How can first-person view (FPV) drones offer new perspectives on scientific data? Bela Gipp will explore this question in his Chalk Talk, “Research in Flight Mode: New Perspectives on Data with FPV Drones.” The Chalk Talks series invites researchers from across the Göttingen campus to share their work with a public audience. Speakers explain their research using only chalk and [...]
The rapid development of artificial intelligence raises a fundamental question: are we witnessing the emergence of the ultimate tool or the devaluation of human uniqueness? As AI increasingly enters studios and offices, the boundaries between human inspiration and machine replaceability are becoming blurred. In this panel discussion, we explore the tension between technological empowerment and the fear of being [...]
How can researchers explore millions of digitized texts when much of the data remains under copyright? In this upcoming talk, Prof. J. Stephen Downie (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) will present new approaches to open cultural analytics through the HathiTrust Research Center’s TORCHLITE project. When: April 30, 2026, 4:30 pm Where: Historic Building of the State and University Library Göttingen (SUB), [...]
We are excited to announce the Workshop on AI-Supported Research Software Engineering, an interactive event for research software engineers and scientists engaged in developing and maintaining research software in the era of AI. When: Tuesday, 22 September 2026 - Wednesday, 23 September 2026 Where: Göttingen The workshop addresses the challenges and opportunities research software engineers face in AI-supported research software [...]
The current issue of campus | inform features LibraryAI, a joint research project of our group, the State and University Library Göttingen (SUB), and the GWDG. We aim to develop an AI-powered virtual librarian that supports researchers across disciplines by providing conversational access to scholarly resources. Read more about the project and its goals (in German).
Our team, together with collaborators from Mercedes-Benz, eschbach, the North Rhine-Westphalia State Criminal Police Office, and JUST ADD AI, presents the following five papers at the EMNLP conference 2025—one of the flagship conferences in NLP (CORE rank A*)—taking place in Suzhou, China, from November 4-9. (1) SPaRC: A Spatial Pathfinding Reasoning Challenge by Lars Benedikt Kaesberg, Jan Philip Wahle, Terry [...]
We're excited to announce that the book Automated Detection of Media Bias: From the Conceptualization of Media Bias to its Computational Classification, by our team member Dr. Timo Spinde, is now available for free from Springer. The book summarizes the results of Timo's doctoral research on how technology can be used to detect bias in the media, exploring aspects ranging from [...]
Visit us at the Nacht des Wissens! For more information, please visit: https://www.goettinger-nacht-des-wissens.de/nach-orten/innenstadt/ See also this video (minute 1:12): https://youtu.be/RnyqkddjSUw?si=nzm54D4riOAtMls2&t=71
How can we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to fundamentally simplify researchers' access to scientific information? Our research group, the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen (SUB), and the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) aim to develop a virtual assistant based on large language models that will make library research easier. The collaborative project LibraryAI is supported by [...]
We are excited to announce that our group member, Dr. Terry Ruas, has successfully passed his habilitation exam by demonstrating excellence in research and teaching. This great achievement has rightfully earned him the venia legendi (permission to lecture) in computer science and the Privatdozent (PD) title. Having obtained the highest university degree achievable in Germany allows him to independently teach [...]
