Events

05/2026 BIFOLD Colloquium

Dr. Yisroel Mirsky, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar and tenured Assistant Professor in the Institute of Software Systems and Security at Ben-Gurion University, will present the latest work of his group on the fundamental shift in cybersecurity, since the transition from simple scripts to autonomous LLM agents. Offensive AI Is Here. Now What?

BLISS AI Speaker Series #32: Scaling LLMs Across Languages

BLISS e.V. will discuss "Scaling LLMs Across Languages", 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. 

Lunch Talk: Dr. Mina Jamshidi "Rethinking Explainability in Digital Pathology: Beyond Heatmaps"

Join us for the next Lunch Talk on 13 May. This time, Mina Jamshidi from the Machine Learning Group will talk about "Rethinking Explainability in Digital Pathology: Beyond Heatmaps". In her talk Mina will present a research program that consolidates explainable AI in computational pathology by moving beyond fragmented attention heatmaps toward systematic validation, biologically meaningful prognostic signals, and symbolic rule-based reasoning — reframing xAI as a rigorous, quantitative interface between data-driven models and biological insight.

Making Compliance a First-Class Systems Problem in Data Management

As data management moves from isolated databases to geo-distributed and federated ecosystems, compliance has become a central systems challenge. Modern regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, and governance requirements do not simply determine whether data access is allowed; they constrain how data is moved, disclosed, discovered, shared, and integrated across parties.

The EU AI Act in Practice: How is the Implementation Going?

“Don’t ask what the AI Act can do for you, ask what you can do for the AI Act.” This talk offers a short introduction to the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), outlining its core objectives, risk-based structure, and fundamental rights safeguards.

Leibnizpreis-Lecture

Join us for the Leibnizpreis-Lecture with Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert Müller, 2026 Leibniz Prize laureate and Co-director of BIFOLD, who will share insights from his groundbreaking research in machine learning and explainable AI.

HIDA Lecture: Agentic AI - Safe Autonomous Agents

Toward the end of 2025, autonomous AI agents made significant leaps in capability. Smarter coding agents, a growing ecosystem of integrations exposed as skills and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and projects like OpenClaw have demonstrated how these components can be combined into self-evolving AI systems. 

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.