Along With TU Dortmund University and Ruhr University Bochum, the eight starting institutions of the ELLIS System NRW include RWTH Aachen University, Bielefeld University, the University of Bonn, the University of Perfume, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Paderborn University. The new system develops on existing infrastructures in the region, among them the Lamarr Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Dortmund and Bonn, the AI Center of RWTH Aachen University, and the JAIF AI Factory developed around JUPITER, Europe’s very 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 getting involved institutions. Representing TU Dortmund University on the board is Prof. Katharina Eggensperger from the Department of Computer Technology and the Lamarr Institute.
Open designs and applied AI research study
The NRW group will develop and investigate so-called “Open-Source Generalist Structure Designs.” These work as central building blocks for research in the field of artificial intelligence. The researchers will analyze how such models can be trained honestly, made more trustworthy, and securely adjusted to a range of application domains. The group has actually also set itself the objective of strengthening research into trustworthy AI, especially in areas such as health care, self-governing systems and vital infrastructures. In these locations, AI systems need to operate under uncertainty, with unusual events, or under delicate real-world conditions. In addition, machine-learning techniques are to be moved to application locations such as sustainable farming and self-governing robots. To this end, the researchers combine their proficiency in robotics, computer vision, natural language processing, AI in health care, and neuro-symbolic systems.
Raising the area’s global presence
The ELLIS Unit NRW will incorporate more than 40 leading scientists and over 300 doctoral candidates and postdocs across NRW, and will have access to the significant computing facilities of Forschungszentrum Jülich. It will also expand ties to worldwide open-source efforts such as LAION. In doing so, it aims to offer a framework for joint activities and to raise the worldwide exposure of the area. Planned activities include joint research efforts, doctoral training, summer schools, and collaborations with partners from industry and the public sector.
Ruhr Development Laboratory: research study for durable digital facilities
Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University are currently setting European benchmarks in research study on secure, credible and sovereign digital systems. In one of an overall of four research top priorities of the Ruhr Innovation Lab, which the 2 universities established as part of the Excellence Strategy, they unite Germany’s only Cluster of Excellence for cybersecurity, CASA, the Max Planck Institute for Security and Personal Privacy in Bochum, and the Lamarr Institute. In the research study priority “Structure a Resilient Digital Society,” the researchers from Bochum and Dortmund integrate cryptography, stats, AI and human-centered research study on trust and functionality. In this method they deal with systemic risks emerging in 6G, the Web of Things (IoT) and data-driven societies.
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