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02/12/2019 18:55

New RMU project in the field of artificial intelligence and deep learning

Petra Giegerich Kommunikation und Presse
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

    Rhine-Main Universities Initiative Funding for Research supports the innovative DeCoDeML network of the universities of Mainz, Darmstadt, and Frankfurt

    A new innovative cross-university project in the field of computer science designed to further develop deep learning, the current engine of artificial intelligence, has won out in the third round of the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) Initiative Funding for Research. The RMU Network for Deep Continuous Discrete Machine Learning (DeCoDeML) will combine the machine learning expertise of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), TU Darmstadt, and Goethe University Frankfurt, enabling them to tackle important unresolved issues in deep learning.

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is already an integral part of daily life where it plays a role in image recognition, voice control, and social bots through to self-driving cars and humanoid robots. One of the key problems is how to generate human perception and human activity in the form of "intelligent" computer programs. In the RMU Network for Deep Continuous-Discrete Machine Learning, or DeCoDeML for short, the participating researchers at the Rhine-Main Universities of Mainz, Darmstadt, and Frankfurt will examine the question of how the results of machine learning can be made more comprehensible or at least perceived in such a way that they can be related to human understanding.

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz has particular expertise in the analysis of complex structured data, such as sequences, time series, and images, as well as in the analysis of data streams. The particular focus of the team at TU Darmstadt is on machine learning using uncertain data and knowledge as well as the learning of intelligible prediction models in the form of rules. Core research areas of Goethe University Frankfurt involve the cognitive aspects of learning, such as the question of how learning is guided by expectations, and in taking a systems-oriented view of technical systems with machine learning components. Areas of application include the understanding and generation of images and films (Mainz, Frankfurt), the processing of texts and speech (Darmstadt), and the analysis of biological sequences (Mainz).

    Joint prior work has already taken place both within the universities and between the universities, as a result of work done by the researchers in earlier stages of their careers. Moreover, the two coordinators of the project, Professor Stefan Kramer of the Institute of Computer Science at JGU and Professor Kristian Kersting of the Computer Science Department at TU Darmstadt, are also currently active members of the Platform Learning Systems advisory committee of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which deals with policy formation and potential funding for machine learning in Germany. One of the purposes of the new RMU project is to facilitate a lively exchange of ideas between the institutions to result in new joint projects.

    There are currently a total of eight professors involved from the three universities, three from Mainz, three from Darmstadt, and two from Frankfurt. The consortium can and may be extended. "We are very pleased that with support from the RMU Initiative Funding for Research we can create a platform here in the Rhine-Main area in the field of machine learning, on which further research networks will be able to build," commented the project coordinators.

    The kick-off meeting for the DeCoDeML project took place on December 18, 2018. Academics from all three universities outlined their existing research approaches and projects in the field, providing a basis for setting up and developing new collaborations.

    The RMU Initiative Funding for Research
    The Rhine-Main Universities (RMU) are strengthening their mutual networks through the RMU Initiative Funding for Research. From the last call for proposals comprising a total of 49 applicants, six new research projects in African Studies, Educational Research, Computer Science, Meteorology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Business Education will be funded over the coming two years, each with up to EUR 100,000 per year.

    Image:
    http://www.uni-mainz.de/bilder_presse/RMU_DeCoDeML_kersting_kramer.jpg
    Professor Kristian Kersting (l.) of TU Darmstadt and Professor Stefan Kramer (r.) of JGU coordinate the RMU Network for Deep Continuous-Discrete Machine Learning (DeCoDeML).
    photo/©: Zahra Ahmadi

    Contact:
    Professor Dr. Stefan Kramer
    Institute of Computer Science
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
    55099 Mainz, GERMANY
    phone +49 6131 39-21057
    e-mail: kramer@informatik.uni-mainz.de
    https://www.datamining.informatik.uni-mainz.de/stefan-kramer/

    Professor Dr. Kristian Kersting
    Computer Science Department & Center for Cognitive Science
    Technische Universität Darmstadt
    64289 Darmstadt
    phone +49 6151 16-24411
    e-mail: kristian.kersting@cs.tu-darmstadt.de
    https://ml-research.github.io/people/kkersting/index.html

    About RMU:

    As outstanding research universities in the Rhine-Main area, Goethe University Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Technische Universität Darmstadt have joined together to form the RHINE-MAIN UNIVERSITIES alliance. The universities have worked in close cooperation with each other for more than ten years, leading to an agreement to form a strategic alliance in 2015.

    The Rhine-Main universities are situated in close vicinity to one another in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region and offer a wide range of disciplines from medicine and natural sciences to humanities and social sciences through to engineering. With over 100,000 students and 1,440 professors, they work closely in research and teaching, promote the mentoring of young researchers and participate in an exchange between academics, business and society.

    The strategic alliance between the three universities increases their collective academic capacity. By joining together, they are able to complement each other’s strengths, promote strong research partnerships and expand the course and degree offerings for their students. This alliance not only strengthens the exchange of knowledge in the region, but also forms a strong network, shaping the Rhine-Main region into an academic hub that is globally visible and internationally attractive.

    http://www.rhein-main-universitaeten.de/en


    Contact for scientific information:

    Professor Dr. Stefan Kramer
    Institute of Computer Science
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
    55099 Mainz, GERMANY
    phone +49 6131 39-21057
    e-mail: kramer@informatik.uni-mainz.de
    https://www.datamining.informatik.uni-mainz.de/stefan-kramer/

    Professor Dr. Kristian Kersting
    Computer Science Department & Center for Cognitive Science
    Technische Universität Darmstadt
    64289 Darmstadt
    phone +49 6151 16-24411
    e-mail: kristian.kersting@cs.tu-darmstadt.de
    https://ml-research.github.io/people/kkersting/index.html


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    Professor Kristian Kersting (l.) of TU Darmstadt and Professor Stefan Kramer (r.) of JGU coordinate the RMU Network for Deep Continuous-Discrete Machine Learning (DeCoDeML).
    Professor Kristian Kersting (l.) of TU Darmstadt and Professor Stefan Kramer (r.) of JGU coordinate ...
    photo/©: Zahra Ahmadi
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    Professor Kristian Kersting (l.) of TU Darmstadt and Professor Stefan Kramer (r.) of JGU coordinate the RMU Network for Deep Continuous-Discrete Machine Learning (DeCoDeML).


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