Tübingen AI Center
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We are a joint partnership of University of Tübingen and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. We aim at developing robust learning systems and societally responsible AI. https://tuebingen.ai/imprint
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After we physically moved in August, today we finally arrived officially at our new building Maria-von-Lindenstr. 1 in Tübingen. Look at the giant key that was handed over to Tübingen University today!
"Exemplarisch für die Innovationskraft Baden-Württembergs": Wissenschaftsministerin Petra Olschowski und Finanzminister Dr. Danyal Bayaz haben heute den Neubau Cyber Valley I an die Universität Tübingen übergeben uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #CyberValley #KI #AI #Robotik @mwk-bw.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
After we physically moved in August, today we finally arrived officially at our new building Maria-von-Lindenstr. 1 in Tübingen. Look at the giant key that was handed over to Tübingen University today!
And now: here's our impressions of last week's annual conference (All Hands Meeting) of the German AI Centers at @dfki.bsky.social in Saarbrücken.
We enjoyed a thorough exchange with our friends at the other centers and this year quite a number of guests from nearby France!
We enjoyed a thorough exchange with our friends at the other centers and this year quite a number of guests from nearby France!
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And now: here's our impressions of last week's annual conference (All Hands Meeting) of the German AI Centers at @dfki.bsky.social in Saarbrücken.
We enjoyed a thorough exchange with our friends at the other centers and this year quite a number of guests from nearby France!
We enjoyed a thorough exchange with our friends at the other centers and this year quite a number of guests from nearby France!
Great new work by a team around Michael Deistler, co-affiliated with the Cluster of Excellence @ml4science.bsky.social and us.
They introduce Jaxley, a Python toolbox for the simulation and training of biophysical neuron models: now out in nature methods @nature.com, well done! 🎊
They introduce Jaxley, a Python toolbox for the simulation and training of biophysical neuron models: now out in nature methods @nature.com, well done! 🎊
Our work on training biophysical models with Jaxley is now out in @natmethods.nature.com. Led by @deismic.bsky.social, with @philipp.hertie.ai, @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social & @jakhmack.bsky.social et al.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Jaxley: differentiable simulation enables large-scale training of detailed biophysical models of neural dynamics - Nature Methods
Jaxley is a versatile platform for biophysical modeling in neuroscience. It allows efficiently simulating large-scale biophysical models on CPUs, GPUs and TPUs. Model parameters can be optimized with ...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Great new work by a team around Michael Deistler, co-affiliated with the Cluster of Excellence @ml4science.bsky.social and us.
They introduce Jaxley, a Python toolbox for the simulation and training of biophysical neuron models: now out in nature methods @nature.com, well done! 🎊
They introduce Jaxley, a Python toolbox for the simulation and training of biophysical neuron models: now out in nature methods @nature.com, well done! 🎊
Check out this new work of Andreas Geiger's:
🚀 New paper: ConeGS Error-Guided Densification Using Pixel Cones. We improve 3D Gaussian Splatting by placing Gaussians where they matter most: ConeGS adds primitives along pixel-view cones guided by image error, boosting quality with fewer Gaussians. baranowskibrt.github.io/conegs/
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Check out this new work of Andreas Geiger's:
📣 JobAlert:
12 days left, hit the Apply button now:
Join Tübingen AI Center as a Scientific Project Coordinator for OpenEuroLLM - support, building a series of open-source foundation models for transparent AI in Europe!
👉 lnkd.in/eTptRaFy
📅 Deadline: November 19, 2025
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12 days left, hit the Apply button now:
Join Tübingen AI Center as a Scientific Project Coordinator for OpenEuroLLM - support, building a series of open-source foundation models for transparent AI in Europe!
👉 lnkd.in/eTptRaFy
📅 Deadline: November 19, 2025
@unituebingen.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📣 JobAlert:
12 days left, hit the Apply button now:
Join Tübingen AI Center as a Scientific Project Coordinator for OpenEuroLLM - support, building a series of open-source foundation models for transparent AI in Europe!
👉 lnkd.in/eTptRaFy
📅 Deadline: November 19, 2025
@unituebingen.bsky.social
12 days left, hit the Apply button now:
Join Tübingen AI Center as a Scientific Project Coordinator for OpenEuroLLM - support, building a series of open-source foundation models for transparent AI in Europe!
👉 lnkd.in/eTptRaFy
📅 Deadline: November 19, 2025
@unituebingen.bsky.social
Now online: the 'Hightech Agenda Deutschland' kick-off of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space in Berlin now:
Our director Matthias Bethge and the other German AI Competence Centers are part of the discussion on AI as a key technology made in Germany:
👇 🎬
bmftr.bund.de/livestream
Our director Matthias Bethge and the other German AI Competence Centers are part of the discussion on AI as a key technology made in Germany:
👇 🎬
bmftr.bund.de/livestream
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Now online: the 'Hightech Agenda Deutschland' kick-off of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space in Berlin now:
Our director Matthias Bethge and the other German AI Competence Centers are part of the discussion on AI as a key technology made in Germany:
👇 🎬
bmftr.bund.de/livestream
Our director Matthias Bethge and the other German AI Competence Centers are part of the discussion on AI as a key technology made in Germany:
👇 🎬
bmftr.bund.de/livestream
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OpenEuroLLM completing 2 days of sharing progress and next steps pursuing the goal of developing strong multilingual foundation models aligned with European strategic vision & standards.
Gathering at BSC nearby MareNostrum 5 supercomputer made us feel home.
#Barcelona #NLProc #OpenEuroLLM
Gathering at BSC nearby MareNostrum 5 supercomputer made us feel home.
#Barcelona #NLProc #OpenEuroLLM
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
OpenEuroLLM completing 2 days of sharing progress and next steps pursuing the goal of developing strong multilingual foundation models aligned with European strategic vision & standards.
Gathering at BSC nearby MareNostrum 5 supercomputer made us feel home.
#Barcelona #NLProc #OpenEuroLLM
Gathering at BSC nearby MareNostrum 5 supercomputer made us feel home.
#Barcelona #NLProc #OpenEuroLLM
Congratulations also to Vivian Nastl (supervised by Moritz Hardt) and Ricardo Dominguez-Olmedo (Moritz Hardt and Bernhard Schölkopf) for winning 2025 Global Google PhD fellowships.
Find out more about their work here: is.mpg.de/en/news/vivi...
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
Find out more about their work here: is.mpg.de/en/news/vivi...
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
Vivian Nastl and Ricardo Dominguez-Olmedo receive 2025 Google Ph.D. Fellowship
Program supports exceptional graduate students working on innovative research in computer science and related fields
is.mpg.de
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Congratulations also to Vivian Nastl (supervised by Moritz Hardt) and Ricardo Dominguez-Olmedo (Moritz Hardt and Bernhard Schölkopf) for winning 2025 Global Google PhD fellowships.
Find out more about their work here: is.mpg.de/en/news/vivi...
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
Find out more about their work here: is.mpg.de/en/news/vivi...
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
Three of our PIs' PhD students have won a Google PhD Fellowship - congratulations to them all! The first one is Takeru Miyato: @takerumiyato.bsky.social. He is supervised by Andreas Geiger in his Autonomous Vision group.
@unituebingen.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social
Congratulations to our PhD student @takerumiyato.bsky.social for winning the Google PhD Fellowship in the category "Machine Learning and ML Foundations". Takeru is pioneering new neural architectures that improve generalization and efficiency. Check out his research: takerum.github.io
Takeru Miyato - AI Research Scientist
PhD student at University of Tübingen working on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning research.
takerum.github.io
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Three of our PIs' PhD students have won a Google PhD Fellowship - congratulations to them all! The first one is Takeru Miyato: @takerumiyato.bsky.social. He is supervised by Andreas Geiger in his Autonomous Vision group.
@unituebingen.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social
Congratulations 👏 to our Principal Investigators Michael @michael-j-black.bsky.social, Gerard @ponsmoll.bsky.social and their SMPL Body Model Team for securing the Everingham Prize at #ICCV2025!
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Congratulations 👏 to our Principal Investigators Michael @michael-j-black.bsky.social, Gerard @ponsmoll.bsky.social and their SMPL Body Model Team for securing the Everingham Prize at #ICCV2025!
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
@maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
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🚀 The new call for Principal Investigators as Hector Endowed Fellows at the ELLIS Institute Tübingen is now open!
These positions offer the exciting possibility of co-appointments with the @mpi-is.bsky.social and the @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social .
📌 Apply here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/jobs/PI-c...
These positions offer the exciting possibility of co-appointments with the @mpi-is.bsky.social and the @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social .
📌 Apply here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/jobs/PI-c...
Principal Investigator Positions (m/f/d) as Hector Endowed Fellows of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen
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October 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🚀 The new call for Principal Investigators as Hector Endowed Fellows at the ELLIS Institute Tübingen is now open!
These positions offer the exciting possibility of co-appointments with the @mpi-is.bsky.social and the @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social .
📌 Apply here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/jobs/PI-c...
These positions offer the exciting possibility of co-appointments with the @mpi-is.bsky.social and the @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social .
📌 Apply here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/jobs/PI-c...
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📣 Apply now for the 🌵CaCTüS 3-month fully funded internship in Germany in 2026!
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📣 Apply now for the 🌵CaCTüS 3-month fully funded internship in Germany in 2026!
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
We’re hiring!
🌍 Two new administrative positions are open at the Tübingen AI Center - perfect for people who enjoy working in an international team and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes.
👉 Apply here: careers.tuebingen.ai
#Jobs #Admin #Research #TübingenAI
🌍 Two new administrative positions are open at the Tübingen AI Center - perfect for people who enjoy working in an international team and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes.
👉 Apply here: careers.tuebingen.ai
#Jobs #Admin #Research #TübingenAI
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We’re hiring!
🌍 Two new administrative positions are open at the Tübingen AI Center - perfect for people who enjoy working in an international team and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes.
👉 Apply here: careers.tuebingen.ai
#Jobs #Admin #Research #TübingenAI
🌍 Two new administrative positions are open at the Tübingen AI Center - perfect for people who enjoy working in an international team and keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes.
👉 Apply here: careers.tuebingen.ai
#Jobs #Admin #Research #TübingenAI
Great conference, as usual 👍🙂. So good of you to highlight the role of science communications!
Throwback to our conference #MLinScience2025 last week!
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the event. The talks and poster session were fantastic - a big thank you to all our speakers and presenters! (Photos: Elia Schmid/University of Tübingen)1/3
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the event. The talks and poster session were fantastic - a big thank you to all our speakers and presenters! (Photos: Elia Schmid/University of Tübingen)1/3
October 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Great conference, as usual 👍🙂. So good of you to highlight the role of science communications!
Personal programs for ICCV 2025 are now available at:
www.scholar-inbox.com/conference/i...
www.scholar-inbox.com/conference/i...
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great energy at last week’s Fireside Chat with Generative AI Founders! 👍
100+ people joined us for a lively, inspiring discussion with former Tübingen colleagues now building some of the most exciting ventures in generative AI.
Initiator and host: Peter Gehler.
100+ people joined us for a lively, inspiring discussion with former Tübingen colleagues now building some of the most exciting ventures in generative AI.
Initiator and host: Peter Gehler.
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great energy at last week’s Fireside Chat with Generative AI Founders! 👍
100+ people joined us for a lively, inspiring discussion with former Tübingen colleagues now building some of the most exciting ventures in generative AI.
Initiator and host: Peter Gehler.
100+ people joined us for a lively, inspiring discussion with former Tübingen colleagues now building some of the most exciting ventures in generative AI.
Initiator and host: Peter Gehler.
Our Principal Investigators Antonio Orvieto, Celestine Mendler-Dünner, Maximilian Dax, Rediet Abebe, @shiweiliu.bsky.social, T. Konstantin Rusch, and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social are looking for motivated students interested in internships.
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We are so thrilled that this Fund has launched: Together with Ulrich Trautwein from the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Matthias Bethge and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social have initiated the Hector AI + Education Future Fund!
👉 lnkd.in/eKcYcivH
@ellisinsttue.bsky.social
👉 lnkd.in/eKcYcivH
@ellisinsttue.bsky.social
Ein starkes Signal für die Bildungsforschung: Die Universität Tübingen erhält eine bedeutende Förderung von 6,2 Millionen Euro von der H.W. & J. Hector Stiftung. Ein herzlicher Dank an die Hector-Stiftung für ihr Vertrauen und die großzügige Unterstützung! Zur PM 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
August 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We are so thrilled that this Fund has launched: Together with Ulrich Trautwein from the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Matthias Bethge and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social have initiated the Hector AI + Education Future Fund!
👉 lnkd.in/eKcYcivH
@ellisinsttue.bsky.social
👉 lnkd.in/eKcYcivH
@ellisinsttue.bsky.social
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Forschende der Universität Tübingen und der University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill haben ein Positionspapier veröffentlicht, in dem sie die Bedeutung einer demokratischen Steuerung Künstlicher Intelligenz betonen uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #KI #AI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #UNC #AIgovernance
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Forschende der Universität Tübingen und der University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill haben ein Positionspapier veröffentlicht, in dem sie die Bedeutung einer demokratischen Steuerung Künstlicher Intelligenz betonen uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #KI #AI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #UNC #AIgovernance
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🚀 Introducing our new paper, MDPO: Overcoming the Training-Inference Divide of Masked Diffusion Language Models.
📄 Paper: www.scholar-inbox.com/papers/He202...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.13148
💻 Code: github.com/autonomousvi...
🌐 Project Page: cli212.github.io/MDPO/
📄 Paper: www.scholar-inbox.com/papers/He202...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.13148
💻 Code: github.com/autonomousvi...
🌐 Project Page: cli212.github.io/MDPO/
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚀 Introducing our new paper, MDPO: Overcoming the Training-Inference Divide of Masked Diffusion Language Models.
📄 Paper: www.scholar-inbox.com/papers/He202...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.13148
💻 Code: github.com/autonomousvi...
🌐 Project Page: cli212.github.io/MDPO/
📄 Paper: www.scholar-inbox.com/papers/He202...
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.13148
💻 Code: github.com/autonomousvi...
🌐 Project Page: cli212.github.io/MDPO/
We’re excited to welcome @nicoleludwig.bsky.social as a Junior Professor for Climate, Energy & Machine Learning Systems!
Learn more: →https://tuebingen.ai/news/junior-professor-nicole-ludwig-joins-tuebingen-ai-center
@unituebingen.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social
Learn more: →https://tuebingen.ai/news/junior-professor-nicole-ludwig-joins-tuebingen-ai-center
@unituebingen.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We’re excited to welcome @nicoleludwig.bsky.social as a Junior Professor for Climate, Energy & Machine Learning Systems!
Learn more: →https://tuebingen.ai/news/junior-professor-nicole-ludwig-joins-tuebingen-ai-center
@unituebingen.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social
Learn more: →https://tuebingen.ai/news/junior-professor-nicole-ludwig-joins-tuebingen-ai-center
@unituebingen.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social
Looking forward to welcome our three new Research Group Leaders to Tübingen AI Center in September and October, respectively!
🚀 Excited to soon welcome 3 new Principal Investigators: @maksym-andr.bsky.social, @maximiliandax.bsky.social, and @sahar-abdelnabi.bsky.social. They will also be co-affiliated with @mpi-is.bsky.social & @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social as Research Group Leaders.
👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/new-...
👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/new-...
New Principal Investigators join the ELLIS Institute Tübingen
institute-tue.ellis.eu
August 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Looking forward to welcome our three new Research Group Leaders to Tübingen AI Center in September and October, respectively!
Who would like to reach out to young people, chat with pupils about AI's role in our lives, how it will change our lives in the future, and much more - why your research matters, for instance. AI researchers, apply now!
@unituebingen.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
📢 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝘇𝘂 𝗞𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗜'𝗺 𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁
Vom 𝟮𝟮. 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 bis 𝟭. 𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 geht es bei #ImAScientist darum, welche Rolle #KünstlicheIntelligenz in unserem Leben spielt, wie sie in Zukunft unser Leben verändern wird und um viele weitere spannende Fragen zur aktuellen Forschung rund um KI.
Vom 𝟮𝟮. 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 bis 𝟭. 𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 geht es bei #ImAScientist darum, welche Rolle #KünstlicheIntelligenz in unserem Leben spielt, wie sie in Zukunft unser Leben verändern wird und um viele weitere spannende Fragen zur aktuellen Forschung rund um KI.
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Who would like to reach out to young people, chat with pupils about AI's role in our lives, how it will change our lives in the future, and much more - why your research matters, for instance. AI researchers, apply now!
@unituebingen.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
@unituebingen.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social
Such a cool idea to make science accessible for the general public!
🚨 The first-ever Soapbox Science in Tübingen was a huge success!
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM
July 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Such a cool idea to make science accessible for the general public!
🎉 Congratulations to Lena Schlipf for receiving the 2025 Teaching Award from the Computer Science students in Tübingen!
👏 A well-deserved appreciation!
tuebingen.ai/news/teachin...
#AIeducation #TUEAI #ComputerScience
@unituebingen.bsky.social @andreasgeiger.bsky.social @philipphennig.bsky.social
👏 A well-deserved appreciation!
tuebingen.ai/news/teachin...
#AIeducation #TUEAI #ComputerScience
@unituebingen.bsky.social @andreasgeiger.bsky.social @philipphennig.bsky.social
Teaching Award 2025
Lena Schlipf Honored by Students
tuebingen.ai
July 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Lena Schlipf for receiving the 2025 Teaching Award from the Computer Science students in Tübingen!
👏 A well-deserved appreciation!
tuebingen.ai/news/teachin...
#AIeducation #TUEAI #ComputerScience
@unituebingen.bsky.social @andreasgeiger.bsky.social @philipphennig.bsky.social
👏 A well-deserved appreciation!
tuebingen.ai/news/teachin...
#AIeducation #TUEAI #ComputerScience
@unituebingen.bsky.social @andreasgeiger.bsky.social @philipphennig.bsky.social