NEWS
AI Goes Phishing
BIFOLD study, co-authored by members of the Machine Learning and Security Group, shows AI-generated phishing emails are three times as effective as generic ones and cost next to nothing. The field experiment with 7,700 participants provides the first large-scale evidence of how cheaply and effectively language models can personalize phishing. The paper will be presented at the USENIX Security Symposium 2026.
BIFOLD participated in SIGIR 2026
Researchers from BIFOLD and the University of Amsterdam presented ERASE, a new real-world-aligned benchmark for machine unlearning in recommender systems, at the 49th ACM SIGIR Conference in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026.
EVENTS
Prof. Kate Crawford: Mapping Empires: Artificial Intelligence, Power, and the History of Imperial Systems
The current phase of artificial intelligence is often described as a rupture, as fundamentally new. But what if it is a redrawing of historical patterns?
Drawing on her research into the genealogies of technology and power over centuries, Crawford situates today's AI within a much older story. Following the imperial pathways of power since 1500, her talk explores how the systems today echo earlier histories of colonialism, militarization, and automation.
Cedalion Workshop
This scientific workshop introduces researchers to Cedalion, a Python-based toolbox for advanced fNIRS and DOT analysis in naturalistic settings. Built on HOMER3 and AtlasViewer, it integrates machine learning and multimodal data processing for cutting-edge neuroimaging research.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Binger Chen, Tacettin Emre Bök, Behnood Rasti, Volker Markl, Begüm Demir
Foundation Model Selection for Remote Sensing via a Constraint-Aware Agent
Lennart Behme, Emil Badura, Leonard Geißler, Matthias Böhm, Ziawasch Abedjan, Volker Markl
FedAugment: Table Augmentation Search over Decentralized Data Repositories
Shiwen Chu, Shanglin Li, Motoaki Kawanabe, Reinmar Kobler
Rectifying Geometric Misalignment: Online Source-Free Adaptation for Class-Imbalanced EEG
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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