Research
ELLIS Unit Freiburg is dedicated to advancing autonomous learning, uniting expertise in efficient learning, trustworthy ML, and physical AI.
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Unit Lisbon
Established on May 1st, 2020
Unit Mission
Our mission is to become the leading AI & ML research unit in Portugal and establish strong links with our European counterparts by: 1) increasing the reach and visibility of our research through dissemination and communication; and 2) boosting collaborative research and training in AI and ML through participation in events, joint activities, and mobility programs. Through collaborative and open science we aim to empower the next generation of AI researchers to maximise the social and economic impacts of AI & ML in Europe and the world.
Participating Institutions
INESC-ID
Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa)
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Research Agenda
We aim to use efficient, reliable, theory-grounded ML to create human-interacting explainable AI systems. Our Unit conducts cutting-edge research in the following themes:
- Natural Language Processing
- Machine Learning Foundations
- Reinforcement Learning & Robotics
- Computer Vision & Embodied Cognition
- Health
- Infrastructure
