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We are happy to invite you to the upcoming Munich AI Lecture featuring two distinguished researchers Prof. Holger Hoos from RWTH Aachen University and Prof. Franca Hoffmann from California Institute of Technology. The lecture is organized by the Chair of Mathematics of Information Processing with support by MCML. In the first talk, “Dynamics of Strategic Agents and Algorithms as PDEs“, Prof. Hoffmann will … Read more

Congratulations to relAI Fellow Prof. Dr. Enkelejda Kasneci on receiving the prestigious 2024 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal from TUM. This annual award was presented to Prof. Kasneci at the recent Dies Academicus on December 5th.  Enkelejda Kasneci is a Distinguished Professor (“Liesel Beckmann Distinguished Professorship”) for Human-Centered Technologies for Learning at the TUM School of Social Sciences & … Read more

We are excited to announce that the call for applications to the PhD program 2025 of our Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI) is now open! The novel, innovative PhD relAI program offers a cross-sectional training for successful education in AI including scientific knowledge, professional development courses and industrial exposure, providing a coherent, yet … Read more

Congratulations! Our relAI Fellow Björn Ommer was nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis for his work on “Democratisation of Generative AI – Stable Diffusion from Development to Practice”. With the Deutscher Zukunftspreis, the German Federal President acknowledges outstanding achievements in technology, engineering, and science, as well as software and algorithm-based innovations that significantly expand the international state of … Read more

We are excited to present the first relAI report. The report opens with remarks from Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister for Science and Arts, alongside our relAI directors Stephan Günnemann (TUM) and Gitta Kutyniok (LMU).  It provides an insightful overview of the key components of our relAI school, including our research, educational initiatives, and organizational structure. Most importantly, it … Read more

Save the date! We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Munich AI Lecture featuring renowned researcher Prof. Dr. Helmut Bölcskei hosted by our relAI director Prof. Dr. Gitta Kutyniok, Bavarian AI Chair for Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at LMU. Deep neural networks have led to breakthrough results in numerous practical machine learning tasks. In … Read more

From 28 to 30 October, the second annual meeting of the three DAAD Zuse Schools of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, ELIZA (Darmstadt), SECAI (Dresden), und relAI (Munich) took place in Munich. The meeting kicked off on the 28th with a work-meeting of the Zuse Schools directors and coordination teams, the chairman of the Zuse Schools Advisory Board, … Read more

On 30 October 2024, the relAI Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) met in Munich. Throughout the Meeting, SAB Members talked to relAI Directors and Fellows, Students, and the Management Team to gain insights into the relAI program from various perspectives within the relAI family.  The SAB members shared their extensive experience from numerous international research projects. They advised … Read more

Congratulations! relAI student Sameer Ambekar wins the best paper award at the MICCAI Workshop on Advancing Data Solutions in Medical Imaging AI (ADSMI).  Sameer is a PhD student at relAI, advised by the relAI Fellow Julia A. Schnabel. His research focusses on test-time adaptation and domain generalization for medical imaging.  His award-winning paper “Selective Test-Time Adaptation for Unsupervised … Read more

On 9 October, we had the pleasure of welcoming the new cohort of relAI students to our school. The day began with a warm introduction from relAI directors, Gitta Kutyniok and Stephan Günnemann, followed by an informative session from our coordinators team, covering the key organizational aspects of relAI. The students spent the afternoon getting to know … Read more

Congratulations to relAI fellow Johannes Maly on winning the 2024 ACHA Charles Chui Young Researcher Best Paper Award! This annual award honors the exceptional contributions of young researchers in the field of harmonic analysis, selected by the editors and publisher of the Journal Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis (ACHA).  Johannes received this recognition for his paper, “Robust … Read more

We are excited to announce that relAI fellow Daniel Rückert has been awarded the prestigious MICCAI Enduring Impact Award 2024!  Daniel Rückert holds the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for AI in Medicine and Healthcare at TUM. His research focuses on developing advanced algorithms for biomedical image analysis, including segmentation, registration, and deep learning methods to support reliable … Read more

We were thrilled to present relAI at the TUM Open House Research Campus Garching! It was a great opportunity to share our vision of reliable AI and to connect with students, researchers and the public.   At our booth, we demonstrated how AI works through engaging games and simulations. Attendees explored how AI algorithms learn, trained their own … Read more

We are excited to congratulate our relAI fellow, Prof. Björn Ommer, on receiving the prestigious 2024 German AI Innovation Award!    This recognition honors his pioneering work on Stable Diffusion, a generative AI model that has democratized image generation. Stable Diffusion enables users to create high-quality images from text descriptions, making advanced image generation accessible through open-source … Read more

Join us at the TUM Open House Research Campus Garching!  We’re excited to invite you to our booth at the TUM Open House on October 3rd from 10 AM to 5 PM. Meet relAI students and coordinators at our booth, where you can experiment with building your own neural network or test your intuition against Simpson’s Paradox! … Read more

We are happy to partner with AI Developers!  The network, founded this summer, fosters a collaborative AI ecosystem across Germany. We are proud to be among its earliest supporters, working together to advance reliable AI technologies. The mission of AI developers is to bridge the gap between academia, industry, and government, driving ethical AI innovation and entrepreneurial … Read more

relAI is proud to announce the addition of five exceptional fellows to the school. Enkelejda Kasneci (TUM), Gjergji Kasneci (TUM), Björn Ommer (LMU), Tom Sterkenburg (LMU), and Abdalla Swikir (TUM) have each made significant contributions to their respective fields and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to our family. The research topics of the new fellows … Read more

We are excited to announce the release of the relAI Blog. The blog is the relAI students’ platform for sharing cutting-edge research and developments from our school, highlighting the significant strides relAI is making toward making AI systems safer, more trustworthy, and privacy-preserving.  The blog posts, authored by the students, will cover a diverse range of topics. … Read more

Mark your calendars for these interesting talks coming up in the next weeks! The next talk, by Daniela Rus, is on July 15th, at 5pm at Lichtenbergstraße 2a, 85748 Garching, Auditorium (Ground floor) of Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), TUM and via zoom. She is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer … Read more

We are thrilled to share the outcome of the recent (03 – 05.07) relAI retreat, which brought together more than 50 fellows and students in Miesbach. Over the course of three days, participants engaged in intriguing discussions, insightful keynotes, and a variety of activities focused on the various aspects of reliability in AI.  Among the highlights of … Read more

relAI Fellow Pramod Bhatotia wins the 2024 Rising Star in Dependability Award:   “For his impressive track-record and contributions in the field of dependable systems, including multiple publications in highly regarded venues, and influence on practical dependable systems.”  Pramod Bhatotia is a professor for Systems Research at TU Munich and fellow at relAI. He received the award at … Read more

We are happy to announce that on October 29th, the three DAAD Zuse Schools of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, ELIZA (Darmstadt), SECAI (Dresden) und relAI (Munich), will celebrate the second joint Meeting in Munich. The event, co-organized by DAAD and relAI, will be honoured with the presence of representatives from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and … Read more

The next Munich AI Lecture will take place on Tuesday, June 25th at 5pm at Arcisstr. 21, Room 0790 and via zoom. Ivan Laptev, visiting professor at MBZUAI and a senior researcher on leave from Inria Paris, will talk about “From Video Understanding to Embodied Agents”. Mark your calendars and join us there! For more information on … Read more

Image Copyright (c): Thomas Abé/Studienstiftung Congratulations to relAI student Maria Matveev!  The German National Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung) has awarded Maria the Civic Engagement Award 2024 for her exceptional volunteering work with Lern-Fair. Maria co-founded and chairs Lern-Fair e.V., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free educational opportunities for underprivileged pupils. Since the start of the online platform in … Read more

We are delighted to welcome four exceptional fellows to relAI: Nassir Navab, Solveig Vieluf, Tobias Lasser and Jochen Kuhn.   Each of them brings their own expertise and insights that will further enrich our research agenda, educational offers, and scientific community. They are dedicated to making significant contributions to the advancement of reliable AI, particularly in Medicine & … Read more

The next Munich AI Lecture will take place on Tuesday, June 18th at 5 pm at Arcisstr. 21, Room 2750 (Karl Max von Bauernfeind auditorium) and via zoom. This edition features Ludovic Righetti (New York University), who will talk about “Learning complex robotic behaviors with optimal control”. Mark your calendars and join us there! For more information … Read more

We are proud to announce that the German Radiological Society (Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft) has awarded the Alfred Breit Prize 2024 to our relAI fellow Prof. Julia Schnabel. The prize honors outstanding work and developments in the field of radiological research that have significantly contributed to progress in cancer therapy. Julia Schnabel is Professor for Computational Imaging and AI … Read more

Save the date for the next Women in AI & Robotics community meetup co-organized by relAI! On May 14th, our co-director Gitta Kutyniok will talk about “Reliable AI: From Mathematical Foundations to Neuromorphic Computing”.  The second presentation of the event will be held by Elke Wolf, Professor from Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, on “Professor at … Read more

Are you interested in frontier AI systems, their astonishing capabilities and risks for humanity? Then join us for a thought-provoking deep dive and exclusive OpenAI Live Q&A on AI safety.  Agenda:  Please register on the following webpage and prepare your questions! 

Last week, our relAI students presented their research to the relAI industry partners in a series of industry workshops. Four events took place, each centered around one of  the four relAI’s research areas: Mathematical & Algorithmic foundations, Algorithmic Decision-Making, Medicine & Healthcare and Robotics & Interacting Systems.  We are thrilled that this event was so well received … Read more

We are excited to announce that our call for applications to the relAI MSc program is now open!  The novel, innovative relAI MSc program is an addition to a regular MSc program at Technical University of Munich (TUM) or Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), offering comprehensive cross-sectional training in reliable AI, including scientific knowledge, professional development courses, and … Read more

We are thrilled to announce our new industry partnership with SAP! The new collaboration will strengthen the school’s expertise in Business AI, and will contribute to translate our AI research into the development of reliable AI systems. You can read below the views of SAP members on this exciting alliance between relAI and SAP. We are thrilled to … Read more

We are thrilled to share the outcomes of our recent student-driven event organized by Maria Matveev and Julius Hege from the Chair of Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (LMU): the first relAI Safety hackathon held last weekend! This dynamic gathering brought together a mix of students and professionals interested in the field of AI Safety.  Over the … Read more

Please take a look at the excellent interview with our LMU-director Gitta Kutyniok (in German), in which she speaks about Neural Networks, Mathematics, Explainability in AI, the EU AI Act, analog hardware and more.  Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJWMqJabFc8 

In the ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) AI podcast, relAI PhD student Sarah Ball shares her view on AI safety and reliability of large language models. Please check it out!  Links (podcast is in German): https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/der-ki-podcast/94632864/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LoXtP9xFuU4I60HNY7T2o

We are delighted to welcome five exceptional fellows to relAI: Alin Albu-Schäffer, Angela Schoellig, Björn W. Schuller, Christian Wachinger, and Stephan Bauer.  Each of them brings their own expertise and insights that will further enrich our research agenda and scientific community. From diverse backgrounds in Medicine, Robotics and Data Science, they are dedicated to making significant contributions … Read more

Please take a look at the excellent interview with the director of relA Prof. Günnemann at TUM. The interview, titled “The reliability of AI will play a decisive role in Germany”, emphasizes the transformative focus that our school’s main topic plays in technology.

We are thrilled to congratulate relAI fellow Prof. Sami Haddadin for his elevation to IEEE fellow. This is the highest membership degree of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.   This prestigious distinction was awarded to the director of the TUM Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence … Read more

Congratulations to relAI fellows Prof. Sandra Hirche and Prof. Claudia Eckert on receiving the prestigious 2023 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medals from TUM. We are excited that the TUM honors the exceptional achievements of Prof. Dr. Claudia Eckert and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sandra Hirche with the 2023 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medals. This annual award of the TUM was presented to the … Read more

We are honored to announce that the Zuse Schools of Excellence in AI have been featured in the AI action plan of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (“BMBF-Aktionsplan Künstliche Intelligenz”)!  This strategic plan aims to significantly advance AI research, development, and application in Germany. It emphasizes strengthening Germany’s position in the global AI landscape. … Read more

Day 2 of the 2023 relAI retreat combined inspiring keynote talks by relAI fellows Sandra Hirche (“Learning Controls with Guarantees”) and Johannes Maly (“Implicit regularization of training algorithms and resource efficiency”) with more sessions of lightning talks and two rounds of group discussions, a new activity introduced for the first time during this year’s retreat. The first … Read more

From November 16th to November 18th, the relAI family gathered at the Yachthotel Chiemsee for its second retreat. The retreat started on the 16th with a warm opening by our two directors, Stephan Günnemann and Gitta Kutyniok. Afterwards, the relAI fellow Debarghya Ghoshdastidar gave the first keynote talk about “Over-parameterization and Over-fitting: Myths, theory and tools” followed … Read more

Congratulations to our relAI director Gitta Kutyniok! The world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity IEEE has selected Gitta Kutyniok for the elevation to IEEE Fellow, the highest grade of membership in IEEE. Less than 0.1% of voting members are selected for this member grade elevation each year. The IEEE Fellow … Read more

We are excited to announce that our second call for applications to the fully funded PhD program of our Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI) is now open.  Spread the word and submit your application by January 15th, 2024 here. 

On the 11th and 12th of October, relAI welcomed the new cohort of relAI Master and Doctoral students. The event included informative sessions about relAI and networking activities. At the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), TUM, the relAI directors and coordinators presented the relAI program to the new students. The first relAI cohort of students organised a … Read more

Congratulations to the relAI PhD Student Lisa Wimmer, the relAI fellow Bernd Bischl, and the relAI director Stephan Günnemann on the best paper award of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD 2023). ECML PKDD is Europe’s top machine learning and data mining conference, with over 20 … Read more

On 14 September, the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI, TUM) celebrated its official opening at the Science Congress Center in Garching. The event included inaugural words by the Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, M. Blume, and the TUM President, Prof. Dr. T. Hofmann. Top-class scientific lectures from MDSI Members, presentations of outstanding MDSI projects, … Read more

The photo gallery shows memorable moments of our opening ceremony.

The Grand Opening of our Konrad Zuse School in Reliable AI was a great success. Welcome addresses by TUM Senior Vice President Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kramer, LMU Vice President Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini and DAAD Secretary General Dr. Kai Sicks inaugurated the event. Afterward, State Minister Markus Blume honored us with the keynote address. Our directors Prof. … Read more

We are proud that our network is constantly growing and welcome the industry partners Infineon and Volkswagen into the relAI family! One of relAI’s main objectives is to transfer the research results in reliable AI technology to industry. The partnership of relAI with industry not only ensures this transferability, but also contributes to the education of future experts … Read more

relAI is happy to welcome five new relAI fellows from TUM, LMU and the research center Helmholtz AI. The expertise of the new fellows on reliability AI  will strengthen the relAI research and education, particularly on the Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations relAI Focus area. New fellow Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers (TUM) is specialised in computer vision and … Read more

We are proud to report that our relAI fellow Prof. Pramod Bhatotia has received the EuroSys 2023 Jochen Liedtke Young Researcher for his work on systems research. The EuroSys Jochen Liedtke Young Researcher Award rewards junior European researchers who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and innovation in systems research, broadly construed. The selection committee chooses the recipient based … Read more

We are proud to announce the election of the relAI Fellow Prof. Frauke Kreuter as the 2023-2024 Vice President/ President of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). AAPOR is the leading professional organization of public opinion and survey research professionals in the United States, with members from academia, media, government, the nonprofit sector, and private … Read more

We are excited to announce that applications for the relAI Master program are now open. Interested candidates can apply through our website. Deadline for applications is June 16th, 2023. The novel, innovative MSc relAI program offers a cross-sectional training for successful education in AI including scientific knowledge, professional development courses and industrial exposure, providing a coherent, yet … Read more

For the 6th time already, LMU is organizing the DataFest Germany this year. From April 14th – 16th, teams of students will have the opportunity to work with a large set of real life data and analyze it to discover insights. At the same time, they will have the chance to meet with leaders and companies in … Read more

We are delighted to announce that one of our relAI PhD students, Sarah Ball, has won the 2022 OII MSc Thesis Prize. The prize is one of the three awarded by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) for the best thesis from the MSc in Social Science of the internet and the MSc in Social Data Science. Her … Read more

We are pleased to announce the participation of our relAI fellows Prof. Sami Haddadin, Prof. Fabian Theis and Prof. Julia  Schnabel in the AI.BAY 2023 – Bavarian International Conference on AI. At AI.BAY 2023, the Bavarian State Minister of Science, Markus Blume, the Minister for Digital Affairs, Judith Gerlach, and the Minister of Economic Affairs, Hubert Aiwanger … Read more

Just in time for privacy day, the Transatlantic Privacy Perceptions Panel (TAPP), BERD@NFDI and relAI invite you to join the online discussion on perceptions, practices, and policies of digital privacy: Quo Vadis, Digital Privacy? Perceptions, Practices, and Policies Save the date: January 26, 2023, 5.00 pm – 6.45 pm CET ! Registration is free: link

For those interested in getting to know more about our initiatives and goals, the DAAD interview with our director Prof. Günnemann will be a helpful read. You will learn about how relAI was shaped and conceived. The interview emphasizes how relAI, as one of the three Zuse Schools in Germany, is helping to ensure that Germany based … Read more

On December 1st, relAI director Prof. Stephan Günnemann was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal. TUM presents its highest scientific award to individuals who, through their exceptional achievements in science, technology or medicine, have rendered a great service to the university in their capacity as outstanding lecturers and researchers.The relAI team congratulates Prof. Günnemann on this recognition of … Read more

On November 18-20, relAI held its first retreat in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The retreat opened with a warm welcome of the relAI directors Prof. Dr. Stephan Günnemann and Prof. Dr. Gitta Kutyniok to the first cohort of relAI PhD and master’s students. It was followed by scientific sessions with keynote presentations by the relAI fellows Prof. Dr. Frauke Kreuter … Read more

We are excited to announce that applications for the relAI PhD program are now open. Interested candidates can apply through our website. Deadline for applications is January 9th, 2023. The novel, innovative PhD relAI program offers a cross-sectional training for successful education in AI including scientific knowledge, professional development courses and industrial exposure, providing a coherent, yet … Read more

This week we welcomed our first MSc & PhD student cohort of our Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI. We spent the 2. day at Allianz Arena with our MSc & PhD students, introducing the program, discussing research, and getting to know each other during a tour of the stadium.

This week we welcomed our first MSc & PhD student cohort of our Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI. We had a great first evening getting to know each other at Stiglerie with our relAI fellows and academic and industry partners.

On 21. and 22. September, 2022, members of the DAAD Konrad Zuse Schools relAI and SECAI joined the Forum Research in Germany 2022 (#ForumRiG22) in Berlin.

On 19. and 20. September, 2022, the speakers of the three DAAD Konrad Zuse Schools relAI, ELIZA and SECAI convened at the Deutsches Museum, Bonn, to celebrate the inauguration of the newly established schools.