NEWS
Reflections from the workshop “AI-based Methods for the Humanities”
From September 23 to 24, 2025, the workshop "AI-based Methods for the Humanities" explored how AI-based methods can advance research into history, culture, and language. The event was organized by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and BIFOLD.
Rethinking how models "see"
Congratulations to BIFOLD researchers Tom Burgert, Oliver Stoll, and Begüm Demir from TU Berlin, and Paolo Rota from the University of Trento. They published a new study, that revisits a central claim in computer vision: so-called convolutional neural networks (CNNs) primarily rely on texture, rather than object shape, to recognize images. The publication was accepted as an oral presentation at NeurIPS 2025.
EVENTS
BIFOLD Colloquium 15/2025
Tabular foundational models (TFMs) have made great progress recently. While they are still limited to small/medium datasets due to the quadratic complexity of self-attention, they now dominate other methods for small/medium datasets.
BLISS AI SPEAKER SERIES #27: Insights into Training Video Models
Dilara Gökay, who is currently a Research Engineer at Google DeepMind and will discuss "Insights into Training Video Models", lasting approximately 45 minutes. After the talk, seize the opportunity to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts to share ideas and questions while enjoying free drinks and pizza.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Alexander Möllers, Timo Milbich, Maximilian Alber, Lukas Ruf
Continuous Magnification Training Improves Embedding Quality in Histopathological Self-Supervised Learning
M. Tsokanaridou, J. Hackstein, G. Hoxha, S.-A. Kefalidis, K. Plas, B. Demir, M. Koubarakis, M. Corsi, C. Leoni, G. Pasquali et al.
DA4DTE: Anagentic system for enhancing the accessibility of Digital Twins of Earth
Parastoo Semnani, Mihail Bogojeski, Florian Bley, Christoph Weisser, Jan Herrmann, Qiong Wu, Zizheng Zhang, Thomas Kneib, Klaus Robert Muller
From Prediction to Proposal in Catalysis: robust evaluation, LRP explanations, and relevance-guided candidate generation
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Based on a highly competitive application process, the BIFOLD Graduate School offers an innovative fast-track PhD Program for students holding a bachelor’s degree, as well as a PhD Program for students with a master’s degree.
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