Together With TU Dortmund University and Ruhr University Bochum, the 8 starting institutions of the ELLIS Unit NRW include RWTH Aachen University, Bielefeld University, the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Paderborn University. The brand-new system constructs on existing infrastructures in the area, amongst them the Lamarr Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Expert System in Dortmund and Bonn, the AI Center of RWTH Aachen University, and the JAIF AI Factory developed around JUPITER, Europe’s first exascale supercomputer at Forschungszentrum Jülich. Coordination will be led by Prof. Jürgen Gall from the University of Bonn, together with an executive board of co-directors from the taking part organizations. Representing TU Dortmund University on the board is Prof. Katharina Eggensperger from the Department of Computer Science and the Lamarr Institute.
Open designs and applied AI research study
The NRW team will establish and investigate so-called “Open-Source Generalist Structure Designs.” These serve as main foundation for research in the field of artificial intelligence. The scientists will take a look at how such designs can be trained freely, made more reliable, and safely adjusted to a variety of application domains. The group has actually likewise set itself the goal of strengthening research study into trustworthy AI, particularly in locations such as health care, self-governing systems and crucial facilities. In these areas, AI systems must run under uncertainty, with uncommon events, or under sensitive real-world conditions. In addition, machine-learning techniques are to be moved to application areas such as sustainable agriculture and autonomous robotics. To this end, the scientists integrate their proficiency in robotics, computer vision, natural language processing, AI in healthcare, and neuro-symbolic systems.
Raising the region’s worldwide presence
The ELLIS System NRW will encompass more than 40 leading researchers and over 300 doctoral candidates and postdocs throughout NRW, and will have access to the major computing infrastructure of Forschungszentrum Jülich. It will also broaden ties to international open-source efforts such as LAION. In doing so, it intends to offer a framework for joint activities and to raise the worldwide presence of the region. Planned activities consist of joint research study efforts, doctoral training, summer schools, and partnerships with partners from market and the public sector.
Ruhr Development Laboratory: research for resilient digital facilities
Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University are already setting European benchmarks in research on secure, reliable and sovereign digital systems. In one of an overall of 4 research study concerns of the Ruhr Innovation Lab, which the 2 universities established as part of the Excellence Method, they combine Germany’s only Cluster of Excellence for cybersecurity, CASA, limit Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum, and the Lamarr Institute. In the research study concern “Building a Resilient Digital Society,” the scientists from Bochum and Dortmund combine cryptography, statistics, AI and human-centered research study on trust and use. In this method they resolve systemic threats emerging in 6G, the Web of Things (IoT) and data-driven societies.
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