AI Kick-off Workshop

8 Apr 2025, 11:00 → 9 Apr 2025, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

Seminarraum 1 (1. OG) (MPCDF)

Andreas Marek (MPCDF), Erwin Laure (MPCDF)

UPDATE 17.03.2025

Due to a surge in hotel prices on the workshop dates, the event will be held in hybrid mode. We will share the connection details with you soon, should you want to attend from remote.

 

Dear Partners,

In preparation for the upcoming AI machine, we are pleased to invite you to the AI Kick-off workshop, hosted at the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility, in Garching near Munich. This event will provide an excellent opportunity for all project participants to present their typical use cases in AI,  to discuss their preferred machine operation requirements, and to pave the way towards the establishment of an AI knowledge hub for the MPG.

The event is due to start on Apr 8th at 11.00 and it closes on Apr 9th at 14.00. You will find the agenda and the link to the registration form below in this page. The deadline for the registration is Monday, March 17th at 12.00.

The MPCDF, which is located on the Science Campus Garching, can be easily reached by public transport via the U6 - stop Garching Forschungszentrum. This latter coincides with the nothermost last stop of the U6. Please follow the directions at this link to find your way to the MPCDF building after leaving the underground station.

Here is a list of recommended hotels near the MPCDF:

Stellaris Apartment Hotel

Mariott Courtyard Garching

Motel One München-Garching 

Gasthof Neuwirt 

Hotel König Ludwig

Please be aware that the MPCDF cannot anticipate or subsidize any of your staying costs (as e.g. the travel costs, the hotel booking or the social dinner). Each participant is also fully responsible for booking their travel and accommodation.

We are committed to making our meeting accessible to everyone. Therefore, we encourage you to reach out to Timoteo Colnaghi (MPCDF) at timoteo.colnaghi@mpcdf.mpg.de if you require any special assistance during the meeting.

We look forward to meeting you in Garching!

The MPCDF team

Tuesday 8 April

1 Welcome and review of the agenda

Speaker: Erwin Laure (MPCDF)

2 AI at the MPCDF

Speaker: Andreas Marek (MPCDF)

3 Machine Learning to Bridge the Gap Between Experimentalists and Theoreticians (MPI-SusMat)

Speaker: Jan Janssen (MPI SusMat)

12:00 Lunch

4 Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

Speaker: Christoph Scheurer (FHI)

5 Machine Learning for Cognitive Neuroimaging at MPI-CBS

Speaker: Nikolaus Weiskopf

6 AI Research at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, Department Biogeochemical Integration

Speaker: Christian Reimers (MPI-BGC)

14:30 Coffee break

7 LLMs as Tools (MPIB)

Speaker: Dirk Wulff (MPIB)

8 AI as subject of study (MPIB)

Speaker: Levin Brinkmann (MPIB)

9 MPI for Software Systems + MPI for Informatics

TBI

Speakers: Christopher Wewer (MPI-INF), Mohammad Aflah Kahn (MPI-SWS)

10 Discussion and Feedback Day 1

Speaker: Andreas Marek (MPCDF)

11 Conclusion day 1

Speaker: Erwin Laure (MPCDF)

Wednesday 9 April

12 Round table 1 - The new AI machine

The new AI machine: infrastructure and desired operations.

Speaker: Andreas Marek (MPCDF)

13 Round table 2 - AI knowledge hub

A new AI knowledge hub for the MPG

Continuous learning on AI topics, sharing best practices and experiences, how to create synergies with the MPCDF and among the partner institutes, how to receive support from the MPCDF, communication channels, knowledge sharing, etc.

Speaker: Andreas Marek (MPCDF)

10:30 Coffee break

14 Q&A with NVIDIA

Speaker: NVIDIA Representative

15 Round table 3 - Other topics

Other topics

Speaker: Andreas Marek (MPCDF)

16 Final discussion and conclusion

Speaker: Erwin Laure (MPCDF)

12:30 Lunch