Workshops & Summer schools

Workshops & Summerschools

The International Research & Innovation Centre on Digital Intelligent Systems (IRIXYS) promotes collaboration among researchers, students and academics not only within a same local community, but also at an international level.

To support these exchanges, Young Scientists’ Workshops are regularly organised, for students and professors to present and exchange about their latest research developments and results.

Furthermore, IRIXYS Workshops also addresses societal issues for a broader public. What are the impacts, challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in our European society? Focusing on several thematics (e.g. WEB-Index, Cyber War, EU Law and Regulations, Sustainable IT), hot topics in cybersecurity, AI, health and green IT will be discussed. The goal of these workshops is to open a transversal and pluridisciplinary dialog and to mediate science and society.

Impressions of past workshops

The IRIXYS Young Scientists’ Winter Workshop December 2024 in Lyon focused on Generative AI – scoring and challenges in imbalanced data Data governance. IRYXYS Young Scientists’ Workshop December 2024 Lyon ©Universität Passau

With a total of 40 participants from the universities of Passau, Lyon, and Milan, it provided a great opportunity for students and researchers to present their respective topics and receive expert opinions. The workshop took place over a week with a full program with fruitful exchanges and team-building activities, such as a treasure hunt in the old town of Lyon. One of the highlights of the workshop, however, was the collaboration session at the bank headquarters Caisse d’Epargne Rhône Alpes. The IRIXYS members were invited to discuss and share ideas with the Data and AI team of the bank, in order to bridge academic insights and banking industry perspectives on the theme of Artificial Intelligence. After the keynote talks introducing both academic and industry perspectives, the participants were divided into small groups to work on specific tasks related to “Gen AI/ integration to business use case”; “Gen AI/ Data strategy”; “Imbalanced Data”. A plenary session was organised at the end to share the results and the participants could network and talk about future cooperation.

IRIXYS Young Scientists’ Workshop Anglet, France May 2024 ©Universität Passau

IRIXYS Young Scientists’ Workshop and Hackathon Passau December 2023 ©Universität Passau

IRIXYS Young Scientists’ Workshop Passau June 2022 ©Universität Passau

On a regular basis the French-German Summerschools on AI with Industry is organised together by the University of Passau, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris Saclay & Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique pour l’Industrie et l’Entreprise (ENSIIE). The Summerschool targets a broad audience: not only from research and academia, it serves as a platform for mutual learning also with industry and public authorities. Thanks to this variety of stakeholders and a format based on trust, transparency and cooperation, the IRIXYS Summerschools have been recognised as a unique forum for creating effective synergies among IT players in Europe. The last Summerschool took place 100% digital in June 2021.