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The AI revolution is largely taking place behind closed doors. This is something Jülich researchers want to change. Together with their partners in...

The event will take place on 20 April and will present opportunities to build on the initial seed funding awarded to Helmholtz AI projects.

Opening of Germany's only AI innovation lab at GSI Helmholtzzentrum in Darmstadt provides companies with application-oriented AI computing...

The aim of this project is to study the glacier ice microbiome to assess the risk of thawing-induced zoonotic disease.

How can camera images be used during minimally invasive surgeries to assess whether the operated organ is sufficiently perfused with blood? Scientists...

Supercomputer will accelerate development of new materials for medical or energy research

The 2022 Helmholtz AI Project Call closed on 1 December 2022 with 35 submitted project proposals. After an external review process in early 2023, 10...

The Helmholtz AI consultant team for Earth and Environment visited the Alfred-Wegener-Institute.

Interdisciplinary cooperation between LMU and Helmholtz Munich supported by Bavarian Research Foundation

Munich scientists from the fields of proteomics, informatics, and medicine are working together on a large-scale project to investigate the causes of...

The German Research Foundation (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) awarded Fabian Theis the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize – the most prestigious...

Participants from Jülich and Montreal connected via an interactive live stream.

Alexander Oberstraß, a Helmholtz AI PhD student at Forschungszentrum Jülich, will travel to Canada for a 3-month research stay.

The awarded presentation of the paper “Improving SAR-based flood detection in arid regions using texture features” has been carried out within the...

The event showcased AI customised solutions and advice for health research.

The event was organised successfully for the first time in January at Helmholtz Munich.

Helmholtz AI scientist Lara Urban has been selected by academics as the Young Scientist of the Year 2022. The academics Young Scientist Award, which...

Our young investigator group leader has been awarded this competitive postdoc grant to continue his work in Bayesian deep learning

The KIT-IAI team with Benedikt Heidrich, Matthias Hertel, and Oliver Neumann took second place out of over 70 participants in the challenge.

Thanks to everyone who voted and congratulations to our colleagues from Dresden, Freiberg and Görlitz for this achievement!

Emy Yue Hu, 4th year PhD student at Annalisa Marsico’s lab, tells us about her time in Montreal last summer, and how it has impacted her project and...

The Help a Hematologist challenge dataset from the Help a Hematologist challenge at the HIDA Incubator Summer Academy - From Zero to Hero is now...

The external review panel sent the official evaluation report: Our platform was rated excellent and the panel strongly recommends the continuation of...

The German Research Foundation (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) announced on December 8 that Fabian Theis is a winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm...

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors outstanding international researchers to conduct research in Germany for a period of 6-24 months. It is...

Current language-vision models have outstanded traditional approaches and overcome numerous limitations. This comes mostly thanks to training methods...

The competition aimed to gather solutions for current limitations in biomedical imaging related to cell segmentation using deep learning models.

EuroHPC and Forschungszentrum Jülich sign the hosting agreement for exascale supercomputer JUPITER

The Beyond Code Conference gathered young people, experts and decision-makers on AI with a joint goal: the creation of new demands that cover the...

Computing has become an essential part of several work fields in recent years. And yet, there are very few spaces where future generations can explore...

Business, science, politics and society met last month in Dresden for an intensive exchange strongly supported by Helmholtz AI. As part of the Free...

Satellite images show the Earth as a tangible object under a microscope, through which we can zoom in and explore. Scientists use this data for...

Researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Wuppertal are currently collecting new data for pedestrian research at the Festival of...

Episode 15 of CISPA's TL;DR podcast is online.

In this episode, CISPA Faculty Dr. Rebekka Burkholz talks to us about what relational machine learning...

28-year-old Tẹjúmádé Àfọ̀njá is taking on the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) research at CISPA, but her involvement doesn't end there. In...

Keep up with the latest developments and research results in AI at the next edition of our Helmholtz AI Conference. Save the date!

The four-month competition was part of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing in Bordeaux, and gathered over 150 participants.

To understand how our brain works, there is no getting around investigating how different brain regions are connected with each other by nerve fibres....

As in the previous year, Helmholtz AI researchers joined a benchmarking study to analyze the center’s position in the computing infrastructure market...

After over a year of mobility restrictions, our team of Helmholtz AI consultants could finally enjoy the first visit to GSI on November 1st! An event...

BigBrain goes across the pond holding its latest workshop in Croatia on October 25-27, 2022

The kick-off meeting of this German-Canadian collaboration took place at Mila’s headquarters in Montreal last month. Learn everything about the...

Helmholtz AI underwent a successful review on 6-7 October. The initial feedback from the review panel was that Helmholtz AI has fulfilled its mission...

Take your idea to the next level with this new round of funding

25 - 27 OCTOBER 2022 // Workshop to present and discuss the research work and future perspectives of BigBrain data and tools.

A new way to understand Random Forest models that allows scientists to uncover their decision-making processes in detail, going beyond classical...

To ensure smooth working on machine learning (ML) projects, AI consultants at Helmholtz AI developed a flexible template that combines established and...

Artificial intelligence is revolutionising technological development in all fields, including medicine. But before it can reach its full potential, we...

Plankton observations underwater have a few peculiarities that make them quite a challenge. Scientists struggle to get sharp images for example due to...

In biological sciences, the structure of a molecule is often linked to its function. Understanding how different 3D shapes are formed could bring...

Get all your doubts resolved at our sessions during October and November

Machine learning is based on learning from the information available. The artificial intelligence gets the data, finds patterns, and is able to...

Many electric technology applications rely heavily on the efficiency of their battery systems. However, in cases like electric cars, security stands...

The advances in microscopy techniques have been key to great discoveries in fields like biological samples or material sciences, where researchers...

Helmholtz AI is looking for “high risk, high gain” cross-field research projects in applied ML and AI. Two funding options, up to €250k!

AI-based federated diagnostic algorithm efficiently learns across hospitals with data protection compliance.

An algorithm developed by researchers...

Rushin Gindra, a PhD student at the Helmholtz AI young investigator group of Tingying Peng, has won the 3rd best poster prize at the Helmholtz AI...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is perhaps among the most urgent threats to human health. Understanding how superbugs get their immunity can help us...

Floods are among the most damaging natural hazards, causing thousands of deaths and millions of euros in damages every year. Efficient monitoring and...

Many artificial tissues are currently being used as disease models for pre-clinical drug development. However, their use is limited by how well they...

Solar thermal power plants consist of a large number of mirrors, so-called heliostats, which must be optimally controlled in order to achieve a very...

Development of AI algorithms for the detection of defects and inhomogeneities as well as film quality correlations in in-situ image data of...

Using artificial intelligence techniques to rethink development of numerical methods on high-performance computers so that the computer independently...

Scientific simulation calculations are often limited by their high demand for computing capacity. Generative Deep Neural Networks offer an efficient...

Analysing the correlation of microstructural properties, such as porosity, pore size and wall thickness, and the resulting macroscopic mechanical...

In its third funding round for Helmholtz AI projects, Helmholtz is investing 4 million euros in collaborative research projects in the field of...

Patrick Stiller, a PhD student at the Helmholtz AI young investigator group of Nico Hoffmann, has won the 2nd best poster prize at the Helmholtz AI...

Sugandha Doda, a PhD student at TUM and DLR, has won the 1st best poster prize at the Helmholtz AI conference 2022.

Helmholtz AI consultants and colleagues from HZDR have presented modern techniques to reproduce uncertainties measures for state-of-art results in...

With 200 participants onsite and over 220 virtual participants, the Helmholtz AI conference 2022 was the ideal opportunity to learn about Helmholtz...

As our community grows we organize more and more events for our community. At the Helmholtz AI conference 2022 we could introduce two exciting...

Using deep learning approaches that combine proteomic and clinical data with 3D spatial proteomics amyloid plaque data for generating diagnostic tools...

Non-AI experts can apply a universal segmentation framework for segmenting tomography data using AI-based approaches that Helmholtz researchers are...

EuroHPC JU, the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, has selected Forschungszentrum Jülich – a partner in Germany’s Gauss Centre for...

Machine learning approaches for large-scale evolving phenomena, such as magnetic field mapping for self-localization, can greatly improve the...

To distinguish people with psychiatric disorders from healthy controls, a research group led by Nico Hoffmann, Helmholtz AI young investigator group...

Using machine learning to enable smooth and natural movements in robots.

AI consultant Markus Götz teamed up with Yannick Funk (KIT) and Hartwig Anzt (KIT, ICL) to evaluate deep learning approaches for predicting the...

Using artificial intelligence and data-driven approaches to extract and detect flooding areas in near-real-time to generate flood maps and respond...

Development of a method using machine learning models and high-throughput testing to control the corrosion rate of advanced engineering materials.

Using physics-informed machine learning methods to understand Earth surface processes and predict high-resolution landscape changes in the Arctic...

First-time implementation of an AI-based evaluation pipeline for microfluidic experiments to assess hydrochemical processes.

Lorenz Lamm, a PhD student at Helmholtz AI, has developed MemBrain, a Deep Learning-based programme that analyzes 3D tomograms to study membranes and...

The Helmholtz Association announced the 2022 call for projects by the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) platform. Deadline: 06 July 2022

The Helmholtz Association announced the 2022 call for Helmholtz Imaging (HI) projects. Deadline: 30 June 2022

27 - 29 JUNE 2022 // Minisymposium to bring together Earth System Modeling (ESM) and machine learning (ML) experts to foster collaboration and...

12 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 // SAVE THE DATE for the first Incubator Summer Academy - From Zero to Hero

18 SEPTEMBER 2022 // Workshop addressing medical problems of emerging and developing countries via algorithms spanning various sub-fields.

05 - 06 October 2022 // Join us at the first virtual conference of our sister platform Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC).

The enormous energy requirements of large IT infrastructures are an ecological challenge. The first AI-HERO Hackathon has raised awareness for the...

Application of machine learning in molecular nanorobotics to obtain the required level of speed and accuracy in the computation of molecular...

Using AI methods in Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) remote sensing data to overcome the limitations of conventional methods...

A challenging feat for a little robot: Honey the Astrobee must grasp and transport Bumble the Astrobee. To pull it off, Honey needs to understand...

KIT Researchers Use Statistics and AI Methods to Correct Systematic Errors of Weather Models.

Transferring existing large-scale AI methods to the field of pollination ecology for the automatic classification of insect pollinators.

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to fully exploit the potential of solar plants is the main aim of the collaborative project Dig4morE, a cooperation...

Using AI methods in magnetic resonance imaging to untangle ageing and disease effects for better prediction of future diseases and their progression.

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The Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2022 addresses scientists who conduct research in the field of imaging or apply imaging techniques in the Helmholtz...

Leading brain researcher Katrin Amunts was presented with the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany by North Rhine-Westphalia's...

Submit a scientific image to the Helmholtz Imaging Platform (HIP) by 15th April and win up to €2,000.

Combining the generalisability and accuracy of machine learning with physical knowledge to constrain the solution space and improve the...

Deploying machine learning at particle accelerators as a first step towards autonomous high-performance operation.

Investigation of the long-term effects of environmental factors on human health using AI/ML methods.

Using AI-assisted methods for data acquisition, reduction and analysis of neutron and X-ray scattering experiments.

Creating synthetic transcriptomic profiles using generative adversarial networks (GANs).

On 6th April the AI4EO Food Security Challenge Awards Ceremony takes place with introductions of the sponsors, solution pitches of the top four...

Using machine learning approaches to better understand gene regulatory networks.

The aim of the Helmholtz AI projects is to strengthen the application and development of applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...

Three papers in Nature Methods resulting from work carried out at Theis lab and one review in Nature Biotechnology published.

Machine learning techniques to help better understand plant health.

Insights into projects funded by the Helmholtz AI project calls. Starting with a project that's a collaboration between Helmholtz Munich and...

The paper is titled "Single-cell data in context."

Novel deep learning and big data analytics can play a crucial role unveiling detailed information about urban structures from space.

Helmholtz AI consultants from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology measure how Europe's fastest supercomputer performs...

According to the widely-read “State of AI Report, work done by Helmholtz AI scientific director Fabian Theis’ lab has potential to transform drug...

For the first time, there are “Jugend hackt” labs that focus exclusively on AI. After a tremendous success at the premiere events held in parallel in...

Scientists from AI4FLOOD, a Helmholtz AI project that received funding in our 2019 call, have developed a deep learning algorithm for flood detection...

Helmholtz AI is looking for ‘high risk, high gain’ cross-field research projects in applied ML/AI with up to €200k funding!

Submit an AI solution that helps identify agricultural land from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery by 30 September 2021

01 - 03 FEBRUARY 2021 // 1st AI-HERO hackathon featured for applications from Health & Energy

In its second funding round for Helmholtz AI projects, Helmholtz is investing 6.6 million euros in collaborative research projects in the field of...

The Helmholtz Association announced the 2021 call for projects by the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) platform. Deadline: 16 August 2021

Submit a scientific image to HIP by 20 August and win up to €2,000.

01 JULY 2021 // Join the monthly Helmholtz AI FFT seminar series to learn more about other scientists' research and areas of interest.

23 - 24 JULY 2021 // Workshop to demonstrate that machine learning (ML) can be used to reduce the greenhouse effect and help society adapt to climate...

Protecting medical data and enabling collaborative big data analysis are two cornerstones of making the use of AI a success story in healthcare. To do...

With about 200 participants contributing on applied machine learning methods for modelling and analysis of Earth systems, the workshop was a great...

The ZDF program “Volle Kanne” shows a project on thermal bridge detection from Helmholtz AI consultants at KIT as an example for the use of...

Helmholtz is investing 3.45 million Euro in collaborative projects in the field of metadata generation and data enrichment in a first funding round...

Heidi Seibold (Helmholtz AI, Helmholtz Zentrum München) and Benjamin Schubert (ICB, Helmholtz Zentrum München) have won the ‘AI Newcomers 2021 Award’....

Theis Lab has teamed up with Facebook AI to develop a new and efficient way for drug discovery of complex diseases.

With over 600 participants, the first Helmholtz AI virtual conference was a successful networking opportunity for the whole Helmholtz AI community.

PySDDR combines the interpretability of a statistical model with the power of deep neural networks in an easy-to-use python package.

3 - 7 MAY 2021 // Join this PRACE online training course.

14 APRIL 2021 // Join this conversation of women scientists about their career paths in information & data science!

6 - 7 APRIL 2021 // Compact event with introductory talks and hands-on guidance for researchers undertaking their first steps on supercomputers (GPUs)...

28-29 APRIL // Join data scientists from Germany, Israel and Italy in this international COVID-virtual challenge in April 2021!

Powered by Helmholtz AI, TUM, DLR, Planet labs, BMWi, German Space Agency, International AI future lab 'AI4EO', Munich Data Science Institute and...

Helmholtz Enterprise (HE) aims to support Helmholtz scientists to work entrepreneurial and start a well-thought-out business.

Eight key Open Science actors in Germany founded the German Reproducibility Network. The Helmholtz Association is a key actor of this...

Join us on April 14-15, 2021!

Benjamin Schubert and Christian Matek (Helmholtz Zentrum München) are also nominated - Cast your vote before March 7th!

A dedicated networking space for Helmholtz researchers to share information and meet other AI/ML enthusiasts.

3 - 4 MAY 2021 // Facilitating knowledge exchange and discussion about applied ML methods in Earth System modelling, analytics, and impact research.

5 day intensive hands-on event to help computational scientists port their applications to GPUs - Apply before Jan 28!

After a swift external review process, funding decisions are expected by the end of Q1 2021.

Join this PRACE online training course

20.01.2021 /// 10h - 14h

Register before January 15th!

Submit your proposals before December 1st, 2020. Up to 200k € in funding!

JUWELS offers the strongest platform in Europe for the use of artificial intelligence (AI)

Novel deep learning method enables clinic-ready automated screening for diabetes-related eye disease

Fabian Theis uses AI to unlock the secrets of human cells. In the Corona pandemic, he was able to help decipher how viruses work in the body.

Let us define strategies for the AI of tomorrow!

Through the new voucher system, Helmholtz AI consultant teams can provide free AI method and software support

New online workspace for Helmholtz researchers to find partners for the 2020 Helmholtz AI project call

More that 2,000 registered participants for Helmholtz's first virtual data science career day

Last September 21st, Helmholtz AI scientific director Fabian Theis inaugurated the first Helmholtz Virtual ML summer school 2020 in front of an online...

The newly-created ELLIS Munich unit, led by Helmholtz Zentrum München and TUM, has been officially presented in a virtual launch event on September...

Helmholtz AI is looking for ‘high risk, high gain’ cross-field research projects in applied ML and AI. Up to 200k € in funding!

Meet the Helmholtz AI local unit for Earth and enviroment @ HZG / DKRZ

Meet the Helmholtz AI local unit for Earth and enviroment @ Hereon / DKRZ

Visit the Helmholtz AI booth and boost your data science career!

The Helmholtz Association announced a call for projects by the Helmholtz Imaging Platform (HIP). Deadline: September 11

These dedicated events provide a unique opportunity for the Helmholtz community to get to know Helmholtz AI - how?

One of the most powerful AI computer systems in Europe now supports scientists in tackling the biggest research challenges

Meet the Helmholtz AI local unit for matter @ HZDR

Register for this introductory ML course powered by HIDA in cooperation with Helmholtz AI, MUDS, LMU and MCML

Helmholtz is investing 7.2 million euros in collaborative research projects in the field of applied artificial intelligence and machine learning in a...

KIT researchers develop a new method using a seven-day non-causal filter for determining the R number

Meet the Helmholtz AI local unit for aeronautics, space and transport @ DLR

MUDS-Health offers fully-funded PhD positions for students with a strong interest in the interface of data science and biomedicine

This new hybrid system is expected to be one of the ten most powerful computers in Europe in 2021, with 17 quadrillion operations per second

Call for applications to the HIDA Trainee network is now open!

Fabian Theis and Alice McHardy talk about data and the fight against COVID-19 at HIDA@re:publica.tv

German government awards 5 million Euros to support artificial intelligence research

Re-experience our kick-off event!

Meet the Helmholtz AI local unit for information @ KIT

Fabian Theis' research team has used single-cell analytics to find a potential molecular answer to this question.

Our HIDA colleagues interview Eduardo Zorita at the Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Coastal Research in Geesthacht (Hereon).

Useful resources to better understand the COVID-19 outbreak and/or expand your scientific and technological knowledge while at home.

With around 200 people onsite and 1700 livestream views, it was the perfect networking setting for the Helmholtz AI community.

Solving real-world health challenges through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in 3 days: how did that turn out?

Meet the Helmholtz AI local unit for information @ FZJ

The 1st call for Helmholtz AI projects successfully closed on January 17 with more than 50 submissions!

A one-off measure to accelerate innovative AI applications

Meet Christoph Feest, Angela Jurik-Zeiller, Meike-Jana Kalb and Gemma Fornons

Helmholtz AI is looking for ‘high risk, high gain’ cross-field research projects in applied ML and AI. Up to 200k € in funding! Deadline: 17 Jan 2020

The Dresden Deep Learning Hackathon (#d3hack2019) brought together machine learning experts and scientific practitioners for a 5-day amazing...

One mission: Accelerate the pace of innovation in health through AI and ML... in 3 days! Sounds challenging, doesn’t it?

Only 3 months left for our official kick-off, which will bring together the Helmholtz AI community for an exciting day in Munich - Save the date!

Are you a data scientist or a data scientist in training interested in climate change? Be part of the 1st HIDA Datathon on April 2-3 in Berlin

Identify the most pressing challenges for AI/ML in Earth System science and prepare the ground for further collaboration in this workshop at DKRZ

Are you taking your first steps in the ML world? Is DL your next challenge? Join the PRACE training courses at FZJ and begin your journey

Stay tuned for the upcoming “Humans of Helmholtz AI” newsletter section - For now, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We are pleased to announce the 2019 call of Helmholtz AI Projects

Our Scientific Advisory Board (SAC) was established in October 2019

Helmholtz AI Kick-Off on 5 March 2020 in Munich

Your chance to vote for nominees from the Helmholtz AI network and to attend the AI Camp in December 2019

The Helmholtz AI Voucher System will make swift AI support available and enable short term collaborations