168: MCML: Where do we want the core AI/ML research to happen?

Portrait photo of Prof. Daniel Cremers

We spoke with the three directors of the MCML about research priorities, the battle for the best minds and the role of tech companies. Thank you: Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers, Prof. Dr. Thomas Seidl and Prof. Dr. Bernd Bischl.

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News part:

Frank Hutter:
https://www.automl.org/tabpfn-a-transformer-that-solves-small-tabular-classification-problems-in-a-second/

Microsoft:
https://1e9.community/t/microsoft-soll-wegen-einer-programmier-ki-verklagt-werden-die-mit-open-source-code-trainiert-wurde/18127

Our guests:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Seidl
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-dr-thomas-seidl-846b88103/

Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-cremers/

Prof. Dr. Bernd Bischl
https://www.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/professoren/bischl/index.html