Summer is just around the corner! If you are a Bachelor’s and Master’s student, consider applying to the AI Summer School 2025. You will get in-depth experience of crucial AI topics, their application in various scientific fields, and hands-on experience with AI tools and techniques.
Program
The program covers modern aspects of on-device AI together with their application in the sciences. The respective lectures and tutorials will focus on a selection of topics in-depth.
Day 1 - Sunday - 31.08.2025
| Time | Subject | Organizer(s) |
| 14:45 - 16:45 | Travel from Jena | Max Koch, Tamino Steinert |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Welcome Session | Alex Breuer, Tamino Steinert, Max Koch |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Dinner | |
| 19:30 - 21:15 | First Poster Session | |
| 21:20 - 22:00 | System Access Troubleshooting (Optional) | Max Koch, Tamino Steinert |
| Starting 22:00 | Get Together 🎲 | |
Day 2 - Monday - 01.09.2025
| Time | Subject | Educator(s) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | The Need for Derivatives in the Sciences | Martin Bücker |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | The Essence of Forward Propagation | Martin Bücker |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | The Essence of Backpropagation | Martin Bücker |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Automatic Differentiation in the Sciences | Martin Bücker |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Dinner | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Second Poster Session | |
| Starting 21:00 | Get Together 🎲 | |
Day 3 - Tuesday - 02.09.2025
| Time | Subject | Educator(s) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Binary Classification | Gerhard Zumbusch |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Classification Algorithms | Gerhard Zumbusch |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Scattered Data Approximation | Gerhard Zumbusch |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:45 | Tiled Tensor Computations: Einsum Trees | Alex Breuer |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Dinner | |
| Starting 19:00 | Get Together 🎲 | |
Day 4 - Wednesday - 03.09.2025
| Time | Subject | Educator(s) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Tiled Tensor Computations: etops | Alex Breuer |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Tiled Tensor Computations: etops (Hands-On) | Alex Breuer, Tamino Steinert, Max Koch |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 17:45 | Hike to Himmelreich 🌲 | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Dinner | |
| 19:30 - 20:30 | Closing Session and Best Poster Awards 🏆 | Alex Breuer, Martin Bücker, Gerhard Zumbusch |
| Starting 20:30 | Get Together 🎲 | |
Day 5 - Thursday - 04.09.2025
| Time | Subject | Organizer(s) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Breakfast | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Travel to Jena | Max Koch, Tamino Steinert |