09.01.2025

Women’s network, citizens’ council and fruit flies: exciting new posts on our blog

A report on the second “Tübingen Women in Machine Learning” workshop and on the founding of this network that connects women, an article that shows how a tiny animal can help improve brain simulations with AI and an interview with the organizers of the citizens' council “AI and Freedom” - these are three of the most recent topics on our blog.

There are still far fewer women than men working in the field of machine learning. This has significant consequences. Among other things, women are less visible and they often feel isolated. Claire Vernade, a research group leader in the Cluster of Excellence “Machine Learning”, wants to change that. Together with nine female colleagues, she has founded the group "Tübingen Women in Machine Learning". 

Blog post: A network for women to support each other

What do people in Baden-Württemberg think about AI and what would they like to tell politicians and researchers? The University of Tübingen established the "AI and Freedom" citizens' council to answer precisely these questions. In this interview, Anika Kaiser and Patrick Klügel from the project team discuss what the council can achieve but also the limits of its influence.

Blog post: “AI and Freedom” citizens’ council: encouraging the public to participate

Can we build neural networks whose structure and computational abilities match a real brain? We are not quite there yet, but our new work shows a strategy for getting closer to this goal.

Blog post: How a tiny animal helps us improve brain simulations with AI