News and events in Q1/2025

Current activities:

  • We welcome Lennart Baur, who joined the Data Mining group as a PhD Student.

 

Current Publications and Presentations:

  • We organized a series of talks on the topic of Discrimination, Fairness and Algorithms:
    • 10.3. Hilde Weerts (University of Eindhoven); Raphaele Xenidis (SciencesPo)
      21.3. Michele Loi (AlgorithmWatch); Otto Sahlgren (Tampere University)
      28.3  Mattia Cerrato (JGU Mainz); Otto Sahlgren (Tampere University)
      11.4  Corinna Hertweck (University of Zurich); Jose Alvarez (KU Leuven)
      25.4  Prof. Dr. Stefan Kramer (JGU Mainz)
  • We have published:
    • 1) Pensel, L., and Kramer, S. (2025). Neural RELAGGS. MACHINE LEARNING114(5). DOI Author/Publisher URL
      Vexler, J., Vieten, B., Nelke, M., and Kramer, S. (2025). Integrating Inverse and Forward
    • 2) Modeling for Sparse Temporal Data from Sensor Networks. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 318-329). Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI
    • 3) Köbschall, K., Hartung, L., and Kramer, S. (2025). Soft Hoeffding Tree: A Transparent and Differentiable Model on Data Streams. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 167-182). Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI
  • We have also published 2 preprints:
    • 1) Boer, D., Roth, S., and Kramer, S. (2025). Focus, Merge, Rank: Improved Question Answering Based on Semi-structured Knowledge Bases. Author/Publisher URL
      2) Pensel, L., and Kramer, S. (2025). Human Guided Learning of Transparent Regression Models. Author/Publisher URL

Recent Events:

  • 31.03. - 02.04.2025: 2,5 Days(Bio-) Hackathon “curAHack” in the Gutenberg Digital Hub in Mainz: Interdisciplinary Hacking, Problem Solving and Networking.
  • 11.02.2025: Dr. Heitor Gomes, a senior lecturer in artificial intelligence at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand gave a talk at the Computer Science department.
  • Posters at CurAMeet event from Derian Boer, Julia Siekiera and Hakan Lane
  • Prof. Stefan Kramer shared his thoughts and experties in the topic of fair AI in the report from 3sat-Mediathek (Warum wir feministische KI brauchen - 3sat-Mediathek)

Upcoming Events:

  • 02.06 - 05.06.2025: Gutenberg Workshop on Laboratory Automation (https://gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/%20Laboratory-%20Automation/)