Nacht des Wissens
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
Collaborative AI project with our industry partner eschbach wins twice in the German Innovation Award 2025
Shiftconnector AI Suit, which is developed as a collaborative project between eschbach and GippLab, wins the German Innovation Award 2025 in two categories, standing out of 460 submissions: AI Methods Information Technologies | Industry Specific and Service Software SAMI (Shiftconnector Artificial Manufacturing Intelligence) spans over three functions: SAMI Search, SAMI Solutions, and SAMI Chat. SAMI helps process manufacturers facilitate faster [...]
DFG Funds Development of a Virtual Assistant to Facilitate Research in Libraries
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 [...]
Dr. Terry Ruas passes habilitation exam
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 [...]
“Smart Solutions” wins Best of Industry Award 2024
We are excited to announce that a result of our longstanding research collaboration with eschbach GmbH has been awarded the Best of Industry Award in the category of Artificial Intelligence for the second time in a row. The award recognizes the NLP-powered application Smart Solutions, a project driven by Anastasia Zhukova and Dr. Christian Matt with financial support from the [...]
Talk on the Ethical Challenges of AI in Bursfelde
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 [...]
Federal Funding Approved for AI Research Collaboration with eschbach
We are thrilled to announce that the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has approved funding for a 30-month collaborative research project with our longstanding industry partner, eschbach, under the Central Innovation Program for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ZIM). The newly funded project aims to develop advanced AI-driven multilingual search and recommendation algorithms tailored to handle the process [...]
Panel Discussion on the Future of Libraries with Prof. Bela Gipp: July 17, 17:00
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. [...]
Hats off to Philipp Scharpf for sucessfully defending his PhD
The GippLab team is delighted to share the news that Philipp Scharpf has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled Mathematical Entity Linking: Methods and Applications. Philipp's research has opened new perspectives for the field of Mathematical Information Retrieval, rightfully earning him the title of Dr. rerum naturalium. Join us in celebrating Dr. Scharpf's significant achievement and in wishing him continued [...]
Congratulations to Timo Spinde on his successful PhD thesis defense
We are thrilled to announce that Timo Spinde has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled Automated Detection of Media Bias in News Articles: From the Conceptualization of Media Bias to its Computational Classification. In the presence of his family, friends, and colleagues, Timo delivered an outstanding presentation of his work, earning him the title of Dr. rer. nat. The entire [...]
