NEWS
Paper Highlight: Cedalion Tutorial
Researchers from BIFOLD / TU Berlin and Boston University have published a comprehensive tutorial on Cedalion, an open-source project that brings together analysis tools for multimodal neuroimaging, with a special focus on fNIRS and DOT data. The paper appeared on 13 August 2026 in the journal Neurophotonics. A hands-on community workshop follows on 24–25 August in Berlin and online.
AI Goes Phishing
BIFOLD study, co-authored by members of the Machine Learning and Security Group, shows AI-generated phishing emails are three times as effective as generic ones and cost next to nothing. The field experiment with 7,700 participants provides the first large-scale evidence of how cheaply and effectively language models can personalize phishing. The paper will be presented at the USENIX Security Symposium 2026.
EVENTS
BIFOLD - ELLIS VLDB & ECCV Fest 2026
Ahead of VLDB 2026 and ECCV 2026, BIFOLD and the ELLIS Unit Berlin are hosting a local Pre-Fest showcasing contributions from their members and the wider Berlin–Potsdam research community.
Proteomics at the Frontier: Python Hearts, Tumour Maps and Better Blood Tests
If you want to watch biology in motion, watch the proteome: it shifts with disease, treatment, and time. Mass spectrometry provides a window onto this moving picture, which is getting dramatically better right now: new instruments quantify thousands of proteins in minutes, not hours, making population-scale and even routine clinical proteomics realistic for the first time, opening up new opportunities for drug discovery, therapy and diagnostics.
*Data collected from 2020 onwards.
OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Binger Chen, Tacettin Emre Bök, Behnood Rasti, Volker Markl, Begüm Demir
Foundation Model Selection for Remote Sensing via a Constraint-Aware Agent
Lennart Behme, Emil Badura, Leonard Geißler, Matthias Böhm, Ziawasch Abedjan, Volker Markl
FedAugment: Table Augmentation Search over Decentralized Data Repositories
Carl Stadie, Ingmar Nitze, Begüm Demir, Martin Stefan Brandt, Guido Grosse
Bayesian evaluation of deep learning architectures and sensor modalities for remote sensing-based driftwood segmentation in the Mackenzie Delta, Arctic Canada
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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