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The Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it) is one of Europe’s leading institutions for cutting-edge research and higher education in informatics. We shape digital transformation in exchange with economy and society and focus on data science and its application areas media, life sciences and autonomous systems.

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How large language models affect social collaboration and why we need to shape it

A recent article published in "Nature Human Behaviour" explores the potential impact of large language models (LLMs) on collective intelligence and…

b-it scientists at AI24 – the Lamarr Conference

The first scientific conference on artificial intelligence (AI) for application in Central Europe, “AI24 - The Lamarr Conference” of the Lamarr…

New Publication in Life Sciences: predicting the effect of a drug

Which drug candidate will be most effective for a particular disease? Such predictions are processed on computers using machine learning and other…

Developing new drugs faster and cheaper with AI

B-it, Lamarr Institute and TüCAD2 form collaborative alliance for the academic development of drugs using Artificial Intelligence.

Director Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel is a new member of the NRW Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts

The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts welcomed ten new members to its ranks at its annual ceremony in May. Among…

Life Science Informatics Students visit Bayer Campus

A group of b-it Life Science Informatics students visited the pharmaceutical and agrochemical company Bayer AG and its campus in Leverkusen on April…

AI to improve cataract surgery in the Global South

Researchers from Bonn and India work with Microsoft on AI-assisted analysis of surgical videos of the cataract

Meeting AI experts in the USA: Prof. Dr. Lucie Flek on delegation trip

A visit to Stanford University, Microsoft and Google – Professor Dr. Lucie Flek, Professor of Data Science & Language Technologies at b-it,…