research Group Leader Benjamin Lange explores the opportunities and risks of AI agents that act like personal assistants, from booking trips to managing finances. While they promise more freedom, they also raise ethical concerns …
22.09.2025
Nassir Navab Shows How Avatars Reduce Stress in Autonomous Ultrasound Exams
TUM News
Our PI Nassir Navab led work showing that patients feel significantly less stress when a virtual avatar guides them during autonomous robotic ultrasound procedures. The avatar explains each step, answers questions (even in regional accents), and …
22.09.2025
Predicting Health With AI - With Researcher Simon Schallmoser
Research Film
How can AI predict medical conditions and personalize treatments? Simon Schallmoser, researcher at LMU and MCML, uses machine learning to forecast health risks and optimize care for patients based on their individual profiles.
MCML at MICCAI 2025
44 Accepted Papers (25 Main, and 19 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 44 papers to MICCAI 2025: 25 Main, and 19 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
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.
18.09.2025
GCE-Pose – Predicting Whole Objects From Partial Views
MCML Research Insight - With Weihang Li, Junwen Huang, Hyunjun Jung, Nassir Navab, and Benjamin Busam
Imagine trying to identify the full shape of a familiar object, e.g. a mug, when only its handle is visible. That’s the challenge a computer faces when estimating the pose of an object (its orientation and size) from partial data. GCE‑Pose, a new …
15.09.2025
Robots Seeing in the Dark - With Researcher Yannick Burkhardt
Research Film
What if robots could see in the dark and react faster than any human? Yannick Burkhardt, researcher at TUM and MCML, researches event cameras that capture motion in a revolutionary way. Unlike traditional cameras that take full pictures at fixed …
MCML at ECML-PKDD 2025
Nine Accepted Papers (6 Main, and 3 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 9 papers to ECML-PKDD 2025: 6 Main, and 3 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
08.09.2025
Niki Kilbertus Receives Prestigious ERC Starting Grant
Award Supports Project “DYNAMICAUS” on Causal Modeling in Complex Systems
MCML PI Niki Kilbertus has been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council. The grant supports his project DYNAMICAUS, which combines machine learning, causal inference, and mechanistic modeling to study interventions in …
08.09.2025
3D Machine Perception Beyond Vision - With Researcher Riccardo Marin
Research Film
Can AI understand the world in 3D the way we do? Riccardo Marin, researcher at TUM and MCML, works at the intersection of computer vision and 3D geometry to teach machines how to perceive shapes, patterns, and spatial structures. His work ranges from …
01.09.2025
AI for Personalized Psychiatry - With Researcher Clara Vetter
Research Film
Can AI help us understand why some people develop mental disorders while others remain resilient? MCML Junior Member Clara Vetter, PhD candidate in the group of our Director Daniel Rückert, uses machine learning to uncover hidden patterns in brain …
27.08.2025
Top 20 in OpenAI’s Red-Teaming Challenge
MCML Junior Member Shuo Chen and Team Recognized for Advancing AI Safety Research
We are proud to share that MCML Junior Member Shuo Chen and his team ranked among the Top 20 worldwide (out of 600+) in OpenAI’s Red-Teaming Challenge on Kaggle, a global competition that attracted over 5,900 participants. Their work, titled “Bag of …
25.08.2025
Satellite Insights for a Sustainable Future - With Researcher Ivica Obadic
Research Film
Can AI from satellite imagery help us design more liveable cities, improve well-being, and ensure sustainable food production? Ivica Obadić, PhD student in the group of our PI Xiaoxiang Zhu, and MCML, develops transparent AI models that not only …
19.08.2025
Nils Thuerey Develops New Method for Realistic Fluid Simulation
TUM News
MCML Principal Investigator Nils Thuerey and his team at TUM have introduced a novel approach that enables highly realistic simulations of fluids, capturing the complex interplay of air and water. The method holds promise for applications in visual …
18.08.2025
Mingyang Wang Receives Award at ACL 2025
Award for Impactful Contribution to Reliable and Inclusive NLP
MCML Junior Member Mingyang Wang, PhD student in the group of our PI Hinrich Schütze, has been honored with the SAC Highlights Award at ACL 2025 for the paper “Lost in Multilinguality: Dissecting Cross-lingual Factual Inconsistency in Transformer …
18.08.2025
Digital Twins for Surgery - With Researcher Azade Farshad
Research Film
Azade Farshad, MCML Junior Member and PhD student in the research group of Nassir Navab, researches digital twins of patients at TUM and MCML to improve personalized treatment, surgical planning, and training. Using graph-based analysis and …
13.08.2025
From Physics Dreams to Algorithm Discovery - With Niki Kilbertus
Research Film
As a kid, Niki Kilbertus dreamed of becoming a theoretical physicist and discovering a fundamental law of nature. But when reality proved more complex, he found a new path through computer science.
12.08.2025
Tracking Actions in Space and Time: ICCV 2025 Challenge & Workshop
MCML Research Insight - With Tanveer Hannan, Mark Weber, and Thomas Seidl
Tracking actions, not just objects: The Spatiotemporal Action Grounding Challenge and Workshop at ICCV 2025 focusses on detecting and localizing actions both in space and time within complex, real-world videos. Unlike standard action recognition, this …
11.08.2025
AI for Dynamic Urban Mapping - With Researcher Shanshan Bai
Research Film
Imagine using social media to build a “living map” of our cities. Meet Shanshan Bai, MCML junior member and PhD student PhD student in the group of our PI Xiaoxiang Zhu, who’s decoding the world around us with geo-tagged social media data.
07.08.2025
Precise and Subject-Specific Attribute Control in AI Image Generation
MCML Research Insight - With Felix Krause, Vincent Tao Hu, and Björn Ommer
Text-to-image (T2I) models like Stable Diffusion have become masters at turning prompts like “a happy man and a red car” into vivid, detailed images. But what if you want the man to look just a little older, or the car to appear slightly more …
06.08.2025
What Is Intelligence—and What Kind of Intelligence Do We Want in Our Future? With Sven Nyholm
Research Film
Sven Nyholm, Chair of the Ethics of AI at LMU Munich and PI at MCML, explores one of the most urgent questions in AI: how responsibility, agency, and credit shift when intelligent systems make decisions for us.
04.08.2025
AI for Better Social Media - With Researcher Dominik Bär
Research Film
Meet Dominik Bär, MCML junior member and PhD student at LMU exploring how AI can enhance the integrity of social media platforms. Dominik’s work goes beyond just detecting harmful content like hate speech and misinformation. He’s developing AI that …
01.08.2025
Fabian Theis Receives 2025 ISCB Innovator Award
Recognized for Advancing AI-Driven Biological Research
MCML PI Fabian Theis has been awarded the 2025 ISCB Innovator Award by the International Society for Computational Biology. The award honors leading scientists who have made progressive contributions to computational biology and opened new directions …
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).
31.07.2025
From Vulnerable to Verified: Exact Certificates Shield Models From Label‑Flipping
MCML Research Insight - With Lukas Gosch, Stephan Günnemann and Debarghya Ghoshdastidar
Machine‑learning models can be undermined before training even starts. By silently altering a small share of training labels - marking “spam” as “not‑spam,” for instance - an attacker can cut accuracy by double‑digit percentages. The paper “Exact …
30.07.2025
Tracking Our Changing Planet From Space - With Xiaoxiang Zhu
Research Film
From dreaming of seeing the Earth from space to leading efforts to understand our planet using AI and satellite data to tackle urgent global challenges. Xiaoxiang Zhu, Chair Professor for Data Science in Earth Observation at TUM and PI at MCML, …
29.07.2025
Yusuf Sale Receives IJAR Young Researcher Award
Award for Promising Work in Uncertainty Quantification at ISIPTA 2025
MCML Junior Member Yusuf Sale, PhD student in the group of our PI Eyke Hüllermeier, has been honored with one of the IJAR Young Researcher Awards at ISIPTA 2025. This prestigious award, presented by the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, …
29.07.2025
Barbara Plank Awarded 2025 Imminent Research Grant for Work on Language Data
Supporting Innovative Research at the Intersection of Language and AI
We are proud to announce that Barbara Plank, MCML PI and Professor of AI & Computational Linguistics at LMU Munich, has received the 2025 Imminent Research Grant for her work on language data together with Siyao Logan Peng and Marie-Catherine de …
29.07.2025
AI Research by Daniel Rückert Improves Medical Imaging and Data Privacy
TUM News
MCML Director Daniel Rückert and his team are developing AI technologies to improve diagnostic imaging and protect patient data. Their research includes federated learning approaches that allow models to learn from clinical data without sharing …
29.07.2025
AI for Enhanced Eye Diagnostics - With Researcher Lucie Huang
Research Film
Curious how AI is revolutionizing the treatment of eye diseases? Learn more about what AI can do for ophthalmology with Lucie Huang, MCML junior member and PhD student in the research group of Martin Menten, who is developing AI for sharper and …
MCML at ACL 2025
37 Accepted Papers (17 Main, 8 Findings, and 12 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 37 papers to ACL 2025: 17 Main, 8 Findings, and 12 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
24.07.2025
SceneDINO: How AI Learns to See and Understand Images in 3D–Without Human Labels
MCML Research Insight - With Christoph Reich, Felix Wimbauer, and Daniel Cremers
Imagine looking at a single image and trying to understand the entire 3D scenery–not just what’s visible, but also what’s occluded. Humans do this effortlessly: when we see a photo of a tree, we intuitively grasp its 3D structure and semantic …
23.07.2025
How Reliable Are Machine Learning Methods? With Anne-Laure Boulesteix and Milena Wünsch
Research Film
Often a new machine learning method claims to outperform the last. Whether it’s in bioinformatics, finance, or image recognition, the message is the same: this algorithm is faster, more accurate, more powerful. But can we trust those claims?
23.07.2025
Philipp Wicke Explores Embodied AI
LMU News
MCML Junior Member Philipp Wicke explores the role of the body in artificial intelligence in a recent article. He highlights how embodiment, the connection between physical presence and intelligence, could be essential for developing more capable and …
22.07.2025
Eyke Hüllermeier to Lead New DFG-Funded Research Training Group METEOR
LMU News
We are happy to share that Eyke Hüllermeier, MCML PI will serve as spokesperson of the newly funded Research Training Group METEOR.
18.07.2025
Outstanding Paper Award at ICML 2025 for MCML Researchers
Unai Fischer Abaigar and Christoph Kern Honored for Their Paper on Identifying the Worst-Off Through Prediction
We are proud to share that the paper “The Value of Prediction in Identifying the Worst-Off” by our Junior Member Unai Fischer Abaigar, and Associate Christoph Kern, and collaborator Juan Carlos Perdomo from Harvard University has been selected for an …
16.07.2025
AI-Powered Cortical Mapping for Neurodegenerative Disease Diagnoses - With Christian Wachinger
Research Film
Christian Wachinger, Professor of AI in Radiology at the Technical University of Munich and PI at MCML, is developing AI systems to precisely reconstruct the brain’s cortex — an extremely thin and highly folded sheet of neural tissue — in order to …
15.07.2025
ERC Proof of Concept Grants for Fabian Theis
Award Supports Project “DeepCell” on Modeling Cellular Dynamics
MCML PI Fabian Theis has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. The grant supports his project “DeepCell”, which aims to develop advanced deep learning methods for analyzing dynamic single-cell data. By …
15.07.2025
Nassir Navab Receives 2025 IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award
Awarded at This Year’s EMBC Conference
Our PI Nassir Navab has received the 2025 IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award. He was recognized “for pioneering roles in the establishment of the medical augmented reality, surgical data science, and robotic imaging fields.” The award, presented …
14.07.2025
MCML's Delegation Visit to the USA
Short Recap
In May, a 20-member delegation from MCML visited top U.S. institutions — Harvard, MIT, NYU, and Cornell Tech — to foster long-term collaboration in AI research. The visit marked an important step in MCML’s newly launched AI X-Change program, which …
MCML at ICML 2025
25 Accepted Papers (20 Main, and 5 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 25 papers to ICML 2025: 20 Main, and 5 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
10.07.2025
Capturing Complexity in Surgical Environments
MCML Research Insight - With Ege Özsoy, Chantal Pellegrini, Felix Tristram, Kun Yuan, David Bani-Harouni, Matthias Keicher, Benjamin Busam and Nassir Navab
Imagine an operating room - a space filled with intricate interactions, rapid decisions, and precise movements. Now, imagine capturing every detail of such a complex environment not just visually but also through sound, dialogue, robot movements, and …
10.07.2025
Beyond Prediction: How Causal AI Enables Better Decision-Making - With Stefan Feuerriegel
Research Film
“A good prediction is rarely a good decision.” This may sound surprising in an age where AI is often celebrated for its predictive power. But when it comes to making real-world decisions — especially in complex environments like business or …
07.07.2025
Anne-Laure Boulesteix Receives Reinhart Koselleck Grant
Funding for Innovative Statistical Research
MCML Principal Investigator Anne-Laure Boulesteix has been awarded a prestigious Reinhart Koselleck Grant by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The highly competitive program supports researchers with an outstanding scientific track record who …
07.07.2025
How Neural Networks Are Changing Medical Imaging – With Reinhard Heckel
Research Film
Clear imaging is essential for accurate diagnosis — but when it comes to the heart, motion makes it one of the most difficult organs to capture in high resolution. Traditional reconstruction methods often struggle to deliver the detail clinicians …
27.06.2025
Every Household Needs a “Digital Chimney Sweep”– Insights From Johannes Kinder
LMU News
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 …
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 …
26.06.2025
Volker Tresp Shares Insights on Germany’s AI Future
Interview With Plattform Lernende Systeme
Our PI Volker Tresp was recently interviewed by Plattform Lernende Systeme – Germany’s AI Platform. In the interview, he discusses Germany’s position in the international AI race, the challenges AI start-ups face, and the lessons that can be learned …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
18.06.2025
ERC Advanced Grant for Albrecht Schmidt
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 …
13.06.2025
Volker Tresp and His Team Win ReGenAI @CVPR 2025 Best Paper Award
Honored for Work on New Jailbreak Vulnerability in T2I Diffusion Models
MCML Junior Members Tong Liu, Gengyuan Zhang, Shuo Chen, and MCML PI Volker Tresp and their co-authors have received the Best Paper Award at the Second Workshop on Responsible Generative AI (ReGenAI) Workshop at CVPR 2025 for their paper “Multimodal …
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?
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.
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 …
MCML at CVPR 2025
35 Accepted Papers (29 Main, and 6 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 35 papers to CVPR 2025: 29 Main, and 6 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
04.06.2025
Daniel Rückert Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Over 90 Scientists Elected as Royal Society Fellows in 2025
MCML Director Daniel Rückert has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, UK’s national academy of sciences, in recognition of his contributions to artificial intelligence in medicine and healthcare. The Fellowship is awarded to …
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 …
08.05.2025
Christian Koke Wins ICLR MLMP 2025 Best Paper Award
Our Junior Member Honored for Work on Multiscale Graph Networks
MCML Junior Member Christian Koke, PhD student in the group of our Director Daniel Cremers, and his co-authors have received the ICLR 2025 MLMP Best Paper Award for their paper “On Incorporating Scale into Graph Networks”. The award includes 2,000 …
30.04.2025
Who Spreads Hate?
MCML Research Insight – With Dominique Geissler, Abdurahman Maarouf, and Stefan Feuerriegel
Hate speech on social media isn’t just offensive - it’s dangerous. It spreads quickly, harms mental health, and can even contribute to real-world violence. While many studies have focused on identifying hate speech or profiling those who create it, a …
29.04.2025
How Certain Is AI? an Introduction to Bayesian Deep Learning
Researcher in Focus: Emanuel Sommer
MCML Junior Member Emanuel Sommer is a PhD-student at the Munich Uncertainty Quantification AI Lab at LMU Munich supervised by our PI David Rügamer. His research focuses on Scalable and Reliable (Bayesian) Deep Learning.
28.04.2025
MCML Delegation Visit to the USA
Advancing AI Research Through Transatlantic Cooperation
Generative AI and medical AI are at the forefront of technological innovation, offering transformative potential across sectors. A core delegation of around 15 researchers from MCML will showcase and discuss research in Generative AI and Medical AI, …
MCML at NAACL 2025
Eleven Accepted Papers (6 Main, 2 Findings, and 3 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 11 papers to NAACL 2025: 6 Main, 2 Findings, and 3 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
MCML at ICLR 2025
52 Accepted Papers (35 Main, and 17 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 52 papers to ICLR 2025: 35 Main, and 17 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
10.04.2025
Text2Loc: A Smarter Way to Navigate With Words
MCML Research Insight - With Yan Xia, Zifeng Ding and Daniel Cremers
Imagine standing in an unfamiliar part of a city, no GPS in sight. All you can say is, “I’m west of a green building, near a black garage.” That might be vague to a machine, but Text2Loc understands you perfectly. With this powerful new system, AI …
07.04.2025
IVADO Visits MCML
Exploring Collaboration, Global Research Opportunities, and the New AI X-Change Program
The MCML was honored by the visit of Luc Vinet, Foutse Khomh, and Josée Savard from IVADO, Montreal. IVADO is a research consortium led by Université de Montréal to advance robust, reasoning, and responsible AI.
We talked about transatlantic …
03.04.2025
CUPS: Teaching AI to Understand Scenes Without Human Labels
MCML Research Insight - With Christoph Reich, Nikita Araslanov, and Daniel Cremers
Understanding the location and semantics of objects in a scene is a significant task, enabling robots to navigate through complex environments or facilitating autonomous driving. Recent AI models for understanding scenes from images require …
01.04.2025
AI as Co-Pilot
LMU News
Our PI Stefan Feuerriegel and his team at LMU developed AI systems to assist decision-making in areas like healthcare and public administration. The AI acts as a co-pilot—analyzing data, suggesting options, and improving transparency—while final …
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 …
31.03.2025
Robot Jack Navigates Like a Human – A Project Led by Angela Schoellig
TUM News
A research team at TUM, led by our PI Angela Schoellig, has developed the mobile robot Jack, which moves safely and efficiently through crowds. This is made possible by an innovative motion planning algorithm inspired by human behavior. Jack …
27.03.2025
Beyond the Black Box: Choosing the Right Feature Importance Method
MCML Research Insight - With Fiona Katharina Ewald, Ludwig Bothmann, Giuseppe Casalicchio and Bernd Bischl
Machine learning models make powerful predictions, but can we really trust them if we don’t understand how they work? Global feature importance methods help us discover which factors really matter - but choosing the wrong method can lead to …
24.03.2025
Azade Farshad Receives BVM Award for Top Medical Imaging Research
Our Junior Member Azade Farshad was awarded the BVM Award for the best thesis in medical image processing. Her work, supervised by Nassir Navab, was recognized for its innovation and excellence. The award was presented at the German Conference on …
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, …
18.03.2025
New Method Significantly Reduces AI Energy Consumption
TUM News
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have developed an innovative method that drastically lowers the energy consumption of artificial intelligence systems. The approach optimizes computational efficiency, making AI applications more …
13.03.2025
ReNO: A Smarter Way to Enhance AI-Generated Images
MCML Research Insight - With Luca Eyring, Shyamgopal Karthik, Karsten Roth and Zeynep Akata
Despite their impressive capabilities, Text-to-Image (T2I) models frequently misinterpret detailed prompts, leading to errors in object positioning, attribute accuracy, and color fidelity. Traditional improvements rely on extensive dataset training, …
27.02.2025
ChatGPT in Radiology: Making Medical Reports Patient-Friendly?
MCML Research Insight - With Katharina Jeblick, Balthasar Schachtner, Jakob Dexl, Andreas Mittermeier, Anna Theresa Stüber and Philipp Wesp and MCML PI Michael Ingrisch
Medical reports, especially in radiology, are commonly difficult for patients to understand. Filled with complex terminology and specialized jargon, these reports are primarily written for medical professionals, often leaving patients struggling to …
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 …
14.02.2025
Gitta Kutyniok on Supporting Companies With the EU’s AI Act
LMU News
MCML PI Gitta Kutyniok and her team at LMU are assisting companies in tackling the challenges of the EU’s AI Act. Their research focuses on creating practical solutions to ensure compliance, while also supporting innovation. With AI regulations …
11.02.2025
Can AI Help Solve Complex Physics Equations? Meet APEBench
MCML Research Insight - With Felix Köhler, Rüdiger Westermann and Nils Thuerey
Our Junior Member Felix Köhler, together with our PIs Rüdiger Westermann and Nils Thuerey, and collaborator Simon Niedermayr, have introduced APEBench, an innovative benchmark suite. APEBench sets a new standard for evaluating autoregressive neural …
06.02.2025
Improving Business Processes
Researcher in Focus: Gabriel Marques Tavares
MCML Junior Member Gabriel Marques Tavares has a PostDoc position at the chair of Database Systems and Data Mining of our Director Thomas Seidl. His research focus is in the field of Process Mining, which investigates the execution of business …
01.02.2025
Steffen Schneider Awarded as Young Scientist of the Year
Academics Young Talent Prize 2024
Every year, academics, the leading online career portal for science, research, public affairs and society, honours a person who has made a lasting contribution to the respective scientific field with outstanding and forward-looking research …
24.01.2025
How to Analyze Millions of Individual Cells
TUM News
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Helmholtz Munich have tested self-supervised learning as a promising approach for analysing over 20 million individual cells. MCML PI Fabian Theis holds the Chair of Mathematical Modelling …
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 …
20.01.2025
Sarah Ball's Research Featured on on the LLM Cybersecurity Podcast
Understanding Jailbreak Success: A Study of Latent Space Dynamics in Large Language Models
We are happy to share that Junior Member Sarah Ball, a PhD student in the group of our PI Frauke Kreuter, has had her research featured on the LLM Cybersecurity podcast by Ariel Fogel and Tyler Bettilyon. The discussion centered around Sarah’s paper …
15.01.2025
TruthQuest – A New Benchmark for AI Reasoning
MCML Research Insight - With Philipp Mondorf and Barbara Plank
In their recent work, “Liar, Liar, Logical Mire: A Benchmark for Suppositional Reasoning in Large Language Models” our Junior Member Philipp Mondorf and our PI Barbara Plank tackle a fascinating question: How well do AI systems handle complex …
07.01.2025
Angela Dai Is Advancing Automotive Design With Artificial Intelligence
TUM News
Our PI, Angela Dai, focuses on the application of artificial intelligence to design and optimize complex systems. Her research contributes to the development of AI technologies that enable faster and more efficient designs in the automotive …
MCML Researchers With 130 Papers in Highly-Ranked Journals
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2025 with 130 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
19.12.2024
Epistemic Foundations and Limitations of Statistics and Science
Blogpost on the Replication Crisis
The Open Science Initiative in Statistics - which is part of the Open Science Center at LMU Munich - and MCML recently hosted a workshop about epistemic foundations and limitations of statistics and science. The event brought together researchers …
17.12.2024
Daniel Rückert Advances Stroke Diagnosis With AI Innovation
TUM News
MCML Director Daniel Rückert and his collaborators have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in medical AI. Their innovative model uses machine learning to precisely determine the timing of strokes based on CT imaging. This advancement is critical for …
13.12.2024
Björn Ommer Receives 2024 Eduard-Rhein-Foundation Technology Prize
Honored for Breakthroughs in Latent Diffusion Models and Text-to-Image Generation
Our PI Björn Ommer has been awarded the prestigious Eduard-Rhein-Foundation Technology Prize 2024 for his contributions to latent diffusion models and text-to-image generators. This award recognizes his globally acclaimed innovations, which have …
11.12.2024
Daniel Rückert Receives Leibniz Prize
TUM News
MCML Director Daniel Rückert receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2025. He is being honored for his research on AI-assisted medical imaging. The most important German research prize is endowed with 2.5 million euros by the German Research …
11.12.2024
Understanding Vision Loss and the Need for Early Treatment
Researcher in Focus: Jesse Grootjen
MCML Junior Member Jesse Grootjen is writing his doctoral thesis at the Chair of our PI Albrecht Schmidt, Human-Centered Ubiquitous Media at LMU Munich. The group conducts research at the crossroads of human computer interaction, media technology, …
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 …
09.12.2024
Daniel Cremers on AI's Role in Improving Lives
TUM News
In a recent interview, our director, Daniel Cremers, highlighted how AI innovations aim to simplify and enhance daily life. His work emphasizes developing reliable, user-friendly AI systems while addressing ethical challenges and societal impacts. …
MCML at NeurIPS 2024
31 Accepted Papers (23 Main, and 8 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 31 papers to NeurIPS 2024: 23 Main, and 8 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
05.12.2024
Matthias Nießner Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant
TUM News
Our PI Matthias Nießner has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for his research in computer vision and machine learning. His work focuses on developing advanced methods for 3D reconstruction, visual computing, and AI-driven content …
05.12.2024
Nassir Navab Receives the Prestigious ISMAR Career Impact Award
TUM News
Our PI Nassir Navab has been honored with the ISMAR Career Impact Award. This prestigious recognition celebrates his exceptional contributions to the field of mixed and augmented reality, acknowledging his research, innovations, and lasting impact on …
04.12.2024
AI and Weather Predictions
Researcher in Focus: Kevin Höhlein
MCML Junior Member Kevin Höhlein is a PhD student at the Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualization (TUM) of our PI Rüdiger Westermann, researching applications of data science and machine learning techniques in the context of meteorological data …
28.11.2024
Enhancing the Integrity of Social Media With AI
Researcher in Focus: Dominik Bär
MCML Member Dominik Bär is a researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Management at LMU, working within the research group of Stefan Feuerriegel. He is pursuing his PhD with a focus on social media analytics.
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 …
25.11.2024
Fabian Theis and Xiaoxiang Zhu Among the World’s Most Cited Researchers
TUM News
In a new article published by TUM, 15 scientists from the institution are recognized as being among the most cited worldwide. Among them are our PIs, Fabian Theis and Xiaoxiang Zhu, highlighting their significant contributions to their respective …
25.11.2024
Meet Three MCML Junior Members
Article on Research in Bavaria
In the new article published at Research in Bavaria, the Munich Center for Machine Learning is highlighted as a crucial part of Bavaria’s AI and machine learning research. It highlights the work of MCML’s members, who are advancing innovative …
21.11.2024
Zeynep Akata Selected as One of the 'Top 40 Under 40'
Helmholtz Newsroom
The Capital Magazine selected our PI Zeynep Akata as one of the Top 40 Under 40. In this interview, she shares insights insights into her groundbreaking work in explainable and robust artificial intelligence. She discusses how her research bridges …
18.11.2024
Several MCML PIs Receive BMBF Funding
Funding of Two New Joint Projects
The BMBF is funding two new joint projects with several MCML researchers involved. One teaches AI models causal relationships, the other refines the tactile abilities of robots.
CausalNet: AI that Understands Cause and Effect
The CausalNet project aims …
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 …
12.11.2024
Exploring the Impact of AI in Medicine
Researcher in Focus: Anna Reithmeir
MCML Junior Member Anna Reithmeir is writing her doctoral thesis at the Chair of “Computational Imaging and AI in Medicine” of our PI Julia Schnabel. Her work addresses the complexity of aligning images from different times or modalities, enabling …
MCML at EMNLP 2024
22 Accepted Papers (6 Main, 14 Findings, and 2 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 22 papers to EMNLP 2024: 6 Main, 14 Findings, and 2 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
08.11.2024
Gitta Kutyniok Featured on Plattform Lernende Systeme
Plattform Lernende Systeme Highlights Her Contributions to the Mathematical Foundations of AI
MCML Principal Investigator and Bavarian AI Chair Gitta Kutyniok has been featured on Plattform Lernende Systeme. Her profile highlights her pioneering research in the mathematical foundations of AI, bridging advanced theories with real-world …
28.10.2024
Alena Buyx Appointed as New Curator of the Bertelsmann Foundation
Appointment Underscores Bertelsmann Foundation’s Commitment to Social Health
MCML PI Alena Buyx, renowned German bioethicist, has been appointed as a new curator of the Bertelsmann Foundation, where she will contribute to strategic direction and foster dialogue on key societal issues.
With extensive experience in ethics and …
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 …
22.10.2024
Daniel Rückert Receives MICCAI Society’s Enduring Impact Award
MICCAI 2024 in Marrakesh
Our Director Daniel Rückert has been honored with the prestigious MICCAI Society’s 2024 Enduring Impact Award, which recognizes individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the fields of medical image computing and …
16.10.2024
Alexander Fraser Receives EU Funding for Research on LLMs
TUM News
Our PI Alexander Fraser is spearheading an important EU-funded project aimed at enhancing Large Language Models (LLMs). His research project focuses on improving the integration of lesser-spoken languages into LLMs, the AI-driven technology behind …
13.10.2024
Success for the Group of Nassir Navab at MICCAI 2024
Multiple Awards Highlight Their Research in Medical Imaging and AI
The group of our PI Nassir Navab achieved remarkable recognition at MICCAI 2024, one of the world’s leading conferences in medical image computing and computer‑assisted interventions. Their outstanding research was honored with multiple prestigious …
11.10.2024
Alena Buyx Receives Order of Merit on German Unity Day 2024
TUM News
Our PI Alena Buyx, an expert in ethics and public health, was awarded the prestigious Order of Merit during the 2024 German Unity Day celebrations. The award, presented by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, recognizes her significant impact …
MCML at MICCAI 2024
26 Accepted Papers (9 Main, and 17 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 26 papers to MICCAI 2024: 9 Main, and 17 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
04.10.2024
Angela Dai Receives ECVA Young Researcher Award 2024
Awarded for Pioneering Work in Advancing Visual Perception and AI
The European Computer Vision Association (ECVA) has honored our PI Angela Dai with the Young Researcher Award 2024, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the field of computer vision: Angela stands out as a pioneering researcher in 3D scene …
30.09.2024
Björn Ommer Receives the German AI Award
LMU News
Our PI Björn Ommer has won 2024 German AI Prize awarded by the newspaper WELT. This award in the category “Innovation” is given for groundbreaking achievements in the research and development of artificial intelligence. The jury singled out the image …
MCML at ECCV 2024
29 Accepted Papers (23 Main, and 6 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 29 papers to ECCV 2024: 23 Main, and 6 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
24.09.2024
Frontiers of Science Award at ICBS 2024 for Fabian Theis and Colleagues
Recognizing Groundbreaking Work in Single‑cell Data Analysis
A team of computational biologists from Helmholtz Munich has been honored with the prestigious Frontiers of Science Award at the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) in Beijing. MCML PI Fabian Theis, together with Alexander Wolf, and Philipp …
17.09.2024
2024 ACHA Charles Chui Young Researcher Best Paper Award for Johannes Maly
Dedicated to Young Researchers in the Field of Harmonic Analysis
Our Associate Johannes Maly was awarded the 2024 ACHA Charles Chui Young Researcher Best Paper Award. This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions by young researchers in the field of harmonic analysis, as selected by the editors and …
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.
13.09.2024
Björn Ommer Nominated for Deutscher Zukunftspreis
LMU News
The development of the Stable Diffusion generative AI technology has garnered our PI Björn Ommer a nomination for the prestigious Deutscher Zukunftspreis awarded by the President of Germany. On November 27, 2024, it will be announced whether his …
12.09.2024
Angela Dai Receives German Pattern Recognition Award 2024
Awarded for Advancing the Field of 3D Perception and Pattern Recognition
Since 2011, the DAGM has annually granted the German Pattern Recognition Award for outstanding, internationally visible research in the fields of pattern recognition, computer vision, and machine learning. The German Pattern Recognition Award …
MCML at ECML-PKDD 2024
Nine Accepted Papers (8 Main, and 1 Workshop)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 9 papers to ECML-PKDD 2024: 8 Main, and 1 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
16.08.2024
Success at ACL 2024: Area Chair Award for Barbara Plank and Her Team
Recognized for Exceptional Contribution to NLP at ACL 2024
At ACL 2024, the premier conference in computational linguistics, the Senior Area Chairs of each track selected exceptional papers for the Area Chair Awards. We are proud to announce that our PI Barbara Plank, together with Junior Members Leon …
13.08.2024
MCML PI Reinhard Heckel About the Importance of Data in AI
TUM Research
In this interview, MCML PI Reinhard Heckel discusses the importance of data in the context of AI. He explains why data is the crucial component for generative AI, which methods can be used to prevent biases, and how data protection should be …
MCML at ACL 2024
23 Accepted Papers (9 Main, 8 Findings, and 6 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 23 papers to ACL 2024: 9 Main, 8 Findings, and 6 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
MCML at IJCAI 2024
Three Accepted Papers (2 Main, and 1 Workshop)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 3 papers to IJCAI 2024: 2 Main, and 1 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
25.07.2024
Daniel Rückert About the Suitability of Chatbots in Hospitals
TUM Research
This short article focuses on the current work of MCML Director Daniel Rückert and his team, who studied the suitability of AI chatbots in hospitals. While seeing potential in certain areas, the team concluded that chatbots would currently put …
24.07.2024
Matthias Althoff and Team Receive TeachInfAward
TUM Student Councils Honor Outstanding Lecturers
The TUM student councils honor outstanding lecturers in the subject areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Informatics, and Mathematics from the past two semesters. The special feature of these prizes is that they are awarded by the students …
21.07.2024
Pedro Tomaz Da Silva Wins ISBM 2024 Best RegSys Poster Award
Our Junior Member Honored for Work on DNA Language Models
MCML Junior Member Pedro Tomaz da Silva, PhD student in the group of our PI Julien Gagneur, and his co-authors have received the ISBM 2024 Best RegSys Poster Award for their poster “DNA language models reveal the architecture of nucleotide …
MCML at ICML 2024
24 Accepted Papers (17 Main, and 7 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 24 papers to ICML 2024: 17 Main, and 7 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
02.07.2024
Nassir Navab Elected as Academy of Medical and Biological Engineers (IAMBE) Fellow
Recognizing Exceptional Contributions to Medical and Biological Engineering
The International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) is composed of fellows who are elected in recognition of their exceptional and sustained contributions to the advancement of medical and biological engineering. We are honored to …
27.06.2024
How the Meta Algorithm Influences Election Advertising
LMU News
Our PI Stefan Feuerriegel and his team, in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano and CENTAI from Turin, conducted a large-scale study on the topic of election advertising. In the run-up to the federal election, more than 80,000 political …
25.06.2024
Niki Kilbertus Appointed as a Member of the Junge Akademie
Recognized Among Germany’s Leading Young Academics
Founded in 2000 as the first academy for outstanding young academics, the Junge Akademie brings together exceptional minds from all scientific disciplines and the arts. At this year’s annual ceremony, ten young scientists were welcomed as new members. …
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 …
21.06.2024
Daniel Cremers About His New Method to Create Precise 3D Reconstructions
TUM News
Learn more about the latest research results of our Director Daniel Cremers. He and his team have succeeded in creating precise 3D reconstructions using only images from two cameras. Previously, such reconstructions required many hundreds of …
MCML at CVPR 2024
17 Accepted Papers (13 Main, and 4 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 17 papers to CVPR 2024: 13 Main, and 4 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
MCML at NAACL 2024
Ten Accepted Papers (4 Main, 1 Findings, and 5 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 10 papers to NAACL 2024: 4 Main, 1 Findings, and 5 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
13.06.2024
Leopoldina Prize for Young Scientists for Niki Kilbertus
The National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Honors the AI Researcher for His Contributions to Ethical Machine Learning
Our PI Niki Kilbertus was awarded the Leopoldina Prize for Young Scientists for his research and teaching achievements. As a Professor of Ethical Machine Learning, he focuses on the research and development of fair and transparent machine learning. …
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 …
12.06.2024
Nassir Navab on Robotic Ultrasound Systems
TUM Research
This article highlights the work of our PI Nassir Navab on robotic ultrasound systems. By integrating such systems into everyday work, doctors are to be meaningfully relieved. However, to fully utilize the various advantages, Navab emphasizes raising …
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.
16.05.2024
Alfred-Breit-Prize for Julia Schnabel
Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to Radiological Imaging
In the context of the 105th German Radiology Congress, our PI Julia Schnabel was awarded the Alfred-Breit-Prize of the German Radiological Society (Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft) for her work in the field of radiological imaging. Congrats from us!
16.05.2024
Humboldt Professorship for Stefanie Jegelka and Suvrit Sra
Our PIs Were Honored With Germany's Most Highly Endowed Research Award
We proudly announce that our PIs Stefanie Jegelka, Foundations of Deep Neural Networks and Suvrit Sra, Resource Aware Machine Learning have been honored with the prestigious Humboldt Professorship. This award not only recognizes the achievements of …
MCML at ICLR 2024
16 Accepted Papers (9 Main, and 7 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 16 papers to ICLR 2024: 9 Main, and 7 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
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 …
22.04.2024
Causal AI in the Field of Diagnosis and Therapy
LMU News
This LMU Newsroom article focuses on the research of our PI Stefan Feuerriegel in the field of AI in diagnosis and therapy. His team is working on a so-called Causal AI, which might be able to predict individual risk changes when taking medication.
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.
22.03.2024
Outstanding Paper Award at EACL 2024 for Hinrich Schütze and Lütfi Kerem Senel
Advancing NLP for Low‑resource Turkic Languages
At EACL 2024, the paper “Kardeş‑NLU: Transfer to Low‑Resource Languages with Big Brother’s Help – A Benchmark and Evaluation for Turkic Languages” received the Outstanding Paper Award. The work, co‑authored by MCML PI Hinrich Schütze and Junior Member …
18.03.2024
Get to Know MCML Junior Member Lisa Wimmer
Created During the First MCMLxDJS-Workshop
MCML Junior Member Lisa Wimmer researches the practicability of model predictions. By supplementing them with a reliable statement about their statistical certainty or uncertainty, she aims for improving the underlying models.
11.03.2024
Get to Know MCML Junior Member Martin Binder
Created During the First MCMLxDJS-Workshop
Artificial intelligence only becomes a disadvantage if it is overestimated or used incorrectly, says MCML Junior Member Martin Binder. In his research, he improves algorithms and, above all, simplifies the work of other scientists.
06.03.2024
Daniel Rückert on How Datasecurity in AI in Medicine Can Be Realized
TUM Magazine "Faszination Forschung"
The current issue of the TUM magazine “Faszination Forschung” takes a closer look at the work of our Director Daniel Rückert. With his team, he strives to train medical AI in a way that ensures both patient data privacy and the impartiality of the AI …
04.03.2024
Get to Know MCML Junior Member Moritz Herrmann
Created During the First MCMLxDJS-Workshop
MCML Junior Member Moritz Herrmann conducts research at LMU at the Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology. He compares methods of AI and ML that could predict the survival time of cancer patients. Besides his …
26.02.2024
Get to Know MCML Junior Member Clara Sophie Vetter
Created During the First MCMLxDJS-Workshop
In her research, MCML Junior Member Clara Sophie Vetter, PhD candidate in the group of our Director Daniel Rückert, wants to find out how depression and psychosis are linked - with the help of artificial intelligence. In the “Precision Psychiatry” …
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 …
20.02.2024
Stephan Günnemann About the Technology Behind AI
TUM News
In this interview, our PI Stephan Günnemann explains the important and central differences between the terms AI, automation and machine learning. Furthermore, he discusses the fundamental technical aspects of artificial intelligence and shares his …
19.02.2024
Get to Know MCML Junior Member Valentin Hofmann
Created During the First MCMLxDJS-Workshop
Valentin Hofmann is actually a former MCML Junior Member. He was a researcher at the chair of our PI Hinrich Schütze and a PHD student at the University of Oxford and recently finished his PhD. He is now a Young Investigator (Postdoc) at the Allen …
13.02.2024
Get to Know MCML Junior Member Julian Rasch
Created During the First MCMLxDJS-Workshop
Julian Rasch is an electrical engineer and computer science PhD at the chair of our PI Albrecht Schmidt. He is conducting research about the interaction of humans and machines in virtual space. His current work is about how to better communicate …
09.02.2024
AI Model as Diabetes Early Warning System When Driving
LMU News
Researchers from LMU Munich have developed an AI model that can detect low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia) in people with diabetes while they are driving. The team around our PI Stefan Feuerriegel created a model, that only uses routinely collected …
08.02.2024
Björn Ommer About Applications of AI and the Resulting Social Transformations
Presentation and Discussion at FokusLMU
Since Artificial Intelligence has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, the LMU dedicates the newest episode of FokusLMU on how AI is impacting our professional, private, and socio-cultural lives. In this lecture, our PI Björn Ommer discusses …
30.01.2024
Albrecht Schmidt Named 2023 ACM Fellow
Honoring Pioneering Contributions to Computing Science and Technology
The 2023 ACM Fellows were recently announced by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): MCML PI Albrecht Schmidt is one of them. Recognized for their pioneering contributions to computing science and technology, he joins a select class of ACM …
30.01.2024
Björn Schuller Named 2023 ACM Fellow
Honoring Pioneering Contributions to Computing Science and Technology
The 2023 ACM Fellows were recently announced by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): MCML PI Björn Schuller is one of them. Recognized for his empirical and theoretical contributions to the development of computer audition, affective …
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 …
14.01.2024
Polyglot Machines - How Artificial Intelligence Learns the Rich Variety of Human Languages
Insights From Hinrich Schütze in LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
In this article our PI Hinrich Schütze shares insights into the challenges of automatic translation using AI technology. The focus lies on the difficulty of training AI models to handle various languages, especially those with limited training data. …
MCML Researchers With 93 Papers in Highly-Ranked Journals
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2024 with 93 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
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.
MCML at NeurIPS 2023
21 Accepted Papers (15 Main, and 6 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 21 papers to NeurIPS 2023: 15 Main, and 6 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
07.12.2023
White Paper: Große Sprachmodelle entwickeln und anwenden
Check Out the New White Paper of the PLS Working Group Led by Volker Tresp
The current white paper from the PLS working group led by our PI Volker Tresp uses practical examples to illustrate the opportunities and challenges of language models and analyzes the conditions under which companies can leverage the potential of …
MCML at EMNLP 2023
17 Accepted Papers (9 Main, 7 Findings, and 1 Workshop)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 17 papers to EMNLP 2023: 9 Main, 7 Findings, and 1 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
22.11.2023
Artificial Intelligence: Stemming the Tide of Fake Facts
LMU News
In this interview our PI Stefan Feuerriegel talks about the danger of AI generated fake news. He explains what makes these campaigns so dangerous and how to counter them.
15.11.2023
Ranking Highly Cited Researchers
Eleven Researchers Among the World's Most Cited - Including Two of Our PIs
Every year the US company Clarivate publishes a list with the most cited scientists in their specific research areas or overall in different scientific areas. Our PIs Fabian Theis and Xiaoxiang Zhu are featured in their respective research areas. …
14.11.2023
We Are Not Taking Part in the Scaling Race With Our Algorithms
LMU News
In this interview our PI Björn Ommer shares his opinion about the current development of Large Language Models. He talks about the problematic of computing power in AI, the importance of data security and how Germany could potentially solve these …
09.11.2023
AI Language Models: Who Is the Author?
LMU News
Our PI Barbara Plank explains how it is possible to differentiate between machine-generated and human-written texts despite ever-improving AI. She also explains what is now important in the further development of language models.
09.11.2023
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Teaching and Learning
LMU News
Check out the new LMU Newsroom article about how LMU is utilising the possibilities of AI in various areas and how AI is changing teaching and learning. The article features our PIs Frauke Kreuter, Gitta Kutyniok, and Björn Ommer, as well as some of …
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 …
26.10.2023
ERC Synergy Grant for Julien Gagneur
A Chatbot for Gene Regulation
Our PI Julien Gagneur, together with researchers from Sweden and Belgium, received a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for their research on deciphering the language in which our genomes are written. In this interview, they talk …
26.10.2023
New Paper Co-Authored by Our PI Stefan Feuerriegel
Building Open-Source AI
Our PI Stefan Feuerriegel argues why more AI should be build around open-source principles to be more accessible to everyone.
MCML at MICCAI 2023
Seven Accepted Papers (2 Main, and 5 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 7 papers to MICCAI 2023: 2 Main, and 5 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
MCML at ICCV 2023
Eleven Accepted Papers (9 Main, and 2 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 11 papers to ICCV 2023: 9 Main, and 2 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
22.09.2023
GMDS Förderpreis 2023 for Theresa Ullmann and Julian Lange
Recognizing Outstanding Theses in Medical Informatics
Our MCML PhDs Theresa Ullmann and Julian Lange received the “GMDS Förderpreis 2023” of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) for their outstanding theses. Theresa received the award for her PhD thesis, Julian …
21.09.2023
Best Paper Award at ECML PKDD 2023
Towards Efficient MCMC Sampling in Bayesian Neural Networks by Exploiting Symmetry
Our MCML PIs Bernd Bischl, Stephan Günnemann, and David Rügamer and MCML PhD Lisa Wimmer received the Best Paper Award for the Research Track at the ECML PKDD 2023 with their paper “Towards Efficient MCMC Sampling in Bayesian Neural Networks by …
MCML at ECML-PKDD 2023
15 Accepted Papers (9 Main, and 6 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 15 papers to ECML-PKDD 2023: 9 Main, and 6 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
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 …
04.09.2023
Barbara Plank Explains NLP
New Article in the LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
In this insightful piece, our PI Barbara Plank elucidates the intricacies of Natural Language Processing, an interdisciplinary research field central to AI that revolves around the computerized processing and generation of human language.
04.09.2023
Björn Ommer on AI Art and Stable Diffusion
New Article in the LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
In this comprehensive and insightful article our PI Björn Ommer explains his research in the field of computer vision and the impact of generative AI on creativity and the arts. Furthermore, it provides insight into the decision to make Stable …
04.09.2023
Dieter Kranzlmüller on Cybersecurity in the Age of the First Quantum Computers
New Article in the LMU Research Magazine Einsichten
The MCML and LRZ (Leibniz Computing Center) cooperate closely in the field of hardware, also due to the engagement of MCML Director Thomas Seidl in the board of the LRZ. In this article, Dieter Kranzlmüller, director of the Leibniz Computing Center, …
26.08.2023
ERC Starting Grant for Angela Dai
Spatial 3D Semantic Understanding for Perception in the Wild
For her project entitled “Spatial 3D Semantic Understanding for Perception in the Wild” our PI Angela Dai has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant 2022 by the European Research Council (ERC). Angela Dai’s research focuses on attaining a 3D …
21.07.2023
ACL 2023 Test of Time Paper Award Goes to Hinrich Schütze
Honoring Long‑lasting Impact in NLP and Computational Linguistics
Each year the Association for Computational Linguistics awards papers for their long-lasting impact on the field of Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics. This year the paper “Automatic Word Sense Discrimination” of MCML PI …
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.
MCML at ACL 2023
Twelve Accepted Papers (4 Main, and 8 Findings)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 12 papers to ACL 2023: 4 Main, and 8 Finding papers. Congrats to our researchers!
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 …
24.05.2023
White Paper: Große Sprachmodelle – Grundlagen, Potenziale und Herausforderungen für die Forschung
Check Out the New White Paper of PLS
Our PI Volker Tresp is one of the authors of the new White Paper of Platform Lernende Systeme (PLS). The experts from PLS believe that research in Germany is in a good starting position to tackle the technical challenges of AI technology, develop it …
23.05.2023
Use of AI: Placebo Effect Increases Risk-Taking
LMU News
Technologies that improve human capabilities change risk behaviour, shows a new study led by our PI Albrecht Schmidt.
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 …
03.05.2023
Dominik Bär Awarded AI-Newcomer 2023
Awarded by Gesellschaft Für Informatik E.V. and Bundesministerium Für Bildung Und Forschung at This Year's KI-Camp
Our Junior Member Dominik Bär has been recognized for his AI research in the field of social media. Bär wants to use AI to solve social problems and improve social media. «My research leverages methods from AI and machine learning to study social …
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 …
25.01.2023
Alex Fraser Received a Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant for His Project "Data4ML"
LMU News
State-of-the-art machine translation is trained on large parallel corpora, texts and their translations. But such corpora are not available for less-resourced languages. With Data4ML our PI Alexander Fraser wants to provide a system for the rapid and …
MCML Researchers With 43 Papers in Highly-Ranked Journals
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2023 with 43 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
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.
MCML at NeurIPS 2022
15 Accepted Papers (11 Main, and 4 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 15 papers to NeurIPS 2022: 11 Main, and 4 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
24.11.2022
Göran Kauermann and Collaborators Awarded With Corona Special Prize
LMU News
MCML PI Göran Kauermann and Giacomo De Nicola from the LMU Department of Statistics, together with Michael Höhle from the Robert Koch Institute, have been awarded the Corona Special Prize of the Federal Statistical Office for two papers on estimating …
MCML at EMNLP 2022
Eleven Accepted Papers (7 Main, 3 Findings, and 1 Workshop)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 11 papers to EMNLP 2022: 7 Main, 3 Findings, and 1 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
28.10.2022
Industrial AI Podcast: Where Do We Want the Core AI/ML Research to Happen?
Just Listen to the Three MCML Directors
Industrial AI Podcast spoke with our three directors Bernd Bischl, Daniel Cremers, and Thomas Seidl about research priorities, the battle for the best minds and the role of tech companies. They also asked what academics should do in the field of AI in …
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 …
27.09.2022
Best Poster Award at IBC 2022 Goes to Theresa Ullmann
Honored for Over-Optimism in Unsupervised Microbiome Analysis: Insights From Network Learning and Clustering
MCML PhD Theresa Ullmann won the Best Poster Award at the 31st International Biometric Conference (IBC 2022) with her paper “Over-optimism in unsupervised microbiome analysis: Insights from network learning and clustering”. The paper is a joint …
22.09.2022
Platform Lernende Systeme
New Workinggroup Management Teams Start Work
For five years, “Platform Lernende Systeme” has been promoting interdisciplinary exchange and social dialog on artificial intelligence in Germany. At the core of the platform are its seven working groups. MCML PI Volker Tresp is new co-head of the …
MCML at ECML-PKDD 2022
Seven Accepted Papers (4 Main, and 3 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 7 papers to ECML-PKDD 2022: 4 Main, and 3 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
MCML at MICCAI 2022
Five Accepted Papers (1 Main, and 4 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 5 papers to MICCAI 2022: 1 Main, and 4 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
06.09.2022
Hinrich Schütze Awarded Proof of Concept Grant Grant for His Project Respond2Hate
LMU News
MCML PI Hinrich Schütze received a Proof of Concept Grant for his project Respond2Hate (Responsive classifiers against hate speech in low-resource settings). In his project, Schütze is seeking to develop a pilot browser extension that allows users to …
01.09.2022
Revolutionizing Image Generation by AI: Turning Text Into Images
LMU News
The Machine Vision Learning Group led by our PI Björn Ommer has developed one of the most powerful image synthesis algorithms in existence. Creating images from text in seconds – and doing so with a conventional graphics card and without …
12.08.2022
ERC Results in Brief Article on Alexander Fraser's ERC Starting Grant
Pushing the Boundaries of Automatic Translation
The ERC has published a “Results in Brief” article on MCML PI Alexander Fraser’s ERC Starting Grant DASMT: Our globalised interconnected reality demands ever-smarter automatic translation tools. Via deep learning, Fraser’s team delivers solutions for …
27.07.2022
Great Success for AI Research in Munich
LMU News
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML), a joint initiative of LMU and TUM, has been granted funding as a permanent establishment following a positive evaluation. «MCML offers a very attractive scientific environment with excellent opportunities …
26.07.2022
Big Coup for AI Research in Munich
TUM News
The MCML will receive permanent funding from the German government and the state of Bavaria. As a result, regional research into AI and particularly ML will gain considerable cachet within the knowledge hub of Munich and beyond. «The digital …
08.02.2022
Thomas Seidl Gives a Talk at LMU KI Lectures
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science, Society, and Our Lives
In his lecture “Artificial Intelligence - A look towards future developments” our Director Thomas Seidl will talk about the latest developments in artificial intelligence. Besides reflecting on the terminology and limitations of artificial …
MCML Researchers With 28 Papers in Highly-Ranked Journals
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2022 with 28 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
MCML at NeurIPS 2021
Seven Accepted Papers (2 Main, and 5 Workshops)
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers have contributed a total of 7 papers to NeurIPS 2021: 2 Main, and 5 Workshop papers. Congrats to our researchers!
08.11.2021
Max Berrendorf and Volker Tresp Receive Best Paper Award at ISWC 2021
Honored for Improving Inductive Link Prediction Using Hyper-Relational Facts
Congrats to our Junior Member Max Berrendorf and our PI Volker Tresp for receiving the Best Paper Award in the Research Track at the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2021) for their work “Improving Inductive Link Prediction Using …
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 …
MCML Researchers With 18 Papers in Highly-Ranked Journals
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2021 with 18 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
15.10.2020
Invited Presentation at 1st CIKM 2020 Workshop on Combining Symbolic and Sub-Symbolic Methods and Their Applications (CSSA-CIKM 2020)
Learning With Temporal Knowledge Graphs
MCML PI Volker Tresp, Yunpu Ma and Zhen Han review recently developed learning-based algorithms for temporal knowledge graphs completion and forecasting. Knowledge graphs, also known as episodic or time-dependent knowledge graphs are large-scale …
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.
11.09.2020
Moritz Herrmann Receives the Bernd-Streitberg Award of the German Biometric Society
Large-Scale Benchmark Study of Prediction Methods Using Multi-Omics Data
NCML Junior Member Moritz Herrmann receives the Bernd-Streitberg Award of the German Biometric Society (IBS-DR) for his master thesis “Large-scale benchmark study of prediction methods using multi-omics data” supervised by our PI Anne-Laure …
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.
14.11.2019
3rd Place at ACM SIGSPATIAL GisCup 2019
Optimizing the Spatio-Temporal Resource Search Problem With Reinforcement Learning
Felix Borutta, Sebastian Schmoll and Sabrina Friedl won the 3rd Place at ACM SIGSPATIAL GisCup 2019 for their contribution “Optimizing the Spatio-Temporal Resource Search Problem with Reinforcement Learning”. Congrats from us!
27.01.2019
Smarte Wesen: Hat Das Mit Intelligenz Zu Tun?
Article in LMU Munich Magazine "Einsichten"
Our two directors Thomas Seidl and Bernd Bischl discuss machine learning, other forms of AI and why it is important to understand how computers achieve their results.
17.01.2019
New AI Project Gets Underway
LMU News
Industrial processes, mobility, health and biosciences are fields where machine learning can play a prominent role. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund four new research centers in this area, one based at LMU and TUM.
