A packed and inspiring day at #EGU26 🌍✨ Posters by Mohamed Bourriz & Alexander Brenning, while presentations from Christian Reimers and Miguel D. Mahecha took place.Shijie Jiang was a session convener, and Lexcube.org will be on display throughout the week.

🌍✨ Today marks the start of Europe’s biggest week for Earth, planetary science #EGU26! with poster sessions, presentations, and talks across diverse topics. Morning session higlights Gustau Camps-Valls poster attendance. Stay tuned for the updates from ELLIS Unit Jena members throughout the week! 🌐

🎉 Celebrating an Outstanding Achievement A study led by 𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴 on interpretable ML in geoscience has been classified by Clarivate Essential Science Indicators (ESI) as a Top 1% highly cited paper in the field of Environment/Ecology for its publication year. Congratulations! 👏

Save the Date! 📊 Data Science Day Jena 2026 📅 6 May 2026 – Inspiring talks and insights from academia, business, and policy – Exchange across disciplines and sectors Participation is free of charge. 🔗 Details: www.fmi.uni-jena.de/en/12727/dat... Register: indico.rz.uni-jena.de/event/302/

🍽️🥙 Our monthly team lunch in April took place together with our team members Vitus Benson, Mohamed Bourriz, Alexander Brenning, Jonathan Frank, Felix Henkel (a guest PhD candidate, Alex Brennings team), Conrad Phillip, Thomas Wolfers and Bing Xu. Looking forward to our next meeting! ✨

🌿☀️ #April was in #Jena 0.5°C colder than the long-term average (1991-2020). The first third of the year overall was slightly warmer compared to the baseline. Around 60% of the monthly precipitation fell within just 48 hours. source: @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social

Save the date! 🌿You’re warmly invited to the upcoming Bio-Geo-Colloquium. Title: "Global greening versus enhanced tree mortality: obvious and not-so-obvious shifts in the terrestrial biosphere" Speaker: ELLIS Unit Jena team member Prof. Dr. @miguelmahecha.bsky.social (@unileipzig.bsky.social)

ELLIS Unit Jena Members will be contributing on-site to the #EGU26 at Vienna, 3–8 May 2026🌐 10 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦: 👉Explore more about: www.ellis-jena.ai/egu-2026/ 👉Latest updates: egu26.eu, @egu.eu We are excited to be part of it!

ELLIS Unit Jena Members will be contributing on-site to the #EGU26 with oral presentations at Vienna, 3–8 May 2026🌐 10 oral presentations by members of the unit will be held. 👉Explore more about: www.ellis-jena.ai/egu-2026/ 👉Latest updates: egu26.eu, @egu.eu We are excited to connect & learn!

"𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺" at @uni-jena.de brought together an engaged audience aiming to promote and accelerate the advances of digital research methods in all research areas of the university.💻🔍 As ELLIS Unit Jena, we thank you for the great interest in our information booth!⚛️🤝

📣What's waiting you at 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺? 10:55 – 11:15: Outlook and Next Steps: @birgittaries.bsky.social (@uni-jena.de), Volker Gast (@uni-jena.de) 11:15 – 12:30: Get-together & Networking with Information Booths - 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘐𝘚 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩! www.uni-jena.de/en/394735/cr...

📣 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 Creating the Digital Academy on 20th April✨at @uni-jena.de 💻🔍 Make sure to stop by the ELLIS Unit Jena information booth! 👉An inspiring keynote talk and exciting project presentations are 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶! Check out the details,program: www.uni-jena.de/en/394735/cr...

ELLIS Unit Jena Members will be actively contributing to the European Geosciences Union #EGU26 with their posters as first and last authors at Vienna, 3–8 May 2026🌐✨ 👉Explore ELLIS contributions: www.ellis-jena.ai/egu-2026/ 👉Latest updates: egu26.eu, @egu.eu We are excited to connect & learn!

🌿🌍𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 #𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔬Each month, we present an overview of publications by 𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀. I𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝟮𝟬 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 as first or last authorship.📚 👇The updated list at the link below. ellis-jena.ai/publications/

Creating the Digital Academy happening next week at @uni-jena.de! 💻🔍 👉𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥? 🧐 Key Takeaways from the Working Sessions: 👩‍🏫 @birgittaries.bsky.social (𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴,@uni-jena.de) 👨‍🏫Volker Gast (𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, @uni-jena.de) Details: www.uni-jena.de/en/394735/cr...

𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 is just around the corner⚛️ 🗓️ 20 April 2026📍 FSU Welcome addresses: Thomas Pertsch – Vice President for Research – @uni-jena.de Thoralf Held – Chancellor – @uni-jena.de Johannes Schleußner, Head of Department for Education, Youth, Culture and Sports – City of Jena

Are you ready for #EGU26 ? 🌐 Europe’s biggest gathering for Earth, planetary, and space science is just 3 weeks away! 🌍✨ Where ELLIS members will be actively contributing. 📍Vienna & Online I 3–8 May 2026 👉ELLIS Members' contributions: www.ellis-jena.ai/egu-2026/ 👉Latest updates: egu26.eu, @egu.eu

🚀Don't miss this event! Hackathon on Machine Learning for Earth System Modelling (for PhD students and early-career researchers) 🗓️19-21 August 2026 📍Bonn, Germany (Computer Science Department, University of Bonn) 👉Learn more and Apply: cesoc.net/mlesm-hackat...

🚀 Excited to launch new Summer Lecture Series by @ellis.eu & @uni-jena.de: “Explainability & Understanding of Models” Save the date for the first session: 📅Jun 2,2026 @hila-chefer.bsky.social l 3 talks, 5 weeks—Stay tuned for the updates!🌍⚡ #WomenInScience #ExplainableAI #MachineLearning

⚛️The Kick-off of JENAINNOVATION took place yesterday with a large audience. Dr. Thomas Nitzsche, Lord Mayor of Jena, Prof. Dr. Thomas Pertsch Vice-President for Research and Innovation, @uni-jena.de and Anna Müller-Trimbusch, Head of Funding of @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social gave their speeches.

🚀𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁! "Creating the Digital Academy" 🗓️20 April 2026, 8:30-12:30 📍University Jena The Digital Academy at @uni-jena.de aims to promote and accelerate the advances of digital research methods in all research areas of our university. Details and register: indico.rz.uni-jena.de/event/326/

LEPY: A Python pipeline for automated trait extraction from standardised Lepidoptera images🪰💻 ELLIS Unit Jena member Paul Bodesheim, (Computer Vision Group, @uni-jena.de) is among the researchers. 👉Learn more: www.uni-jena.de/en/397595/bu... 👉Original source: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

📢 Save the Date! Kick-off: JENAINNOVATION 🗓️ April 8, 2026 16:30 PM - 20:30 PM 📍 JenTower JENAINNOVATION is a joint transfer and innovation center for @uni-jena.de, EAH Jena and Uniklinikum Jena–funded by the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social 👉 register: indico.rz.uni-jena.de/event/319/ov...

🌿☀️𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 #𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗮, was a warm start to the year, averaging +𝟭.𝟯 °𝗖 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 the long-term norm, and the first quarter overall was about 𝟬.𝟱 °𝗖 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 than usual. Sunshine was abundant, making it the second sunniest #𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. source: @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social

Welcome to our new partner, MeDiTwin!🌍🤝 MeDiTwin is an EU‑supported project developing a Mediterranean Digital Twin to better model and forecast climate extremes like droughts, floods, and wildfires using AI, Earth observation data, and advanced modeling. Learn more about 👉 meditwin-project.eu

Welcome to @ai4pex.bsky.social as our new partner!🤝 Using AI & machine learning to improve how processes & extremes are represented in climate & Earth system models. Integrates observations + models to reduce uncertainty and better predict climate impacts #ClimateScience #ML More AI4PEX: ai4pex.org

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗜-𝗫 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 — AI Generalizability in Non-stationary Environmental Regimes: The Case of Hydro-climatic Extremes 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!🚀 🔗 Stay updated! : www.genai-x.uni-jena.de @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social @uni-jena.de, @bgc-jena.mpg.de, Universitätsklinikum Jena, @sgn.one

🍽️🥙 Monthly Team Lunch, March It was a pleasure sharing the table with Alexander Brenning, Bing Xu, Conrad Philipp, George Blougouras, Jonathan Frank, Lu Tian, Markus Reichstein, Mohamed Bourriz, Shijie Jiang, Thomas Wolfers, and Yucong Hu. Looking forward to the next one! ✨

⚪𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗣𝗜-𝗕𝗚𝗖 - 𝗛𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺-𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 & 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝘅𝗲𝘀 3-year PhD at the @bgc-jena.mpg.de within the GENAI-X project as part of the ELLIS Unit Jena. ‼️Apply until April 9: www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/career/02...

🌍🌱 At ELLIS Unit Jena, environmental protection is one of our core priorities. On March 28, 2026, Jena will go dark for one hour as part of the #GlobalEarthHour organized by @wwf.de, to send a strong, collective signal for climate and environmental protection along with @uni-jena.de.

📢Next Week at 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀! “𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦” 📅 02 April 2026 ⏰ 17:00 - 18:00 CET 🧑‍🏫 Speaker: Ioannis Papoutsis (National Technical University of Athens) 👨🏻‍💻 Moderator: Gustau Camps Valls (@uv.es) aiforgood.itu.int/event/fight-...

👨‍🔬Welcome to ELLIS Unit Jena, Prof. Dr. Alexander Binder ! Professor for Multimodal Machine Learning and Principal Investigator at @scadsai.bsky.social and @unileipzig.bsky.social focuses on one of the most critical challenges in modern AI: making multimodal models more explainable and trustworthy.

🚀 Excited to launch new Summer Lecture Series by @ellis.eu & @uni-jena.de:“Explainability & Understanding of Models” •Jun 2 @hila-chefer.bsky.social •Jun 24 @margretkeuper.bsky.social •Jul 8 @simoneschaub.bsky.social 3 talks, 5 weeks—stay tuned! ✨ #WomenInScience #ExplainableAI #MachineLearning

🚀 About the 𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹: 🤖 Part of the @ellis.eu 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 across Europe, it brings together top AI researchers, hand-on learning, and a vibrant European network. 👉 Learn more about upcoming schools! : ellis.eu/news/travel-...

🚀 #ELLISWinterSchool2026 is over — a week to remember, full of learning, and new connections. The Winter School not only showcased state-of-the-art research but also reinforced connections within the AI and Earth Science community. Stay tuned for the 3rd edition in 2027! Photos: Nicole Börner, NTUA

🚀Last day of #ELLISWinterSchool2026 The programme concluded with inspiring keynote reflections and awards celebrating outstanding contributions. 🏆Presentation Award Progress Award Innovation Award Thank you all for making this experience happen together. Photos: Nicole Börner, NTUA

🚀 Day 5 at the #ELLISWinterSchool2026 Enlightening keynote by @alexanderbrenning.bsky.social (@uni-jena.de), “Uncertainty Quantification in Geospatial Machine Learning Applications”🌍 offered us in-depth perspectives on challenges & advances in handling uncertainty in spatial ML models. @ellis.eu

📢 Save the Date! AI for Good Webinar Series: “𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀” 📅 23 March 2026 ⏰ 17:00 - 18:00 CET 🧑‍🏫 Speaker: Alexander Binder (@unileipzig.bsky.social) 👨🏻‍💻 Moderator: Randi Goertz (ELLIS Unit Graz, @tugraz.bsky.social ) aiforgood.itu.int/event/explai...

🚀 Day 4 at the #ELLISWinterSchool2026 An inspiring lecture delivered by Dr. Christian Reimers (@bgc-jena.mpg.de) titled “Machine learning for earth system science from the beginning or on a special aspect". And we celebrated the recipients of the @esa.int academy @ellis.eu Mobility Grant🎉

🚀 Day 3 at #ELLISWinterSchool2026 Through keynotes, major AI-for-climate challenges were explored: #uncertainty, #ethics, #extremeevents. A guided visit to the National Observatory of Athens took place, followed by continued team discussions into the evening. @ellis.eu 🌍✨

🚀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #ELLISWinterSchool2026 Challenges – Group Work were continued, where participants collaborated intensively. Asst. Prof. @nicolang.bsky.social (University of Copenhagen & Climate AI Nordics) gave a panel talk. 🗓 Our programme: meditwin-project.eu/ellis-winter... @ellis.eu

🚀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #ELLISWinterSchool2026 A keynote talk given by Prof. Dr. Gustau Camps-Valls (ELLIS Program Director for “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Sciences”) on “Beyond XAI: Causal Reasoning for Trustworthy Geoscience AI”. #AI4EarthSystem #AI4ClimateExtremes @ellis.eu

💬𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘃𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 The 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 at #ELLISWinterSchool2026 brought together a fantastic group of experts to share insights on their professional journeys, challenges, and connections between academia and industry. Once again thank you for this inspiring session🚀 @ellis.eu

📢 Happening tomorrow ! AI for Good Webinar Series hosts online seminar “𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴” 📅 18 March 2026 ⏰ 17:00 - 18:00 CET Speaker: Oliver Watt-Meyer ( @ai2.bsky.social, University of Washington) Moderator: Lu Tian ( @bgc-jena.mpg.de) aiforgood.itu.int/event/ai-for...

🚀𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 Teams will be continued challenge work at Lavrion Technological Cultural Park. A keynote held by Sabrina Ricci on “AI for Earth at Scale: From Scientific Breakthroughs to Societal Impact” 🌍🤖 A strong lineup of keynotes will be held. @ellis.eu #ELLISWinterSchool2026

🔬 Research Challenge Groups Are Underway! 🚀 Students have been divided into research challenge groups as part of the Winter School. Guided by expert tutors, they will explore specific topics and present their results at the end of the week! We look forward to see them! 🚀 #elliswinterschool2026

🚀 #ELLISWinterSchool2026 has officially kicked off! 🌐We started the week at the National Technical University of Athens with opening talks by Asst. Prof. Ioannis Papoutsis and Dr. Nuno Carvalhais. The program began with keynote by Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein 🌍🤖Stay tuned for more insights!

A calm moment before an exciting start 🌅 🌍🤖The kick-off of the 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, 𝗛𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 & 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 in Athens around the corner. #elliswinterschool2026

A calm moment before an exciting start 🌅 🌍Tonight, organizers, speakers, and supporters of the #𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 gathered in dinner. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect & share ideas. See you all as we officially kick things off tomorrow!🚀

🇩🇪 #Stellenangebot für eine*n Doktorand*in in der @ellisunitjena.bsky.social. Bewerbung bis 9.4.26: www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/karriere/02-... 🇬🇧 #joboffer for a PhD candidate in the @ellisunitjena.bsky.social. Apply by April 9: www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/career/02... @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social