NEWS
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.
BIFOLD participated in SIGIR 2026
Researchers from BIFOLD and the University of Amsterdam presented ERASE, a new real-world-aligned benchmark for machine unlearning in recommender systems, at the 49th ACM SIGIR Conference in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026.
EVENTS
Cedalion Workshop
This scientific workshop introduces researchers to Cedalion, a Python-based toolbox for advanced fNIRS and DOT analysis in naturalistic settings. Built on HOMER3 and AtlasViewer, it integrates machine learning and multimodal data processing for cutting-edge neuroimaging research.
BIFOLD Summer School 2026
The 2026 Berlin Summer School on Artificial Intelligence and Society invites researchers and practitioners to explore the parameters which have to be considered when AI systems are designed to act autonomously. The programme will focus on fundamental questions at the interface between autonomous systems, trustworthy machine learning, and robotics, as well as deployment in critical areas such as healthcare and scientific infrastructures.
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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
Shiwen Chu, Shanglin Li, Motoaki Kawanabe, Reinmar Kobler
Rectifying Geometric Misalignment: Online Source-Free Adaptation for Class-Imbalanced EEG
Julia Mellert, Lisa Bautz, Johanna Brosig, Olaf Hellwich, Anja Hennemuth
Multimodal Mitral Valve Segmentation: Mesh-Based 3D and Depth-Transfer Learning
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.