Name: All-Hands-Meeting of the German AI Community
Start: 2024-10-07T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-08T16:00:00+02:00
Location: OSTRA-Dome and OSTRA-Studios (Zur Messe 9a, 01067 Dresden)

All-Hands-Meeting of the German AI Community

from Monday, October 7, 2024 (9:00 AM) to Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (4:00 PM)

Monday, October 7, 2024

9:00 AM Registration
Registration
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

9:30 AM Welcoming Addresses
Welcoming Addresses
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig: Center Highlights and 10 years Big Data - Birte Platow (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig) Christian Mayr (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig) Wolfgang E. Nagel (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig)
ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig: Center Highlights and 10 years Big Data
- Birte Platow (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig)
- Christian Mayr (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig)
- Wolfgang E. Nagel (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig)
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
10:25 AM BIFOLD: Center Highlights and 10 years Big Data - Begüm Demir (BIFOLD) Jack Thoms (BIFOLD) Konrad Rieck (BIFOLD)
BIFOLD: Center Highlights and 10 years Big Data
- Begüm Demir (BIFOLD)
- Jack Thoms (BIFOLD)
- Konrad Rieck (BIFOLD)
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM DFKI: Center Highlights - Antonio Krüger (DFKI)
DFKI: Center Highlights
- Antonio Krüger (DFKI)
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM Tübingen AI Center: Center Highlights - Hilde Kühne (Tübingen AI Center)
Tübingen AI Center: Center Highlights
- Hilde Kühne (Tübingen AI Center)
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM MCML: Center Highlights - Thomas Seidl (MCML)
MCML: Center Highlights
- Thomas Seidl (MCML)
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM Lamarr Institute: Center Highlights - Christian Bauckhage (Lamarr Institute)
Lamarr Institute: Center Highlights
- Christian Bauckhage (Lamarr Institute)
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM
12:40 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:40 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM AI Grid - Laure Poirson (EIT ICT Labs Germany GmbH)
AI Grid
- Laure Poirson (EIT ICT Labs Germany GmbH)
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM Keynote: The Alan Turing Institute 2.0: Grand Challenges at the UK’s National AI Institute - Aldo Faisal (The Alan Turing Institute)
Keynote: The Alan Turing Institute 2.0: Grand Challenges at the UK’s National AI Institute
- Aldo Faisal (The Alan Turing Institute)
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM Workshops and Networking
Workshops and Networking
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
WS 1: From foundation models to efficient, specialized models (Prof. Grégoire Montavon, BIFOLD) WS 2: Digital Twins on the Moon (Andreas Bresser, DFKI) WS 3: Ethics in AI (Dr. Benjamin Lange, MCML, Prof. Maximilian Kiener, TUHH &, Prof. Birte Platow, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig) WS 4: AutoML meets Robotics: An Overview & Future Directions (Prof. Pascal Kerschke, Dr. Aaron Klein, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig & Dr. Oliver Urbann, LAMARR Institute)

5:00 PM Get Together, Poster Session and Demo Stations
Get Together, Poster Session and Demo Stations
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

8:45 AM Registration
Registration
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM Keynote: Intelligent by Design: How Infineon is Driving AI Innovation from Silicon to Software - Christoph Kögler (Infineon Technologies)
Keynote: Intelligent by Design: How Infineon is Driving AI Innovation from Silicon to Software
- Christoph Kögler (Infineon Technologies)
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Reducing Barriers for AI: The AI Service Centers - Florian Kieser (hessianAI) Lasse Kohlmeyer (KI-Servicezentrum Berlin-Brandenburg) Laszlo Friedmann (WestAI) Julian Kunkel (KISSKI)
Reducing Barriers for AI: The AI Service Centers
- Florian Kieser (hessianAI)
- Lasse Kohlmeyer (KI-Servicezentrum Berlin-Brandenburg)
- Laszlo Friedmann (WestAI)
- Julian Kunkel (KISSKI)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

11:15 AM Workshops and Demo Stations
Workshops and Demo Stations
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
WS 5: Bringing AI Education Into Schools – Scalable and Nationwide (Cooperation with "KI macht Schule") (Auguste Schulz, Tübingen AI Center) WS 6: Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models (Prof. Simon Razniewski, Prof. Michael Färber, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig & Dr. Mehdi Ali, Lamarr Institute) WS 7: AI Junior Research Groups (INTERNAL WORKSHOP, France-Audrey Magro, DLR)

12:45 PM Lunch and Poster Session
Lunch and Poster Session
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM Keynote: Attention is not always (just) what you need - Nicholas Asher (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT))
Keynote: Attention is not always (just) what you need
- Nicholas Asher (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT))
2:15 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM DAAD KI-Zuse School: SECAI - Markus Krötzsch (SECAI)
DAAD KI-Zuse School: SECAI
- Markus Krötzsch (SECAI)
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
3:25 PM DAAD KI-Zuse School: ELIZA - Stefan Roth (ELIZA)
DAAD KI-Zuse School: ELIZA
- Stefan Roth (ELIZA)
3:25 PM - 3:40 PM
3:40 PM French National Strategy: Technological Focus and Ecosystem of Research & Innovation Actors - Fabien Le Voyer (INRIA, GPAI Expert Support Centre, France)
French National Strategy: Technological Focus and Ecosystem of Research & Innovation Actors
- Fabien Le Voyer (INRIA, GPAI Expert Support Centre, France)
3:40 PM - 3:55 PM
3:55 PM Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
3:55 PM - 4:00 PM