NEWS
Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Barış Büyüktaş
Petabytes of satellite data circle the Earth, locked in silos by legal and technical walls. Dr. Barış Büyüktaş is using federated learning to break them down, turning a scattered mountain of Earth observation data into a treasure trove for understanding our changing planet.
A benchmark for trustworthy clinical AI
A new study published in Nature Communications shows that today's pathology foundation models can be influenced by the origin of a tissue sample. Researchers at BIFOLD and Aignostics developed PathoROB, a first-of-its-kind benchmark to measure and reduce this bias, shaping how the next generation of pathology AI is built.
EVENTS
09/2026 BIFOLD Colloquium
Recent advances in remote sensing have led to an increase in the number of available foundation models; each trained on different modalities, datasets, and objectives, yet capturing only part of the vast geospatial knowledge landscape. While these models show strong results within their respective domains, their capabilities remain complementary rather than unified.
ELLIS Sites ICML Fest 2026
Ahead of ICML 2026, the ELLIS Unit Berlin hosts a local Pre-Fest spotlighting cutting-edge research from the Berlin–Potsdam AI community. Researchers with relevant ICML papers are warmly invited to present, exchange ideas, and connect. Registration required via Congeno.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Gereon Dusella, Haralampos Gavriilidis, Volker Markl, Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou
Benchmarking Spatial Operations over Heterogeneous Data: The Case of Zonal Statistics
Yanqing Luo, Julius Hense, Niklas Prenißl, Andreas Mock, Klaus-Robert Müller, Thomas Schnake, Mina Jamshidi Idaji
Symb-xMIL: Symbolic Explanations for Multiple Instance Learning in Digital Pathology
Marco Morik, Xiao Ruiting, Shinichi Nakajima, Stefan Haufe, Ismail Huseynov
Structure-Preserving Correction Learning for Sparse Bayesian Inference in Brain Source Imaging
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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