NEWS

ICML 2025 Conference Contributions
BIFOLD researchers from the DAMS, DEEM, ML and MLsec groups will present several contributions at the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025). The conference will take place July 13–19, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada.

HPI appoints BIFOLD fellow Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou as professor
Prof. Dr. Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou, BIFOLD Junior Fellow and former postdoctoral researcher in the DIMA group, has been appointed W2 Professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam. Her research focuses on advancing spatial data science through systems and abstractions that support efficient, large-scale data analysis, with applications in sustainability, equity, and social dynamics.
EVENTS
The Dynamics of Perception and Action: From Pedestrian Interactions to Collective Behavior
It’s a perplexing time in the study of visual perception. On the one hand, there is a resurgence of models that freely posit a priori structure in the visual system, including priors, generative world models, and physics engines. On the other hand, there is the astonishing a posteriori success of deep neural networks trained only on natural images and image sequences.
Measuring Political Bias in Large Language Models
The TU Berlin (NLP in Berlin / Emmy Noether series) invites you to this talk: Dr. Röttger will outline the challenges in evaluating political bias in LLMs and introduce IssueBench, a newly developed dataset designed for robust and realistic bias assessment.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.

PUBLICATIONS
Oliver Eberle, Thomas McGee, Hamza Giaffar, Taylor Webb, Ida Momennejad
Position: We Need An Algorithmic Understanding of Generative AI
Jonas Möller, Lukas Pirch, Felix Weissberg, Sebastian Baunsgaard, Thorsten Eisenhofer, Konrad Rieck
Adversarial Inputs for Linear Algebra Backends
Giulia Pesch, Ignazio Piseddu, Jan Gaertig, Nora Kramer, Rafaela Kramer, Thomas U. Schulz, Maximilian Zwiebel, Stephan Ledderose, Jimmy Retzlaff, Markus Eckstein et al.
Deep Immune Phenotyping Reveals Distinct Immunopathogenesis in Checkpoint Inhibitor–Induced Colitis Compared with Ulcerative Colitis

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.