Lab Visits 2026.1

23 Mar 2026, 09:00 → 24 Mar 2026, 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Lamarr/RC Trust Dortmund

Jens Buß (Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund University), Mirko Bunse (Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund University)

Welcome to the Lamarr Lab Visits! This event provides a setting to network, exchange ideas and collaborate beyond the physical and disciplinary borders of the Lamarr locations and research areas.

In this edition of the event series, TU Dortmund University provides the meeting rooms. The program will be filled with sessions and activities that are proposed by the attendants. Topics include specific research questions to be discussed, research area meetings, informal exchanges about novel scientific developments, and hard-skill training sessions. The program rounds off with a social dinner.

Please refer to this event page for all information on the event. We look forward to seeing many of you very soon!

Contact

If you encounter any issues or questions, please reach out to Mirko and Jens, the local organizers.

Monday 23 March

10:00 → 11:00 Arrival

11:00 → 13:00 Joint Programm: Kick-Off Session

11:00 Welcome & Opening

11:10 Area Pitches

• Pitches of 5min per Area
• Updates from the areas and a summary of current research topics
• Setting the tone for the speed dating

Speaker: Dr Jens Buß (Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund University)

12:00 Break

12:05 Science Speed Dating

12:30 Session Pitches

Introduction of the session offered during the first day (2 min/Session)

12:55 Group Foto

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch (with some extra time for handling luggage)

(subsequent program takes place at Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 25, 44227 Dortmund)

14:30 → 16:00 Error analyses for deep learning methods for partial differential equations

Speakers: Arnulf Jentzen, Benno Kuckuck, Dr Ramsés Sánchez (Lamarr institute, University of Bonn)

14:30 → 16:00 LogSense: Benchmarking of Domain-Specific Language Models & Agentic Dataset Creation

Speakers: Christian Pionzewski (Fraunhofer IML), Christina Braun

14:30 → 16:00 Towards an Era of Posthuman Logistics

Speakers: Christoph Pott, Julian Eßer, Moritz Roidl

16:00 → 17:30 How to raise third-party funds/grants? Learning from one another in Lamarr.

Speaker: Ann-Kathrin Oster (Lamarr Institute at TU Dortmund University)

16:00 → 17:30 Workshop: Batteries included - Open Source CLI Coding Assistants and Agents

This session will explore several powerful open-source CLI coding assistants in a hands-on 90-minute workshop. Learn or share your experience on how to integrate AI-assisted development into your research workflow while maintaining full control through open-source tools and custom LLM endpoints. Experiment with different agents, compare their strengths, and start using them immediately in your projects.

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Space is limited to 8 participants, first come, first serve.

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The landscape of AI-assisted coding has evolved dramatically, with exploding options of promises of powerful programming partners.
Open-source alternatives combined with institution-provided models offer transparency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. This workshop introduces some emerging, mature or production-ready (?) CLI coding assistants designed for coders who value flexibility and like terminal-based workflows.
Rather than passive lectures, this session emphasizes practical experimentation. You should bring your own code for exploration (or at least some ideas what to tackle from scratch).
By workshop's end, participants will understand how to integrate these open-source agents into their daily research workflows, customize them for specific languages and frameworks, and maintain full transparency over model interactions through open-source infrastructure.

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Prerequisites:

• Your own laptop, obviously, with working eduroam Wifi, as we will need the network a lot.
• Operating system: Linux, Mac OS or Windows with WSL2 recommended, pure Windows depends on the specific assistant.
• You should be comfortable working in a terminal/command line. This workshop uses terminal-based tools exclusively to stay independent of specific IDEs.
• Optional: Container technology like Docker or Podman (recommended) preinstalled if you would like to encapsulate the assistants and their installation from your work environment and for added safety.
• Optional: Bring your own code.

Speaker: Stefan Michaelis (Lamarr Institute - TU Do)

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17:30 → 18:30 Time for Check-In

18:30 → 21:30 Dinner and Social Activities

Tuesday 24 March

10:00 → 11:00 Joint Programm: Morning Kick-Off Session

10:00 Session Pichtes

11:00 → 13:00 Parallel Session I: NLP for Science

Convener: Florian Mai (University of Bonn)

11:00 NLP for Science

Speaker: Florian Mai (University of Bonn)

11:00 → 13:00 Parallel Session II: 1st Meeting of the Amortized Inference (Reading) Group / Informal Presentation on the Amortization of Maximum Likelihood Estimators

Conveners: Patrick Seifner (University of Bonn), Dr Ramsés Sánchez (Lamarr institute, University of Bonn)

11:00 → 13:00 Parallel Session III: Workshop: Research to Use - Exploring Ways to Create Impact with Your Research

This session creates a space for exchange and collaborative discussion on how research ideas can generate value beyond academia. Together, we will explore pathways for transforming research findings into inventions and identify opportunities for knowledge and technology transfer — areas that are becoming increasingly important in today’s scientific, societal, and economic landscape.
We will address questions such as:
How can your research create impact beyond the academic sphere?
What pathways to impact exist, and how can Lamarr support you along the way?

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Conveners: Dr Andreas Becker (CET), Dr Daniela Treutlein (enaCom), Heike Horstmann (Fraunhofer IAIS), Nilusha Aliman

11:00 → 13:00 Parallel Session IV: Lamarr Collection on Trustworthy AI: What is trustworthiness in Lamarr's scientific areas, and why does it matter? (Eva Schmidt, Jakob Rehof, Sara Mann, et al.)

Conveners: Eva Schmidt, Prof. Jakob Rehof (TU Dortmund), Sara Mann

11:00 Lamarr Collection on Trustworthy AI

What is trustworthiness in Lamarr's scientific areas, and why does it matter?

Speakers: Eva Schmidt, Prof. Jakob Rehof (TU Dortmund), Sara Mann

11:00 → 13:00 Parallel Session V: Recording Data for Robotic Foundation Models

Convener: Hermann Blum

11:00 Recording Data for Robotic Foundation Models

Speaker: Hermann Blum

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel Session I: TBD

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel Session II: Scientifc Coordinator Meeting

Convener: Dr Jens Buß (Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund University)

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel Session III: TBD

This session creates a space for exchange and collaborative discussion on how research ideas can generate value beyond academia. Together, we will explore pathways for transforming research findings into inventions and identify opportunities for knowledge and technology transfer — areas that are becoming increasingly important in today’s scientific, societal, and economic landscape.
We will address questions such as:
How can your research create impact beyond the academic sphere?
What pathways to impact exist, and how can Lamarr support you along the way?

register here

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel Session IV: TBD

14:00 → 16:00 Parallel Session V: TBD

16:00 → 17:00 Departure