University-Wide Inaugural Lecture - Newly appointed professors in focus
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The University-Wide Inaugural Lecture introduces newly appointed professors of outstanding strategic importance for TUD's research profile.
Visit the event in Fritz-Foerster-Building, auditorium 244, always on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 4:40 pm during the lecture period. The informal get-together following each lecture offers the opportunity for individual discussions.
The next lecture with Prof. Michael Färber
Chair for Scalable Software Architectures for Data Analytics
Faculty: Computer Science
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Färber has been a Full Professor (W3) at the AI Center ScaDS.AI and TU Dresden, Germany, since April 2024, where he leads the “Scalable Software Architectures for Data Analytics” group. Appointed at the age of 36, he previously served as Deputy Full Professor for Web Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, in particular large language models, knowledge graphs, and graph neural networks, with links to neurosymbolic and explainable AI. Among the central themes of his work is scholarly data mining—developing AI systems that analyze millions of research papers to make scientific knowledge more accessible and trustworthy. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications at venues such as ACL, EMNLP, ISWC, CIKM, KDD, and NAACL, and has received multiple Best Paper Awards.
Details
The University-Wide Inaugural Lecture "Will AI Replace Scientists? From Papers to Insights with LLMs & Knowledge Graphs" by Prof. Färber will take place on:
October 16, 2025
4:40 pm – 6:10 pm (6th double period)
FOE/244, Fritz Foerster Building, Mommsenstrasse 6, 01069 Dresden
The lecture and subsequent discussion will be held in English.
Afterwards, there will be time for an informal get-together.
Past Events
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About the University-Wide Inaugural Lecture
Newly appointed professors who are renowned for their outstanding research work and their international reputation are choosing to move to TU Dresden. The areas of research pursued by our new members are interdisciplinary in nature.
Internationally visible, newly appointed professors working in strategically relevant research areas make a decisive contribution to the development of our university. Therefore, TU Dresden welcomes enthusiastic individuals who increase the attractiveness of Dresden as a science hub and whose numerous activities connect TUD and DRESDEN-concept partners across the city.
University-wide inaugural lectures are hosted in consultation with the appointing faculties and associated institutions. More information (Intern)