NeurIPS Fest 2024: A vibrant gathering of AI/ML researchers from all over the Netherlands
The ELLIS Unit Amsterdam hosted its third annual NeurIPS Fest on November 28, 2024, at LAB42, bringing together 120 registered participants and showcasing 25 posters. This year, the event was co-organized in collaboration with the ELLIS Units in Nijmegen and Delft, creating a vibrant gathering of AI/ML researchers from all over the Netherlands.
10 MSc Students of ELLIS unit Amsterdam Presented Thesis Projects Conducted Abroad
The MSc Honours Programme is a flagship programme of the ELLIS unit Amsterdam. The ELLIS unit Amsterdam believes that the MSc Honours programme can help retain young AI talents in the region by allowing them to connect with world-class AI researchers and organise research visits to their respective co-supervisors at ELLIS partner institutions outside of the […]
Exploring Geometry-Grounded Representation Learning and Generative Modeling: Key Insights from the ELLIS GRaM Workshop at ICML 2024
ELLIS Workshop on Geometry-grounded Representation Learning and Generative Modeling (GRaM Workshop) was convened in conjunction with the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2024 in Vienna from 27 July 2024. The ELLIS flagship workshop was attended by over 300 in-person as well as online participants. To date, it is the first workshop focusing on the principle […]
ELLIS ESSIR 2024: aligning two networks for the advancement of IR research and community
The European Summer School on Information Retrieval (ESSIR) is held regularly, providing high-quality teaching of Information Retrieval (IR) and advanced IR topics to an audience of researchers and research students. The school emphasizes the importance of IR—and its latest developments, in bringing accurate information to the right people in a timely, fair, and transparent manner, […]
Neuro-AI: Harnessing AI to understand computation in mind and brain
On June June 17th – 26th, the ABC Summer school “Neuro-AI: Harnessing AI to understand computation in mind and brain” took place at the University of Amsterdam. The ABC Summer School gives selected students the opportunity to get deep insights into the interesting interplay between cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The program includes masterclasses that […]
Belgium-Netherlands workshop on Reinforcement Learning (BeNeRL) 2024
On June 10th, the Belgium-Netherlands workshop on Reinforcement Learning (BeNeRL) at the University of Amsterdam. BeNeRl, sponsored by ELLIS unit Amsterdam, is an informal one-day workshop, intended to bring together reinforcement learning researchers from the Belgium-Netherlands region. This year, 130 PhD students, academic staff, students and industry employees registered for the event which featured 5 […]
Hack4Her 2024: A Celebration of Women in Tech and Innovation
From June 7th to June 9th, the 3rd Annual Hack4Her took place at VU Amsterdam. Hack4Her 2024, sponsored by ELLIS unit Amsterdam, brought together over 100 participants to promote women-focused tech spaces. Inspiring keynotes tackled gender gaps, intersectionality, and celebrated women’s historical contributions to tech. Hands-on workshops spanned JAX programming, model-based testing, technical interviews, data-driven […]
ELLIS unit Amsterdam Celebrates Academic Achievements of Two Recently Graduated Honours Students
ELLIS unit Amsterdam community acknowledges the remarkable achievements of two of our MSc Honours students whose thesis research endeavours have made impacts in their respective fields of study within the AI landscape, Larissa de Ruijter and Rahel Beloch.
NeurIPS Fest 2023: testament to the high caliber of research excellence within Amsterdam’s thriving AI ecosystem
On December 7th, a vibrant gathering of over 100 individuals marked the success of the NeurIPS Fest 2023 hosted by the ELLIS unit Amsterdam, the unit’s second successful organization of the NeurIPS poster preview party. Set against the backdrop of Lab42, the heart of digital innovation in Amsterdam, the event was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. […]
The UvA-Bosch Delta Lab 2 showcased its finest machine learning research
The Delta Lab 2 Showcase aimed to highlight the cutting-edge research produced through a successful collaboration between the University of Amsterdam and Bosch, as one of the key industry players in the AI ecosystem and an important supporter of the unit’s works. The ELLIS unit Amsterdam seeks to further promote quality AI research conducted locally […]