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05.02.2026

Needle in a Haystack: Finding Exact Moments in Long Videos

MCML Research Insight - With With Tanveer Hannan and Thomas Seidl

Long videos are everywhere, with footage of movies, YouTube videos, body-cam recordings, and AR/VR often running for tens of minutes or even hours. Now imagine asking a simple question like “Where are …

30.01.2026

Cracks in the Foundations of Cosmology

Daniel Grün Explains How Observations Test Our Understanding of the Universe

There was a time when the Andromeda Nebula was the end of the Universe. At least, a number of astronomers in the early 20th century still thought that fuzzy objects in the night sky – such as the …

29.01.2026

How Machines Can Discover Hidden Rules Without Supervision

MCML Research Insight - With Tobias Schmidt, and Steffen Schneider

How can machines learn the hidden rules that govern how systems change—how objects move, how weather patterns unfold, or how biological signals evolve—without ever being told what those rules are?

Talk Series • 11.02.2026 • PATHOS theater

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

One Year Left: Is the AI Apocalypse Coming?

Franziska Kaltenberger, MCML Junior Member

This event is part of an exhibition and talk series on the future of technology and art by 1E9 x Digitale Bühne. Starting from the controversial “AI 2027” scenario, the discussion asks whether …

Munich AI Lectures • 12.02.2026 • LMU Munich, Main Building, Room D209

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

How Machines Explore, Conjecture, and Discover Mathematics

Sebastian Pokutta, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)

On Febuary 12, 2026, the next Munich AI Lecture will welcome Sebastian Pokutta from Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB).

Tri-State Venture Sprint • 26.02.2026 - 27.02.2026 • Munich, Germany

From Frontier Research to Real-World Impact

Connect With Deeply Technical Researchers Across Munich, Tübingen, and Zurich

Venture Sprint is an intensive 90-day program for PhD students, PostDocs, and researchers in AI and Data Science who want to turn their research into real-world products. Across three focused weekend …