Bilateral AI

We are delighted to announce that Thomas Pock, one of our BilAI key researchers and professor of computer science at Technische Universität Graz, has been recognised as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers by the Clarivate for Academia & Government's Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). He is also one of only 54 researchers currently working in Austria to appear on this year’s list. This reflects the strong international resonance and scientific relevance of his work in AI, computer vision, and machine learning. We’re proud to have a researcher whose contributions are shaping global progress in the field — and driving our mission at Bilateral AI forward. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Technische Universität Graz WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austrian Science Fund FWF Image source: Charlotte Mayr - IVC

BilAI meets AI Austria for the fall edition of ML Meetup Graz! It was great to see so many different people from the Machine Learning (ML) Community in Graz join the recent ML Meetup, co-organised by Bilateral AI and AI Austria. We heard about a NeurIPS-approved bilateral approach to Reinforcement Learning from Bettina Könighofer, impressive Computer Vision applications for the improvement of MRI image construction from Thomas Pock and multimodal LLMs to improve the findability of archived video fragments from Werner Bailer. Afterwards, we had ample time for networking in an inspiring location, thanks to our host of the Schumpeter Laboratory, Christian Ramsauer. We are impressed by the great atmosphere at such meetups and highly recommend to join future editions of AI Austria Meetups - in Graz or elsewhere in the country! Also check out the Meetups by Women in AI Austria! Andreas Windisch Patrick Ratheiser Robert Legenstein Technische Universität Graz Austrian Science Fund FWF

This year, Bilateral AI will be represented at the 39th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems - NeurIPS 2025, with 21 accepted posters and 2 spotlight talks. The conference takes place from November 30 – December 7, 2025, in Mexico City and San Diego. We’re glad to see the work of our researchers included in the program and appreciate the effort that went into each submission. Congratulations to everyone involved, we look forward to meeting colleagues and collaborators at NeurIPS like Dan Alistarh, Bettina Könighofer, Christoph Lampert, Marco Mondelli, Günter Klambauer, Johannes Brandstetter, Sepp Hochreiter, Thomas Eiter, Andrei Panferov, Nikita Kalinin, Diyuan Wu, and many more. #BilAI #Neurips #conference #AI Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Technische Universität Graz WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austrian Science Fund FWF Image source: Gobierno CDMX, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

We are co-hosting Technische Universität Wien's first AI Festival! Join us from December 1–3, for a three-day celebration of ideas, insights and dialogue on the present and future of Artificial Intelligence! Days 1 & 2 focus on research and industry. Day 3 is open to the public, featuring accessible panel discussions and interactive stations (held in German).   We’re excited to welcome an outstanding lineup of speakers, including: Pascal Van Hentenryck, Adam Gosztolai, Michael Bronstein, Svitlana Vakulenko, Thomas Eiter, Marta Sabou, Kees van Berkel, Markus Schedl, Alexander Pretschner, Gerhard Widmer, Emanuel Sallinger, Stefan Neumann, Stefan Szeider, Stefan Woltran, Julia Neidhardt — and many more. 👉 Explore the full program, learn more about our speakers, and register for Day 1 (Research) or Day 2 (Industry): https://lnkd.in/dCmtkBRb The AI Festival is co-organized by Technische Universität Wien, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (CAIML) , the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), and TU Austria. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien TU Wien Informatics Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Technische Universität Graz WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austrian Science Fund FWF Image source: local_doctor / stock.adobe.com, Lunghammer - TU Graz

Are you ready to teach the next generation of AI researchers? We’re calling on leading AI scientists and educators to submit course proposals for #ESSAI26 & the 2nd International BilAI Summer School, taking place from July 6-10, 2026 in beautiful Vienna. The school will welcome around 400 students and young researchers from across Europe and beyond. Share your expertise. Shape the future of AI education. Submit your course proposal until Dec. 3, 2025. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dgagUXEZ Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Technische Universität Graz WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austrian Science Fund FWF European Association for Artificial Intelligence EurAI #BilAI #SummerSchool #EurAI

We’re thrilled to see BilAI’s research being shared and discussed on an international stage by our key researcher Axel Polleres representing BilAI in Japan! After attending the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2025) in Nara this week, Axel continues his journey with several invited talks — including a recent one at Kyoto University, where he spoke about the role of Knowledge Graphs in Bilateral AI. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Technische Universität Graz WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austrian Science Fund FWF

Our Key Researcher Georg Gottlob gave a great interview at SEMANTiCS 2025, where he argues for a bilateral approach to AI - combining symbolic and subsymbolic AI. This is excactly what we are working on at Bilateral AI.

Happy to announce the next AI Styria – Machine Learning Meetup Graz, featuring Bilateral AI! 🎉 Come and join the community, connect with AI enthusiasts, and explore the latest in machine learning and AI innovation. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Technische Universität Graz WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Austrian Science Fund FWF AI Austria Patrick Ratheiser Andreas Windisch Sarah Bittermann Thomas Pock Bettina Könighofer Werner Bailer

Congratulations to our Board of Director member and Key Researcher Agata Ciabattoni for receiving her third Best Paper Award this year for the paper “Analytic Proofs for Tense Logic” at TABLEAUX 2025! Congrats also to her colleagues Timo Lang and Revantha Ramanayake for this achievement! Bilateral AI Technische Universität Wien TU Wien Informatics

Join us at the "University meets Industry" event at the Universität Klagenfurt on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Take the chance to connect with representatives from leading Carinthian companies and gain valuable insights into the intersection of academia and industry. BilAI will be there — with our key researcher Gerhard Friedrich presenting the Cluster of Excellence and showcasing how cutting-edge AI research is driving innovation across disciplines. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, network, and explore future career paths in technology and research! 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dWQUNVvQ Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Technische Universität Wien Universität Klagenfurt Institute of Science and Technology Austria Graz University of Technology Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Austrian Science Fund FWF Industriellenvereinigung Kärnten #BilAI #youniversity #networking