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.

3 Pillars of ELLIS Research

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).

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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.

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ELLIS' 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.

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Upcoming Events

December 10th - December 12th, 2025
Montebello, Canada
CIFAR Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School
December 2nd - December 7th, 2025
Copenhagen
EurIPS + ELLIS UnConference

Discover the Sites

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

September 26th, 2025
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...
September 16th, 2025
ELLIS Unit Trento: Bridging Disciplines for Foundational and Applied AI
ELLIS Unit Trento conducts interdisciplinary AI research spanning machine learning, computer vision, remote sensing, and NLP, with a focus on both foundational...
Discover the Sites: ELLIS Unit Alicante plus a photo of Alicante
May 19th, 2025
ELLIS Unit Alicante: Committed to Responsible AI with Positive Social Impact
ELLIS Alicante is a private, non-profit foundation created in June 2020, committed to creating a world-class scientific team focused on responsible AI for Social Good....

Event & Workshop Insights

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

September 23rd, 2025
ELLIS Unit Lisbon: Machine Learning Summer School 2025
From July 19 to 25, the annual Lisbon Machine Learning Summer School (LxMLS) brought together over 140 Master’s and PhD students from around the world for a highly...
September 18th, 2025
ELLIS Unit Lausanne: AI for Health Summer School 2025
From 7 to 11 July 2025, ELLIS Unit Lausanne hosted the AI for Health Summer School on the EPFL campus. The program addressed recent advances at the intersection of...
ELLIS Workshop on NLP and Speech Recognition ELLIS Sites with 5 people on a virtual call plus a room with people sitting in it
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...

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#WomenInELLIS

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

Spotlight on #WomenInELLIS on Margret Keuper, Professor at the University of Mannheim, with a photo of Margret
October 22nd, 2025
Spotlight on Margret Keuper
Say hello to Margret Keuper, Professor at the University of Mannheim 🇩🇪 and ELLIS Fellow with the ELLIS Unit Saarbrücken.
Spotlight on #WomenInELLIS on Dima Damen, Professor of Computer Vision at University of Bristol, with photo of Dima
October 15th, 2025
Spotlight on Dima Damen
Get to know Dima Damen, Professor of Computer Vision at the University of Bristol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Spotlight on #WomenInELLIS on Agata Lapedriza, Professor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Northeastern & MIT, with photo of Agata
October 8th, 2025
Spotlight on Agata Lapedriza
Meet Agata Lapedriza, Professor / Principal Research Scientist / Research Affiliate at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 🇪🇸 / Northeastern University / MIT 🇺🇸

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
ELIAS
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ELLIOT Multimodal AI Made in Europe

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.

ELLIS PhD Award

ELLIS PhD Award recipients in 2019 standing in between Bernhard Schoelkopf and Bernt Schiele
ELLIS PhD Award recipients in 2019 standing in between Bernhard Schoelkopf and Bernt Schiele

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.

Jobs in the ELLIS Network

Advance your AI research career. Discover exclusive academic openings at the top institutions in Europe.

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