Helmholtz AI associates

Helmholtz AI associates extend the network for applied AI researchers within the Helmholtz Association to leverage the breadth of activities and strengths of our AI research. They are independent group leaders at a Helmholtz Center who embrace openness and create opportunities for interaction, e.g. to form grant consortia and interest groups.

Hayder Amin

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Health

Research interests:
- Computational Neuroscience & Spatial Transcriptomics
- Machine Learning
- Graph Neural Networks

Google Scholar: Hayder Amin

hayder.amin@dzne.de

Katrin Amunts

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

Information

Research interests:
- Developing a Multimodal Atlas of the Human Brain
- Brain Organization
- Combining Image Analysis, HPC & Big Data Analytics

Google Scholar: Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Amunts

k.amunts@fz-juelich.de

Tamim Asfour

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information

Research interests:
- Robotics AI
- Humanoid Robotics
- Human-Centered Robotics

Google Scholar: Tamim Asfour

asfour@kit.edu

Vaibhav Bajpai

CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Information

Research interests:
- Networked Systems
- Security and Privacy
- Internet Data Science

Google Scholar: Vaibhav Bajpai

vaibhav.bajpai@cispa.de

Lars Barquist

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)

Health

Research interests:
- Functional Genomics
- Bayesian Analysis of High-throughout Sequencing Data
- Applied Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Lars Barquist

lars.barquist@helmholtz-hiri.de

Matthias Becker

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Health

Research interests:
- Swarm & Federated Learning
- Synthetic Data Generation
- Memory-centric Compute Architectures

Google Scholar: Matthias Becker

Matthias.Becker@dzne.de

Gregor Betz

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information

Research interests:
- NLP
- Computational Philosophy
- Normative Models of Reasoning

Google Scholar: Gregor Betz

gregor.betz@kit.edu

Attila Cangi

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)

Matter

Research interests:
- Materials Science
- Plasma Physics
- Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Attila Cangi

a.cangi@hzdr.de

Martin Dyrba

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Health

Research interests:
- Machine Learning Explainability
- Translational AI
- Convolutional Neural Networks

Google Scholar: Martin Dyrba

martin.dyrba@dzne.de

Ali Ertürk

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Tissue Clearing and Light-sheet Microscopy
- Deep Learning
- Spatial-omics

Google Scholar: Ali Ertürk

erturk@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Michael Färber

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information

Research interests:
- Knowledge Representation
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing

Google Scholar: Michael Färber

michael.faerber@kit.edu

Pascal Friederich

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information

Research interests:
- Machine Learning
- Materials Design
- Graph Neural Networks

Google Scholar: Pascal Friederich

pascal.friederich@kit.edu

Christiane Fuchs

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Stochastic Differential Equations
- Risk Analysis
- Uncertainty Quantification

Google Scholar: Christiane Fuchs

christiane.fuchs@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Ronny Hänsch

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Remote Sensing
- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Ronny Hänsch

rww.haensch@gmail.com

Matthias Heinig

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Computational Biology
- Gene Regulation
- Human Genetics

Google Scholar: Matthias Heinig

matthias.heinig@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Fabian Isensee

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Health / HIP

Research interests:
- Computer Vision
- Deep Learning
- Semantic Segmentation

Google Scholar: Fabian Isensee

f.isensee@dkfz.de

Paul Jaeger

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Information / HIP

Research interests:
- Probabilistic Machine Learning
- Interactive ML Systems
- Image Analysis

Google Scholar: Paul F. Jaeger

p.jaeger@dkfz.de

Tobias Käfer

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information

Research interests:
- Knowledge Graphs
- Agent Systems
- Web Architecture

Google Scholar: Tobias Käfer

tobias.kaefer@kit.edu

Dagmar Kainmueller

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)

Health

Research interests:
- Biomedical Image Analysis
- Computer Vision
- Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Dagmar Kainmueller

dagmar.kainmueller@mdc-berlin.de

Sebastian Lerch

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Probabilistic Weather Forecasting
- Machine Learning
- Computational Statistics

Google Scholar: Sebastian Lerch

Sebastian.Lerch@kit.edu

Carsten Marr

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Single Cell Diagnostics
- Stem Cell Decision Making
- Biomedical Data Analysis

Google Scholar: Carsten Marr

carsten.marr@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Alexander Mitsos

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

Energy

Research interests:
- Chemical Processes
- Energy Systems
- Optimization & Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Alexander Mitsos

a.mitsos@fz-juelich.de

Christian L. Müller

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- High-dimensional Statistics
- (Non-)Convex Optimization
- Microbiome Data Analysis

Google Scholar: Christian L. Müller

christian.mueller@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Ulrich W. Paetzold

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Energy

Research interests:
- Solar Energy
- AI-guided materials discovery
- Photovoltaics

Google Scholar: Ulrich Wilhelm Paetzold

ulrich.paetzold@kit.edu

Kaustubh Patil

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

Information

Research interests:
- Precision Psychiatry
- Brain-behavior Relationship
- Small-data Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Kaustubh Raosaheb Patil

k.patil@fz-juelich.de

Jian Peng

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Hydrology & Atmospheric Environment
- Satellite Remote Sensing
- Climate Extremes & Climate Variability

jian.peng@ufz.de

Bastian Rieck

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Topological Data Analysis
- Manifold Learning
- Robust Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Bastian Rieck

bastian.rieck@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Mohammadmehdi Saberioon

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Applied remote sensing in different disciplines of agriculture and environment studies
- Field and imaging spectroscopy
- Image and signal processing, Machine learning and deep learning

Google Scholar: Mohammadmehdi Saberioon

saberioon@gfz-potsdam.de

Melanie Schienle

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Information / HIDSS4Health

Research interests:
- Statistical Methods for Transparent AI
- Large-dimensional Dependent Systems
- Probabilistic Predictions & Evaluation

Google Scholar: Melanie Schienle

melanie.schienle@kit.edu

Kurt Schmoller

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Live Cell Imaging
- Cell Size
- Mitochondrial DNA Homeostasis

Google Scholar: Kurt Schmoller

kurt.schmoller@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Julia A. Schnabel

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Machine Learning & Deep Learning
- Medical Imaging
- Medical Computer Vision

Google Scholar: Julia A Schnabel

julia.schnabel@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Timm Schoening

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Image Analysis
- Underwater Imaging
- Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Dr. Timm Schoening

tschoening@geomar.de

Jana Schor

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Deep Learning
- Predictive Toxicology
- Bioinformatics

Google Scholar: Jana Schor (née Hertel)

jana.schor@ufz.de

Joachim Schultze

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Health

Research interests:
- Swarm Learning
- Decentralized Machine Learning
- AI in Medicine

Google Scholar: Joachim Schultze

joachim.schultze@dzne.de

Sebastian Stich

CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Information

Research interests:
- Optimization & Machine Learning
- Federated & Decentralized Learning
- Trustworthy AI

Google Scholar: Sebastian Urban Stich

stich@cispa.de

Fabian Theis

Helmholtz Munich

Health / Helmholtz AI

Research interests:
- Development of Computational Methods
- Data Analysis & Benchmarking
- Spatial Transcriptomics & Imaging

Google Scholar: Fabian J Theis

fabian.theis@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Sofie Valk

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

Information

Research interests:
- Brain Organisation
- Brain Evolution
- Cognition

Google Scholar: Sofie Valk

s.valk@fz-juelich.de

Christian Wagner

Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

Information

Research interests:
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Molecular Manipulation
- Machine Learning

Google Scholar: Christian Wagner

c.wagner@fz-juelich.de

Rui Wang-Sattler

Helmholtz Munich

Health

Research interests:
- Standardisation of OMICs Data
- Diagnostic & Prognostic Biomarkers
- Biological Elucidation of Biomarkers

Google Scholar: Rui Wang-Sattler

rui.wang-sattler@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Jakob Zscheischler

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Climate Extremes
- Compound Events
- Climate Impacts

Google Scholar: Jakob Zscheischler

jakob.zscheischler@ufz.de

Yang Zhang

CISPA - Helmholtz Center for Information Security

Information

Research interests:
- Trustworthy AI
- Graph Neural Networks
- Self-supervised Learning

Google Scholar: Yang Zhang

zhang@cispa.de

Grischa Beier

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Earth and Environment

Research interests:
- Digitalisation
- Sustainability
- AI use in industry

Google Scholar: Grischa Beier

grischa.Beier@rifs-potsdam.de

(Picture Copyright RIFS Lotte Ostermann)

Arnd Koeppe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Nanotechnology - MicroStructure Simulation (INT-MSS)

Information

Research interests
- Data-driven Modeling
- Materials Science
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence

arnd.koeppe@kit.edu

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