Along With TU Dortmund University and Ruhr University Bochum, the 8 founding institutions of the ELLIS System NRW include RWTH Aachen University, Bielefeld University, the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Paderborn University. The brand-new system builds on existing infrastructures in the region, among them the Lamarr Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Dortmund and Bonn, the AI Center of RWTH Aachen University, and the JAIF AI Factory constructed around JUPITER, Europe’s first exascale supercomputer at Forschungszentrum Jülich. Coordination will be led by Prof. Jürgen Gall from the University of Bonn, together with an executive board of co-directors from the participating organizations. Representing TU Dortmund University on the board is Prof. Katharina Eggensperger from the Department of Computer Science and the Lamarr Institute.
Open designs and applied AI research study
The NRW team will develop and examine so-called “Open-Source Generalist Foundation Models.” These function as main foundation for research in the field of machine learning. The researchers will analyze how such designs can be trained openly, made more reliable, and securely adjusted to a range of application domains. The group has also set itself the objective of enhancing research study into trustworthy AI, especially in areas such as healthcare, self-governing systems and vital infrastructures. In these areas, AI systems need to run under uncertainty, with uncommon occasions, or under sensitive real-world conditions. In addition, machine-learning methods are to be transferred to application locations such as sustainable farming and autonomous robotics. To this end, the scientists integrate their proficiency in robotics, computer system vision, natural language processing, AI in health care, and neuro-symbolic systems.
Raising the region’s global exposure
The ELLIS System NRW will include more than 40 leading scientists and over 300 doctoral candidates and postdocs across NRW, and will have access to the significant computing facilities of Forschungszentrum Jülich. It will likewise expand ties to global open-source initiatives such as LAION. In doing so, it intends to supply a structure for joint activities and to raise the worldwide visibility of the region. Planned activities consist of joint research study efforts, doctoral training, summertime schools, and partnerships with partners from market and the public sector.
Ruhr Innovation Laboratory: research for durable digital facilities
Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University are currently setting European criteria in research on safe, trustworthy and sovereign digital systems. In among an overall of four research concerns of the Ruhr Innovation Lab, which the two universities developed as part of the Quality Strategy, they unite Germany’s only Cluster of Quality for cybersecurity, CASA, limit Planck Institute for Security and Privacy in Bochum, and the Lamarr Institute. In the research study top priority “Building a Resilient Digital Society,” the researchers from Bochum and Dortmund combine cryptography, stats, AI and human-centered research study on trust and functionality. In this way they attend to systemic dangers emerging in 6G, the Web of Things (IoT) and data-driven societies.
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