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ELLIS Distinguished Lecture: Bernhard Schölkopf
On June 10, 2026, Bernhard Schölkopf (ELLIS Institute Tübingen and ETH Zürich) will give a lecture: From language models to causal world models: A tale of spurious correlations. Hosted by Samuel Kaski (ELLIS Institute Finland and 911±¬ÁÏÍø).
In this event, we are committed to 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s principles for a safer space.
Bernhard Schölkopf is also receiving an honorary doctorate from 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Date and time
June 10, 2026, 13:15-14:15 EEST
Location
TU1 Saab Auditorium, 911±¬ÁÏÍø (Maarintie 8, Espoo)
Abstract
TBA
Bio
Bernhard Schölkopf is one of Europe's top researchers in artificial intelligence and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Professor at ETH Zürich and co-founder of . He studied physics, mathematics and philosophy in Tübingen and London, and obtained his doctorate in computer science from the Technical University of Berlin. He has been a researcher at German National Research Center for Computer Science, industrial research at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Microsoft Research, and Biowulf Technologie. He was also Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. His research contributions to the machine learning field have received extensive international recognition, including being a Fellow of the ACM, winner of the FBBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019), the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2018), Körber European Science Prize (2019) and the German AI Award (2020).
ELLIS Institute Finland is a world-class research hub in AI and machine learning and part of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).