Bernhard Schölkopf

Bernhard Schölkopf is a Professor and director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen. He previously served as a director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (2001-2011) and held industrial positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Microsoft Research, and Biowulf Technologies. He is also an honorary professor at the Technical University of Berlin since 2002.

• Education: Studied physics, mathematics, and philosophy in Tübingen and London; received a doctorate in computer science from the Technical University of Berlin (1997).

His research spans machine learning, artificial intelligence, and causal inference, with interdisciplinary applications in computational neuroscience and theoretical computer science. He has contributed to foundational work in kernel methods, support vector machines, and causal modeling.

Scientific Awards:

• Körber Prize 2019