Research

Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can make a positive contribution to our society. Therefore, we develop AI to empower people and support growth of individual capabilities. We bring fundamental research into practice - our research is driven by real-world problems and should make a difference. We openly engage with the general public and foster discussions about the impact of AI in society. Furthermore, we follow a student-centric teaching philosophy that aims to encourage curiosity.

 

Research Directions

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Deep Learning Techniques :  We take a multi-disciplinary perspective to develop inductive biases to increase generalization capabilities of deep neural networks. Particularly, we invent methods which induce and exploit structure of the data, the model, and its training.

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Explainable AI We develop novel techniques for explaining how self-learning AI systems (like Deep Neural Networks) perform their tasks. We particularly focus on explanations that are understandable for non-experts while still being faithful. We use established methodology and models from neuroscience and adapt them to build and understand AI systems.

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Music We design models to learn and represent harmonic structures in music, combining deep learning with music theory. Our work enhances both the analytical and creative capabilities of neural networks across various music information retrieval tasks. 

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Speech Our research integrates deep learning, signal processing, and human perception to advance inclusive speech technologies. We develop novel approaches for speech synthesis, stutter detection, and speech anonymization , with an emphasis on preserving naturalness, expressivity, and inclusivity.

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Medical Imaging We rethink medical image processing algorithms to improve diagnosis of patients. We focus especially on the refinement of X-ray image styles and their quality.

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Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) SystemsWe design BCI systems to support people in their daily activities and enhance their quality of life. We aim to design more efficient systems by leveraging AI at every step of BCI systems: Transforming brain activities into a meaningful representation, classifying and turning them into actions.

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 Education We research on how technology can enhance the learning experience and rethink the way we educate our students about AI.

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