News from the Lamarr Institute

Dr. Tim Ruhe, Principal Investigator at the Lamarr Institute, representing the Physics-LLM project on AI-based research data management in physics
20. January 2026

Physics-LLM: New research project within the ErUM-Data funding initiative

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), Physics-LLM is an ErUM-Data research project developing AI-based tools using large language models to improve research…
Portrait of Petra Wiederkehr, Principal Investigator at the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
22. December 2025

Lamarr researcher Prof. Dr. Petra Wiederkehr elected to the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)

Lamarr Principal Investigator Petra Wiederkehr has been elected to Germany’s National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)….
Prof. Maren Bennewitz and a Lamarr Institute researcher with the RePAIR bimanual robot used for AI-powered reconstruction of Pompeii’s ancient fresco fragments
03. December 2025

RePAIR brings Pompeii’s frescoes back to life

The European research project RePAIR – Reconstructing the Past combines robotics, AI, and computer vision to reconstruct ancient frescoes from Pompeii using an AI-supported method that digitally…
Image: researchers holding certificates after receiving the TU Dortmund Sustainability Award for a project on energy-efficient large language models.
30. November 2025

Award for sustainable AI research

Award-winning research on sustainable large language models recognized by TU Dortmund for advancing energy-efficient and transparent AI…
Authors Christian Bauckhage and Rafet Sifa next to the cover of their open-access textbook Quantum Computing from Hopfield Nets
25. November 2025

New access to quantum computing

Open-access textbook presenting an intuitive quantum computing introduction by bridging AI fundamentals, Hopfield networks, and practical Python…
Bonn’s Lamarr Institute wins JUPITER Gauss-AI selection: Prof. Gall’s HoMe project advances generative AI, robotics, and egocentric video research
21. November 2025

JUPITER selects first AI projects

Bonn’s Lamarr Institute wins JUPITER Gauss-AI selection: Prof. Gall’s HoMe project advances generative AI, robotics, and human-motion video models….