Katharina Eggensperger

Katharina Eggensperger is an Early Career Research Group Leader at the University of Tübingen, leading the AutoML for Science group within the Cluster of Excellence Machine Learning for Science. She previously completed her Ph.D. at the University of Freiburg under Frank Hutter and Marius Lindauer (2022), and actively contributes to the AutoML community through open-source tool development and competition leadership.

• Co-developer of AutoML.org tools
• Faculty member of IMPRS-IS
• Chair for multiple AutoML workshops/conferences (2019-2025)

Her research focuses on automated machine learning (AutoML) with specific attention to:

• AutoML Systems
• Hyperparameter Optimization
• Tabular Machine Learning
• Scientific Applications of ML

She has organized multiple AutoML schools and conferences, including serving as Program Chair for AutoML 2024 and Non-archival Track Chair for AutoML 2025. Her work emphasizes making machine learning accessible through automation while maintaining scientific rigor and interpretability, particularly for tabular data applications. Katharina actively recruits PhD students through IMPRS-IS and collaborates with institutions like the University of Freiburg and Cyber Valley.