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MCML is one of six national AI Competence Centers. It is funded on a permanent basis by the German and Bavarian government's AI strategy, and brings together the leading ML researchers from LMU, TUM and associated institutions.

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Unite leading researchers in Germany, to strengthen international, national and regional competence in the field of ML and AI. We foster talent and make corresponding potential accessible to users from science, industry and society.

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Link to Robot Jack Navigates Like a Human – A Project Led by Angela Schoellig

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31.03.2025

Robot Jack Navigates Like a Human – A Project Led by Angela Schoellig

TUM News Article

A research team at TUM, led by our PI Angela Schoellig, has developed the mobile robot Jack, which moves safely and efficiently through crowds. This is made possible by an innovative motion planning algorithm inspired by human behavior. Jack continuously scans its surroundings using a lidar system …

Link to Beyond the Black Box: Choosing the Right Feature Importance Method

 

27.03.2025

Beyond the Black Box: Choosing the Right Feature Importance Method

MCML Research Insight - With Fiona Katharina Ewald, Ludwig Bothmann, Giuseppe Casalicchio and Bernd Bischl

Machine learning models make powerful predictions, but can we really trust them if we don’t understand how they work? Global feature importance methods help us discover which factors really matter - but choosing the wrong method can lead to misleading conclusions. To see why this is important, …

Link to Azade Farshad Receives BVM Award for Top Medical Imaging Research

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24.03.2025

Azade Farshad Receives BVM Award for Top Medical Imaging Research

Our junior member Azade Farshad was awarded the BVM Award for the best thesis in medical image processing. Her work, supervised by Nassir Navab, was recognized for its innovation and excellence. The award was presented at the German Conference on Medical Image Computing (BVM), held at OTH Regensburg. …

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Apr

Link to "Power Up!" the Second SZ Digital Summit

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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 …

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Apr

Link to MCML Industry Pitchtalks With appliedAI

 

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 …

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Apr

Link to Girls' Day 2025

 

Girls'Day  •  03.04.2025  •  LMU-Hauptgebäude

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. …

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