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Workshop • 28.07.2025 • Amalie Bauer - Konferenzsaal (Alte Post), Technische Universität München
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
AI and Schools in Dialogue
Research, Education Policy, and Teaching Practice
The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) warmly invites you to a discussion on practical ways to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into school settings. Together with experts from academia and education policy, the current state of AI applications in everyday school life will be presented and discussed. The focus lies on practice-oriented …
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Jul
MCML Stammtisch • 24.07.2025 • Ristorante Pizzeria Bei Mario, Adalbertstraße 15, 80799 München
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
MCML Stammtisch - July Edition
Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming MCML Stammtisch, taking place on Thursday, July 24th, at 6 pm, at Ristorante Pizzeria Bei Mario Adalbertstraße 15, 80799 München. If you would like to join, please register here by July 17. We are looking forward to seeing you there and having another great evening together! If you have any questions, feel …
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Jul
Workshop • 24.07.2025 • TUM, Richard-Wagner-Straße 1, 80333 Munich
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Part 3: Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI
AI Agents and the Transformation of the Modern Workplace
The next “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” event by the Bavarian AI Act Accelerator focusses on, how leading organizations are using AI agents to boost productivity, enhance collaboration, and rethink decision-making, especially in HR and knowledge management to customer service.
22
Jul
Pitchtalk Series • 22.07.2025 • SAP Labs Garching, Friedrich-Ludwig-Bauer-Straße 5, 85748 Garching bei München
MCML Industry Pitchtalks With SAP
Join Us for Networking and Insights
On July 22nd, we will be invited to the new SAP Labs in Garching, for a Meetup in our series MCML Pitchtalks with Industry. Some of our junior members and research staff from SAP will show each other’s research on AI Agents and Generative AI. Join us for a lively meetup, and feel free to reach out to our PhD Coordinator Thomas Meier for more …
21
Jul
Munich NLP Meetup • 21.07.2025 • Versicherungskammer Bayern Warngauer Str. 30, 81539 Munich
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Legal NLP in Insurance
Transforming Insurance With AI
The Munich NLP Meetup is a community of AI enthusiasts, researchers, and professionals who regularly meet to discuss the latest developments in natural language processing and artificial intelligence. The meetups provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, networking, and the promotion of innovations in the AI industry. We’re happy to share …
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Summer-school • 21.07.2025 - 25.07.2025 • Inria Rocquencourt (close to Paris), France
Fifth Inria-DFKI European Summer School on AI (IDESSAI 2025)
Responsible AI and Machine Ethics and Twin AI
The Fifth Inria-DFKI European Summer School on AI (IDESSAI 2025), jointly organized by Inria and DFKI, offers a focused program on two timely themes: Responsible AI and Machine Ethics and Twin AI. The program includes courses with hands-on labs and case studies, as well as input from industry practitioners and innovators. An additional 4-hour …
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Jul
Munich AI Lectures • 17.07.2025 • Room B006, Main LMU Building, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 01, 80539 Munich
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Deep Learning Theory: What We Know, What We Are Learning, and What Remains Unclear
Prof. Dr. Guido Montúfar, UCLA
On 17 July 2025, Guido Montúfar will give a talk as part of the Munich AI Lectures series. The lecture, titled “Deep Learning Theory: What we know, what we are learning, and what remains unclear," addresses the mathematical foundations of deep learning and the rapidly developing theory behind neural networks.
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Jul
Munich AI Lectures • 09.07.2025 • Plenarsaal of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW), Alfons-Goppel-Straße 11, 80539 Munich
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Foundational Methods for Foundation Models for Scientific Machine Learning
Prof. Dr. Virginia Dignum, Umeå University
The next edition of the Munich AI Lecture series will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the Plenarsaal of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich.
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Jul
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MCML Diversity Stammtisch • 08.07.2025 • Gasthaus FUX - Türkenstraße 38, 80799 München
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
MCML Diversity Stammtisch
Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation
Feeling out of place in academia? First in your family to go to university? Navigating language or cultural barriers in Germany? Neurodivergent? Or simply passionate about inclusion?
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Jul
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Lecture • 08.07.2025 • LMU Center for Advanced Studies, Seestraße 13, 80802 Munich
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch Talk: Understanding of Non-Verbal Behavior by Multimodal AI Systems
With MCML Members Philipp Wicke and Sven Mayer.
In this talk the Understanding of Non-Verbal Behavior by Multimodal AI Systems will be discussed. Speaker: Philipp Wicke
(MCML/LMU)
Respondent: Sven Mayer
(MCML/LMU) Only with registration!
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Festival • 03.07.2025 - 06.07.2025 • Deutsches Museum, Munich
Festival of the Future 2025
Björn Ommer, MCML
The Festival of the Future 2025 gathers leading experts from science, technology, and art to explore innovations shaping our future. The event features talks, panel discussions, and interactive exhibits on topics like artificial intelligence, sustainability, and space exploration. Björn Ommer, our PI, will be among the speakers, sharing insights on …
02
Jul
Summit • 02.07.2025 • Kohlebunker (Motorworld) München-Freimann
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
MCML Munich AI Day 2025
MCML Celebrates Second Summit
We are happy to invite you to this year’s MCML Munich AI Day, hosted by the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) on 2nd July 2025. Join national and international AI researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, and media representatives as we explore the most pressing AI-related questions of our time. The event aims to discuss the …
02
Jul
Masterclass • 02.07.2025 • Kohlebunker (Motorworld) München-Freimann
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Masterclass Entrepreneurship
Join Us for Networking and Insights
The other Masterclass will be on Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with TUM Venture Labs and the LMU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. The Masterclass on Entrepreneurship will last from 11 to 12 am. There will be two impulses from members of the respective collaboration partners on how to build your own company, and on ways of getting …
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Jul
Masterclass • 02.07.2025 • Kohlebunker (Motorworld) München-Freimann
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Masterclass Science Communication
Join Us for Networking and Insights
This masterclass will be in collaboration with the Tübingen AI Center and RhetAI, coordinated by Verena. The workshop will last from 9 to 12 am. Learn how to communicate your research and how to make your work accessible, engaging, and impactful beyond academic circles. This course equips you with the tools to share your research with broader …
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Jul
Workshop • 01.07.2025 • House of Communication, August-Everding-Straße 25, 81671 Munich
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Part 2: Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI
Risk vs. Reward?! Implementing AI Agents in Startups, SMEs, and Public Organisations
The next “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” event by the Bavarian AI Act Accelerator dives into whether AI agents are truly worth it for startups, SMEs, and public organisations – especially when resources are limited.
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Jun
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Lecture • 26.06.2025 • CAS, Seestraße 13, 80802 Munich
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Bayesian Insights on Polarization and Disagreement
Prof. Leah Henderson, Ph.D. (CAS Fellow/Groningen)
As part of the CAS Research Focus “Bayesian Reasoning: A Grammar of Science?”, the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) is hosting a lecture by Leah Henderson from the University of Groningen.
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Jun
Colloquium • 25.06.2025 • LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Practical Causal Reasoning as a Means for Ethical ML
Isabel Valera, Uni Saarbrücken
In this talk I will give an overview of the role of causality in ethical machine learning, and in particular, in fair and explainable ML. In particular, I will first detail how to use causal reasoning to study fairness and interpretability problems in algorithmic decision making, stressing the main limitations that we encounter when aiming to …
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Summer School • 23.06.2025 - 27.06.2025 • Penck Hotel Dresden, Ostra-Allee 33, 01067 Dresden, Germany
1:00 pm - 12:30 pm
11. International Summer School on AI and Big Data
Mehwish Alam, Télécom Paris
Fredrik Heintz, Linköping University
Ralf Koerrenz, University Jena
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, TU Dresden University of Technology
Anand Subramoney, Royal Holloway, University of London
The 11th International Summer School on AI and Big Data brings together graduate students, PhD students, researchers, and professionals interested in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Machine Learning. This year, the focus will be on Language Models and their applications, especially in areas such as education and ethics. What to …
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Jun
Colloquium • 11.06.2025 • LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Veridical Data Science and PCS Uncertainty Quantification
Bin Yu, Berkeley
Data Science is central to Al and has driven most of the recent advances in biomedicine and beyond. Human judgment calls are ubiquitous at every step of the data science life cycle (DSLC): problem formulation, data cleaning, EDA, modeling, and reporting. Auch judgment calls are often responsible for the “dangers” of Al by creating a universe of …
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Jun
Colloquium • 04.06.2025 • LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Democratizing Methods
Jennifer Hill, New York University
The past few decades have seen an explosion in the development of freely available software to implement statistical methods and algorithms to help explore and analyze data. However, researchers tend to assume that releasing software packages implementing specific methods is sufficient for ensuring that the tools are adopted and used correctly. …
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Workshop • 30.05.2025 - 31.05.2025 • LMU Main Building, A 120
Epistemology and Theory of Machine Learning
Limits, Interpretability, and Knowledge in Modern AI
This is the second edition of the Epistemology and Theory of Machine Learning series started in 2023. The rapid rise and huge impact of methods in machine learning raises important philosophical questions. There is, in particular, an increasing interest in questions of epistemology: how exactly do machine learning methods contribute to the pursuit …
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May
Talk • 27.05.2025 • LRZ Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Munich + Meet (Hybrid)
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Talk With Matthias Wendland
„Regulatory Readiness Under the AI Act: Operating AI at Scale With HPC Infrastructures as Emerging AI Factories"
The talk will explore how the AI Act may affect institutions operating large-scale AI systems, with a particular focus on HPC centers. He’ll highlight how regulatory requirements intersect with technical capabilities, and what steps HPC centers can take to prepare for upcoming regulatory expectations, especially as they increasingly become central …
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May
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Conference • 22.05.2025 • Maritim Congress Centrum Ingolstadt, Gießerei-Platz 1, 85049 Ingolstadt
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
BAIOSPHERE CONFERENCE MOBILITY - BAI.CON 2025
THE FUTURE of MOBILITY WITH AI
On May 22, 2025, AImotion Bavaria and AININ invite you to the BAIOSPHERE CONFERENCE MOBILITY (BAI.CON 2025). The event will take place at the Maritim Congress Centrum Ingolstadt and promises an exciting program centered on the future of AI-powered mobility. Under the theme “The Future of Mobility with AI,” the conference will focus on key topics, …
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Colloquium • 14.05.2025 • LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Robustness in Semiparametric Statistics
Rajen Shah, University of Cambridge
Given that all models are wrong, it is important to understand the performance of methods when the settings for which they have been designed are not met, and to modify them where possible so they are robust to these sorts of departures from the ideal. We present two examples with this broad goal in mind. We first look at a classical case of model …
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May
Seminar • 08.05.2025 • Seminar Room Statistics, LMU
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
How to PhD
Tips and Insights for a Successful PhD
Exclusive for MCML PhD Students We invite our MCML PhD Students to a seminar, panel and workshop focused on key questions surrounding the PhD journey, including:
- How to publish successfully
- Where to travel (conferences, summer schools)
- How to work with your supervisor
- What really matters during a PhD
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May
Workshop • 06.05.2025 • House of Communication, August-Everding-Straße 25, 81671 Munich
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Part 1: Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI
AI Agents 101: What They Are, How They Work, and How They Can Create Value
By popular demand, the “Comparing Notes on Trustworthy AI” series continues in 2025. This year, we will be exploring different political, legal, technical, and ethical perspectives on AI Agents. Join us for our first event in Munich, free registration here: https://lnkd.in/eX7Pf6UJ
- We will have panel and networking to continue the discussion. The …
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May
Pitchtalk Series • 06.05.2025 • Daiichi Sankyo, Munich Office
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
MCML Industry Pitchtalks With Daiichi Sankyo
Join Us for Networking and Insights
On May 6th, the MCML will have its next Pitchtalk with Industry. That day, we will visit Daiichi Sankyo. At their Munich Office, from 16:00 - 18:00.
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Meetup • 24.04.2025 • Impact Hub Munich, Gotzinger Str. 8, 81371 Munich
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Munich AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision Meetup
Cecilia Curreli, MCML
On April 24, 2025, the Munich AI, ML, and Computer Vision Meetup will take place at Impact Hub Munich. The event will feature talks from experts on cutting-edge topics in AI, machine learning, and computer vision. One of the speakers is our Junior Member Cecilia Curreli, who will present her research on human motion prediction using nonisotropic …
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Apr
Colloquium • 23.04.2025 • LMU Department of Statistics and via zoom
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Story-Led Causal Inference
Jessica Young, Harvard University
The modern causal inference literature has expressed a deep divide over the nature of the so-called consistency condition. Consistency is popularly characterized as the condition that counterfactual/potential outcomes indexed by a hypothetical intervention of interest may be equated to measured outcomes among those whose data is consistent with …
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Apr
Pitchtalk Series • 10.04.2025 • Bain&Company, Karlsplatz 1, 80335 München
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
MCML Industry Pitchtalks With Bain & Company
Join Us for Networking and Insights
On April 10th, we will be invited to Bain & Company for a Meetup in our series MCML Pitchtalks with Industry. Some of our junior members and research staff from Bain & Company will show each other’s research on decision-theoretic methods, uncertainty quantification, and generative AI. Join us for a lively meetup, and feel free to reach out to …
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Apr
Demo Day • 09.04.2025 • WERK1, Munich
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The LMU Innovation Incubator Demo Day
Final Event of the LMU Innovation Incubator Startup Program 2025
On behalf of the LMU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center and the LMU Innovation Incubator, we cordially invite you to the forthcoming Demo Day of the Innovation Incubator’s 6th Edition. The LMU IEC Innovation Incubation program aims to enhance the entrepreneurial skills of our participants, who come from diverse academic backgrounds with a strong …
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Cafe • 08.04.2025 • Zentrum für Nationales Hochleistungsrechnen Erlangen NHR@FAU at RRZE, Martensstraße 1, Room 02.049, 91058 Erlangen
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Monthly HPC Café, in April About "Bayern KI – Resources and Support for AI Research in Bavaria"
Discussion, Contact and Training
Join the HPC Café of NHR@FAU, which complements the established contact channels and training offerings on every second Tuesday of the month. Starting with a short Q&A session, where you can ask and discuss anything HPC related, from running job scripts to performance issues there is also focus on a specific topic, either as a short talk or a …
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Apr
Girls'Day • 03.04.2025 • LMU Main Building
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Girls' Day 2025
Learn How AI Works and Influences Our World
Join us on April 3, 2025, for an exciting event designed specifically for girls and genderqueer children aged 11-15. This event will cover topics like recognizing fake news, understanding algorithmic bias, and discovering career opportunities in AI. The event includes three interactive workshops—one in English and two in German— with a lunch break …
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Pitchtalk Series • 02.04.2025 • Ludwigstrasse 33, 1st floor, Seminar room of the Statistics Institute
MCML Industry Pitchtalks With appliedAI
Join Us for Networking and Insights
On April 2nd, we will welcome appliedAI and some of their industry partners from industry to the MCML for a Meetup as part of our “MCML Pitchtalks with Industry”. Some of our junior members and research staff from appliedAI and their partners will engage in exchange of ideas on AI Agentic Systems, RAG Methods, Generative AI and AGI-Benchmarking. …
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Lecture • 01.04.2025 • Seminar Room 211b, 2/F, Ludwigstr. 28 (Front Building), 80539 Munich
10:00 am - 11:00 am
AI Writing Assistants’ Influence on User Opinions
Maurice Jakesch, Chair of Computational Social Science Lab, Bauhaus University Weimar
AI writing assistants powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to support people’s writing. Can they impact people’s opinions in this process? We exposed participants writing about important societal issues to an AI writing assistant that provided biased autocomplete suggestions. When using the AI assistant, participants’ …
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Panel Discussion • 01.04.2025 • Design Offices Macherei, Weihenstephaner Straße 12, 81673 München
"Power Up!" the Second SZ Digital Summit
Björn Ommer in the Debate “Dare to Be More Elon Musk? the Silicon Valley Mindset”
Our PI Björn Ommer talks at the 2. SZ digital summit about “Dare to be more Elon Musk? The Silicon Valley Mindset” (Mehr Elon Musk wagen? Die Denkweise des Silicon Valley) with Jannis Brühl and Marietje Schaake from the Cyber Policy Center of the Stanford University. In “Power Up!”, the media company Süddeutsche Zeitung will provide a lot of …
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Hackathon • 28.03.2025 - 30.03.2025 • LMU Munich, Main Building
DataFest 2025
Call for Applications
Join the DataFest Germany on March, 28-30, 2025, a 48-hour competition challenging teams of students to analyze complex datasets. The DataFest is a student competition for data analysis (“hackathon”) in which bachelor and master students of all disciplines can participate. In teams of 2-5 people, you will analyze a large and complex data set over a …
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Workshop • 27.03.2025 - 28.03.2025 • LMU Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Room F107
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Spiking Neural Networks
Gitta Kutyniok, MCML
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing society at an unprecedented rate, reshaping industries and redefining daily life. However, one of its most pressing global challenges is its massive energy consumption. A promising solution lies in embracing analog technologies, such as neuromorphic chips, alongside spiking neural networks—an analog …
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Mar
MCML Stammtisch • 26.03.2025 • Türkenhof, Türkenstraße 78, 80799 München
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
MCML Stammtisch - March Edition
Join Us for an Evening of Connection and Conversation
We heartily invite to the next MCML-Stammtisch edition, taking place on Wednesday, March 26th, at 6 pm, at Türkenhof, Türkenstraße 78, Munich (close to “U3 Universität”). Happy to see you there.
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MCML Internal Pitchtalks • 26.03.2025 • LMU Munich, Akademiestrasse 7, 1st floor
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
MCML Internal Pitchtalks
Tobias Schmidt, Rodrigo González, Helmholtz AI / MCML
Valentin Melnychuk, LMU / MCML
Udo Schlegel, LMU / MCML
Ivica Obadic, TUM / MCML
We will have three talks by Junior Members of the MCML. Afterwards, at 6pm, the MCML Stammtisch is taking place at Türkenhof. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
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Mar
Munich AI Lectures • 26.03.2025 • LMU Munich, Room W201, Professor-Huber-Platz 2, 80539 Munich
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Foundational Methods for Foundation Models for Scientific Machine Learning
Prof. Dr. Michael Mahoney, University of California at Berkeley
The upcoming Munich AI Lectures will feature Michael Mahoney from UC Berkeley. Organized by the Chair of AI in Management, the lecture will focus on “Foundational Methods for Foundation Models for Scientific Machine Learning."