Amsterdam’s exceptional scientist is one of the recently appointed ELLIS Scholars
The European Laboratory of Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) society network has recently selected 33 new exceptional scientists, with three of the scientists are members of the ELLIS unit Amsterdam’s community, to become part of the growing network to consolidate efforts in driving AI research and innovation across Europe. The ELLIS unit Amsterdam is thrilled […]
ELLIS MSc Meetup connects outstanding MSc students of the ELLIS units in Amsterdam and Nijmegen
The ELLIS MSc Honours Programme of the ELLIS unit Amsterdam and the Excellence Fellowship of the ELLIS unit Nijmegen shares several characteristics which justify the importance of connecting the MSc students participating in the two programmes together. Aside from the fact that the two ELLIS units are geographically located in the Netherlands, the ELLIS unit […]
The ELLIS, AI4media, and AIDA Symposium on Large Language and Foundation Models call for deeper interactions and larger-scale initiatives
The arrival of ChatGPT and GPT4 last year marks a new era of AI research on foundation models. While scale is always a key factor in learning, these models have shown that scale has an unexpectedly pivotal impact on generalization and the importance of multimodality. This paves the way for AI subfields, such as language, […]
7 MSc AI Students received ELLIS Honours Certificates as recognition of their distinguished accomplishments
ELLIS unit Amsterdam congratulated the MSc Honours students who are graduating today! To celebrate the important milestones the Honours students have reached and to recognise their hard work and perseverance, the ELLIS unit Amsterdam organised an MSc Honours lunch. At the celebratory event, the ELLIS unit Amsterdam Director, Prof. dr. Cees Snoek handed out the […]
Newly launched Qualcomm Diversity in AI Fellowships are awarded to 2 Master’s AI Students at UvA
Qualcomm Technologies launched this academic year the Qualcomm Diversity in AI Fellowships targeted at female candidates who were accepted in the Master’s AI programme. Qualcomm Technologies is awarding the two €10,000 fellowships to Isabella Gardner and Despoina Touska, who both commenced their studies in the 2023-24 academic year. Besides the fellowship, each winner receives mentorship […]
Two distinguished ELLIS Amsterdam faculties elected as Fellows of the ELLIS Society
The European Laboratory of Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) Fellowship Programme brings together academics at regular meetings throughout Europe to promote a free exchange of ideas and help create a European community of top AI researchers to retain and attract talent. Together, they stand up for European interests and generate high international visibility. Two distinguished […]
ELLIS unit Amsterdam announces 3 new AI PhD positions
The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent System (ELLIS) unit Amsterdam is delighted to announce three new ELLIS unit Amsterdam PhD positions. These projects will conduct research on artificial intelligence by machine learning with an international collaboration scheme by leveraging the ELLIS Society network, which the unit is part of. The ELLIS unit Amsterdam seeks to serve […]
Deep Learning Extravaganza: connecting different themes within the AI landscape
As the Artificial Intelligence landscape continues to progress rapidly, the need for communities that can offer a constructive space to acknowledge, celebrate, and have critical conversations on the latest research becomes paramount. As such, the ELLIS unit Amsterdam collaborated with the Deep Thinking Hour organized a paper preview party, Deep Learning Extravaganza which was held on June 8th, 2023 […]
ELLIS unit Amsterdam community is growing
Given our commitment to promoting AI advancement here in Amsterdam, we are excited that our community is expanding. Three PhDs are joining the ELLIS unit Amsterdam community: Grigory Bartosh, Michael Hanna, and Muhammad Islam. Michael Hanna is our ELLIS PhD, while Grigory Bartosh and Muhammad Islam are our Unit Sponsored PhDs. The ELLIS PhD Program aims to foster and educate the best talent […]
Meet the new members of the ELLIS unit Amsterdam
Our unit gladly welcomes new members who recently joined our unique and vibrant community. These individuals showcase excellent work in their fields and roles within the AI ecosystem in Amsterdam. Piyush Bagad and Arsen Sheverdin are our latest MSc Honours Students. They are currently Master AI students at the University of Amsterdam who will conduct exchange visits […]