European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems

The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) is a pan-European nonprofit organization for the promotion of artificial intelligence with a focus on machine learning. The organization's goal is to establish top AI research institutes, strengthen basic research and create a European PhD programme for AI.

European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems
FormationDecember 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)
Websiteellis.eu

History

The organization was inspired by the Learning in Machines and Brains program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. ELLIS was first proposed in an open letter to European governments in April 2018, which stated that Europe was not keeping up with the US and China. It urged that European governments act to provide opportunities and funding for world-class AI research in Europe.[1][2][3]

It was founded on 6 December 2018 at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS).[4]

Board

The members of the board are:[5]

ELLIS research groups

ELLIS has set up so-called ELLIS units, research groups, at 30 locations. In an open competition, the research groups were selected by an international commission of scientists according to their scientific excellence in the field.

These institutions will invest 300 million euros in artificial intelligence research over the next 5 years.[6]

Current ELLIS Units
City Country Institution Leader(s) References
Alicante Spain University of Alicante Nuria Oliver [7][8][9]
Amsterdam Netherlands University of Amsterdam Max Welling [10][11][12][13]
Berlin Germany Technische Universität Berlin Klaus-Robert Müller [14][15]
Cambridge UK University of Cambridge, Unit Carl Edward Rasmussen and José Miguel Hernández-Lobato
Copenhagen Denmark DTU, ITU, KU Ole Winther [16]
Darmstadt Germany TU Darmstadt Stefan Roth [17]
Delft Netherlands TU Delft Robert Babuska, Frans Oliehoek, Jens Kober [18][19]
Edinburgh Scotland, UK University of Edinburgh Chris Williams, Guido Sanguinetti, Sharon Goldwater [20]
Freiburg Germany University of Freiburg [21]
Genoa Italy Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia [20]
Haifa Israel Technion Shie Mannor [20]
Heidelberg Germany University of Heidelberg Anna Kreshuk, Oliver Stegle [22]
Helsinki Finland Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence Samuel Kaski [23]
Lausanne Switzerland École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Pascal Frossard, Jan Kerschgens
Leuven Belgium KU Leuven Matthew Blaschko [24]
Linz Austria LIT AI Lab Sepp Hochreiter [25][26][27]
Lisbon Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico Manuel Lopes [20]
London UK University College London [20]
Munich Germany HMGU, TUM Daniel Cremers, Massimo Fornasier and Fabian Theis
Nijmegen Netherlands Radboud University Marcel van Gerven [28]
Oxford UK University of Oxford Stephen Roberts, Yee Whye Teh and Michael Woolridge [29]
Paris France PSL Université, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Saclay, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Université de Paris [25]
Prague Czech Republic Czech Technical University
Saarbrücken Germany Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Tübingen Germany Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems [30]
Tel Aviv Israel Tel Aviv University
Vienna Austria IST Austria Christoph Lampert [25][26]
Zürich Switzerland ETH Zürich Thomas Hofmann

Research programmes

ELLIS set up 11 research programmes. The research programmes have been selected by an international commission.[31]

References
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  11. "Amsterdam selected as excellence center to retain AI talent". University of Amsterdam. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  25. "The JKU and IST Austria Thrilled to Join the ELLIS Network". JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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  28. "Radboud University opening ELLIS-unit to expand AI- and Machine learning research". www.ru.nl. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  29. "AI experts from across Europe assembled in new units | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  30. Williams, Jon. "Tübingen becomes an ELLIS unit | Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems". is.tuebingen.mpg.de. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  31. Williams, Jonathan. "ELLIS Programs launched". European Lab for Learning & Intelligent Systems. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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