NEWS
Five takeaways from the Agentic AI for Earth Observation workshop
More than 500 participants joined the first “Agentic AI for Earth Observation” workshop, organized by ESA Φ-lab and BIFOLD in Berlin from 19 to 21 October, to explore how AI agents could transform the way Earth observation data are accessed, analyzed and used.
Photo Recap: Agentic AI for Earth Observation
From October 19 to 21, 2026, BIFOLD and ESA Φ-lab brought researchers and practitioners together in Berlin to discuss how AI agents can reason, plan, and act on satellite data. A one-day hackathon followed on October 22.
EVENTS
Lecture Series: Health Data Privacy - Perspectives and Challenges
Interdisciplinary lecture series on different health data privacy topics including technical, regulatory, ethical and human aspects.
BIFOLD Talk: Portable Query Compilation in SYCLDB and Autonomous Accelerator Specialization
Modern analytical and data-intensive engines need portable query execution frameworks that target heterogeneous hardware while maintaining high compute and memory efficiency. We introduce SYCLDB, a portable database engine that uses Apache Calcite for query parsing and optimization
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Elena Golimblevskaia, Ammar Ibrahim, Wojciech Samek, Sebastian Lapuschkin
Uncovering Hidden Objectives via Transcoder Circuits
Lennart von Stülpnagel, Felix Weissberg, Jonas Möller, Benjamin Greb, Thorsten Eisenhofer, Konrad Rieck
Data Augmentation in Learning-Based Binary Code Analysis
Sudan Duwadi, De’Ja Rogers, Alex D. Boyd, Laura B. Carlton, Yiwen Zhang, Anna Kawai Gaona, Aneesa Diya Pathiyaparambath, Ravin Chaudhury, Grace Magee, Bernhard B Zimmermann et al.
Decoding spatial attention in the cocktail party problem using whole-head high-density fNIRS
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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