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17-07-2026
Wieland Brendel Co-Founds Ontic Labs, Securing €3M SPRIND Funding for Physical AI
The Tübingen-based startup is one of only ten across Europe chosen for the Next Frontier AI Challenge to build the future of embodied intelligence.
Wieland Brendel
Cooperative Machine Intelligence for People-Aligned Safe Systems
Blog Post
2 minute read
21-06-2026
What If AI Never Stops Learning?
Sahar Abdelnabi
Algorithms and Society
AI & Mechanisms
Blog Post
3 minute read
04-06-2026
How predictions drive consensus: AI's Role in Opinion Formation
Rediet Abebe
Celestine Mendler-Dünner
AI Safety and Alignment
Blog Post
2 minute read
03-06-2026
Teaching AI to Improve AI: The Limits of Autonomy
Maksym Andriushchenko
News
20-05-2026
Kyutai and ELLIS Tübingen launch KE:SAI
A Premier Franco-German Partnership for Open Science in Physical AI
AI Safety and Alignment
Safety- and Efficiency- aligned Learning
Blog Post
3 minute read
20-04-2026
The Breach: When AI Starts to Cheat
Jonas Geiping
Maksym Andriushchenko
Press Release
13-04-2026
Polybot: Mit Robotik die Zukunft der Lebensmittelproduktion sichern
KI-gesteuerte Erntehelfer
Computational Applied Mathematics & AI Lab
Blog Post
2 minute read
25-03-2026
Small is the New Big: The Power of Lean AI
T. Konstantin Rusch
Empirical Inference
News
19-02-2026
Scientific Director Bernhard Schölkopf Joins UN Global AI Panel
Shaping the Future of Global AI Governance in Tübingen
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17-12-2025
ELLIS Institute Tübingen joins CLS as Associated Partner
It’s official: The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is now an Associated Partner of the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems (CLS)!
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14-11-2025
San Diego or Copenhagen: Meet us at NeurIPS and EurIPS 2025
The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is heading to two top-tier conferences this December: NeurIPS in San Diego and EurIPS in Copenhagen! We are excited to be part of both events, connecting scientists from around the world through outstanding research from December 2–7, 2025.
Empirical Inference
News
06-03-2025
Neural network deciphers gravitational waves from merging neutron stars in a second
Machine learning method could revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy
Press Release
06-03-2025
Neuronales Netz entschlüsselt Gravitationswellen von verschmelzenden Neutronensternen sekundenschnell
Maschinelle Lernmethode könnte die Multi-Messenger-Astronomie revolutionieren
News
25-02-2025
From research to startup: Polybot receives order for AI-based harvesting robotics
ELLIS Institute Tübingen and Tübingen AI Center achieve important milestone for innovation in automated agriculture
Wieland Brendel
Press Release
25-02-2025
Von der Forschung zum Start-up: Polybot erhält Auftrag für KI-gestützte Ernterobotik
ELLIS Institut Tübingen und Tübingen AI Center erreichen wichtigen Meilenstein für Innovation in der automatisierten Landwirtschaft
Wieland Brendel
Wild, Efficient, and Innovative AI
Computational Applied Mathematics & AI Lab
News
06-12-2024
Introducing our new Principal Investigators joining in 2025
We are thrilled to announce the addition of two exceptional Principal Investigators to our Institute. Their groundbreaking expertise and innovative approaches promise to enrich our research landscape and inspire future collaborations. Dr. T. Konstantin Rusch and Dr. Shiwei Liu will join the ELLIS Institute Tübingen as PIs and Hector Endowed Fellows in June and July 2025, respectively. They will also have a co-affiliation with the MPI-IS and the Tübingen AI Center as Independent Research Group Leaders. Please find below their short CVs and their research interests.
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28-11-2024
From Tübingen to Vancouver: ELLIS Institute at NeurIPS 2024
Groundbreaking Research, Posters, and Our Booth!
