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Matthias Feurer is a Thomas Bayes Fellow and interim professor at the Chair of Statistical Learning and Data Science, funded by the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is a member of the Department of Statistics at LMU Munich, working under Prof. Dr. Bernd Bischl. His academic background includes: PhD in Computer Science from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Freiburg B.Sc. in Computer Science and Media from the Media University Stuttgart Feurer's research focuses on simplifying machine learning usage through Automated Machine Learning (AutoML). His work encompasses hyperparameter optimization, meta-learning, and model selection, with increasing emphasis on multi-objective AutoML that considers factors beyond predictive performance such as interpretability, deployability, and fairness. He actively develops open-source tools to advance the field. His recent publications demonstrate a strong trajectory in practical AutoML systems, with growing attention to tabular machine learning, foundation models integration, and addressing real-world constraints in optimization. His work consistently bridges theoretical advances with practical implementations through several widely-used open-source projects. Notable achievements include: 1st place in the warmstarting-friendly leaderboard of the BBO NeurIPS challenge Winner of the 2nd AutoML challenge Winner of the kdnuggets blog contest on AutoML Feurer is actively mentoring and teaching, having advertised PhD positions focused on AutoML, optimization, and benchmarking. He co-founded the Open Machine Learning Foundation supporting OpenML.org. His upcoming move to TU Dortmund as an assistant professor in AutoML and Optimization signals continued growth in his academic career while maintaining his research focus on making machine learning more accessible and rigorous.

• Automated Machine Learning
• Hyperparameter Optimization
• Bayesian Optimization
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Dr. Vincent Fortuin is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and a research group leader at Helmholtz AI in Munich. He leads the Efficient Learning and Probabilistic Inference for Science (ELPIS) group and holds multiple prestigious fellowships including the Branco Weiss Fellowship. His academic affiliations include the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI, and the Munich Center for Machine Learning. Dr. Fortuin earned his BSc in Molecular Life Sciences from the University of Hamburg (2012-2015), followed by an MSc in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from ETH Zürich (2015-2017), where he received the ETH Excellence Scholarship and the Willi Studer Prize. He completed his PhD in Machine Learning at ETH Zürich (2017-2021) under the supervision of Gunnar Rätsch and Andreas Krause, supported by a Swiss Data Science Center PhD Fellowship. Prior to joining TUM, he was a Research Fellow at St. John's College, University of Cambridge (2022-2023). His research focuses on the intersection of Bayesian statistics and deep learning, specifically developing methods for more robust, data-efficient AI systems with reliable uncertainty estimates. His work addresses critical limitations in standard deep learning approaches, particularly their tendency to be overconfident in predictions and require large datasets for training. He investigates better priors and more efficient inference techniques for Bayesian deep learning, deep generative modeling, meta-learning, and PAC-Bayesian theory, with applications in scientific and biomedical domains. Dr. Fortuin's recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on improving uncertainty quantification in deep learning systems, with increasing emphasis on practical applications in scientific contexts. His work spans from theoretical foundations of Bayesian deep learning to practical implementations in protein design, materials science, and medical applications. A notable trend is his exploration of how to make Bayesian methods more scalable and applicable to modern large-scale AI systems while maintaining theoretical guarantees. Branco Weiss Fellowship (2023) St John's College Research Fellowship (2022) Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship (2022) Swiss Data Science Center PhD Fellowship (2018) ETH Excellence Scholarship (2015) Willi Studer Award (2018) Dr. Fortuin actively supervises PhD and Master's students through his ELPIS research group at Helmholtz AI. He serves as a regular reviewer and area chair for major machine learning conferences and is an action editor for TMLR. He co-organizes the Symposium on Advances in Approximate Bayesian Inference (AABI) and the ICBINB initiative, demonstrating his commitment to advancing the field through community building. His research group receives funding from multiple sources including Helmholtz AI, the Branco Weiss Fellowship, and collaborations with international institutions. Dr. Fortuin leads the Efficient Learning and Probabilistic Inference for Science (ELPIS) group at Helmholtz AI, which focuses on fundamental machine learning research motivated by real-world scientific problems. The group collaborates extensively with researchers across Helmholtz centers and international institutions, particularly in biomedical applications where reliable uncertainty estimates are crucial.

• Bayesian Deep Learning
• Uncertainty Quantification
• Probabilistic Inference
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Rainer Gemulla is a Professor of Practical Computer Science I: Data Analytics at the University of Mannheim, heading the Data and Web Science Group within the School of Business Informatics and Mathematics. He has been a W3-Professor at the University since 2014, following positions as a senior researcher at Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik (2010-2014) and postdoctoral researcher at IBM Almaden Research Center (2008-2010). His research focuses on machine learning with structured and semi-structured data, particularly knowledge graphs, and developing efficient systems for data-intensive processing. Professor Gemulla's research spans multiple areas including machine learning with structured data (relational data), machine learning with semi-structured data (multi-relational graphs), combining these approaches with unstructured knowledge (text), and developing efficient, scalable methods for data-intensive processing. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical implementations, as evidenced by numerous open-source software projects including LibKGE, DistKGE, and AdaPM. His recent publications show a strong trend toward knowledge graph embeddings, parameter server architectures, and efficient training methods. The research demonstrates increasing focus on scalability challenges in graph learning, with particular attention to hyperparameter optimization, dynamic resource allocation, and benchmarking methodologies. His work consistently addresses the practical challenges of implementing machine learning systems at scale. Distinguished Reviewer Award at SIGMOD, 2025 Distinguished PC Member Award at EDBT, 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award at NeurIPS, 2021 Junior-Fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), 2013 IBM's 2011 Pat Goldberg Memorial best paper award Best paper of NIPS 2011 Biglearn workshop Professor Gemulla actively mentors PhD students and has supervised numerous successful doctoral candidates. His leadership extends to administrative roles including Head of examination board for MSc Business Informatics since 2017, and previously serving as Study dean of the WIM faculty (2016-2019) and CIO of University of Mannheim (2022-2024). His research is supported by grants including AWS in Education Research Grant Award (2013) and Google Focused Research Award (2011). The Data and Web Science Group develops multiple open-source software projects including LibKGE (knowledge graph embedding library), DistKGE (multi-GPU training), AdaPM (adaptive parameter manager), Lapse (parameter server), and various tools for information extraction and sequence mining. The group maintains active collaborations with industry partners and academic institutions worldwide, particularly in the areas of knowledge graph research and scalable machine learning systems.

• Machine Learning
• Data Processing
• Knowledge Graphs
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Andreas Holzinger is a Professor at Graz University of Technology, with additional affiliations at Medical University Graz and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna in Austria. He is recognized as an IFIP Fellow (2021) for his significant contributions to information processing and computer science. His work spans multiple institutions across Europe, with notable collaborations extending to the University of Alberta in Canada. Professor Holzinger's research focuses on Human-Centered AI, Explainable AI (XAI), and their practical applications across diverse domains. His work bridges theoretical AI advancements with real-world implementations in healthcare, forestry, and human-robot interaction. He has pioneered approaches in counterfactual explanations, graph neural networks, and human-in-the-loop systems that emphasize transparency and trustworthiness in AI decision-making processes. His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward integrating large language models with traditional AI systems while maintaining explainability. Holzinger's work consistently emphasizes the human element in AI systems, ensuring that technological advancements serve human needs rather than obscuring decision processes. His research in medical AI, smart forestry, and agricultural applications shows a commitment to solving practical problems with human-centered technological solutions. Scientific Awards: IFIP Fellow (2021) Professor Holzinger has been instrumental in establishing design guidelines for explainable AI systems, particularly through his work on post-hoc versus ante-hoc explanations. His research on Kandinsky Patterns has provided valuable experimental frameworks for pattern analysis and machine intelligence. He has secured significant research funding for projects bridging AI with practical applications in healthcare and environmental monitoring. His leadership extends to the organization of major conferences and workshops, including the CD-MAKE conference series, where he has fostered interdisciplinary collaboration between AI researchers and domain experts. His work on the CLARUS platform demonstrates practical implementations of interactive explainable AI for medical applications.

• Explainable AI
• Human-AI Interaction
• Machine Learning
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Peter Richtarik is a Professor at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), specializing in Machine Learning, Optimization, and Federated Learning. He actively teaches courses such as Stochastic Gradient Descent Methods and mentors PhD and MS students like Konstantin Burlachenko, Kai Yi, and Lukang Sun. His research spans distributed optimization, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, and theoretical frameworks for non-convex and non-smooth problems. Recent work includes 2025 contributions to Bernoulli-LoRA (theoretical PEFT) and Gluon (LMO-based optimizers). He co-developed Thanos (block-wise pruning) and BurTorch (CPU-optimized training framework). His publications focus on communication efficiency ( ATA , LoCoDL ), differential privacy ( DP-RBCD ), and stochastic proximal methods. Richtarik received the Charles Broyden Prize for his work on quasi-Newton methods. He frequently presents at workshops like MLSS in Senegal and FLOW seminars.

• Machine Learning
• Optimization
• Federated Learning
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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 .

• Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
• Hyperparameter Optimization (HPO)
• Tabular Machine Learning
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Andreas Groll is a Professor at the Technical University of Dortmund, affiliated with the Department of Statistical Methods for Big Data under the Faculty of Statistics. His research focuses on variable selection, regularization techniques in generalized linear models, categorical data analysis, and sports statistics, particularly predicting international soccer and tennis tournaments. He leads a working group including researchers like Dr. Daniel Horn and Dr. Rouven Michels. Key research areas include semiparametric regression and event data analysis. Recent work explores machine learning applications in sports analytics and healthcare, such as predicting hospital readmissions and modeling environmental data. Groll has published extensively in journals like Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports and Statistical Modelling .

• Variable Selection and Regularization
• Generalized Linear Models
• Event Data Analysis
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Claire Vernade is a Group Leader at the University of Tübingen in the Cluster of Excellence Machine Learning for Science. She leads an active research group focused on theoretical aspects of sequential decision making, with particular expertise in bandit problems and reinforcement learning theory. Her work bridges theoretical foundations with practical applications in scientific discovery. Her research interests span sequential decision making, bandit problems, theoretical Reinforcement Learning, Learning Theory, and principled learning algorithms. She has made significant contributions to understanding non-stationary environments, lifelong learning frameworks, and the theoretical foundations of bandit algorithms. Her work on "Eigengame: PCA as a Nash Equilibrium" received an Outstanding Paper Award at ICLR 2021. Dr. Vernade has been awarded prestigious grants including an Emmy Noether award (2022) for her FoLiReL project and an ERC Starting Grant (2024) for her ConSequentIAL project. Her current ERC project explores the role of Reinforcement Learning in developing Continual Learning agents, with applications to scientific domains like drug discovery and micro-chemistry. Emmy Noether award under the AI Initiative call (2022) ERC Starting Grant (2024) Outstanding Paper Award at ICLR 2021 She currently supervises three PhD students and actively recruits postdocs and PhD candidates through the IMPRS-IS and ELLIS doctoral programs. Her group collaborates extensively with the broader machine learning community, organizing workshops like FoRLaC at ICML 2024 and serving as co-chairs for tutorials at major conferences. Dr. Vernade is also deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in machine learning, co-leading initiatives like Women in Learning Theory and Tübingen Women in Machine Learning.

• Sequential Decision Making
• Bandit Problems
• Theoretical Reinforcement Learning
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Frank Hutter is a Full Professor for Machine Learning at the University of Freiburg since 2016 and an Emmy Noether Research Group Lead since 2013. His research focuses on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML), including neural architecture search, hyperparameter optimization, and meta-learning. He pioneered tools like Auto-WEKA, Auto-sklearn, and Auto-PyTorch, and co-authored the first book on AutoML. Received 2010 CAIAC award for best AI thesis in Canada Won multiple best paper awards and international ML competition prizes Director of ELLIS Unit Freiburg Recipient of 3 European Research Council (ERC) grants His recent work explores the intersection of foundation models and AutoML, including TabPFN (the first foundation model for tabular data) and improved pretraining/fine-tuning frameworks. He co-organized 15 AutoML workshops at top ML conferences and founded the AutoML Conference in 2022.

• Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
• Neural Architecture Search
• Efficient Hyperparameter Optimization
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Holger Schwarz is an Associate Professor (Apl. Professor) at the Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPVS) within the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Stuttgart. He serves as Head of the Infrastructure Department and is actively involved in research and teaching in the areas of data management, database systems, and data analytics. Professor Schwarz earned his doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Stuttgart in 2003 with a dissertation on "Integration of Data Mining and Online Analytical Processing." He later completed his habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.), qualifying him as a university professor in Germany. His primary research interests focus on data management systems , particularly in the domains of data lakes, lakehouses, enterprise data platforms, and metadata management. Professor Schwarz investigates how to design efficient and scalable data architectures that support modern analytical workloads while addressing challenges in data integration, governance, and democratization. His work bridges theoretical database concepts with practical industrial applications, as evidenced by numerous collaborations with industry partners. Professor Schwarz's recent publications demonstrate a clear trend toward enterprise data management solutions, particularly focusing on data lakehouse architectures, enterprise data marketplaces, and advanced clustering techniques. His research shows a consistent pattern of addressing real-world data management challenges through innovative architectural patterns and algorithmic improvements, with strong emphasis on practical industrial implementation. Professor Schwarz supervises numerous research projects including MetaMan (metadata management in complex data landscapes), DLArchitecture (design of comprehensive data lake architecture), INTERACT (interactive rapid analytic concepts), and VALID-Partition (improving prediction quality using domain knowledge). He also coordinates the University of Stuttgart's projects within the Software Campus initiative and serves as Managing Director of the Technology Partnership Lab and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Data Lab. His teaching portfolio includes courses on Advanced Information Management, Database Systems, and Data Science projects across multiple semesters, demonstrating his commitment to educating the next generation of data management professionals.

• Data Management
• Database Systems
• Data Lakes and Lakehouses
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Martin Schmidt is a Full Professor (W3) for Nonlinear Optimization at the Department of Mathematics, Trier University, since 2019. He has held leadership roles in research training groups and international committees, focusing on mathematical modeling and optimization of energy systems, gas networks, and market equilibria. His work bridges mixed-integer nonlinear optimization , bilevel optimization , and robust methods with applications to real-world energy challenges. Education: PhD in Mathematics (2013), Diplom in Mathematics (2008), both from Leibniz University Hannover. Editorial Roles: Editorial Board member of Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications and Optimization Letters , Associate Editor for OR Spectrum and EURO Journal on Computational Optimization . His research integrates complex physical systems (e.g., gas transmission networks) with game-theoretic models to analyze energy markets. Recent publications emphasize robust optimization , decomposition techniques , and machine learning integration in bilevel frameworks. Awards highlight his contributions to gas market feasibility , linear bilevel optimization , and practical applications in energy systems. Collaborations span institutions like Universidad Zaragoza, Sapienza University, and Forschungszentrum Jülich.

• Mathematical Optimization
• Energy Systems
• Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization
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Dr. Sandra Diaz Pier is a Scientific Lead at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) within the Jülich Research Centre , Germany. Specializing in computational neuroscience , high performance computing (HPC) , and machine learning , she bridges neuroscience and advanced computational methods through her research. Education: B.Sc. in Electronic Systems Engineering, Mexico M.Sc. in Computer Science (focus: machine learning, quantum computing), Mexico Second M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Ontario, Canada Ph.D. in Computer Science, Germany (2021) Her research focuses on modeling and simulating brain dynamics and plasticity at multiple scales, leveraging HPC to accelerate large-scale neural network simulations. She actively contributes to EU projects like the Human Brain Project (HBP) , Virtual Brain Cloud , and EBRAINS 2.0 , emphasizing infrastructure development and educational training. Her work includes open-source tools such as the NEST simulator , The Virtual Brain , and L2L , enabling efficient parameter exploration and multiscale co-simulation frameworks. The 15 most recent publications highlight her interdisciplinary approach, spanning topics from quantum computing in biomolecular simulations to neural plasticity algorithms and cloud-based brain modeling . These articles reflect her expertise in integrating machine learning , multi-scale simulation , and HPC infrastructure for neuroscience challenges, including seizure propagation, Parkinson’s disease progression, and swarm intelligence in spiking networks. She leads technical coordination in projects like EBRAINS and serves as a task leader in the HBP infrastructure work package , while also organizing workshops and hackathons for open-source tools. Her role involves supporting domain scientists through methodological research and workflow optimization for brain simulations.

• Computational Neuroscience
• High Performance Computing
• Machine Learning
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Sumon Biswas is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Data Sciences at Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Software Research (ISR) at Carnegie Mellon University, working with Dr. Eunsuk Kang. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Iowa State University under the supervision of Dr. Hridesh Rajan. His research focuses on the intersection of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence with particular emphasis on responsible AI engineering. His work spans several key areas: Formal verification and reasoning of fairness in AI systems Designing fair and safe AI systems AI engineering and analysis of machine learning software Long-term risks in machine learning systems Analysis of technical debt in AI/ML systems Dr. Biswas has made significant contributions to understanding and addressing fairness in machine learning pipelines, verification of neural networks, causal reasoning in ML pipelines, and safety assurance of predictive systems. His recent work increasingly focuses on foundation models and large language models (LLMs), with an emphasis on safety and responsible deployment of AI agents. His lab operates the state-of-the-art AISC2 cluster with five HGX H200 servers featuring 40 NVIDIA H200 GPUs. His publications show a consistent trend toward addressing both theoretical and practical challenges in responsible AI, with increasing focus on long-term system behavior, LLMs, and practical deployment challenges. The research spans formal methods, empirical studies, and practical tool development. Dr. Biswas has received several awards including the Research Excellence Award from Iowa State University and has been invited to serve on the Board of Distinguished Reviewers for ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM). He serves on the program committees of major software engineering conferences including ICSE, ASE, and ESEC/FSE, and has reviewed for prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. As an educator, he teaches courses on Responsible AI Engineering and Software Engineering, focusing on building high-quality software systems that meet responsible AI principles including fairness, robustness, explainability, and safety.

• Software Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence
• Programming Languages
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Jan Pfister is a researcher at the Chair of Data Science (Informatik X) , affiliated with the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Würzburg . Holding an M.Sc. in Computer Science from 2021, he contributes to the DMIR group while maintaining the BibSonomy platform. His work bridges Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning , with a focus on structured sentiment analysis and German language modeling. His research explores the integration of Large Language Models with Pointer Networks to extract fine-grained sentiment information. He has developed ModernGBERT , a German-only encoder model, and LLäMmlein , advancing NLP capabilities for the language. Pfister's recent publications highlight trends in encoder-decoder architectures, model-agnostic hallucination detection, and multi-label classification frameworks that refine LLM outputs. He has taught courses including Information Retrieval (SS '22), Text Mining (WS '23), and Selected Topics in Machine Learning (SS'21, WS '21, WS'24). His collaborative projects span medical informatics, human-AI interaction, and social media analysis, often involving interdisciplinary teams and real-world data.

• Natural Language Processing
• Deep Learning
• Sentiment Analysis
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Camille Castera is an Associate Professor in optimization and machine learning at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bordeaux (IMB). Her academic journey includes a postdoctoral position at the University of Tübingen (2022-2024) working on the TRINOM-DS project under Peter Ochs and Jalal Fadili, and a PhD at the IRIT laboratory in Toulouse supervised by Cédric Févotte, Edouard Pauwels, and Jérôme Bolte as part of the FACTORY project. Her research focuses on optimization algorithms for machine learning, particularly second-order methods with applications to deep learning, and the emerging field of learning optimization algorithms. Her work spans continuous optimization (convex & non-convex, non-smooth, stochastic), learning to optimize, and optimization for deep learning with automatic hyper-parameter tuning. Her recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to the field of optimization algorithms, particularly in developing novel approaches that bridge classical optimization techniques with learning-based methods. Her research shows a clear trajectory toward creating more adaptive and versatile optimization algorithms that can generalize beyond their training settings. At the University of Bordeaux, she teaches advanced courses including Large-scale optimization (Master 2), Introduction to deep learning (Master 2), Convex optimization (Master 1), and Image processing (Licence 3), while also supervising student projects on image processing and machine learning. Her technical work is supported by substantial implementation efforts, with publicly available code repositories demonstrating practical applications of her theoretical contributions to optimization algorithms.

• Optimization Algorithms
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
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