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SmallData is now on LinkedIn™ under “Collaborative Research Center 1597 Small Data”. Follow us there for regular updates on our events, publications and relevant information in the field of small data. We can’t wait to see you there! 

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.

On November 9th and 10th, 2023, we hosted the inaugural ‘Welcome Days’ workshop for the newly established SmallData Integrated Research Training Group SMART for all doctoral researchers within our CRC. The two-day workshop was designed to familiarize doctoral researchers with SMART’s mission, stimulate group activities, and to initiate networking. Key highlights of the Welcome Days […]

Our CRC Small Data brought both principal investigators and doctoral researchers to the forefront at Science Days from October 19-21, 2023, in Europa-Park Rust. Engaging students of all ages from Germany, France and Switzerland with interactive exhibits like building cubes from puzzle pieces, they illuminated the field of developing small data methods by combining pieces […]

Our PI Frank Hutter recently won the 2023 Prize for Excellent Doctoral Supervision, awarded by the University of Freiburg. “The new prize shines a spotlight on outstanding examples of excellent supervision. In this way, it raises awareness that good supervision is possible and recognizes the commitment of the supervisors,” explains Prorector Rensing. Congratulations! Find the […]

October 1st, 2023 marks the official start of our CRC 1597 Small Data. It has been quite a journey to get to this point. Starting with a brainstorming meeting in 2019, where we Freiburg researchers from different areas of data analysis and artificial intelligence discussed ideas for collaboration and converged on the topic of “small […]