At the end of March, researchers from around the world came together in Tübingen for the Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL) 2026. Now, we’re excited to share the official event video 🎥 youtu.be/0ojaAmj-bRg?...

📢 Two Calls from ELIAS - European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability Proposals Call: Want to join the ELIAS Node network? Apply by 5 July 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fsvFHG *** Nominations Call: Know a frontier AI leader? Nominate them for the ELIAS Frontier AI Award by 31 August 🔗 https://bit.ly/4nGkKfQ

The Breach: When AI Starts to Cheat 🚨 New research by PIs Jonas Geiping and Maksym Andriushchenko says we have a major blind spot. Most safety systems plan to rely on a smaller monitor model to watch over an untrusted AI agent. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/the-...

From Lab to Field: Learn like a human, work like a robot. That’s the approach behind Tübingen-based startup Polybot for building intelligent robots that operate in fields and greenhouses. Find the full German text here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/poly...

Rio de Janeiro is calling! 🇧🇷 The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is joining ICLR 2026 from April 23–27! 🌎 Will you be there? 👉 Check out all of the Institute's publications for ICLR: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/iclr...

That’s a wrap! CPAL 2026 in Tübingen ✨ This week, we hosted the 3rd Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL) 2026 with the MPI-IS and Tübingen AI Center, bringing together experts to advance scientific foundations for learning with parsimony. institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/cpal...

Small is the new big in AI In “The Curious Case of In-Training Compression of State Space Models,” T. Konstantin Rusch et al. introduce CompreSSM: compressing state space models already during training. Accepted at @iclr-conf.bsky.social 2026! 🇧🇷 Read more here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/smal...

AI may know the answer earlier than you think 🔮 PI @shiweiliu.bsky.social et al. reveal a training-free strategy that allows DLM models to "go all in" the moment they are confident enough. Find out more here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/mode...

Tübingen has become Germany’s primary hub for this research, where projects like polybot are transforming from theory into reality. Find out what Principal Investigator Wieland Brendel says about the vital role of the Baden-Württemberg government. www.swr.de/swraktuell/b...

🎉 Big congratulations to PI Maximilian Dax! Max has won the Hector RCD Award 2025. He is one of three scientists recognized nationwide. Find out more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/maxi...

We are delighted to introduce our next speaker: Dr. Sahar Abdelnabi, who leads the COMPASS research group at the @ellisinsttue.bsky.social, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social.

Global AI Governance: Bernhard Schölkopf Joins UN International AI Panel A strong recognition of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and its ecosystem and an important step toward responsible AI on a global scale. Find out more here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/scie...

Are AI systems learning to “game” their safety tests? The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has awarded a grant to Principal Investigators Sahar Abdelnabi, @maksym-andr.bsky.social, and @jonasgeiping.bsky.social. Find out more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

The ELLIS Institute Tübingen helps shape the global conversation on AI safety. @maksym-andr.bsky.social served as Chapter Lead on current and future general-purpose AI capabilities while Bernhard Schölkopf returned as Senior Adviser. 👉 find out more institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

🎉 We made it. Finally on Bluesky! Let's kick the year off with our 10 Year Anniversary Celebrations. 🎥 Returning back to 2016, when Cyber Valley was founded with the mission of advocating for the research, development, & application of AI and Robotics. 👉 Read the full story here tinyurl.com/2s38tnee

The ELLIS Institute is proud to announce that Coefficient Giving is supporting our Principal Investigator Maksym Andriushchenko with a grant of $1,000,000 to fund his research on AI safety. Find out more on our website: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/pi-m...

🚀 We're hiring! The @ellisinsttue.bsky.social leads the AI development for Germany’s new open-source nationwide Adaptive Intelligent System learning platform for schools (as part of a consortium led by Assecor & KI macht Schule, and mandated by the FWU). 👉 Apply now: forms.gle/XmLkwEDD45fY...

Strategic access to EuroHPC resources granted to OpenEuroLLM!!! -first AI project granted strategic access across multiple EuroHPC centres -for over 10 million GPU hours Thanks @ec.europa.eu and @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social!

We are excited to be at EurIPS 2025 in Copenhagen!🇩🇰✨ We had a great start already with our PI Maksym Andriushchenko winning the ELLIS PhD Award 2025 🎉 Make sure to drop by our booth and learn more about the Institute’s mission and research, and explore current open positions .🚀

Say hi to Celestine Mendler-Dünner, PI at @ellisinsttue.bsky.social, @mpi-is.bsky.social & @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social 🇩🇪. She’s an ELLIS Scholar researching social questions in ML. Her goal is to foster a healthy & positive AI ecosystem through centering society in the study of AI. #WomenInELLIS

Amazing new research from the Cluster of Excellence 👇

We're proud to co-organize this conference with @mpi-is.bsky.social 🙌

🌍 The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is heading to #NeurIPS2025 & #EurIPS2025! 🚀 26 contributions at NeurIPS - incl. 2 Talks and 6 Spotlights. 🤝 Proud sponsor of EurIPS - visit our booth to chat, share ideas & explore career opportunities. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/elli...

The ELLIS Institute Tübingen is a proud sponsor of the first ever EurIPS Conference 2025 that brings the world’s leading AI research to Europe! Stop by Booth D03-08 to meet our team and learn more about our research and mission! 👉 More info eurips.cc

🚀 The new call for Principal Investigators as Hector Endowed Fellows at the ELLIS Institute Tübingen is now open! These positions offer the exciting possibility of co-appointments with the @mpi-is.bsky.social and the @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social . 📌 Apply here: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/jobs/PI-c...

Our PIs are currently recruiting PhD students through the following PhD programs: ELLIS, CLS, IMPRS. For more information on applications and deadlines, please visit the individual program websites and our PI Research Group pages: institute-tue.ellis.eu/research-c48...

Our Principal Investigators Antonio Orvieto, Celestine Mendler-Dünner, Maximilian Dax, Rediet Abebe, @shiweiliu.bsky.social, T. Konstantin Rusch, and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social are looking for motivated students interested in internships. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are so thrilled that this Fund has launched: Together with Ulrich Trautwein from the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Matthias Bethge and @wielandbrendel.bsky.social have initiated the Hector AI + Education Future Fund! 👉 lnkd.in/eKcYcivH @ellisinsttue.bsky.social

🚀 Excited to soon welcome 3 new Principal Investigators: @maksym-andr.bsky.social, @maximiliandax.bsky.social, and @sahar-abdelnabi.bsky.social. They will also be co-affiliated with @mpi-is.bsky.social‬ & @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social as Research Group Leaders. 👉 institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/new-...

Polybot, founded by @wielandbrendel.bsky.social has secured validation grant from SPRIND to advance its AI-driven agricultural robot. @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Find out more: institute-tue.ellis.eu/en/news/from...

Are you interested in working in AI? There is an amazing new chance with our institute 🙌

Are you an avid reader of Nature? 📖 Even if you're not, you won't want to miss our PI, Frank Hutter's, latest publication! Discover the insights and get all the details straight from the author himself. Check it out below! 👇 https://x.com/FrankRHutter/status/1877088937849520336

✨ Thrilled by our experience at NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver! 🌟 With 26 posters, 2 talks, and fantastic engagement at our booth, we showcased our work and connected with the global AI community. Thanks to everyone who stopped by—we’re excited to welcome some of you to Tübingen…

Excited to announce that our PI @orvieto_antonio has been accepted into the prestigious Schmidt Sciences AI2050 program! 🌟 This recognition highlights Antonio's groundbreaking contributions to advancing beneficial AI and shaping the future. Congratulations, Antonio, on this…

🚨 Only 9 Days Left! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to join the ELLIS Institute Tübingen as a new Principal Investigator and lead groundbreaking research in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and related fields. 🌟 These positions include the opportunity to become a Hector…

🎉 Announcing New Principal Investigators at ELLIS Institute Tübingen! 🎉 We are excited to share that Dr. T. Konstantin Rusch and Dr. Shiwei Liu will join us as Principal Investigators and Hector Endowed Fellows in 2025. They will also take on roles as Independent Research…

🎉 Excited for NeurIPS 2024? So are we! ELLIS Institute Tübingen will present: 🎙️ 2 Oral Presentations 📊 26 Poster Contributions 📌 Booth Exhibit 💡 Meet our PIs and stop by our booth!🌐 👉 Find all our contributions and full schedule here: https://t.co/0QizbnQhQW @CeleMenDu…

🎙The fifth episode of the @Cyber_Valley Podcast featuring our Principal Investigators is now live! 🎉 @FrankRHutter dives into the significance of Open Source for the community, tabular foundation models, the role of AutoML, and much more. 👉 Don’t miss it:…

The new call for Principal Investigators at the ELLIS Institute Tübingen is out! 🚀 We are recruiting Principal Investigators as Hector Endowed Fellows of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen in the areas of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and related fields. The positions…

On two beautiful summer days ☀, the ELLIS Institute celebrated its grand opening 🎉. On June 20th and 21st, 2024, many distinguished guests visited the institute to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime event. 🙌 Watch the video below to relive those exciting days in June.…

It was a lovely summer's day ☀ when the ELLIS Institute celebrated its grand opening 🎉. On June 20th and 21st, 2024, many distinguished guests visited the institute to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime event. 🙌 Watch the video below to relive those exciting days in June.…

It was a lovely summer's day ☀ that the ELLIS Institute celebrated its grand opening 🎉. On the 20th and 21st of June 2024 many distinguished guests visited the institute and joined the once-in-a-lifetime event. 🙌 Watch the video below and return to these exciting days in June.…

Congrats everyone! You submitted fascinating projects 🎉 https://x.com/n_ajroldi/status/1819210693482365010

At #ICML2024 in Vienna, our PI @orvieto_antonio is co-organizing the workshop "Next Generation of Sequence Modeling Architectures". The workshop will bring together various researchers to chart the course for the next generation of sequence models. The focus is on better…

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Another day, another great memory: The opening ceremony of the ELLIS Institute on the 21st of June was a once-in-a-lifetime event. It was a great celebration with amazing guests and we are honored so many of you came to share the moment with us. 🎉 The event was part of the…

Were you there? Here’s a throwback to June 20th, when we kicked off the open ceremonies for the ELLIS Institute Tübingen with a scientific symposium and local opening. We think back fondly and are still so thankful for everyone who came to celebrate with us! The event was part of…

AI, progress, Tübingen 🌳 – this sums up the opening of the ELLIS Institute. The week was exciting for the young institute: workshops, symposium and the opening ceremony. Several events took place as part of the @Cyber_Valley Days, last but not least the opening of the world's…

It's a wrap! Thanks to all our amazing guests and speakers. And thanks for pushing the button and jump starting the ELLIS Institute's successful story: Hans-Werner Hector, @OlschowskiPetra, Simone Schwanitz, @annachristmann , Uwe Bleich, @ylecun, @mpgpresident, @bschoelkopf and…

Thanks for the amazing event to all who attended and contributed! We are excited for Day 3 of the #CyberValleyDays. @MPI_IS @ELLISforEurope https://x.com/Cyber_Valley/status/1804031768376307883