Bonn Science Night 2026
How will artificial intelligence transform the medicine of the future? What role will it play in addressing societal challenges such as education, caregiving, and managing natural hazards? These questions were…
Welcome to b-it – Excellence in IT Education and Research
The Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it) is a unique collaboration between the Universities of Excellence University of Bonn and RWTH Aachen University, the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, and three Fraunhofer Institutes (IAIS, FIT, and SCAI). Together, they combine academic excellence and cutting-edge research with a strong focus on practical application.
Through its elite master’s programs – Autonomous Systems, Human-Centered Intelligent Systems, and Life Science Informatics – b-it educates highly skilled IT professionals who are in demand worldwide. Its interdisciplinary research groups bridge academia and industry, creating opportunities for forward-thinking projects in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and emerging technologies.
For over two decades, b-it has empowered talented students from around the globe to shape the digital future – right here in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Current News
What AI Actually Does in Diffusion Models
In the search for new drugs, artificial intelligence in the form of diffusion models is being used in drug design. What exactly does AI do in this context? Dr. Andrea…
Second edition of the Industry Symposium “AI in the Life Sciences”
On June 23 and 24, 2025, the second edition of “AI in the Life Sciences – An Industry Symposium” will take place at Schloss Birlinghoven in Sankt Augustin, Germany. The…
2025-2026 Perspective: From Making AI Work to Making It Matter
The past decade of AI was largely driven by one question: how to make large language models work at all. How to scale them, stabilize them, and push their capabilities…
Welcome Party 2025
A wonderfully diverse and international group that enriches our community year after year. As always, a major highlight: The legendary Kahoot quiz, bringing lots of fun, teamwork, and maybe even…
Making AI empathic – ERC Starting Grant for Prof. Dr. Lucie Flek
A major success for the b-it: The European Research Council (ERC) is providing millions of euros for projects in the fields of computer science, economics, and evolutionary biology. Prof. Dr.…
ExplorAItion Day at Deutsche Telekom Headquarters
B-IT international Master students had the exclusive possibility to participate in the ExplorAItion day of Deutsche Telekom. The day themed ‚Let’s break silos, foster collaboration, and elevate AI initiatives‘ was…
Chemical language models don’t need to understand chemistry
A study by the b-it proves that transformer models used in chemistry learn only statistical correlations.
Am I just my demographics? Challenges in Modeling Annotators’ Perspectives
In the field of Data Perspectivism, perspective has emerged as an umbrella term encompassing annotators’ points of view and culturally shaped worldviews. When modeling annotators, researchers have explored a variety…
Exploring bias, explaining hate: two critical on detection in studies harm Natural Language Processing
The study of harms in NLP is a fast-evolving field of research, which in a few years has seen the need of considering the subjectivity that characterizes this phenomenon. In…
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The b-it headquarters are located on the Poppelsdorf Campus of the University of Bonn, in the city of Bonn. The institute is situated among the facilities of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in close proximity to numerous interdisciplinary research institutes. Our building is positioned directly at the Campusplatz in the Poppelsdorf district, a central and well-connected area within walking distance of the university’s main buildings and the city center.
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Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 6
D-53115 Bonn
Germany
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Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 5
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Germany