Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Founded on 18 March 2011, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems is one of 84 Institutes of the Max Planck Society. With locations in Stuttgart and Tübingen, it combines interdisciplinary research in the growing field of intelligent systems. At MPI-IS, the scientists seek to advance the understanding of intelligent systems that perceive, learn, and interact and to use this knowledge to create innovative technologies that benefit society. They answer fundamental questions about intelligence and how to create intelligent behavior in machines and pioneer new solutions by combining research in hardware, software, and theory. With a strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, the researchers seek to advance the field by exploring how computational, physical, and social intelligence can work together to solve complex real-world problems. Research at the institute is organized into six departments and numerous independent research groups, each with a different focus, led by a faculty of Directors, Group Leaders, and Max Planck Fellows.
Research departments
Current Research Groups
- AI Safety and Alignment, Tübingen
- Algorithms and Society, Tübingen
- Biomimetic Materials and Machines, Stuttgart
- Computational Applied Mathematics & AI Lab, Tübingen
- Cooperative Machine Intelligence for People-Aligned Safe Systems, Tübingen
- Cyborg Robotics and Intelligent Sensing,, Stuttgart
- Deep Models and Optimization, Tübingen
- Embodied Social Interaction, Stuttgart
- Human Aspects of Machine Learning, Tübingen
- Learning and Dynamical Systems, Tübingen
- Neuromechanics of Movement, Stuttgart
- Organizational Leadership and Diversity, Stuttgart
- Robotic Composites and Compositions, Stuttgart
- Robust Machine Learning, Tübingen
- Safety- and Efficiency-Aligned Learning, Tübingen
- Science and Probabilistic Intelligence, Tübingen
- Wild, Efficient, and Innovative AI Lab, Tübingen
Current Max Planck Fellow Groups
- Intelligent Construction and Building Systems,
- Interactive Learning, Tübingen/ETHZ
Initiatives and networks
The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and ETH Zurich cooperate in the research field of "Learning Systems". For this purpose, they have founded the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems. It is the first joint doctoral program of ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Society.Since the program was founded in 2015, 112 doctoral students and post-docs have been admitted as Fellows or Associated Fellows. CLS currently counts 50 directors, professors, and research group leaders among its members or associated members. In July 2019, the Max Planck Society and ETH Zurich agreed to extend the program's funding until 2025.
Since December 2016, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems is part of the research network Cyber Valley. Partners are the University of Stuttgart, the University of Tübingen, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the State of Baden-Württemberg and seven industrial partners: Amazon, BMW Group, Daimler AG, IAV GmbH, Porsche AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, and ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Cyber Valley is also supported by the Christian Bürkert Foundation, the Gips-Schüle Foundation, the Vector Foundation, and the Carl Zeiss Foundation.
Founded in 2018, the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems aims to strengthen Europe's role in global AI research.