Keynote Speakers
Shirley Ho
Group Leader, Cosmology X Data Science, CCA, Simons Foundation / Professor, Department of Physics & Center for Data Science, NYU
Shirley Ho is an American astrophysicist and machine learning expert, currently Group Leader at Simons Foundation and a Professor at New York University, with a visiting appointment at Princeton University.
Group Leader, Cosmology X Data Science, CCA, Simons Foundation
Professor, Department of Physics & Center for Data Science, NYU
Gilles Louppe
Professor at University of Liège, Belgium
Gilles Louppe is computer scientist and professor at the University of Liège, Belgium. He is specializing in artificial intelligence for science and known to be one of the key contributors to scikit-learn. His research efforts are focused on the development of deep learning models and statistical methods for scientific applications, with a strong emphasis on (Bayesian) inverse problems in the physical sciences. He is group leader of the Science with AI Lab (SAIL) at the Montefiore Institute, where he works on a variety of projects across sciences, including particle physics, astronomy, and weather science (see the SAIL group page).
Gisbert Schneider
Professor at ETH Zürich
Gisbert Schneider is a professor of computer-assisted drug design at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at ETH Zurich and director of the Singapore-ETH Centre. The biochemist and bioinformatician has broken new ground and advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to the point where it can now reliably predict the efficacy of drugs. Through his visionary research, this pioneer in the field of AI-assisted drug development has enabled the transfer of this technology to industrial applications. As a result, potential active ingredients are now identified more quickly and screened for potential side effects worldwide.
Claire Monteleoni
Research Director at INRIA Paris
Claire Monteleoni is a Choose France Chair in AI and a Research Director at INRIA Paris where she leads the AI Research for Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability (ARCHES) team, and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder (on leave). Her research on machine learning for the study of climate change helped launch the interdisciplinary field of Climate Informatics. She co-founded the International Conference on Climate Informatics, which will hold its 15th annual event in 2026.
Program
| Monday October 5th | Tuesday October 6th | Wednesday October 7th | Thursday October 8th | Friday October 9th |
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| Discovery Science 2026 | |||||
| Ai4Sci 2026 | |||||
| - Al4Humanities & SocialSciences | |||||
| - Al4Chemistry & Materials | |||||
| - Al4LifeSciences | |||||
| - Al4Physics | |||||
Reception in Mainz Electoral Palace | Conference Dinner in Altes Postlager | ||||