ELLIS Doctoral Symposium #EDS2026 concluded with the closing remarks, the Best Poster Awards, and a memorable Gala Dinner. 🎉Thank you to all organizers, speakers, and participants the event filled with outstanding research and discussions. Until next time! 👏 @ellis.eu @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social

On Day 3 of the ELLIS Doctoral Symposium 2026 in Lisbon 🇵🇹, Gustau Camps-Valls gave his talk titled "Climate Extremes: Explaining, Attributing, Communicating with AI" as a keynote speaker. Thank you again for the thought-provoking discussions! 🚀@ellis.eu @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social @uv.es

🌟 Day 2 at the @ellis.eu ELLIS Doctoral Symposium 2026 in Lisbon! The inspiring day filled with panel discussion, Early Career Talks, Keynote Speakers and Poster Session. Finished the day with a beautiful 🌅 rooftop gathering. @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social More about: sites.google.com/view/eds2026...

📸 The people behind the ELLIS community. It is a great opportunity to meet and reconnect with colleagues from across the @ellis.eu network at the Doctoral Symposium 2026 in Lisbon. 🇵🇹🤝 Looking forward to continuing to strengthen Europe's AI research community together! #EDS2026

ELLIS Unit Jena is in Lisbon! 🇵🇹 We're excited to be part of the @ellis.eu ELLIS Doctoral Symposium on Trustworthy AI 2026 at @istecnico.bsky.social @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social ,INESC-ID Lisboa, @isrlisboa.bsky.social ,Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, @zuseschooleliza.bsky.social ,ELIAS

🎤 Team Tales #51: Meet Jorrit van Gils! 🐞 How can AI help monitor biodiversity? 🌿🤖 Hear how Jorrit uses computer vision to identify insect species and why interdisciplinary collaboration at ELLIS inspires his research. 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/pwo0B6ylneI?...

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🎤 Team Tales #50: Meet Jayesh Tripathi ! @jaysnrays.bsky.social How can AI stay reliable in changing real-world conditions? 🌍🤖 Hear how Jayesh's research on causal machine learning and trustworthy AI is tackling this challenge. 🎥 youtu.be/aLOVkWTW_kw?...

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Wie lässt sich das an Beispielen Erlernte verlässlich auf neue, unbekannte Situationen anwenden? Die Frage nach dem Erreichen einer robusten #Modellgeneralisierbarkeit ist eine der grundlegenden Herausforderungen für die Arbeit mit #KünstlicherIntelligenz. Foto: Gyulsen Yordanova Akkaya

🚀 Looking back at the launch of #GENAIX! On 22–23 June, researchers and partners came together for the Kick-off and the workshop to address environmental challenges🌍🤖 @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social @uni-jena.de ▶️ youtu.be/bRP5fW17D44 ▶️ youtu.be/swRlwb8oLC0 🔗 www.ellis-jena.ai/genai-x-kick...

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📢Hiring: Postdoctoral Position The Key Profile Area "Intelligent Methods for Earth System Sciences" (IMfESS) at @unicologne.bsky.social is currently recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher. 🎓🌍 🔗 Learn more about IMfESS: imfess.uni-koeln.de 📄View the job post: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

✨🌍The ELLIS Annual Report 2025 is out now! Some highlights regarding ELLIS Unit Jena from the report: 🇪🇺📖AI for Good Global Summit 2025 (Geneva) ellis.eu/news/ellis-a... 🌱ELLIS Winter & Summer Schools www.ellis-jena.ai/summer-schoo...

👋 Welcome our new team member Jayesh Tripathi! Jayesh (@jaysnrays.bsky.social) is an ELLIS PhD candidate at @uni-jena.de's Computer Vision Group, researching robust and trustworthy AI systems that generalize under changing real-world conditions. 🤖🌍 🌐 inf-cv.uni-jena.de/home/staff/t...

🦋🤖 Welcome to our new team member Jorrit van Gils! Jorrit is a PhD candidate in the Computer Vision Group Jena at @uni-jena.de, researching fine-grained Lepidoptera classification and how data, models, and taxonomic knowledge can improve recognition. 🌐 jorritvangils.com

Meet our team member in Team Tales #49: Felix Henkel. Felix is a PhD student at @uni-jena.de using statistical methods and machine learning to predict forest soil moisture and support reforestation. 🌍🌲 He values the ELLIS network for its interdisciplinary collaboration. youtu.be/Bj2PVBkOATQ?...

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Hear from our new team member: Umut Can Ekinci 🎥 Umut captures the vibrant life of ELLIS Unit Jena through photography and videography. He joined ELLIS to work at the intersection of AI research and visual communication collaborative and international environment 🌍. youtu.be/mNEfLPf1WVA?...

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🔎 Improve your codebase, sharpen your software skills and connect with the community. Join in with ICCS Hacktoberfest 2026. Want to find out more? Join our online Q&A session on Monday 29 June, 3:30pm to 4:30pm UK time. Register here: forms.gle/vhLXmEqfoYb44oP2A

ICCS Hacktoberfest, online Q and A session- 29 June 2026

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🎓✨ Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday's #ELLISSummerLectureSeries! A big thank you to Assist. Prof. Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer @simoneschaub.bsky.social for the great talk "Understanding Deep Vision Models and Its Benefits." 📢 Stay tuned for upcoming talks from the ELLIS Unit Jena!

🍽️☀️ Our July team lunch was a great opportunity to take a break, and catch up with colleagues. Thank you to our team members Vitus Benson @vitusbenson.bsky.social, Jonathan Frank, Conrad Phillip, Fabian Schreiter, and Jayesh Tripathi @jaysnrays.bsky.social for the enjoyable exchanges.🤝

Join the next @ellisunitjena.bsky.social Summer Lecture with @simoneschaub.bsky.social from @tuda.bsky.social, who will explore how understanding deep vision models can improve their efficiency, interpretability, and reliability.

Wie sprechen wir über den Klimawandel – und welche Rolle spielt die Wissenschaft dabei? Über diese Fragen diskutieren Im Uni Jena Magazin SCHILLER der Klimaforscher Prof. Markus Reichstein und die Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin Prof. Edda Humprecht. 👉 www.schiller.uni-jena.de/77/ausgabe-1...

🎓✨Join us for the last session of ELLIS Summer Lecture Series! 🧠Understanding Deep Vision Models and Its Benefits 👩‍🏫Assist. Prof. Dr. Simone Schaub-Meyer (TU Darmstadt, @ellis.eu) @simoneschaub.bsky.social 📅 8 July 26 🕓 16:00–18:00 📍@uni-jena.de, Lecture Hall 005 🔗 www.ellis-jena.ai/explainabili...

🌍☕ Join the next Sc·AI·ence Café!: Talk by Peter Dueben "Seven developments to change how we do Earth system modelling."🌦️🛰️ 📅 10 July 2026 16:00–17:00 EEST 💻 Online (Zoom) 📝 Register by 9 July (17:00 EEST): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... RS Lab ntua - MeDiTwin - @orionlabs.bsky.social - @ecmwf.int

Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein @bgc-jena.mpg.de & ELLIS Unit Jena) presented a talk titled “Understanding the complex Earth system with Machine Learning and Hybrid Modelling." at Learning Machines Seminar, by RISE x @climatechangeai.bsky.social 🎥Watch the talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPN4...

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🧠✨ Talk Highlight | Climate AI Nordics Learning Machines Seminar (RISE × Climate AI Nordics), Prof. Gustau Camps-Valls (University of Valencia) presented “A Critical Look at Explainable AI.” 🎥 Watch the talk: youtu.be/saoF4x7ZpsQ?... @climatechangeai.bsky.social

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🧠 #MLCN2026 is looking for the latest research in machine learning, deep learning & clinical neuroimaging. 📅 Submission by 8 July 📍 1 Oct 2026 Strasbourg, France Keynotes: Dr. Archana Venkataraman (Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social) Dr. Jean Feydy (Inria) 🔗Check out: mlcnworkshop.github.io

🌍 ELLIS Unit Jena Research Highlights #June2026 🔬 Each month, we present publications by ELLIS Unit Jena members. In June, 7 publications were authored by our members in international journals. 👇 Full list of publications: www.ellis-jena.ai/publications/ 👏 Congratulations to all authors.

🌡️Jena just experienced its hottest period (since 1824). During the historic late-June 2026 heatwave, temperatures exceeded 39°C on two consecutive days, and June was about 3°C warmer than the 1991–2020 average. The first half of 2026 was 0.7°C warmer (1991–2020). @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social

🧠🌍FALLING WALLS LAB is coming to Jena! “Which are the next walls to fall?”, researchers and innovators 3-minute pitch bold ideas addressing today’s societal challenges. 📍 10 Sep 26 / Imaginata, Jena 📩 Apply by 31.07.26! Details & Application: falling-walls.com/falling-wall...

🚀 June 25, ELLIS Sites ICML Fest 2026 As part of the @ellis.eu Sites ICML Fest 2026, the ELLIS Unit Jena hosted its local ICML Poster Fest at @uni-jena.de, bringing together researchers, students, and members of the local AI ecosystem.🙌 See more from the other 13 units: ellis.eu/events/ellis...

June 23: Team & Vision Building for #GENAIX funded by carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social out of @ellis.eu Unit Jena. A big thank you to Bettina Böhm, Prof. @alexanderbrenning.bsky.social, Gyulsen Yordanova Akkaya, and Saskia. See more genai-x.uni-jena.de