Research
ELLIS fosters international collaboration across domains, connecting top researchers while investing in the next generation of AI talent.
Members
ELLIS Members are leading scientists in machine learning and AI, shaping Europe's global position in these fields.
About
ELLIS is a network of excellence connecting top AI researchers across European borders to strengthen the leadership of AI made in Europe.
News
July 29th, 2025
ELLIS at the AI for Good Global Summit: Showcasing European Excellence in AI Research
From July 8–11, 2025, the ELLIS Society participated in the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva—an annual event organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations (UN) leading agency for digital technologies, to explore how AI can advance sustainable development and...
News
July 24th, 2025
Beyond the Thesis with Zhijing Jin
Zhijing Jin is an incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, a CIFAR AI Chair, and a faculty member at the Vector Institute, where she works on LLMs, multi-agent AI, and responsible AI for social good, with a focus on AI safety and scientific discovery. She earned her PhD under...
News •
Profiles
July 17th, 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 completed his PhD as an ELLIS student under ELLIS Fellows Volker Tresp and Michael Bronstein, focusing on temporal knowledge graphs and inductive learning. Now, he also works at...
News •
Profiles
July 15th, 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 an additional presentation of accepted NeurIPS papers and to connect with peers and explore the latest advances in machine learning research. Co-located with the ELLIS...
News
July 7th, 2025
Beyond the Thesis with Edoardo Caldarelli
Edoardo Caldarelli is a postdoctoral researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, working on data-driven control algorithms for complex tasks, such as robotic cloth folding and predictive control. His research combines theoretical insights from statistical learning with practical...
Profiles •
News
June 30th, 2025
Beyond the Thesis with Mathis Petrovich
Mathis is a research scientist at NVIDIA, working in the field of 3D human motion synthesis - building on the focus of his PhD, where he developed methods for generating realistic 3D motion from natural language. During his PhD, he introduced two key models - ACTOR and TEMOS - that enable diverse...
Profiles •
News
June 26th, 2025
Exploring the Frontiers of Language and Speech: Highlights from the 2025 ELLIS NLP & Speech Recognition Workshop
This year's ELLIS Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition took place on June 4, 2025, in a fully online format. The event was jointly organised by Josef Sivic from the ELLIS Unit Prague and Rostyslav Hryniv from ELLIS Associate Unit Lviv, and featured a rich program of...
News •
Insights
June 26th, 2025
Open Call for ELLIS Fellows and Scholar Nominations 2025
The call for nominations for ELLIS Fellows and Scholars is now open. ELLIS Program and Unit Directors are invited to submit new nominations within their respective Programs or Units. Detailed eligibility criteria and nomination guidelines can be found below. Kindly read the instructions...
News
June 25th, 2025
New EU Project ELLIOT Aims to Advance Multimodal Generalist Foundation Models
The new EU-funded initiative, ELLIOT (European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models for Robust Generalization on Arbitrary Data Streams) aims to develop open, multimodal foundation models that can generalize robustly across real-world, noisy, and dynamic data streams. With €25 million in...
News •
Projects Building on ELLIS
June 24th, 2025
Another Strong Year for the ELLIS PhD Program: 2024/2025 Recruitment Outcomes
The ELLIS PhD Program continues to attract strong global interest, with thousands of applications and a highly selective admissions process. The newly admitted cohort will conduct cutting-edge AI research under joint supervision across leading European institutions, fostering international...
News
June 23rd, 2025
ELLIS Pre-ICML Fest 2025: Celebrate, Connect, Collaborate
In the lead-up to the 2025 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), several ELLIS Units are proudly organizing the inaugural ELLIS Pre-ICML Fest. This decentralized initiative offers a unique opportunity for ELLIS researchers across Europe to present their latest work in a local,...
News
June 2nd, 2025
Welcoming New ELLIS Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Celia Sánchez San Juan
We are excited to welcome Celia Sánchez San Juan as the new COO for the ELLIS Society. Celia brings a strong track record in strategic and operational leadership, with a focus on technology, innovation, and AI-driven environments.
News
May 30th, 2025
Pre-Launch Event Marks Key Milestone for ELLIS Institute Finland
On May 21, the ELLIS Institute Finland hosted its pre-launch event, marking an exciting step forward for the ELLIS community.
News
May 28th, 2025
ELIAS Strengthens Interdisciplinary AI Research Through ELLIS PhD Program
The European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability (ELIAS) is shaping the next generation of AI researchers—through the ELLIS PhD Program—by uniting cutting-edge technical training with ethical responsibility and a focus on sustainable impact.
News •
Press Releases •
Projects Building on ELLIS
May 20th, 2025
Advance your AI research career in Europe
If you're looking to launch or advance your career in AI research, the Jobs in the ELLIS Network page is becoming a must-visit resource. This curated job board connects top talent with premier research opportunities in machine learning and artificial intelligence across Europe.
News
May 20th, 2025
Call for Proposals: New ELLIS Units
ELLIS Society calls for a new round of proposals for the creation of ELLIS Units. The deadline is on September 30th, 2025.
News
Page 2 of 16