NEWS
Test-of-Time Award for Konrad Rieck
Congratulations to BIFOLD Research Group Lead Konrad Rieck and his former colleagues. The Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) awarded the scientists the Test-of-Time Award for their publication "CUJO: Efficient Detection and Prevention of Drive by Download Attacks" (2010).
Quantum Physicist Jens Eisert Joins BIFOLD as Fellow
Theoretical physicist Jens Eisert brings expertise in quantum computing and AI to BIFOLD’s Fellowship Program. His appointment advances Berlin’s efforts to link quantum research with machine learning.
EVENTS
BIFOLD Colloquium 15/2025
Tabular foundational models (TFMs) have made great progress recently. While they are still limited to small/medium datasets due to the quadratic complexity of self-attention, they now dominate other methods for small/medium datasets.
BLISS AI SPEAKER SERIES #27: Insights into Training Video Models
Dilara Gökay, who is currently a Research Engineer at Google DeepMind and will discuss "Insights into Training Video Models", lasting approximately 45 minutes. After the talk, seize the opportunity to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts to share ideas and questions while enjoying free drinks and pizza.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.
PUBLICATIONS
Alexander Möllers, Timo Milbich, Maximilian Alber, Lukas Ruf
Continuous Magnification Training Improves Embedding Quality in Histopathological Self-Supervised Learning
M. Tsokanaridou, J. Hackstein, G. Hoxha, S.-A. Kefalidis, K. Plas, B. Demir, M. Koubarakis, M. Corsi, C. Leoni, G. Pasquali et al.
DA4DTE: Anagentic system for enhancing the accessibility of Digital Twins of Earth
Parastoo Semnani, Mihail Bogojeski, Florian Bley, Christoph Weisser, Jan Herrmann, Qiong Wu, Zizheng Zhang, Thomas Kneib, Klaus Robert Muller
From Prediction to Proposal in Catalysis: robust evaluation, LRP explanations, and relevance-guided candidate generation
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.