SAIL Spring School 2026 – it’s a wrap!

👉 From 17–19 March 2026, we hosted the SAIL Spring School at Zukunftsmeile 2, Paderborn University, bringing together 60+ participants to explore “Resilience and AI.” Three days full of inspiring talks, lively discussions, and new connections — thank you to everyone who joined us! 🫶

🚀 The event was kicked off by Axel Ngonga, who introduced the SAIL network and its research activities to the participants. Throughout the three days, the programme sparked engaging discussions and new perspectives. In addition, the poster session provided early-career researchers with the opportunity to present their work and exchange ideas across disciplines. Events like this highlight the importance of Spring Schools as a space for exchange, networking, and building interdisciplinary perspectives on current research challenges.

👏 A special thank you to our fantastic speakers for their excellent contributions:
➡️ Data-efficient learning of physics systems by exploiting knowledge (Sebastian Peitz, TU Dortmund University)
➡️ Knowledge Representation as Political AI (Stefan Schlobach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
➡️ Symbol emergence in explainable and continual learning (Natalia Díaz Rodríguez, University of Granada)
➡️ Efficient DNN Inference through Approximation and Streaming Dataflow Accelerators (Marco Platzner, Paderborn University)
➡️ Will language models ever be resilient to bad language? (Sina Zarrieß, Bielefeld University)
➡️ Engineering Cognitive Sustainability: How to Implement Social XAI (Kary Främling, Umeå University)
➡️ On the Role of Uncertainty-Awareness for Resilient AI Systems (Eyke Hüllermeier, LMU Munich)
➡️ Chances and Limits of AI in the Engineering of Resilient Software Systems (Eric Bodden, Paderborn University)

📸 Thanks to Nadija Carter for capturing some wonderful moments of our event!