From Classroom to Career: MAI Alumni meeting 2025
Alumni and senior students come together to reflect, reconnect and talk openly about careers and life after graduation.
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thws Human Resources Hackathon im Center für Künstliche Intelligenz (CAIRO.thws)
Über 60 Teilnehmende beim thws HR Hackathon: Rund 30 Hackerinnen und Hacker stellten sich den HR-Challenges von BMW, Jopp, THWS und dem Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, während ebenso viele Gäste spannende Keynote-Sessions...
CAIRO.thws at ECML PKDD 2025 in Porto
Our research team – Prof Dr Magda Gregorová, Philipp Väth, and Dibyanshu Kumar – had an amazing week at ECML PKDD 2025, the top European conference on Machine Learning. With more than 1,300 participants, it was the perfect place...
CAIRO.thws research featured in DER SPIEGEL!
We’re proud to share that Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov’s research group has made it into SPIEGEL magazine! The paper co-authored by Aleksandra Sorokovikova from Constructor University Bremen, Pavel Chizhov from THWS, and Julia...
Drittes AI Barcamp im CAIRO.thws zieht KI-Interessierte aus Deutschland und Schweiz an
Würzburg, 15.07.2025 – Das dritte AI Barcamp am 4. Juli am Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAIRO.thws) der THWS hat erneut gezeigt: Der Wunsch nach KI-Wissen ist ungebrochen. 127 Teilnehmende aus ganz Deutschland – von...
CAIRO.thws Research Team Introduces a New Approach to Indoor Position Estimation
Würzburg, Germany The Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAIRO.thws) at Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) is pleased to share the publication of a new study in the Sensors Journal (CiteScore...
New research team member
Say hi to our newest research team member — Dibyanshu Kumar!We're super happy to welcome Dibyanshu to the Deep Unsupervised Learning group at CAIRO.thws, led by Prof. Dr. Magda Gregorova. His research will focus on...
Innovation Meets Practice at CAIRO.thws!
Innovative AI Chatbot for Würzburg’s Multi-Purpose Arena: Joint Project by CAIRO.thws and Main-Post Media GroupAs part of this year’s AI Week Mainfranken, the research center CAIRO.thws at the Technical University...
Artificial Intelligence Gives Women Lower Salary Advice
Artificial Intelligence Gives Women Lower Salary Advice – New Study from THWS Uncovers Bias A recent study from the research group of Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov at the Technical University of Applied Sciences...
CAIRO.thws annual Summer Garden Party
Yesterday was an absolute blast at our annual CAIRO.thws Summer Garden Party! The weather was just perfect, and we enjoyed amazing food, drinks, and lots of laughter together.It’s amazing to see our CAIRO.thws team...
CAIRO.thws at ICRA 2025!
We're incredibly proud to share that CAIRO.thws research professor, Dr. Pascal Meißner, is co-chairing an insightful session today at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025! ICRA brings...
TTZ-Kitzingen Stiftertreffen at cairo.thws
Yesterday, cairo.thws proudly hosted a donors' meeting (Stifter-Treffen) for the Technologietransferzentrum Kitzingen (TTZ-KT), marking an afternoon full of insightful exchanges and valuable discussions.The agenda featured: An...
Two Papers Accepted for ESANN 2025
We are super happy to share that both paper submissions of our research group have been accepted for presentation at ESANN 2025 conference: Our first paper, "Resource-Aware Cooperation in Federated Learning", authored...
AIOLIA Horizon Europe Project at THWS and cairo.thws
We’re starting 2025 with great news at THWS and cairo.thws: We are super happy to share our involvement in the AIOLIA project, focused on enhancing our understanding of AI ethics in relation to human cognition and behavior. This...
Unlocking Opportunities: AI Innovators Day Links Students with Local Industry
We are very happy to announce the success of the first "AI Innovators Student-Company Collaboration Day," hosted by Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) in cooperation with the Innovations- und...
Julia 2: A New Chapter for AI Research in Würzburg
Yesterday, Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov, Head of CAIRO, and Leon Heller, CAIRO IT Specialist, attended the opening ceremony of Julia 2, a high-performance computing cluster that marks a significant step forward for AI...
A Day Full of AI: The Second AI Camp at CAIRO
Last week, CAIRO proudly hosted the second AI Camp, and what a day it was! With an impressive turnout of participants from academia and industry, ranging from AI enthusiasts, developers, start-ups, creatives to students, the...
Greetings from IROS 2024 in Abu Dhabi!
CAIRO research professor Pascal Meißner is currently attending the IROS 2024 conference in Abu Dhabi! The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is one of the largest global events in the field of...
Throwback to the Official Opening of the KI-Regionalzentrum Würzburg at CAIRO!
We are super happy to look back at last week when we, as a close partner of the KI-Regionalzentrum Würzburg (KIRZ), were part of the official KIRZ opening ceremony held at CAIRO! The KI-Regionalzentrum Würzburg supports...
Dominik Belter from Poznan University of Technology visited CAIRO
Thanks, Dominik Belter, for visiting CAIRO last Friday after your great session at CERI! We really enjoyed hearing more about the work your team is doing at the Mobile Robotics Lab. Some great ideas came up during the...
Recap: CAIRO at Innovation Day 2024
Here’s a quick look back at this year’s Innovation Day Mainfranken, where CAIRO had the opportunity to showcase our work!In a talk with the befitting title "CAIRO & MAI – Your Local Source of AI Expertise" Prof. Dr....
A New Chapter for CAIRO
We’re pleased to share that from today, Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov is taking over as the new head of CAIRO.After 2.5 great years, Prof. Dr. Magda Gregorova is handing over the role. A big thank you to Magda for the...
A fantastic day at the HuMaIn workshop at KI-2024 conference!
We are happy to share that the HuMaIn Workshop on Human-Machine Interaction, organized by Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov and Prof. Dr. Pascal Meißner, was a great success at KI 2024 – 47th German Conference on Artificial...
Master Artificial Intelligence: How the International THWS Programme Strengthens the Region
The Master's programme in Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) not only trains AI experts of tomorrow but also boosts the regional economy. Graduates of the programme...
AI research in the spotlight: Two members of the Bundestag visit CAIRO at THWS
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAIRO) at Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) was delighted to receive a visit from two members of the German Bundestag, Stephan Thomae and Ulrich Lechte....
News from WSOM+ 2024
This week, some CAIRO team members and MAI students are at WSOM+ 2024 conference!A special shoutout to Bangguo Xu, who has presented both a poster and a paper, in collaboration with Simei Yan, Liang Liu, and Prof. Dr....
CAIRO Team Semester Wrap-Up
As the summer holiday approaches, we wrapped up the semester with a fantastic garden party!This event provided a wonderful opportunity for all CAIRO team members, including friends and family, to reconnect, reflect on the...
AI Camp Würzburg: A fantastic success!
We are pleased to announce that the first AI Camp Würzburg was a fantastic success! The event brought together AI enthusiasts and professionals.A special thanks to Ute Mündlein and Franziska Raupach from Wuerzburg Web Week for...
CAIRO Team at the Schweinfurt City Run!
On Saturday, the CAIRO team participated in the Schweinfurt City Run.While we didn’t take home any prizes, we had an incredible time together.The highlight? Crossing the finish line with our spot robot! Although it only joined us...
CAIRO x Deutsche Bank Hackathon
Join us for a Hackathon with Deutsche Bank in Würzburg!
Company Speed Dating
Take the opportunity to network with companies from the region!
Another great publication!
We are happy to announce a new publication!Toni Fetzer, Markus Bullmann, Steffen Kastner, Frank Deinzer, Marcin Grzegorzek. "Advancing Smartphone-based Indoor Positioning through Particle Distribution...
Happy to announce a new paper "Discrete Graph Auto-Encoder"
Happy to announce a new paper "Discrete Graph Auto-Encoder" published in Transactions on Machine Learning Research. The paper introduces a novel generative model for graphs, leveraging a graph-to-set...
Interdisciplinary Exchange: Dr.-Ing. Marek Kraft of Poznań University of Technology Visited CAIRO and CERI
Exploring Synergies in AI and Robotics Research
Another great paper from the CAIRO team!
Manuel Röder, a PhD student of Prof Dr Frank-Michael Schleif, presented his paper "Crossing Domain Borders With Federated Few-Shot Adaptation" at the ICPRAM 2024. The outstanding contributions of the paper to the...
Artificial Intelligence Research Boosted by New Computing Capacities
THWS and JMU have signed a cooperation agreement for the new High-Performance Computing cluster "Julia-2" (link to the official press release). We in CAIRO are double happy: It has been over a year since we have first...
New partnership to strengthen AI know-how within companies
CAIRO is pleased to announce its participation in the AI Transfer Plus programme aimed at building internal AI competences within SMEs leading to successful and long-term AI applications. Together with the Faculty of Computer...
Season's Greetings & Current Newsletter
Dear CAIRO friends,Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! As 2023 draws to a close, we wish to give you a little insight into our journey through the year and share with you a couple of achievements that make us proud and happy:...
CAIRO Invited Speakers Series as part of the Wuerzburg Web Week
Gustavo Lopez, Market Access Manager at Septentrio (Belgium) delights all participants with insights into the role of AI in the evolution of positioning techniques and GNSS security.
Advancing Robotic Intelligence: OS-TOG Framework Recognizes Novel Objects and Tasks Effectively
CAIRO research professor, Prof Dr Pascal Meißner, alongside collaborators, has published a new paper introducing the "One-Shot Task-Oriented Grasping (OS-TOG)" framework. Addressing the limited generalization...
CAIRO Invited Speakers Series: Season 2 Kicks Off with Prof Dr Alessandro Di Nuovo from Sheffield Hallam University, UK
The CAIRO Invited Speakers Series is back, and its second edition is better than ever! The series, featuring a lineup of international AI experts from acadmia and industry, opened with a fantastic talk by Prof Dr Alessandro Di...
Local Newspaper Mainpost Interviews CAIRO Research Professor Dr. Pascal Meißner on the Potential of Cobots in Crafts
In a recent interview with the Mainpost, our research professor Dr Pascal Meißner, shed light on the untapped potential of small robots known as cobots in the world of crafts. Contrary to the common belief that robots are...
IPIN Conference and Competition: Indoor Localization Team Celebrates Major Success
We are very happy and proud to announce that our Indoor Localization team* won both Track 1 and Track 3 of the competition at the International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Navigation (IPIN). *The Indoor Localization...
Meet our Research Professor for Robotics at IROS 2023
Our robotics expert Prof. Dr. Pascal Meißner is participating in this week's IROS 2023 conference in Detroit, USA. The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is a prominent gathering of global robotics...
Back in Action: Reuniting for Research and Networking at IPIN 2023
After the long Corona break, the conferences are back in full swing, along with the much needed networking meetings. Here at IPIN 2023 conference, Markus Ebner, Steffen Kastner, and our colleague and friend Anagnostopoulos...
Meet CAIRO Team Members This Week at ECML-PKDD in Turin
Join us at ECML-PKDD 2023 and meet CAIRO team members to discuss advancements in the fields of Data Science, Representation Learning, Explainable AI, and Federated Learning. Don't miss this chance to network and explore...
New Paper Explores Social Media's Influence on Cryptocurrency Prices
In the field of cryptocurrency analysis, CAIRO Research Professor Prof Dr Ivan Yamshchikov has published a new paper together with Vladyslav Koltun from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, University of Lisbon, showing...
New Open Positions
W2-Professorships in the field of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Reinforcement Learning.
CAIRO Team Has a Blast at Kiliani Volksfest in Würzburg
Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO) team swapped their tech gear for an afternoon at Kiliani Volksfest (a large and well-known fair) in Würzburg. The festival's mix of good food, refreshing beer, and thrilling...
New Paper on Narrative Understanding in NLP
CAIRO research professor Prof Dr Ivan Yamshchikov, has published a position paper on narrative understanding and generation in the field of NLP. The paper, titled "What is Wrong with Language Models that Can...
Prof Dr Ivan Yamshchikov Publishes a Paper on Data-Driven Rehabilitation of Homeless Individuals at AAAI Conference
CAIRO research professor, Prof Dr Ivan Yamshchikov, together with Anna Bykova and Nikolay Filippov, published a pioneering paper at this year's AAAI conference* that sheds new light on the rehabilitation of homeless people. The...
High-Level Bavarian University Delegation Explores Collaborative Opportunities in Poznan, Poland
The Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST) organized a high-level delegation trip to the vibrant city of Poznan, Poland. This visit brought together Bavarian university presidents...
MAI Students Win Prize at KickStart Event for Innovative Skin-Care Project "Skinia"
Esther Ademola, Fatima Mohamed, and Hanan Al-Hujaily, three students of the international master’s programme Artificial Intelligence (MAI), won the KickStart event held on June 15 in Schweinfurt. Their project,...
New professor – Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics warmly welcomes our new colleague Prof. Dr. Ivan Yamshchikov. He officially started his research professorship in Natural Language Processing at the THWS last...
CAIRO at ICRA 2023
Prof Dr Pascal Meissner and Valerija Holomjova presented their latest work.
CERI Professors and Robotics Students Visit CAIRO in Würzburg
Visit focused on fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration between THWS centers and international degree programmes
Two new PhD students joining CAIRO Research Team
We are delighted to welcome two new PhD students to the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO): David Benavente Ríos from Santiago de Chile, Chile and Lukas Veverka from Prague, Czech Republic, bringing a diverse...
Prof Dr Magda Gregorová Explores Research Collaborations with Partner Universities in the US and Mexico
A Successful Business Trip to Auburn University (Alabama, USA) and ITAM University (Mexico)
Current Job Offer for a W2 Professorship in Mathematical Foundations of Trustful Learning
Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems
Das Center of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO) der THWS ist auf der AI.BAY 2023 vertreten
Fokus auf Zukunft der KI und Forum für bayerische KI-Community und internationale KI-Expertinnen und -Experten
Meet CAIRO at the AI.BAY 2023 conference
If you would like to learn more about CAIRO and our research activities, our Master's programme in AI or about studying at THWS in general, visit us at AI.BAY 2023!
We are hiring!
Fully Funded Research Position in "Machine Learning for Autonomous Robot Exploration" available!
PhD Position available
CAIRO is looking for PhD candidates working on Natural Language Processing
Lukasz Kubicki, Head of SupTech at the European Central Bank, as guest at the CAIRO Invited Speakers Series
In the latest talk of the CAIRO Invited Speaker series on Nov. 24, Lukasz Kubicki, the head of SupTech at the European Central Bank, gave us great insights about AI in banking supervision. He pointed out the main challenges and...
Institut CAIRO an der FHWS lädt zu Vortragsreihe über Künstliche Intelligenz ein
Die internationalen Gastvorträge behandeln Themen im Bereich der KI in Forschung und Industrie
Opening of the CAIRO Invited Speakers Series 2022/23
Raffaelo Camoriano opened this year's Invited Speakers Series with his talk on „Scaling Up Robot Learning from Structured Data and Interaction“
New professor – Prof. Dr. Pascal Meißner
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems (FIW) warmly welcome our new colleague Prof. Dr. Pascal Meißner. He will start his research professorship in Robotics...
Research Collaborator positions available
PhD or postdoc level – starting time as soon as possible
Mit FlowPro im Oktober die Mikrologistik der Zukunft entdecken
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Transparenz schlägt Vorurteile
Für viele Menschen gleicht KI und deren grundlegende Funktionsweise noch immer einer Blackbox. Das CAIRO will Licht ins Dunkel bringen – Die Institutsleiterin Prof. Dr. Magda Gregorová im Interview mit Sebastian Human,...
Paper presentation at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)
Simon Heilig presented the research paper on Revisiting Memory Efficient Kernel Approximation: An Indefinite Learning Perspective
Zukunft heißt Technologie: Ministerpräsident Dr. Markus Söder eröffnet das Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO) an der FHWS
Das Center CAIRO an der Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS) ist Teil des KI-Netzwerks Bayern
Current Job Offer for a W2 Professorship in Mathematical Foundations of Trustful Learning
Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems
Abschluss mit Auszeichnung: Die Bachelorarbeit des Studenten Simon Heilig wird von der Hans-Wilhelm Renkhoff-Stiftung ausgezeichnet.
In seiner Abschlussarbeit beschäftigt sich Heilig mit einem Lösungsansatz, um das Memory Efficient Kernel Approximation-Verfahren zu verbessern.
CAIRO: Erfolgreiche Disputation
Der Promovend Christoph Raab verteidigte seine Doktorarbeit am 9. März 2022
Unterstützung für ukrainische Studierende und Forschende
Die bayerischen Hochschulen und das bayerische Wissenschaftsministerium zeigen Solidarität mit ukrainischen Studierenden und Forschenden: Bayern stellt einen Notfonds in Höhe von einer halben Million Euro für Betroffene zur...