ELLIS unit Jena

The future of learning: AI opportunities in education Generative AI represents a major inflection point for education, offering both unprecedented opportunities for personalization and significant challenges

📢Next week in the AI for Good Webinar Series:
"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗜 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻"

📅 March 9 | 17:00–18:00 CET
🧑‍🏫 Speaker: Amir Globerson (Journal of Machine Learning Research, Tel Aviv University )
👨🏻‍💻 Moderator: Conrad Philipp (@uni-jena.de)

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Deadtrees.earth: Crowdsourced drone data for global tree mortality maps Elevated forest disturbances and excess tree mortality are increasingly reported worldwide. Yet existing assessments are either based on patchy

💬 Join us for this Wednesday upcoming AI for Good Webinar Series !
"𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀.𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝘀"

📅 March 4 | 16:00–17:00 CET
🧑‍🏫 Speaker: Clemens Mosig @cmosig.bsky.social
👨🏻‍💻 Moderator: Gustau Camps-Valls

🔗 aiforgood.itu.int/event/deadtr...

❄️☀️In February, Jena’s average temperature was 1.5 °C above the 1991–2020 mean. The 3rd and 9th warmest days since records began in 1821 were recorded, with temperature swings of up to 20 °C within 24 hours. November–February was the sunniest period since 2019.
Source: dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social

YouTube video by ELLIS Unit Jena No. 45 Thomas Wolfers - ELLIS unit Jena Team Tales Videos

🎥𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 #𝟰𝟱

⚙️🧑‍🔬Thomas Wolfers (thomaswolfers.bsky.social) is 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗭𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 for Artificial Intelligence in Neural Systems Imaging at @uni-jena.de and a member of the Ellis Unit Jena.

🔗 Gain firsthand insights into his research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-_Q...

🚨 Last chance!
Registration for the keynote livestream for the conference “𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱” closes today!

📅 Date: 3–4 March 2026
📍Location: iDiv, Leipzig, Germany
🔗 More information & registration: conference.idiv.de/event/4/regi...

❄️𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, 𝗛𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 & 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀— 3 weeks to go!🚀
📅 16–20 March 2026
📍 National Technical University of Athens

Discover our 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀,𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺! @ellis.eu

👉Learn more about: ellis.eu/events/ellis...

🔴⚪Open Position at German Red Cross (@roteskreuz.bsky.social )

➕𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗺/𝗳/𝗱)

💼Full-Time
🗓Start: As soon as, Initially limited to a term ending October 31, 2026.
🔗𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: karriere-beim-drk.de/de/jobpostin...

🔬𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 #𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆𝟮𝟲: 𝟭𝟮 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

👇Please find the updated list of our members' publications at the link below.
www.ellis-jena.ai/publications/

👏Congratulations to all authors!
#ELLIS #EarthSystemSciencePublications #AIPublications #climatescience #OpenScience

👩‍🔬 Women are advancing AI and environmental science—yet globally only ~33% of researchers (UNESCO) and just ~22% of AI professionals are women (WEF).
We support diversity in science to build better, fairer AI for our planet 🌍🤖

#WomenInScience #WomenInAI

The why of AI: Uncovering cause and effect in observational data Modern machine learning excels at identifying correlations. However, to make a real impact, we must understand causality, the “why” behind the data, and

💬The upcoming AI for Good Webinar Series - with @marfig.bsky.social ( @istecnico.bsky.social) and Arnout Devos (@ellis.eu, @eth-ai-center.bsky.social) on "The why of AI: Uncovering cause and effect in observational data"

📅 Wed, Feb 18th
🕓 16:00-17:00 CET
🔗Register: aiforgood.itu.int/event/the-wh...

YouTube video by ELLIS Unit Jena No. 44 Ranit De - ELLIS unit Jena Team Tales Videos

🎥Team Tales Videos #44

Ranit De is a doctoral researcher at the @bgc-jena.mpg.de and @uni-jena.de. He investigates interannual (year-to-year) variability in carbon fluxes, a key factor for understanding how vegetation responds to a changing climate in his research.
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lujp...

To see the details about the session
👉 pag.virtual-meeting.org/DGN/dgkn26/d...

📢 DGKN 2026: Congress for Clinical Neurosciences with Continuing Education Academy
📅on 25 February 2026, Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolfers
will present a talk titled: “𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀”
@thomaswolfers.bsky.social #DGKN2026 #ClinicalNeuroscience #BigData #ML

⚙️ The workshop significantly informed the finalisation of the 𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗔 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, strengthening its evidence base and reinforcing the role of European research communities—including 𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦—in shaping AI-informed crisis management policy.
👉 www.ellis-jena.ai/sapea-report/

‼️In October 2025, #𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗔 (𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀) convened a workshop on 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 as part of the @euscienceadvice.bsky.social with the contributions from 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗹𝗲𝗿 and 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻.

📢Join us for upcoming exciting online seminar in the AI for Good Webinar Series: “𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴”

📅9 Feb 2026,⏰16:00 - 17:00 CET
🧑‍🏫 Speaker: Tomasz Trzciński (IDEAS Research Institute )
👨🏻‍💻 Moderator: @Conrad__Philipp (@uni-jena.de)

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browzarr.io/latest/

if you work with geospatial and remotely sensed data — may I suggest trying out Browzarr to visualize and explore said data?
@thejeran.bsky.social

See also,
github.com/EarthyScienc...

YouTube video by ELLIS Unit Jena No. 43 Lu Tian - ELLIS unit Jena Team Tales Videos

🎥Team Tales Videos #43

@Lu Tian is a postdoctoral researcher at the @bgc-jena.mpg.de. Her research focuses on cross-scale land–atmosphere interactions and their influence on ecosystem carbon and water cycles.

Hear from her for further insights:
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ee9...

🌍✏️ ELLIS Winter & Summer Schools Schedule 2026 is here!

🔗 All info: https://bit.ly/3NWhHSM

@ellisunitjena.bsky.social · @ellisamsterdam.bsky.social · @manchester.ac.uk · @tu-dortmund.de · @aalto.fi · @uni-saarland.de · @uab.cat

Coumou, D., Petoukhov, V., Rahmstorf, S., Petri, S., "Schellnhuber, H. J." (2015).
Quasi-resonant circulation regimes and hemispheric synchronization of extreme weather.Nature Climate Change, 4, 597–602.
Demonstrates how persistent circulation patterns lead to prolonged extremes (heat waves, floods)

Francis, J. A., & Vavrus, S. J. (2012). Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid-latitudes.
Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L06801.
Shows how Arctic amplification can slow and amplify jet-stream waves, promoting persistent weather patterns.

@ekazakos.bsky.social Climate change can weaken the jet stream by reducing the meridional temperature gradient, which increases the persistence of high- and low-pressure systems and can lead to longer-lasting extreme weather events (Francis & Vavrus, 2012; Coumou et al., 2015; IPCC AR6).

❄️☀️January was -2°C below the 1991–2020 average, and it was the sunniest January of the last 10 years. Stable weather conditions provide another example of climate change.

Source: @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social

@carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social @uni-jena.de #DZPG #NeuralSystems

🧠⚙️ His research integrates large-scale neuroimaging, machine learning, and computational psychiatry to understand individual differences in mental and neurological disorders. He is a PI at the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG).
Further information on 👉 www.ellis-jena.ai/thomas-wolfe...

🧑‍💻Welcome to Ellis Unit Jena, Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolfers!

Thomas Wolfers is the Carl Zeiss Professor for Artificial Intelligence in Neural Systems Imaging at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, where he leads the Laboratory for Mental Health Mapping.🧠 @thomaswolfers.bsky.social

📣 Call for Contributions: Policy Ultra Briefs (PUBs) zu Frühwarnsystemen & Klimarisiken
Wir starten eine neue PUB-Reihe zu verhaltenswissenschaftlicher Evidenz für Frühwarnungen (z. B. Hitze, Flut, Extremwetter). Ziel: kompakte, policy-relevante Erkenntnisse für Entscheidungsträger:innen.

🌿🌍The ELLIS Unit Jena's interdisciplinary focus at the intersection of #AI and #EarthObservation fosters an open and supportive atmosphere, where both methodological and application-driven questions can be discussed.
Let’s hear more from our team members🧑‍🏫:
www.ellis-jena.ai/team-tales-v...

YouTube video by ELLIS Unit Jena No. 42 Moien Rangzan - ELLIS unit Jena Team Tales Videos

🎥Team Tales Videos #42
Moien Rangzan is a PhD student in Computer Vision, jointly affiliated with the @bgc-jena.mpg.de and the @uni-jena.de. His research focuses on domain generalization for spatial data, addressing unique distribution shifts in this setting.👨🏻‍💻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldmu...

The unit’s emphasis on robustness, generalization, and interdisciplinary collaboration closely aligns with his research interests and provides a supportive and inspiring environment for his work.
To see videos from other team members:
🔗 www.ellis-jena.ai/team-tales-v...