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ELLIS - the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems - is a pan-European AI network of excellence which focuses on fundamental science, technical innovation and societal impact. Founded in 2018, ELLIS builds upon machine learning as the driver for modern AI and aims to secure Europe’s sovereignty in this competitive field by creating a multi-centric AI research laboratory. ELLIS wants to ensure that the highest level of AI research is performed in the open societies of Europe and follows a three-pillar strategy to achieve that.
ELLIS Research Programs

The ELLIS research programs focus on areas with the potential to move the needle in modern AI - from basic research in theory and algorithms to applications in health and climate sciences. They include outstanding researchers as ELLIS Fellows and Scholars. Currently, there are 16 different research programs in ELLIS.

ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program

The ELLIS PhD and Postdoc program offers outstanding young researchers from all over the world a unique entry point to cutting-edge machine learning research by connecting them to leading scientists across Europe and by offering them a variety of training activities. Students can choose between an academic and an industry track.

ELLIS Sites

ELLIS is creating a network of research sites across Europe which are either located at existing AI research institutions or created from scratch. Currently, there are 41 ELLIS Units and 1 Associate Unit in 17 countries. The long-term goal is to establish a set of world-class ELLIS institutes distributed across Europe, each acting as the core of a local AI ecosystem.

Latest News

Beyond the Thesis with Zifeng Ding

17 July 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Zifeng Ding

Zifeng Ding is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge working on NLP and graph representation learning. He complet...

Present Your NeurIPS Paper in Europe: EurIPS + ELLIS UnConference in Copenhagen

15 July 2025

Present Your NeurIPS Paper in Europe: EurIPS + ELLIS UnConference in Copenhagen

The European machine learning community will have a new stage in 2025: EurIPS 2025 - a new venue offering the opportunity for a...

Beyond the Thesis with Edoardo Caldarelli

07 July 2025

Beyond the Thesis with Edoardo Caldarelli

Edoardo Caldarelli is a postdoctoral researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, working on data-driven control algorith...

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Event  list screenshot 2025 02 27 at 16 03 48 lxmls 2025   the 15th lisbon machine learning summer school

2025-07-19 - 2025-07-25

ELLIS Unit Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School (LxMLS)

The Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School (LxMLS 2025) is scheduled for July 19–25, 2025, at the Congress Center of Instituto S...

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2025-07-27 - 2025-07-27

ELLIS Reading Group: Computer Vision and Beyond Session

This reading group aims to explore the latest research within and beyond this field, encompassing topics from deep learning fun...

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2025-08-04 - 2025-08-08

CISPA ELLIS Summer School in Saarbrücken

Topic: Trustworthy AI (Secure and Safe Foundation Models)