NEWS

Attacking privacy leaks in virtual backgrounds
Peeking through the virtual curtain: A new study by the BIFOLD MLSEC group reveals that current virtual backgrounds in video calls can leak enough pixels from the environment to reconstruct objects in the background.

DEEM Lab Contributes to RecSys 2025
At RecSys 2025 in Prague, DEEM Lab will present a spotlight oral paper at the main conference on scalable data debugging using Data Shapley Values, as well as a workshop paper on realistic benchmarks for unlearning in recommender systems.
EVENTS
kennedy+swan - "The Red Queen Effect"
New technologies make it possible to collect, visualize, and analyze data from inside the human body. kennedy+swan explore how machines are being trained to recognize and classify human tissue and to diagnose potential diseases using an artificial medical gaze.
Transformation of, with, and through AI
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is hosting a scientific symposium in Berlin on September 19, 2025.
The symposium will bring together leading figures from research, industry, and public life to reflect on the transformative power of AI in science, business, culture, and society.
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OPPORTUNITIES
BIFOLD welcomes job applications from interested parties year-round.

PUBLICATIONS
Carlos Sulbaran Fandino, Anne Josiane Kouam, Konrad Rieck
Tiny Sensors, Big Threats: Assessing Motion Sensor-based Fingerprinting in Mobile Systems
Anne Josiane Kouam, Aline Carneiro Viana, Mariano G. Beiró, Leo Ferres, Luca Pappalardo
Beyond Aggregates: A Fine-Grained Analysis of Individual Mobility and Traffic Dependencies
M. Tsokanaridou, J. Hackstein, G. Hoxha, S.-A. Kefalidis, K. Plas, B. Demir, M. Koubarakis, M. Corsi, C. Leoni, G. Pasquali et al.
A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM TO ORCHESTRATE INTERACTIONS WITH DIGITAL TWINS OF EARTH

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.