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.
Institute Tübingen
Established on July 1st, 2023
Unit Mission
The ELLIS Institute is set to become a world-renowned center for pioneering basic research in the field of artificial intelligence.The Institute aims to attract the world's best machine learning talent, providing them with outstanding conditions to conduct research in a state-of-the-art facility located in Tübingen, Germany. The vision is part of a broader initiative, the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), which aims to build a pan-European institution for machine learning research.
Participating Institutions
Cyber Valley
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS)
Tübingen AI Center
Research Agenda
- AI & Mechanisms
- AI Safety & Alignment
- Science & Probabalistic Intelligence
- Cooperative Machine Intelligence for People-Aligned Safe Systems
- Algorithms & Society
- AutoML
- Computational Applied Mathematics & AI Lab
- Deep Models and Optimization
- Robust Machine Learning
- Wild, Efficient, and Innovative AI
Members
Scientific Coordinators
Latest News
January 2nd, 2026
ELLIS Pre-NeurIPS Fest 2025: A Europe-Wide Research Showcase
From Nov 17 - Dec 18, 2025, the ELLIS Pre-NeurIPS Fest 2025 once again brought together the ELLIS research community in the weeks surrounding the NeurIPS 2025 conference.
July 12th, 2025
ELLIS Pre-ICML Fest 2025: Fostering Local Dialogue and Scientific Exchange
From June 24 to July 11, 2025, in the lead-up to the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), several ELLIS Units hosted the inaugural ELLIS Pre-ICML Fest....
December 20th, 2024
ELLIS Pre-NeurIPS Fest 2024: Connecting AI Research Across Europe
The ELLIS Pre-NeurIPS Fest 2024 brought together 16 ELLIS Units and the Institute Tübingen to showcase hundreds of posters in the weeks surrounding the NeurIPS 2024...