Machine Learning Group, Department of Computer Science (DCS)
-
The Machine Learning Group at RPTU (then: TU Kaiserslautern) was established in 2017. The group currently comprises 2 professors, 1 postdocs, 18 PhD students, 3 administrative / technical support staff and 13 student assistants. The group is interested in theory and algorithms of statistical machine learning (especially deep learning) and its applications. Our research covers a broad range of topics and applications, where we try to unify theoretically proven approaches (e.g., based on learning theory) with recent advances (e.g., in deep learning or reinforcement learning). Topics we have been working on include unsupervised deep learning (particularly, anomaly detection), multi-modal learning, extreme classification, adversarial learning, explainable AI, and applications of ML in the life sciences, mechanical and chemical process engineering, and text analysis. Members of the group have received various awards, including the Google Most Influential Papers Award, the ICML and NIPS Best Reviewer Awards, the ANDEA Test-of-time Award, and the Emmy-Noether Career Award (DFG). The group contributes the community with helpful service. Members of the group have been reviewing for more than 50 conferences and 30 journals. They have been serving as associate editors for journals (JMLR, TNNLS) and area chairs of conferences (AAAI, AISTATS, and ECML). The group is committed to improving the diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of ML. This is evidenced by the high percentage of women in the group, on all levels of academic qualification.
Address
University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Department of Computer Science
Machine Learning Group
Building 36, Room 325
Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 36
67663 Kaiserslautern
0631 205 2635, 0631 205 3286
ml@cs.uni-kl.de
https://ml.informatik.uni-kl.de/
Leading Researchers
Special Expertise
Basic Research
- Machine Learning (ML): Representation Learning, Zero-Shot/One-Shot/Few-Shot Learning, Self-Supervised Learning, Adversarial Learning, Reinforcement Learning (RL), Unsupervised Learning, Anomaly Detection, Density Estimation, Feature Engineering/Feature Extraction
- Robotics: Sensory Acquisition and Perception
- Technology Analysis: Economic Effects
Application related Research
AI News
- Consulting support for the AI rollout in companies and organizations (05.10.2024)
- Opinions from research, business and society on the topic of AI: a snapshot in Rhineland-Palatinate (31.10.2023)
- KI lecture series in city libraries of the region for the interested public (16.08.2023)
- Prof. Marius Kloft and colleagues receive the ANDEA Test-of-Time Award for the most influential paper in anomaly detection in the last ten years (09.02.2023)
- Deep Learning Despite Sparse Data: DFG Research Group takes a look at chemical process data evaluation (29.09.2022)
AI Events
- 09.10.2024: Internationaler Workshop „Machine Learning in Chemical Process Engineering“ der DFG-Forschungsgruppe FOR 5359 am ITWM Kaiserslautern
- 07.10.2024 - 08.10.2024: 2. Doktoranden-Workshop der DFG-Forschungsgruppe FOR 5359 an der RPTU in Kaiserslautern
- 04.09.2024: Gemeinsamer Vortrag "Beratende Begleitung eines KI-Rollouts in KMU & Beispiele praxisnaher Projekterfahrungen” von Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft und Steffen Reithermann (RPTU Kaiserslautern) beim Plattformtreffen der SIAK-Plattform KI bei der WIPOTEC GmbH in Kaiserslautern
- 18.06.2024: Vortrag "Möglichkeiten der KI und deren Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitswelt” von Steffen Reithermann / Arbeitsgruppe Maschinelles Lernen (Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft) bei der SIAK-Veranstaltung "Arbeitswelt der Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten" (ESF) in Kaiserslautern
- 07.06.2024 - 08.06.2024: Lehrerfortbildung "Tage der Informatik" der Stiftung Pfalzmetall unterstützt von der Arbeitsgruppe Maschinelles Lernen Prof. Kloft & Jun.-Prof. Fellenz
- 28.05.2024: Vortrag "Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) - die weltbewegende Zukunftstechnologie" von Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft für die interessierte Öffentlichkeit in Niederelbert
- 23.05.2024 - 24.05.2024: 2nd Overall Project Meeting DFG FOR 5359 at Schloss Dagstuhl
- 21.05.2024: ML-Talk am 21.05.2024: Stephan Mandt (University of California, Irvine), "From Entropy to Artistry: on Thermodynamics and Generative AI"
- 23.04.2024: Vortrag "Möglichkeiten der KI und deren Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitswelt” von Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft bei der SIAK-Veranstaltung "Arbeitswelt der Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten" (ESF) in Landau
- 20.03.2024: KI-Kongress Rheinland-Pfalz an der RPTU in Kaiserslautern am 20.03.2024 - Arbeitsgruppe Maschinelles Lernen von Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft als Ko-Organisator und Fachbereich Informatik mit weiteren Vortragenden vertreten
- 06.02.2024: Gemeinsamer Vortrag "Möglichkeiten der KI und deren Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitswelt” von Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft und Steffen Reithermann bei der SIAK-Veranstaltung "Arbeitswelt der Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten" (ESF) in Pirmasens