Thematic expansion of the Munich Data Science Institute

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Under the motto "Shaping the future with data", the MDSI deals with the digital transformation in society, business, and science. The aim is to anticipate, accompany, and shape this change. The MDSI is TUM's central, interdisciplinary interface and innovation platform for questions and solutions in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. As an integrative research institute, it is a core component of TUM AGENDA 2030. It is funded by the Excellence Initiative of the federal and state governments as well as the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria (HTA). It is located in GALILEO on the Garching research campus but works across all locations.

The following initiatives and facilities are assigned to the MDSI:

• One example of a domain-specific MDSI activity is the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute - Artificial Intelligence for the Built World. It was founded under the umbrella of the MDSI with the support of a 50 million euro donation from the Nemetschek Innovation Foundation in 2020. Here, research on AI and machine learning applications is bundled along the entire life cycle of buildings - from planning to construction and sustainable management.
• The MDSI is also home to the AI Future Lab AI for Earth Observation (AI4EO), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and headed by Xiaoxiang Zhu, one of the five MDSI directors. AI4EO combines TUM's strengths in geodesy & earth observation, satellite technology, mathematics, AI, and ethics to develop reliable models of global urbanization, food supply, and natural disaster management.
• The Center for Digital Medicine and Health is being built under the umbrella of the MDSI as a new federally/state-funded research building to bring the core competencies of computer science to the medical campus of the TUM University Hospital “rechts der Isar”. Under the leadership of MDSI Director Daniel Rückert, the focus is on the development of data-driven approaches and AI methods in medicine - from the early detection and diagnosis of diseases to the identification of biomarkers for individualized and personalized treatments, to ethics, security, and data protection in the use of patient data.
• The Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) - under the joint leadership of TUM and LMU - is funded by the BMBF and the HighTech Agenda Bayern as one of the National AI Competence Centers. The TUM branch of the MCML is integrated into the MDSI infrastructure and is led by Daniel Cremers, one of the MDSI directors. He also heads the TUM part of the ELLIS Unit Munich, which is managed jointly with Helmholtz Munich within the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).
• Since 2022, the DAAD has funded the Konrad Zuse School of Excellence in Reliable AI - jointly coordinated by TUM and LMU. The MDSI hosts the office of the Konrad Zuse School and is headed by MDSI Executive Director Stephan Günnemann. MSc and PhD candidates are trained in developing reliable AI technologies - including scientific knowledge, business expertise, and industrial experience. They conduct cutting-edge research to make AI ready for use in areas of public interest, with all its implications for reliability, security, and privacy.

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