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MDSI – Shaping the Future with Data

The Munich Data Science Institute

The digital revolution is transforming societies, economies, and even science and its paths to knowledge. At the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), we are anticipating, accompanying and shaping this change.

We are TUM’s central interface and innovation hub for questions and solutions arising from Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. We are connecting people and ideas across disciplines.

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Calls & Positions

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Data Steward (f/m/d) at the Munich Data Science Institute and LETSIMMUN (TRR 338)

MDSI and the Collaborative Research Center LETSimmun (TRR 338) are jointly seeking a Data Steward (full-time, starting at the earliest possible date) to support research data…

| Doctoral Fellowship, Call

MDSI Doctoral Fellowships: Call Closed

The last call for applications has closed. Currently, there are no offers for new doctoral fellowships.

Upcoming Events for Doctoral Researchers

| PhD Program, Module Research, Event

Advanced Research Data Management

This course will teach attendees about responsible data management practices according to the FAIR principles. Additionally, learners will gain experience in communicating…

| PhD Program, Module Research, LRZ Training, Event

LRZ AI Training Series - Orientation Session

Application deadline: April 1, 2026. This two-day online "Orientation Session" is the kick-off event of the "LRZ AI Training Series", a series of courses aiming at the needs…

| PhD Program, Module Entrepreneurship, UnternehmerTUM, Event

Venture Guide - Technology Entrepreneurship Lab

Application deadline: March 26, 2026. Venture Guide (formerly Technology Entrepreneurship Lab / ELab) is a hands-on course for students who want to develop facilitation and…

Data Services

nfdi - National Research Data Infrastructure

For students

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News

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Start of the METEOR Research Training Group

Starting on April 1, 2026, the German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the research training group METEOR. METEOR is dedicated to strengthening interaction between machine learning experts and researchers in control theory from TUM as well as LMU.

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DRIVE for estimating road traffic emissions: Cleaner fleets, but more traffic

Influencing a city’s climate in real time? With their new model DRIVE, Prof. Jia Chen and her PhD Student Daniel Kühbacher have made exactly that possible. Traffic emissions can now be captured with high spatial and temporal resolution - down to individual streets and on an hourly basis - allowing…

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Snakemake Hackathon 2026 – faster and further improved reproducible data analysis

Snakemake Hackathon 2026 delivers even faster and further improved support for reproducible data analysis. The 2026 Snakemake Hackathon brought together about 40 experts in Munich to deliver major improvements, new features, and performance enhancements for reproducible data analysis. Their…

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Teaching a Hamster physics: realistic simulation of next-gen solar materials

By fusing physics with machine learning, researchers model complex energy materials at real-world temperatures and scales.

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TUM among the top 20 in engineering and natural sciences

TUM has once again been ranked among the top 20 universities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, both in engineering (16th) and in natural sciences (19th). In the rankings for five individual subjects, it places among the top 25. In eight other subjects, it ranks in the top 50…

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Upcoming Events

| PhD Program, Module Research, Event

Advanced Research Data Management

This course will teach attendees about responsible data management practices according to the FAIR principles. Additionally, learners will gain experience in communicating…

| PhD Program, Module Research, LRZ Training, Event

LRZ AI Training Series - Orientation Session

Application deadline: April 1, 2026. This two-day online "Orientation Session" is the kick-off event of the "LRZ AI Training Series", a series of courses aiming at the needs…

| PhD Program, Module Entrepreneurship, UnternehmerTUM, Event

Venture Guide - Technology Entrepreneurship Lab

Application deadline: March 26, 2026. Venture Guide (formerly Technology Entrepreneurship Lab / ELab) is a hands-on course for students who want to develop facilitation and…

| PhD Program, Module Entrepreneurship, UnternehmerTUM, Event

Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions

Application deadline: April 6, 2026. Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions (PED) is an immersive seminar (also taught at Stanford) that helps participants make high-stakes…

| PhD Program, Module Research, Event

Data Wrangling with R

Data wrangling is an essential skill for reproducible research and effective data analysis. This introductory workshop will guide participants through the practical steps of…

Conferences

| International Conference

Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026)

The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) is the premier gathering of professionals dedicated to the advancement of the branch of artificial intelligence…

| International Conference

IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2026

The IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI) is an international conference and exhibition with an emphasis on the applications of AI and key AI verticals that…

Artificial intelligence at TUM

MCML - Munich Center for Machine Learning

Contact

We are located at

Walther-von-Dyck-Str. 10, 85748 Garching, Germany,
GALILEO Garching,
TUM Building 05.8120.017,
Entrance 8, 5th floor.
info@mdsi.tum.de

If you travel by car, you can plan your journey via Google Maps. Paid parking is available in the Galileo underground parking lot or at the Park & Ride Garching Forschungszentrum. Free parking is available at the TUM parking lot.

If you use public transportation, please consider the MVV-Journey Planner to calculate your route to the nearby station Garching Forschungszentrum. With the U6 you can reach us from Marienplatz in 25 min.

Further locations

Members of the MDSI are located at various places in Munich and Garching. Please find contact information on the websites of our focus groups and members' chairs.

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