Press releases

AI100 Report Graphic “AI Goes Mainstream: The Scaling Era and the Rise of Generative AI,” with white lettering and irregular light-blue horizontal bars on a dark-blue background.
10. November 2026

AI100 Longitudinal Study Examines How AI Has Evolved, Entered the Mainstream, and Is Reshaping Society

The AI100 Report 2026 examines advances in artificial intelligence and their impact on science, business and society. Co-author Lucie Flek from the University of Bonn and the Lamarr Institute...
A hand holds a tablet displaying a robotics interface in front of yellow industrial robot arms, with superimposed network graphics serving as a symbolic image for the planned RoboHub HILA.
10. November 2026

Federal government funds Robo-Hub concept for AI robotics in logistics

Robo-Hub HILA brings together four Lamarr partners in North Rhine-Westphalia to advance AI robotics in logistics. The consortium receives €500,000 in federal funding to develop a concept for an...
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30. October 2026

WATER AI: First Cohort Starts Interdisciplinary Certificate Program

The Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund University, and Wilo have launched the "WATER AI" certificate program. Students combine AI research with water technology and sustainable infrastructure to develop...
Group photo of researchers and participants at the ELLIS Unit NRW AI research kick-off in Siegburg, standing on a stage beside an ELLIS banner.
16. October 2026

ELLIS Unit NRW Launches Scientific Collaboration at Kick-off Event

ELLIS Unit NRW launches its joint AI research activities at a scientific kick-off in Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The European research network connects eight institutions to advance...
Composite image showing a portrait of Francis Halzen on the left and the IceCube laboratory at the South Pole beneath a starry sky on the right.
06. October 2026

Francis Halzen receives the Nobel Prize in Physics

Francis Halzen receives the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to IceCube and the discovery of cosmic neutrinos. Researchers affiliated with Lamarr at TU Dortmund University contribute...
Zorah Lähner stands in the middle, holding a certificate and an award folder at DAGM GCPR 2026.
23. September 2026

Zorah Lähner Receives German Pattern Recognition Award

Zorah Lähner receives the German Pattern Recognition Award 2026. The University of Bonn professor and Lamarr Institute Principal Investigator researches 3D shape analysis and geometrically grounded...
Portrait of AI and logistics researcher Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alice Kirchheim, Director of Fraunhofer IML and member of the Lamarr Institute’s Board of Directors.
17. September 2026

Alice Kirchheim Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Lamarr Institute

AI and intralogistics: Alice Kirchheim joins the Lamarr Institute’s Board of Directors, contributing her expertise in AI-assisted planning, autonomous systems and logistics...
25 million euros for AI cancer research in Bonn: (from left) Prof. Dr. Bernd Weber, Prof. Dr. Michael, Prof. Dr., and Prof. Dr. Uwe Reuter, at the launch of AI4CancerCure.NRW at the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia
04. September 2026

€25 Million for AI Cancer Research in Bonn

AI cancer research in Bonn receives €25 million from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. UKB, the University of Bonn and the Lamarr Institute are establishing a joint infrastructure for...
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14. August 2026

DFG Funding: Giant Magnet to Search for Axion that could Transform Our Understanding of Matter

A ten-meter-long magnet is designed to track the Sun in search of a particle that has never been directly detected. A total of six million euros have been allocated to build the BabyIAXO magnet...