Research Seminar - THE SEMINAR SERIES

External guests and institute members present their work in a weekly slot. The seminar
runs year-round on Thursdays at 11:00 in Room 5.002, HIP One, Blohmstraße 15,
21079 Hamburg. Public lectures are open to all visitors, both on site and via Zoom;
no registration is required to attend. Not every Thursday is a public lecture.

For invitations to the mailing list, contact dsf-office@tuhh.de.

Next talk

10.09.26
by Dr. Frank Röder, Institute for Data Science Foundations - on Thursday, August 26, 2026 at 11:00 am - in room 5.002, HIPone, Blohmstr. 15, 21079 Hamburg.

Planned talks

17.09.26
by Jesse van Oostrum, Institute for Data Science Foundations - on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 11:00 am - in room 5.002, HIPone, Blohmstr. 15, 21079 Hamburg.
08.10.26
by Leon Sierau, Institute for Data Science Foundations - on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 11:00 am - in room 5.002, HIPone, Blohmstr. 15, 21079 Hamburg.
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Past talks

02.08.24
September 30 – October 4, 2024. University of Bamberg
31.05.24
NeurIT: Information theory in neuroscience and neuroengineering, July 7-12, 2024.
24.01.24
Janek Gödeke, University of Bremen
02.11.23
Dieter Büchler, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
10.05.23
Giulia Bertagnolli, University of Trento
19.04.23
Jacob J. W. Bakermans, University of Oxford
17.03.23
Minh Ha Quang, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), Tokyo, JAPAN
01.02.23
Christian Gumbsch, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and University of Tübingen

Call for speakers

External and internal researchers are invited to propose talks. Please send a short abstract to dsf-office(at)tuhh.de

 

Max Plank based Seminars

March 19, 2021, Stefanie Jegelka, Machine Learning Group at MIT

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Representation and Learning in Graph Neural Networks

Stefanie Jegelka, Machine Learning Group at MIT, USA

19.03.2021, 16:00 Uhr

The seminar is cancelled.

August 04, 2020, Marco Mondelli, IST Austria

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Understanding Gradient Descent for Over-parameterized Deep Neural Networks

Marco Mondelli, IST Austria

04.08.2020, 11:00 Uhr

July 20, 2020, Franca Hoffmann, California Institute of Technology

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Kalman-Wasserstein Gradient Flows

Franca Hoffmann, California Institute of Technology

20.07.2020, 17:00 Uhr

February 04, 2020, Xerxes Arsiwalla, Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona

Special Seminar : Extending Integrated Information Theories for Cognitive Systems

Xerxes Arsiwalla, Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona, Spain

04.02.2020, 11:00 Uhr

10 December, 2019, Mikhail Belkin, The Ohio State University

Chalk Talk – Mathematics of Data Seminar : What’s next for machine learning? Some thoughts toward a unified theory of supervised inference.

Mikhail Belkin, The Ohio State University, USA

10.12.2019, 16:45 Uhr

14 November, 2019, Kathlén Kohn, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Mathematics of Data Seminar : The geometry of neural networks

Kathlén Kohn, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

14.11.2019, 11:00 Uhr

23 October, 2019, Věra Kůrková, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Lower Bounds on Complexity of Shallow Networks

Věra Kůrková, Institute of Computer Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

23.10.2019, 11:00 Uhr

18 September, 2019, Vladimir Temlyakov, University of South Carolina

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Supervised learning and sampling error of integral norms in function classes

Vladimir Temlyakov, University of South Carolina

18.09.2019, 11:00 Uhr

16 July, 2019, Lamiae Azizi, The University of Sydney

Mathematics of Data Seminar : A Mathematical trip into the Data Science realm

Lamiae Azizi, The University of Sydney

16.07.2019, 11:00 Uhr

This seminar is cancelled.

28 May, 2019, Nicolas Garcia Trillos, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mathematics of Data Seminar : The use of geometry to learn from data, and the learning of geometry from data.

Nicolas Garcia Trillos, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

28.05.2019, 11:15 Uhr

10 April, 2019, Gabriel Peyré, CNRS and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Computational Optimal Transport for Data Sciences

Gabriel Peyré, CNRS and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

10.04.2019, 11:00 Uhr

07 March, 2019, Stefania Petra, Universität Heidelberg

Mathematics of Data Seminar :Compressed Sensing – From Theory To Practice

Stefania Petra, Universität Heidelberg

07.03.2019, 11:00 Uhr

14 February, 2019, Felix Krahmer, Technische Universität München

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Blind deconvolution with randomness – convex geometry and algorithmic approaches

Felix Krahmer, Technische Universität München

14.02.2019, 11:00 Uhr

28 January, 2019, Nils Bertschinger, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)

Mathematics of Data Seminar : A geometric structure underlying stock correlations

Nils Bertschinger, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Germany

28.01.2019, 11:00 Uhr

08 November, 2018, Benjamin Fehrmann, University of Oxford

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Convergence rates for mean field stochastic gradient descent algorithms

Benjamin Fehrmann, University of Oxford

08.11.2018, 11:00 Uhr

27 September, 2018, Max von Renesse, Universität Leipzig

Mathematics of Data Seminar :Topics in Deterministic and Stochastic Dynamical Systems on Wasserstein Space

Max von Renesse, Universität Leipzig

27.09.2018, 11:00 Uhr

14 August, 2018, Afonso Bandeira, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Statistical estimation under group actions: The Sample Complexity of Multi-Reference Alignment

Afonso Bandeira, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York

14.08.2018, 16:30 Uhr

11 July, 2018, Harald Oberhauser, University of Oxford

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Learning laws of stochastic processes

Harald Oberhauser, University of Oxford

11.07.2018, 15:30 Uhr

18 June, 2018, Anna Seigal, University of California, Berkeley

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Structured Tensors and the Geometry of Data

Anna Seigal, University of California, Berkeley

18.06.2018, 15:30 Uhr

14 May, 2018, Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi, MPI MIS, Leipzig

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Quantifying Morphological Computation

Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi, MPI MIS, Leipzig

14.05.2018, 14:00 Uhr

02 May, 2018, Steffen Lauritzen, University of Copenhagen

Mathematics of Data Seminar : Max-linear Bayesian networks

Steffen Lauritzen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

02.05.2018, 11:00 Uhr

24 April, 2018, Benjamin Recht, University of California, Berkeley

Mathematics of Data Seminar : The statistical foundations of learning to control

Benjamin Recht, University of California, Berkeley

24.04.2018, 15:30 Uhr

22 March, 2018, Dimitri Marinelli, Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST)

Information Geometry Seminar : Quantum Information Geometry and Boltzmann Machines

Dimitri Marinelli, Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST), Romania

22.03.2018, 14:00 Uhr

08 January, 2018, Nihat Ay, MPI MIS, Leipzig

LikBez Seminar : Causal Inference II

Nihat Ay, MPI MIS, Leipzig

08.01.2018, 14:00 Uhr

04 December, 2017, Wolfgang Löhr, TU Chemnitz

Special Seminar : Continuum limits of tree-valued Markov chains and algebraic measure trees

Wolfgang Löhr, TU Chemnitz

04.12.2017, 11:00 Uhr

27 November, 2017, Fabio Bonsignorio, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Modeling of Networked Embodied Cognitive Processes

Fabio Bonsignorio, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

27.11.2017, 14:00 Uhr

10 November, 2017, Jun Zhang, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Information Geometry Seminar : Statistical Manifold and Entropy-Based Inference

Jun Zhang, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA

10.11.2017, 11:45 Uhr

16 October, 2017, Luigi Malagò, Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST)

Information Geometry Seminar : From Natural Gradient to Riemannian Hessian: Second-order Optimization over Statistical Manifolds

Luigi Malagò, Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST), Romania

16.10.2017, 14:00 Uhr

10 May, 2017, Domenico Felice, University of Camerino

Information Geometry Seminar : Hamilton-Jacobi approach to Potential Functions in Information Geometry

Domenico Felice, University of Camerino, Italy

10.05.2017, 14:00 Uhr

25 November, 2016, František Matúš, Czech Academy of Sciences

Special Seminar : Polyquantoids and quantoids: quantum counteparts of polymatroids and matroids

František Matúš, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

25.11.2016, 15:30 Uhr

28 June, 2016, Daniel Polani, University of Hertfortshire

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : On Information and the Drivers of Cognition

Daniel Polani, University of Hertfortshire, United Kingdom

28.06.2016, 15:30 Uhr

10 May, 2016, Roy Fox, Hebrew University

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Minimum-Information Planning in Partially-Observable Decision Problems

Roy Fox, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Hebrew University, Israel

10.05.2016, 11:00 Uhr

30 March, 2016, Daniel Häufle, Stuttgart Research Center for Simulation Technology

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Musculo-Skeletal Models of Human Movement: Tools to Quantify Embodiment

Daniel Häufle, Stuttgart Research Center for Simulation Technology, University of Stuttgart, Germany

30.03.2016, 11:00 Uhr

21 January, 2016, Daniel Häufle, Stuttgart Research Center for Simulation Technology

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Musculo-Skeletal Models of Human Movement: Tools to Quantify Embodiment

Daniel Häufle, Stuttgart Research Center for Simulation Technology, University of Stuttgart, Germany

21.01.2016, 11:00 Uhr

This talk is canceled!

09 November, 2015, Tomas Veloz, University of British Columbia

Arbeitsgemeinschaft NEURONALE NETZE UND KOGNITIVE SYSTEME : Toward a Quantum Theory of Cognition: History, Development and Perspectives

Tomas Veloz, University of British Columbia, Canada

09.11.2015, 14:00 Uhr

08 April, 2015, Sajad Saeedinaeeni, Universität Leipzig

Special Seminar : On asymptotic optimality of ML-type detectors in quantum hypothesis testing

Sajad Saeedinaeeni, Universität Leipzig

08.04.2015, 14:00 Uhr

17 March, 2015, Peter Gmeiner, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Special Seminar : Information-Theoretic Cheeger Inequalities

Peter Gmeiner, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

17.03.2015, 14:00 Uhr

10 March, 2015, Benjamin Friedrich, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Intelligent motility control of biological swimmers

Benjamin Friedrich, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden

10.03.2015, 11:00 Uhr

18 February, 2015, Ryszard Kostecki, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo

Special Seminar : Quantum information geometry as a foundation for quantum theory beyond quantum mechanics

Ryszard Kostecki, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada

18.02.2015, 14:00 Uhr

19 January, 2015, Oliver Brock, Technische Universität Berlin

Seminar on Theory of Embodied Intelligence : Towards an Alchemy of Intelligence

Oliver Brock, Technische Universität Berlin, Robotics and Biology Laboratory

19.01.2015, 11:00 Uhr

15 January, 2015, František Matúš, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Special Seminar : Algebraic Problems Related to Entropy Regions

František Matúš, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Information Theory and Automation

15.01.2015, 10:30 Uhr