Lecture Series in the ELLIS Network
Many of the ELLIS Sites regularly organise distinguished lecture series promoting cutting-edge AI research of renowned experts and giving the audience a chance to ask questions and connect with top-notch researchers.
Lecture series (co-) organized by ELLIS Units
With the Distinguished Speaker Series, ELLIS Alicante invites top AI researchers from around the world to present their work to the team of ELLIS Alicante. In collaboration with the University of Alicante, the event is open to any student and researcher of the university.
The Cambridge ELLIS Unit Seminar Series holds talks by leading researchers in the area of machine learning and AI.
The ELLIS Unit Heidelberg together with various partners organizes the NCT Data Science Seminar series bringing together thought-leading speakers and researchers in the field of data science to discuss both methodological advances as well as medical applications.
The ELLIS Unit Helsinki organizes a series of events showcasing outstanding scientists from different stages of their career. Lectures are open for all and can be joined online:
Distinguished Lectures (talks by renowned experts)
Machine Learning Coffee Seminar (weekly seminar)
Seminar on Advances in Probabilistic Machine Learning (talks by early career researchers)
The ELLIS Unit Jena organizes the AI4Good hosted online webinar series "AI for Earth and Sustainability Science". The series highlights seminal and recent progress in AI-enabled modelling and understanding of the Earth system from local to global scale and AI-science based diagnosis, prediction and remedy of environmental crises. The webinar series is curated by the ELLIS Unit Jena and the ELLIS Program “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Sciences”.
The ELLIS Lisbon & Unbabel seminars on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, organised jointly by members of the ELLIS Unit Lisbon & Portuguese translation start-up Unbabel, aim to provide, on a regular basis, an outlet for discussion of the latest research on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing by researchers and students from all over the world. The seminars are open to all and streamed online.
The Munich AI Lectures are a joint initiative of the ELLIS Unit Munich, the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML), the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI) at TUM, the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) at LMU, and the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI (relAI). On a monthly basis, they invite top-level AI researchers to give the audience a glimpse into their work and the future of AI.
The ELLIS Unit in Stuttgart regularly invites outstanding scientists to present their latest research projects.
Further formats promoting expert talks
ELLIS PhD & Postdoc Reading Groups
As part of its educational activities, ELLIS aims to connect PhDs and postdocs in the network and supports them in creating opportunities to discuss science. ELLIS Reading Groups are initiated and organized by ELLIS PhD students and postdocs across Europe.
See all details and links to join
Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy (AIDA)
AIDA, the Artificial Intelligence Doctoral Academy, has been created to nurture a new generation of AI talent by offering knowledge and expertise in AI through educational and training activities. It’s a joint initiative of the EU-funded projects ELISE, AI4media, VISION, HUMANE AI and TAILOR. ELLIS Fellows often participate in the AIDA AI Excellence Lecture Series.