Unit Stuttgart

Algorithmic advances in machine learning are key to realising the next breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. Equally important, however, is to integrate these algorithmic advances into fully functional intelligent and autonomously (inter)acting systems and to also consider societal and ethical aspects in their development. This requires to bridge the gap between computer science and the engineering sciences, such as electrical and mechanical engineering, as well as the social sciences, and to address a range of new research challenges at the intersection of these fields. Our unit has a strong expertise in multiple research areas that are closely aligned with the various algorithmic efforts within the ELLIS network. As one of only few places in Germany, Stuttgart is also well-known for its long-standing and broad expertise in the engineering and social sciences. Our vision for our ELLIS unit is therefore to leverage the existing expertise in algorithms, to bridge it with expertise locally available in the engineering and social sciences, and to contribute this unique interdisciplinary mix to ELLIS.

The ELLIS Unit Stuttgart brings together an interdisciplinary team of outstanding researchers at the University of Stuttgart and the Stuttgart site of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems who advance research in learning and intelligent systems from four synergistic perspectives: Interactive Intelligent Systems, Natural and Programming Language Processing, Learning Theory, and Robot Learning.