The University of Bonn is participating in the newly established Max Planck School of Biomedical Artificial Intelligence. This Germany-wide graduate program brings together outstanding researchers from universities and non-university research institutions to conduct research at the intersection of biomedicine and artificial intelligence.

The University of Bonn was prominently represented at the 2nd German Robotics Conference in Cologne. The conference was organized by the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) and brought together leading figures from politics, academia, industry, and startups to further strengthen research, innovation, and technology transfer in robotics. Among those in attendance were the Vice Rector for Digitalization and Information Management at the University of Bonn, Prof. Dr. Maren Bennewitz, and Rector Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch. Numerous researchers from the university also presented their work and robotic systems. The conference also featured an exchange with the Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space, Dorothee Bär. The strong presence at the conference underlines the importance of the University of Bonn as one of the leading research centers for robotics in Germany.

Brazil Day at the University of Bonn is an innovative forum for dialogue and networking—a day dedicated to strengthening academic ties with Brazil by stimulating conversation, generating ideas and gaining new perspectives. Researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia, representatives of funding organizations and members of the Brazilian academic diaspora in Germany came together at the conference to present their projects and discussed potential collaborations.

Large language models, such as ChatGPT, perform significantly less well in Portuguese than in English despite both languages being spoken worldwide. This gap has now been closed with "GigaVerbo". The team led by Dr. Nicholas Kluge Corrêa from the Center for Science and Thought at the University of Bonn is now presenting the project in the journal "Patterns". The researchers were among the first to utilize the new "Marvin" supercomputer at the University of Bonn. Nicholas Kluge Corrêa and his colleague Aniket Sen are both members of the Transdisciplinary Research Area "Sustainable Futures" at the University of Bonn.

Angkana Rüland, Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bonn and holder of a prestigious Hausdorff Chair at the cluster of excellence Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, has been elected as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, on the recommendation of renowned colleagues. 

The University of Bonn is expanding its start-up consulting services in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and the life sciences. With the new “U-Bo-LIFE-AI” Start-up Center.NRW, it will be enhancing entrepreneurial expertise and access to networks of investors and established companies in a systematic way. The University will be receiving roughly €1 million over the next three years from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and NRW’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy to set up “U-Bo-LIFE-AI” and develop it further.