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Dagstuhl Seminar Brings Together International Experts to Define the Future of Social Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is achieving increasingly impressive results in drug discovery. Yet as these models become more powerful, they also raise a fundamental scientific question: when do they produce reliable scientific…
Laborjournal: Jürgen Bajorath Discusses the Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery
Artificial Intelligence is achieving increasingly impressive results in drug discovery. Yet as these models become more powerful, they also raise a fundamental scientific question: when do they produce reliable scientific…
Muskaan Chopra Receives the Grace Hopper Award
We are delighted to share some exciting news: Muskaan Chopra has been awarded the Grace Hopper Award by the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Bonn.
From AI Research to Value Creation: North Rhine-Westphelia’s Minister President Wüst Opens AI26 – The Lamarr Conference
DeepL Founder Dr. Jarosław Kutyłowski receives the Lamarr Award—Focus on Translating AI Research into Innovation, Competitiveness and Value Creation.
History Rhymes: Macro-Contextual Retrieval for Robust Financial Forecasting
This is a short summary of our paper “History Rhymes: Macro-Contextual Retrieval for Robust Financial Forecasting” by Sarthak Khanna, Armin Berger, Muskaan Chopra, David Berghaus, and Rafet Sifa, published in…
Towards Reliable Machine Translation: Scaling LLMs for Critical Error Detection and Safety
This is a short summary of our paper “Towards Reliable Machine Translation: Scaling LLMs for Critical Error Detection and Safety” by Muskaan Chopra, Lorenz Sparrenberg, and Rafet Sifa, published in…
Industry Symposium on “AI in Life Sciences and Medicine” – 3rd edition
The “AI in Life Sciences and Medicine” symposium deliberately differs from traditional formats. It is neither a purely academic conference nor a business-focused industry event. Instead, its goal is to…
crypt@b-it: Summer School on Cryptography
This summer school on cryptography in Hamburg takes place from 21st to 25th September 2026. It provides acquaintance and interaction in an intellectually stimulating and informal atmosphere in pleasant surroundings.…
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…
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