Become a Mentor

AI Grid connects you with talented young AI researchers in Germany. You benefit from the latest findings in cutting-edge AI topics.

Basic requirements for mentors:

PhD in a subject related to artificial intelligence (AI).
At least five years of relevant professional experience in a related field of activity.

Strengthening Germany as an AI location.

The AI Grid actively promotes research in Germany. It brings together talented young minds and experienced experts to secure the next generation of AI researchers. You will be directly and continuously informed about the latest developments in AI. You are a key figure in an attractive environment in science and industry that gives highly specialized young talents a perspective.

Advancing research.

Selected Master's students and doctoral candidates share their findings with you and keep you up to date with the latest developments in your field. As a mentor, you will support and encourage your mentees by making a scientific contribution to the research topic. You have the opportunity to publish together with your mentees. The publications will be prominently featured in the AI Grid communication.

Give impulses.

As a mentor, you inspire talented young AI researchers and support their scientific and business careers. You offer valuable, pragmatic advice on groundbreaking scientific literature, publication opportunities, and events. You collaborate with your mentees on joint publications. You gain access to cooperative projects and industry contacts through the AI Grid. You support this initiative, which is funded by the Ministry of Education and Research

Inspiring contacts.

You are in direct contact with the most talented young researchers in Europe. You are part of a high-caliber expert network of national and international professors and AI experts. You will get contacts to relevant partners in high-quality research centers, universities all over Europe. You will be invited every year to our multi-day seminar that brings the entire AI Grid community together in one great place.

How do I become a mentor?

Many of our mentors join us through recommendations. If you're interested in becoming a mentor for the AI Grid, please get in touch with us.

Get involved in shaping the next generation of AI 'Made in Europe"

For mentors

Become a Mentor

Strengthening Germany as an AI location.

Advancing research.

Give impulses.

Inspiring contacts.

How do I become a mentor?

Senior mentors

Holder of the Chair of Multimodal Human-Technology Interaction at the Institute of Computer Science - University of Augsburg

Scientific Director at DFKI

Senior Research Scientist - International Computer Science Institute (University of California at Berkeley, USA)

Professor National Institute of Informatics (Tokio, Japan)

Senior Computer Scientist and Head of Research (International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, USA)

Director at DFKI, Head of the Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) research department, University of Bremen/DFKI

Mentors

Research Fellow at Institute for Neural Computation, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Research Fellow at Neurology Clinic, Frankfurt am Main University Hospital

Postdoctoral Researcher for Natural Language Processing at the University of Göttingen.

Senior Researcher, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

Research Group lead for AI in Production Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Post-doc researcher, Technische Universität Berlin

NLP Team Lead and Project Manager, Technische Universität Berlin & R&D at Mantis Analytics

Senior Research Scientist, Technische Universität Berlin

Professor, University of Marburg

Professor of Ambient Assisted Living & Medical Assistance Systems at University of Bayreuth

Scientific Coordinator (Postdoc) for the research area Industry and Production, Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, TU Dortmund University

Junior Research Group Leader "TimeXAI: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Time Series Classification" at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen - University of Applied Sciences

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