Workshops
We irregularly team up with companies to host hands-on workshops on cutting-edge AI and machine learning topics. Learn practical skills and explore the latest technologies.
- Summer Semester 2025

A hands-on workshop focused on integrating Knowledge Graphs and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to enhance Generative AI projects by reducing hallucinations and providing access to reliable data.
- Winter Semester 2025/26

Miguel Arbesú, Bernardo Almeida, Jonas Hirsch - InstaDeep
Genomics foundation models have emerged as powerful tools to decode the human genome and understand how genetic variants affect disease and traits. In this hands-on workshop, we will provide an overview of how these models learn the regulatory code of the genome, discuss specific models and applications, and get hands-on experience implementing them.

Reduan Achtibat - dida and Fraunhofer HHI
While Large Language Models have demonstrated unprecedented capabilities in reasoning and retrieval, their internal decision-making processes remain largely opaque. As they grow in complexity, treating these models as 'black boxes' is no longer sufficient for building reliable, safe, and transparent systems.

Large Language Models are no longer limited to text - modern AI systems can see, reason across modalities, and act on rich, multimodal inputs. With these new capabilities comes increased complexity: how do we design multimodal agents that reliably understand visual information, integrate it with language, and remain controllable in real-world applications? We explore how to give your AI eyes by engineering powerful multimodal agents using Haystack

A hands-on workshop on designing and deploying scalable AI agents with the open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK). Learn the "Holy Agent Trinity" framework for intelligent agent design and architect sophisticated agents from scratch. Python experience recommended; bring your laptop.
- Summer Semester 2026
Building reliable agentic systems requires more than evaluating individual LLM outputs — it demands a systems-level approach to testing, observability, and operations.

In this workshop, we discuss the unique challenges (and solutions) when deploying Deep Learning models to embedded microcontrollers. We’ll cover key differences between embedded vs. server systems, quantization, embedded application anatomy, inference engines, and a step-by-step deployment walkthrough.
For women and underrepresented genders in tech. Build your own CLI agent powered by Google's Gemma models via Ollama and the smolagents framework, with reasoning, tool calling, and filesystem access through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Python proficiency recommended; bring your laptop.
Take on maths-based brain teasers in our unique take on a pub quiz. Test your skills and learn more about the world of quantitative Finance.

Lazar Obradović - dida and cognee.ai
While LLMs make hypothesis generation cheap, current systems still struggle to connect evidence across papers, domains, and mechanisms in a structured and reusable way. We use Cognee to ingest scientific literature, construct graph-based representations of papers and claims, and evaluate candidate hypotheses with explicit graph- and vector-based metrics.
Dr. Nima Siboni - juna.ai
A hands-on workshop on using LLMs as 'heuristic scientists' for open-ended algorithm discovery: generating candidate strategies, turning ideas into executable code, evaluating them with simulations or benchmarks, and refining them through feedback. Participants will build their own small discovery loop and explore the trade-offs between creativity and control, exploration and verification, automation and human judgment.

A hands-on session transitioning from theory to practice by building a custom AI agent. Start with language model APIs, then create an agent that automates complex document workflows—equipping a model with tools to write, compile, and iteratively fix layout issues in markup code.

Lukas Ruff, Christina Embacher, Jonas Dippel, Maaike Galama - dida and Aignostics
Digital pathology turns stained tissue slides into gigapixel images — a uniquely demanding frontier for machine learning. Aignostics walks you from core ML research to real-world application: digital pathology fundamentals, building robust pathology foundation models, and hands-on tumor microenvironment profiling with OpenTME and TME Studio.
More events are being planned — stay tuned!