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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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Research

ELLIS is a pan-European AI network of excellence. It builds upon machine learning as the driver for modern AI and aims to secure lasting international leadership of AI made in Europe by connecting top researchers in this field and by creating a multi-centric AI research laboratory.

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ELLIS Phd & Postdoc Program

ELLIS offers a PhD and Postdoc Program connecting top young researchers globally to leading European AI scientists. The program provides diverse training and tracks (academic, industry, multidisciplinary).

ELLIS Sites

ELLIS is building a network of world-class AI research sites across Europe, each serving as the heart of a local AI ecosystem. Sites can be composed of the local AI research institutions and universities.

ELLIS Research Programs

ELLIS's 16 Research Programs focus on advancing AI through theoretical foundations, algorithms, and applications (e.g., health, climate) and more. They are led by ELLIS Fellows and Scholars, outstanding researchers in their fields.

ELLIS Workshop on Safe & Secure Artificial Intelligence on 20 May 2026 online; organised by ELLIS Unit Prague, ELLIS Associate Unit Lviv, ELLIS Unit Alicante and the ELLIS Program on Human-Centric Machine Learning

20/05/26

Virtual

ELLIS Workshop on Safe and Secure Artificial Intelligence

ELIAS Spotlight on Diverse Career Trajectories: ELIAS Series on AI & Sustainability featuring Laetitia Chapel, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, IRISA

20/05/26

Virtual

ELIAS Series on AI & Sustainability: Spotlight on Diverse Career Trajectories

26/05/26 - 29/05/26

Forum Digitale Technologien (FDT) Salzufer 15-16, Berlin

AI to Accelerate Scientific Understanding Workshop

ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Program ELLIS-ELLIOT Reading Group Human-Centric Machine Learning

29/05/26

Virtual

ELLIS-ELLIOT Reading Group: Human-Centric Machine Learning Session

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Discover the Sites

Profiles of ELLIS Sites including their main research areas, accomplishments, and people

14/05/26

ELLIS Unit Madrid: Forging Interpretable and Causal AI for for Health, Environment, and Network Systems

ELLIS Unit Madrid unites AI and machine learning researchers from Madrid's six public universities to tackle challenges in areas like biometrics, healthcare, climate,...

04/05/26

ELLIS Unit Lausanne: Advancing AI at the Intersection of Science, Health, and Society

The ELLIS Unit Lausanne is a founding member of the ELLIS network dedicated to shaping AI for societal benefit through interdisciplinary research in healthcare,...

26/09/25

ELLIS Unit Munich: Tackling Key Challenges of Explainability, Reliability, and Trustworthiness in AI

Established in 2020, ELLIS Munich is one of Germany’s leading Units within the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) network. Jointly...

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Event & Workshop Insights

Discover insights from the latest Program Workshops, Summer & Winter Schools, and other ELLIS events

#WomenInELLIS

Discover women in ELLIS who are leading and making an impact in the fields of AI and machine learning across Europe.

13/05/26

Spotlight on Didem Gürdür Broo

Say hi to Didem Gürdür Broo, Assistant Professor at Uppsala University 🇸🇪 and ELLIS Member. Her area of research is Multi-robot Systems, symbiotic multi-agent...

Spotlight on #WomenInELLIS on Zaneta Swiderska-Chadaj, Associate Professor at Ideas Research Institute, with a photo of Zaneta

06/05/26

Spotlight on Żaneta Świderska-Chadaj

Get to know Żaneta Świderska-Chadaj, Associate Professor at Ideas Research Institute 🇵🇱. She’s an ELLIS Member part of the ELLIS Unit Warsaw and her research focus is...

Spotlight on #WomenInELLIS on Neslihan Bayramoglu, Senior Research Fellow at University of Oulu, with a photo of Neslihan

29/04/26

Spotlight on Neslihan Bayramoglu

Meet Neslihan Bayramoglu, Senior Research Fellow at University of Oulu 🇫🇮 and ELLIS Member. Her area of research is applied artificial intelligence in health, focusing...

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Projects Building on ELLIS

These nationally and EU-funded projects build on and extend the ELLIS network. These projects connect researchers, offer training and mobility programs, and contribute to policy work.

ELSA European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI

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Mobility Programs & Funds

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.To foster exchange among scientists in Europe, several projects building on ELLIS support junior and senior researchers with dedicated mobility programs.

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ELLIS PhD Award

ELLIS has established the ELLIS PhD Award to recognize and encourage outstanding research achievements during the dissertation phase in artificial intelligence and machine learning related fields (including computer vision and robotics). The ELLIS PhD Award is sponsored by the Kühborth Stiftung GmbH. Each awardee will receive Euro 2,500 prize money. Typically, there will be two awards per calendar year, one given to a female researcher and one to a male researcher.

Learn more about the PhD Award