NEWS
Photo Recap: Berlin Summer School on AI and Society
Four days focused on the responsible design of AI-driven autonomous systems, robotics, and physical AI. BIFOLD Co-Director Klaus-Robert Müller opened the summer school with his reflections on safety, which should be built in from the outset, a principle that applies as much to everyday practice as to every AI model.
Beyond the Snapshot: New AI takes a dynamic view of Cancer Diagnosis
A consortium led by Dr. Mina Jamshidi Idaji (BIFOLD/TU Berlin), with LMU Munich and UKE Hamburg, is uniting oncologists, pathologists and ML researchers to build AI that combines tissue images with molecular and clinical data. Funded with €1.5M over 3 years, starting Oct 1, 2026.
EVENTS
Agentic AI for Earth Observation
The Agentic AI for Earth Observation Workshop will convene researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers from artificial intelligence, geospatial analytics, climate and weather science, remote sensing, and space mission operations.
BEADS Summit
Join us for the BEADS summit on October 21st, 2026. Ten leading scientists from academia (Aalborg, CWI, Purdue, TU München) and industry (Databricks, DuckDB, Oracle, Relational AI, Snowflake) will offer talks on current developments in data systems.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Philip A. Bernstein, Lei Chen, David DeWitt, Sebastian Link, Volker Markl, Renée J. Miller, C. Mohan, Michael Stonebraker, Divesh Srivastava
Return to the Boston Area After 50+ Years: What Can We Learn from VLDB 1975?
Max Upravitelev, Veronika Solopova, Jing Yang, Charlott Jakob, Alexandra Tsiakalou, Neda Foroutan, Vera Schmitt
From Repetition to Recognition: Inductive Discovery of Disinformation Narratives
Antonin Poché, Fanny Jourdan, Nils Feldhus, Qianli Wang, Jing Yang, Simon Ostermann, Nicholas Asher, Philippe Muller, Vera Schmitt
Limitations of Automated Simulatability: LLM Simulators Can Bypass Explanations
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.
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
ASSOCIATED PARTNERS
