Günter Klambauer

Günter Klambauer is a Professor at the Institute for Machine Learning, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and leads the LIT Artificial Intelligence Lab in Austria. His research bridges artificial intelligence with life sciences, focusing on deep learning applications in retinal imaging, drug discovery, and hydrological modeling.

• Affiliation: JKU Institute for Machine Learning & LIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
• Key Research Areas: Medical Imaging AI, Biological Sequence Modeling, Generative Models for Molecules, Time-Series Forecasting

His recent publications highlight extended LSTM architectures (xLSTM) for biological sequence modeling, contrastive learning in retinal imaging, and in-context learning for low-data drug discovery. He has pioneered frameworks like TiRex for zero-shot forecasting and LaM-SLidE for spatial dynamical systems.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Austrian Life Science Award (2012)
  • Award of Excellence (2014)
  • ELLIS Society Scholar (2020)
  • Director, ELLIS Machine Learning for Molecules Discovery Program (2023)

Professor Klambauer collaborates extensively on AI-driven biomedical projects, including retinal image analysis and antibody design, while advancing foundational neural network architectures for diverse domains from healthcare to climate modeling.