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Founded in 2023, the ELLIS Institute Tübingen has established itself as a leading center for foundational AI research, attracting top machine learning talent and providing state-of-the-art facilities in Tübingen, Germany. Our mission is to advance pioneering AI research while contributing to the broader ELLIS initiative as well as the local AI ecosystem. By combining fundamental scientific excellence with societal relevance, the institute is shaping the future of AI in Europe and beyond by fostering innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the development of the next generation of leaders in AI science. The ELLIS Institute is generously funded by the Hector Stiftung and the state of Baden-Württemberg. It works closely with the Max-Planck-Institut for Intelligent Systems (where most PIs have a co-affiliation) as well as with Tübingen University.

Recent News

09 November 2026

Dr. Nouha Dziri Joins the ELLIS Institute Tübingen as Principal Investigator

14 October 2026

Frank Hutter honoured with the 2026 German AI Innovation Award for TabPFN

01 October 2026

Three Principal Investigators Named 2026 AI2050 Fellows by Schmidt Sciences

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Research Groups

Rediet Abebe

AI & Mechanisms

Maksym Andriushchenko

AI Safety and Alignment

Celestine Mendler-Dünner

Algorithms and Society

Frank Hutter

AutoML

T. Konstantin Rusch

Computational Applied Mathematics & AI Lab

Sahar Abdelnabi

Cooperative Machine Intelligence for People-Aligned Safe Systems

Antonio Orvieto

Deep Models and Optimization

Bernhard Schölkopf

Empirical Inference

Jakob Macke

Machine Learning in Science

Kashyap Chitta

Physical AI Lab

Wieland Brendel

Robust Machine Learning

Jonas Geiping

Safety- and Efficiency- aligned Learning

Maximilian Dax

Science and Probabilistic Intelligence

Nouha Dziri

TBC

Shiwei Liu

Wild, Efficient, and Innovative AI

Research Projects

OpenEuroLLM

OpenEuroLLM

Developing a fully open-source family of Large Language Models for European languages

ELLIOT

ELLIOT

VOILA

VOILA

COMPASS

COMPASS

Cooperation with AI Security Institute

Cooperation with AI Security Institute

Adaptive Intelligent System - AIS

Adaptive Intelligent System - AIS

Coefficient Giving

Coefficient Giving

Open Positions

Europe is building a new AI institute, and we are looking for a Coordinator who wants to help shape it. The European Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (ELAI) is a major new European effort, funded under Horizon Europe. It brings together more than 40 leading universities and research institutes to advance the scientific foundations of AI. The ELLIS Institute Tübingen coordinates ELAI’s research agenda and its scientific programmes.

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Europe is building a new AI institute, and we are looking for a Head of AI Research Strategy who wants to help shape it. The European Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence (ELAI) is a major new European effort, funded under Horizon Europe. It brings together more than 40 leading universities and research institutes to advance the scientific foundations of AI. The ELLIS Institute Tübingen coordinates ELAI's research agenda and its scientific programmes.

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The ELLIS Institute in Tübingen, Germany, invites applications for Principal Investigator positions as Hector Endowed Fellows of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen.

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Our PIs are currently recruiting PhD students through the following PhD programs: ELLIS, CLS, IMPRS, MPI-AIX.

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