Third NFDI Berlin-Brandenburg network meeting: AI as an enabler for scienceIn-Person Event

Wednesday 21 May 2025, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Berlin

Hall (Berlin Weizenbaum Institute)

The NFDI_BB meetings aim to build a strong network of all the NFDI consortia located in the Berlin-Brandenburg area. While the consortia are central to the meeting, the event also welcomes researchers, data stewards, and professionals from diverse fields who share common interests. Now in its third edition, this successful format continues to connect individuals from various backgrounds with a common mission.

Our topic is AI as an enabler for science.

There will be a mix of invited talks and tool demos from consortia and the community. Also, there will be plenty of room for discussions and networking.

As this is a community event we encourage you to participate actively and also propose your ideas and demos to us. Please let us know your ideas.

This event is organized jointly by NFDI4DS (Fraunhofer FOKUS), MaRDI (WIAS) and the Weizenbaum Institute.

Welcome and Warmup

Conveners: Christine Hennig (NFDI4DS, FOKUS), Prof. Sonja Schimmler

Keynote talk 1: Wikidata: Wikimedia's knowledge graph in a world of generative AI

Convener: Alan Ang (Wikidata)

10:20 Coffee Break

Tool Demos: NOMAD: a federated ecosystem for AI-ready data

Convener: Dr José A. Márquez Prieto (Humboldt Universität, FAIRmat)

Tool Demos: Closing the loop in catalysis research

Convener: Dr Christoph Scheurer (FHI, NFDI4Cat)

Tool Demos: Automated Workflows and Machine Learning for Materials Science Simulations

Convener: Dr Tilmann Hickel (BAM, MatWerk)

11:50 Group Photo

12:00 Lunch Break and Networking

Keynote talk 2: Scientific Competitions for AI-Driven Scholarly Document Processing

Convener: Prof. Georg Rehm (DFKI)

Tool Demos: From Queries to Conversations: Expanding Access to the MaRDI Knowledge Graph with a Chatbot Interface

Convener: Dr Tim Conrad (ZIB, MaRDI)

Tool Demos: Multi-modal Large Language Models for Sustainability Challenges: Cases in Agriculture and Biodiversity

Convener: Prof. Masahiro Ryo (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF))

Tool Demos: Overview of the NFDI4DS Portal

Convener: Prof. Sonja Schimmler

14:50 Coffee Break and hands-on Demos

demo presenter and participants can discuss in small groups

Discussion and Farewell

Conveners: Christine Hennig (NFDI4DS, FOKUS), Prof. Sonja Schimmler