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IWR School 2026 AI for Science

The summer school is designed for PhD students who want to leverage state-of-the-art AI in their research. Applicants may come from any scientific discipline, including physics, biology, medicine, neuroscience, and climate science.

September 21-25, 2026 • Mathematikon, Heidelberg University

The school offers a comprehensive overview of key topics in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, including Generative AI, Explainability, Simulation-based Inference, Agentic AI, Robustness and Validation of AI Methods, Vision-Language Models, Self-Supervised Learning, Knowledge Integration, and Causality. In addition to expert lectures, the program features hands-on sessions and best-practice sessions focused on how to use the latest AI tools in research.

Participants are expected to have a solid understanding of the core concepts of machine learning.

Speakers

Tabelle

Lena Maier-Hein
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE
Joachim Denzler
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, DE
Peter Gehler
Tübingen AI Center, DE
Stefan Radev
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA
Margret Keuper
University of Mannheim, DE
Ullrich Köthe
Heidelberg University, DE
Jan Stühmer
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DE
Alexander Krull
University of Birmingham, UK
Florian Nieser
Heidelberg University, DE
Annika Reinke
Helmholtz Imaging, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE
Sander Hummerich
Heidelberg University, DE

Program

More details on the program will be available soon.

Date & Location

September 21-25, 2026

Mathematikon
Im Neuenheimer Feld 205
69120 Heidelberg

Germany

Registration Fee

Members of Heidelberg University / ELIZA: free of charge
External participants: 400,- EURO

The fee covers the attendance to the school, the conference dinner and the coffee breaks.

Application

Applications for the IWR School 2026 are open to doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists. Please note that participation is limited. Registration confirmation will be based on the evaluation of your application.

To apply, please submit one PDF with the following content:

  1. Letter of Motivation (one DIN A4 page)
  2. CV (one DIN A4 page)

via email to the office of the IWR School: iwrschool@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de

Registration Deadline: June 15, 2026

After your participation is confirmed we will contact you regarding the next steps.

Accommodation

Participants are kindly requested to make their own hotel reservations. Please book as soon as your attendance is confirmed.

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Scientific Organizer

Tabelle

Portrait Carsten Rother
Carsten Rother
Heidelberg University
Portrait Ullrich Köthe
Ullrich Köthe
Heidelberg University

Co-Organizer

The Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELIZA) is a graduate school in Artificial Intelligence (AI), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Coordinated by Technische Universität Darmstadt, ELIZA is a national initiative that builds on the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS). ELIZA links seven German ELLIS units across Berlin, Darmstadt, Freiburg, Heidelberg, München, Saarbrücken and Tübingen. 

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