Bela Gipp Archive - Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab

Panel Discussion on May 6: “Artificial Intelligence – Assistant or Competitor?”

wp-admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:19:35 +0000

The rapid development of artificial intelligence confronts us with 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 replaced. Join us in discussing a future that has already begun.

Moderator:
Stefan Geier (science journalist)

Speakers:

Motte Jansen (film director)
Jürgen Geuter (computer scientist and philosopher, Stifterverband)
Dr. Sabrina Patsch (physicist and journalist)
Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp (Professor of Scientific Information Analytics, University of Göttingen)

Date & Time:
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 18:30–20:00

Location:
Forum Wissen
(Berliner Str. 28, 37073 Göttingen)

Admission: Free (registration required at https://forum-wissen.de/event/salon-debatte-ki/)

Der Beitrag Panel Discussion on May 6: “Artificial Intelligence – Assistant or Competitor?” erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

Virtual Research Librarian: campus | inform reports on the LibraryAI project

wp-admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:13:57 +0000

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.

Der Beitrag Virtual Research Librarian: campus | inform reports on the LibraryAI project erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

Research‑Internship Opportunities at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo

wp-editor — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:42:36 +0000

The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo is Japan’s premier computer‑science research institute across different research areas. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Göttingen, master’s students and PhD candidates can conduct paid research internships or master’s thesis projects in Tokyo. The GippLab cooperates with NII to offer research stays lasting two to six months, funded by the NII and DAAD. Recent calls from NII have application deadlines in April (spring call) and October (autumn call); applicants must be nominated by their home institution.

We will host a free info session on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 12:00–14:00 (CET) at the Informatik‑Provisorium, Room 0.102. In this info session, we will cover:

What is NII? – an overview of NII and its world‑leading research areas.
Eligibility & funding: opportunities for master’s students, PhD candidates, and postdocs, typical internship durations (2–6 months), and compensation.
Application process: how to select projects, prepare documents, and meet the upcoming spring deadline.
Additional support: DAAD funding for travel costs and practical tips for living in Tokyo.
Experience report: insights from previous interns with plenty of pictures.

Everyone interested in research staying in Japan is welcome, especially students from Computer Science, Data Science, and related disciplines. Please save the date and spread the word!

More information:
Visit our detailed program page, where you can find eligibility criteria, project selection guidance, and experiences of former interns.

Further links:

Der Beitrag Research‑Internship Opportunities at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

GippLab wins ACL Best Paper Awards

wp-editor — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:22:20 +0000

We’re excited to share that our work on multilingual resources has won two major awards at ACL 2025:
Best Resource Paper and Best SemEval Task!

This project was the most popular task ever hosted on Codabench, with over 700 participants, 3,600 submissions, and nearly 100 system papers. The task spanned 30+ languages across seven language families, spotlighting emotion classification, intensity scoring, and cross-lingual transfer, all with a strong focus on low-resource languages from regions like Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

This effort was through collaboration with researchers and annotators from around the world, including teams from Cardiff University, Imperial College London, MBZUAI, NRC Canada, and many more. 

Paper: BRIGHTER: Bridging the Gap in Human-Annotated Textual Emotion Recognition Datasets for 28 Languages
https://aclanthology.org/2025.acl-long.436/

Project Page: https://brighter-dataset.github.io/

Der Beitrag GippLab wins ACL Best Paper Awards erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

DFG Funds Development of a Virtual Assistant to Facilitate Research in Libraries

wp-admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 10:51:51 +0000

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 the German Research Foundation (DFG) with more than one million euros for three years, starting in December 2025.

The virtual research assistant will enable users to “interact” with the library via chat: asking questions, summarizing or translating content, and navigating through complex source collections. The special feature is that the assistant not only responds quickly and accurately, but also understands scientific terminology, thanks to customized AI models trained explicitly for the context of libraries and research.

“LibraryAI will not be a generic chatbot, but a reliable companion in everyday research – tailored to the needs of scientific users,” says principal investigator Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, deputy director of SUB and head of our research group. The AI will be closely integrated with the existing library systems at SUB Göttingen, allowing it to access current catalog data, full texts, and subject-specific resources without inheriting the typical weaknesses of generative AI, such as outdated content or incorrect statements.

The system is based on a modular, open architecture and will be developed so that other scientific libraries can adopt it. “With our project, we aim to make an important contribution to the digital transformation of library services in Germany,” says Gipp.

Listen to AI-Podcast

https://gipplab.uni-goettingen.de/wp-content/uploads/Library-AI_-Virtual-Librarian-for-Scientific-Research.mp3

Report in the Göttinger Tageblatt

Der Beitrag DFG Funds Development of a Virtual Assistant to Facilitate Research in Libraries erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

Talk on the Ethical Challenges of AI in Bursfelde

wp-editor — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:16:29 +0000

On Oct. 23 2024, Bela Gipp will take part in the “Bursfelde Talks” series at the Bursfelde Monastery. The panelists will discuss the theological and ethical challenges of artificial intelligence.
Will AI replace us? Will AI fundamentally improve and make our lives easier? What are the limits of its use, and can there even be any? These and other questions will be discussed.

The public event in Bursfelde Monastery begins at 6:30 p.m. All interested parties are welcome.

Panel Discussion on the Future of Libraries with Prof. Bela Gipp: July 17, 17:00

wp-admin — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:46:30 +0000

Join us for an engaging and insightful panel discussion on the modern evolution and future perspectives of libraries.

Date and Time: July 17, 2024, starting at 17:00
Location: Paulinerkirche, Göttingen

Welcoming Address: Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan, President of the University of Göttingen
Panelists:
- Dr. Anne Lipp, University Library Leipzig
- Rüdiger Eichel, Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture
- Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, State and University Library Göttingen

The discussion will be expertly moderated by Prof. Dr. Petra Gehring of the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures, ensuring a stimulating and thought-provoking exchange of ideas.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the transformative journey and future direction of research libraries with leading experts in the field.

Der Beitrag Panel Discussion on the Future of Libraries with Prof. Bela Gipp: July 17, 17:00 erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

GippLab showcases its FPV Quadcopter Technology for Automated Fawn Rescue at IdeenExpo

wp-admin — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:13:44 +0000

Our group showcased its research on automated fawn rescue using self-designed, built, and programmed FPV quadcopters at the IdeenExpo fair in Hanover from June 8 to 16.

The State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, Prof. Dr. Joachim Schachtner, was among the many interested visitors we welcomed at the University of Göttingen booth.

Those who could not visit us on-site can find all the information about the project, the hardware, and open-source software at https://fawnrescue.github.io/.

Der Beitrag GippLab showcases its FPV Quadcopter Technology for Automated Fawn Rescue at IdeenExpo erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

New SUB leadership: Bela Gipp appointed Scientific Director

wp-admin — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:10:05 +0000

The State and University Library Göttingen (SUB) will receive new leadership. Prof. Dr. Thomas Kaufmann and Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp will take over as the Director and Scientific Director, respectively. The Head of Library Operations, Kathrin Brannemann, and a soon-to-be-appointed deputy will continue to oversee the library-related and administrative tasks at SUB. For details, please check this link.

Bela Gipp will serve part-time as SUB’s Scientific Director, alongside his position as Professor of Scientific Information Analytics. At SUB, his main responsibilities will include leading IT-related efforts within the Research & Development and Digital Library departments.

Der Beitrag New SUB leadership: Bela Gipp appointed Scientific Director erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.

Bela serves as a DFG-nominated member of the Digitality in Science Initiative of the Alliance of Science Organizations

wp-admin — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:00:43 +0000

At the invitation of the DFG, Bela Gipp will participate in the Alliance focus area ‘Digitality in Science’ from 2024 onwards. The objectives are described here:

Digital tools and their development, including artificial intelligence and machine learning

Digital science depends on software and digital services, ranging from generic products such as office suites to highly specialized applications like the analysis algorithms of individual measuring devices. These tools shape the production and processing of research data. As complexity increases, questions of digital sovereignty gain urgency. Depending on whether the software is open and community-developed or proprietary, these questions concern, among other things, dependency/vendor lock-in, transparency/openness including open source, reproducibility, and sustainability.

At the same time, the automation of certain scientific processes through techniques from the field of AI/ML has consequences for the justification and traceability of scientific findings themselves. Thus, the challenges arising from the use of large language models such as GPT-4 and beyond in science require continuous monitoring. The Alliance must be able to speak to these developments and must be capable of interpreting, assessing, and helping shape the changes already underway.

In German:

Auf Einladung der DFG wird Bela Gipp ab 2024 im Allianz-Schwerpunkt „Digitalität in der Wissenschaft“ mitwirken. Die Ziele sind hier beschrieben:

Digitale Werkzeuge und ihre Entwicklung, einschließlich Künstlicher Intelligenz und Maschinelles Lernen

Digitale Wissenschaft ist auf Software und digitale Dienste angewiesen, die von generischen Produkten wie bspw. Officepaketen bis hin zu hochspezialisierten Anwendungen wie den Auswertungsalgorithmen individueller Messgeräte reichen. Diese Werkzeuge bestimmen die Produktion und Verarbeitung von Forschungsdaten mit. Mit zunehmender Komplexität gewinnen Fragen der digitalen Souveränität an Dringlichkeit, die – abhängig davon, ob es sich um offene, von Communitys entwickelte oder um proprietäre Software handelt – u.a. Abhängigkeiten/Vendor Lock-In, Transparenz/Offenheit einschließlich Open Source, Reproduzierbarkeit und Nachhaltigkeit betreffen. Zugleich hat die Automatisierung bestimmter wissenschaftlicher Prozesse durch Techniken aus dem Feld der KI/des ML Folgen für die Begründung und Nachvollziehbarkeit wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse selbst. So bedürfen die Herausforderungen, die sich durch die Nutzung großer Sprachmodelle wie GPT-4 ff. in der Wissenschaft ergeben, einer kontinuierlichen Beobachtung. Die Allianz muss zu diesen Entwicklungen sprechfähig sein und bereits begonnene Veränderungen einordnen, beurteilen und mitgestalten können.

Der Beitrag Bela serves as a DFG-nominated member of the Digitality in Science Initiative of the Alliance of Science Organizations erschien zuerst auf Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp, University of Göttingen, GippLab.