Driving Urban Transitions: DUT Call 2026
The Driving Urban Transitions Partnership has opened its 2026 call for transnational research and innovation projects on sustainable urban development. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) participates for Germany. The call is relevant for researchers working on smart cities, urban AI, human–environment interaction and sustainable mobility. Most projects are expected to request […]
BMFTR Funding Call: Lighthouse Projects for AI in Value Chains
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) has launched a two-stage programme for large-scale industrial AI. It supports the development of specialised AI models that integrate domain and process knowledge, alongside data infrastructures, open standards and deployment in real industrial environments. Consortia typically receive €10–20 million. The deadline for submissions is 1 November […]
BMFTR Funding Call: Generative AI as a Subject of Humanities and Social Sciences Research
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) is funding research on generative AI and its effects on people and society. The call welcomes mono-, inter- and transdisciplinary projects on epistemic, interpersonal, cultural and ethical questions. Computer science and technology expertise is explicitly welcome, but the scientific lead must lie in the humanities or […]
How Do You Study a Future That Hasn’t Happened Yet? Prof. Benjamin Müller Has Ideas
If digital transformation will fundamentally reshape organisations, how can we study it before it is over? On 4 November 2026, Prof. Benjamin Müller explores this question at the next MMM Brown Bag Seminar in his talk “Reaching past the Present – Foresight in Digital Transformation Research”. Müller is Professor of Digital Business at the University […]
CAVECORE Bremen School 2026: EU Doctoral Network on Reliable Cognitive Robots Meets in Bremen
From 24 to 28 August 2026, the University of Bremen hosted the CAVECORE Bremen School. The school brought together doctoral candidates, researchers and partners from CAVECORE, an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network coordinated in Bremen by Prof. Dr. Nico Hochgeschwender. Launched in September 2025, CAVECORE (“Continuous, Automated Validation, and Evaluation of Cognitive Robots in Open-Ended […]
IJCAI 2026 Successfully Hosted in Bremen: MMM Brings the World’s AI Community to the City
From 15 to 21 August 2026, Bremen successfully hosted IJCAI-ECAI 2026, one of the world’s leading conferences on artificial intelligence. It was the first time in 43 years that IJCAI had come to Germany, and it brought more than 2,500 international researchers to the city. The University of Bremen’s high-profile area Minds, Media, Machines (MMM) […]
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U Bremen Research Alliance Event Information
Wie verändert Künstliche Intelligenz unseren Alltag, die Schule und die Arbeitswelt? Diese Frage steht im August in Bremen im Mittelpunkt. Zur internationalen Spitzenkonferenz IJCAI-ECAI 2026 kommen Wissenschaftler:innen aus aller Welt an die Weser. Mit dem “Summer of AI” wird der Austausch über KI für alle Interessierten geöffnet: raus aus dem Konferenzsaal, hinein in die Stadt. […]
Bremen Big Data Challenge 2026 Successfully Concluded
The Bremen Big Data Challenge (BBDC) 2026 has successfully concluded, marking another engaging edition of the University of Bremen’s annual programming and data-analysis competition. Organised by the Cognitive Systems Lab (CSL) under the leadership of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tanja Schultz, the BBDC invited participants to apply their programming, machine-learning and data-analysis skills to challenging real-world datasets. […]
MMM Retreat 2026
