Last week, our industry partner QuantCo generously hosted over 30 relAI students at its offices in Munich. The visit provided a valuable platform for our students and QuantCo colleagues to connect, fostering a friendly environment for discussions on potential future collaborations.
We extend our sincere gratitude to QuantCo for their warm welcome and for facilitating such a beneficial exchange!
We are excited to announce that Airbus, a key player in the global aerospace sector, and QuantCo, a leading data science and AI firm, have become industry partners of relAI.
The research areas of Airbus Central Research and Technology, the central research entity of the Airbus Group, align well with the relAI research areas algorithmic decision-making, and robotics & interacting systems. Furthermore, trustworthy AI, along with relAI’s central themes of safety and security, is essential for establishing a reliable foundation for the use of AI in Airbus's future products and services
In addition to their involvement in events and activities and supporting relAI students, Airbus brings fresh perspectives and potential application areas for AI. The aerospace sector demands a high level of safety and reliability, and this collaboration will contribute to stimulating the development of new research directions.
QuantCo, founded in 2016 by four Harvard and Stanford PhDs. has rapidly grown into a team of 200 data scientists, software engineers, and deep learners. With offices across the US, UK, Switzerland, and Germany (including one in Munich), QuantCo collaborates with market-leading companies in insurance, e-commerce, and automotive. The data science and AI company develops algorithms for, among others, pricing and claims management, and works on topics within the relAI research area medicine & healthcare. QuantCo will support our students by offering valuable internship opportunities.
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 both by the students and the industry partners! Following short lightning talks, intriguing discussions around reliability of AI took place in smaller breakout groups.
The industry workshops are part of relAI´s cross-sectional training and aim to facilitate the exchange of insights and expertise between academia and industry. The engagement from both our students and industry fellows emphasized the significance of bridging academic excellence with real-world applications, particularly when addressing the evolving challenges in AI reliability.
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 extend our collaborative efforts on research-driven product innovation with the Technical University of Munich and the Munich ecosystem through our new partnership with the Konrad-Zuse-School of Excellence in Reliable AI. This expansion not only consolidates our portfolio of AI-related applied research projects, but also fosters a more profound knowledge exchange and talent engagement on topics around the development of reliable AI systems and Business AI.
- Dr. Katharina Wollenberg and Dr. Rüdiger Eichin, Industry-University Collaboration, SAP
At SAP, we are committed to help our customers leverage AI to create tremendous business value. We specialize in Business AI: AI that is relevant since it’s embedded in enterprise business applications and processes from day one; that is reliable since we train, ground, and adapt AI on companies’ business data and context; and that is responsible by design, following SAP’s rigorous AI ethics, privacy, and security practices. We are delighted to join the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI and look forward to collaborating with academica to drive the development and delivery of relevant, reliable, responsible Business AI.
- Dr. Johannes Hoffart, CTO AI, SAP
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Image: SAP Labs Munich Campus at Campus Garching
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 in reliable AI, dedicated to guaranteeing the safety, security, and privacy-preservation in AI-based applications in domains such as autonomous driving (Volkswagen) and AI-based semiconductor solutions (Infineon).
This partnership is mutually beneficial to both, our students and our industry partners: The students have the opportunity to work with renowned companies to gain practical knowledge during projects, workshops and internships.Our partners get to work with talented young scientists from all over the world, with cutting-edge expertise in reliability.