SmallData had the pleasure of attending the opening ceremony of the University of Freiburg’s new graduate centre (GraCe). Our PI Frank Hutter co-led a thought-provoking talk entitled “Wie wird die KI Promovieren verändern?” (How will AI change graduate education?). Frank Hutter discussed the impact of AI on doctoral research, emphasizing its potential to streamline research […]
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Our PIs Cristina Has and Moritz Hess have published a new research article assessing cytokine levels in children and young adults with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). EB is a group of genetically heterogeneous dermatological disorders that affects around 2000 individuals in Germany. Their findings suggest that bacterial colonisation in wounds could significantly contribute to systemic inflammation […]
From April 3rd to April 5th, doctoral researchers of our SmallData Integrated Research Training Group (SMART) took part in a dynamic and enriching Good Scientific Practice course. The workshop, hosted by Dr. Michael Mende, provided an engaging platform for docs to delve into essential topics crucial for maintaining ethical standards in scientific research. The 1.5-day, […]
The picturesque surroundings of Schloss Reinach in Freiburg provided the perfect backdrop for our first SmallData scientific retreat. From March 14th to 15th, SmallData drew together experts from diverse fields to share insights, collaborate, and delve into addressing the challenges of small data for meaningful discoveries. Day 1 Highlights: The morning plenary session set the […]
We are thrilled to share highlights from our recent Collaboration Kick-Off Days held on February 20th and February 27th, 2024. The goal? To ignite collaboration and spark project ideas with disciplines outside of doctoral researchers’ labs. In preparation for the event, doctoral researchers sought out potential research collaborations with docs from other labs within SmallData. They produced […]
Our PIs Nadine Binder and Holger Dette have produced a flexible new tool to address the identification of similar patient pathways in clinical healthcare with funding from the CRC 1597 Small Data. Specifically, they considered parametric competing risk models, where transition intensities may be specified by a variety of parametric distributions. They assessed the similarity […]
SmallData had the pleasure of participating in the University of Freiburg’s Faculty of Medicine’s Research Day on Turning Data-Driven Research into Health Benefits on Friday 24th November 2023. The CRC speaker Harald Binder gave a talk on The Promise of Machine Learning with SmallData and presented the vision and aims of the CRC in general. PI Joschka Bödecker contributed a […]
Our PI Josif Grabocka is now a W3 professor for Machine Learning at the Technical University of Nuremberg (UTN). Automated machine learning is the main focus of the Machine Learning Lab, who are currently developing cutting edge methods to optimise the hyper parameters of deep learning models. Congratulations Josif! Click here to view Josif’s profile […]
Our PI Carsten Dormann is among the “Highly Cited Researchers” for 2023 published by the company Clarivate Analytics. Together with seven other researchers from the University of Freiburg he is among the most-cited authors in his research field. Congratulations! Click here to view the full press release of the University of Freiburg.
Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics,
Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center –
University of Freiburg
