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ELLIS fosters international collaboration across domains, connecting top researchers while investing in the next generation of AI talent.
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ELLIS Members are leading scientists in machine learning and AI, shaping Europe's global position in these fields.
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ELLIS is a network of excellence connecting top AI researchers across European borders to strengthen the leadership of AI made in Europe.
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August 8th, 2024
ELLIS PhD Student Profile: Marvin Schmitt shares impressions from his research visit at Aalto University in Helsinki
Exchanging ideas face-to-face, getting to know new research environments and initiating collaborations are crucial for scientific excellence and innovative research in the cutting-edge field of modern AI.
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Profiles
August 7th, 2024
ELLIS Program Insights: “Machine learning methods have the potential to drastically reduce the time and cost involved in molecular discovery.”
The discovery of new molecules with desired functions holds immense potential for addressing global challenges such as pandemics, food security and climate change. It leads to new medicines, secures the world’s food supply via agrochemicals, and enables a sustainable energy conversion. However,...
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July 25th, 2024
ELLIS PhD Student Profile: “Being a PhD student in Europe is one of the best experiences of my life.”
The ELLIS PhD Program is rich with inspiring stories of young AI scientists and their impressive research journeys, and this is one of them: Zhijing Jin, an ELLIS PhD student nearing the end of her dissertation phase, is about to embrace a new challenge.
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July 22nd, 2024
ELLIS/ELISE Workshop Insights: “With advances in AI, we have better tools to act against the climate crisis”
From the “ELLIS/ELISE AI for Learning Weather and Climate” workshop, Gustau Camps-Valls, Co-Director of the ELLIS Program ‘Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Sciences’, highlights the crucial role of Artificial Intelligence in addressing climate change.
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Projects Building on ELLIS
July 12th, 2024
Inauguration of the new ELLIS Unit Barcelona: A key initiative to boost AI research excellence in Catalonia
The ELLIS Unit Barcelona, essential for establishing Catalonia as a leading hub for AI research and innovation in Europe, was officially presented at an event held at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans in Barcelona.
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July 10th, 2024
Open Call for Proposals – ELIAS Nodes
The European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability (ELIAS) calls for a 1st round of proposals for the creation of ELIAS nodes fostering European Leadership in Innovation with AI and Science with close ties to ELLIS, the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems.
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July 8th, 2024
Major European AI/ML Conference organised by ELISE held in Helsinki
Organised by ELISE, the event brought together top European researchers in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), outstanding PhD students, ELLIS and ELISE coordinators, and representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who are developing innovative applications...
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July 2nd, 2024
ELLIS PhD Program attracts global AI talent to Europe: 120 early-career researchers join the network in 2024
The ELLIS PhD Program has once again set a new record: more than 3,160 interested candidates from around the globe responded to the 2023/2024 central recruitment call and registered on the application portal - an increase of roughly 60 percent compared to last year.
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June 24th, 2024
Grand Opening of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen
Distinguished guests, scientific workshops and groundbreaking research – the ELLIS Institute Tübingen’s Grand Opening took place last week.
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May 6th, 2024
ELLIS Unit Insights: Combating the climate crisis with AI
At the ELLIS Unit Jena, under the leadership of Prof. Dr Markus Reichstein and his colleague Prof. Dr Joachim Denzler, researchers are striving to predict the impact of extreme weather events with the help of AI. This should make it possible to provide advance warning to the people likely to be...
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April 17th, 2024
ELLIS Program Insights: Cross-border collaboration in Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Computer vision is a transformative technology with large implications for our everyday lives. It empowers computers to analyze and interpret visual data such as images and videos, and forms the backbone of numerous applications. From medical imaging and improved diagnosis in healthcare to...
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March 28th, 2024
ELLIS Winter School in Amsterdam showcases Europe’s top expertise on Foundation Models
150 participants from 90 different institutions and with 40 different nationalities: The ELLIS Winter School on Foundation Models organized by the ELLIS Unit Amsterdam was a vibrant gathering place for young scientists and top AI researchers from all over Europe. During three days, the school...
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March 26th, 2024
New Associate Unit Lviv in Ukraine becomes part of the ELLIS network
The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) creates a new Associate Unit in Lviv, Ukraine.
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February 5th, 2024
ELLIS Board Members discuss the future of AI in Europe at a workshop organized by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Brussels
The event brought together experts from politics and science to discuss elements of a sovereign AI research policy for Europe, including joint efforts to promote young international AI talent.
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January 30th, 2024
ELLIS Program Insights: Challenges in natural language processing require coordination across a large scientific network
Voice assistants, translation services, chatbots and large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT: The rapidly evolving field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) has long found its way into our everyday lives and is transforming the way humans communicate with each other and with machines.
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January 17th, 2024
Rebalancing the global AI landscape: ELLIS becomes a founding member of the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN)
ELLIS joins forces with international partners to launch the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN) – an initiative addressing global inequality in AI. The launch of ICAIN was announced during a joint press conference at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos today.
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