The ML2R will be funded with an additional 8 million Euros until the end of 2022. As a result, the research profile of the competence center will be extended to include Machine Learning on quantum computers and trustworthy Machine Learning.
The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts hosted the Academy Day of Artificial Intelligence. The event, which was organized by Prof. Dr. Katharina Morik, was dedicated to Machine Learning as a key technology of Artificial Intelligence.
As one of two contributions, the ML2R-paper »Prototypes within Minimum Enclosing Balls« was selected for the Best Paper Award at this year’s International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 2019).
Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister of Education and Research, visited the Competence Center Machine Learning Rhine-Ruhr on July 9 and gained practical insights into current projects and applications in ML2R research.
The Society for Computer Science e. V. (GI) has chosen »ten influential minds« and »ten important technologies« in the history of German AI. Among the winners is our speaker Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel and our partner company Rapid Miner.
On 5 June, representatives of all four German ML competence centres as well as experts from industry, business and science met in Dortmund for the first status conference on machine learning organised by ML2R.
In the interactive quiz »KIMBA«, passengers of MS Science test their knowledge about artificial intelligence – and receive first-hand knowledge from ML2R experts. The exhibition ship will be on its way in Germany until the beginning of October.
Dr. Nico Piatkowksi completed his doctorate on “Exponential Families on Resource-Constrained Systems” with distinction (summa cum laude). In addition, he received one of the dissertation prizes at the annual academic celebration.
Prof. Katharina Morik, Professor of Computer Science at the TU Dortmund and speaker of the Competence Center ML2R, explains in the video of the Regionalverband Ruhr how networking in the region promotes the transfer of research results into applications.
The “elektrotechnik”, trade fair for building, industry, energy and lighting technology, will take place from 13 to 15 February 2019 in Dortmund. Visitors are cordially invited to take part in the newly established business talk on Thursday 14 February from 2 p.m. onwards.