In a significant boost to its growing reputation as a leader in artificial intelligence, NXAI has attracted three distinguished researchers to its team in Linz. The arrival of Phillip Lippe, Samuele Papa, and Maurits Bleeker marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing development and application of xLSTM and AI4Simulations, two of NXAI’s cornerstone projects.
The addition of these three researchers to the NXAI team underscores the growing significance of Linz as a hub for AI research.
It is no coincidence that all three researchers come to Linz directly or indirectly from Amsterdam. Johannes Brandstetter, who returned to Linz from Microsoft Research/Amsterdam in October 2023, acts as a magnet for young talent in the European AI scene together with AI luminary Sepp Hochreiter.
Johannes Brandstetter is particularly enthusiastic about the three new arrivals:
“Linz is rapidly emerging as a hotspot for AI research. With Phillip, Samuele and Maurits, we are gaining three outstanding scientists who will enrich our projects and the entire research environment enormously. Their arrival confirms the trend that Linz is attracting more and more top researchers and establishing itself as a leading European center for data-driven simulation and AI. I would never have dreamed that we would get such people to Linz.”
Phillip Lippe joins the team with an impressive CV. The University of Amsterdam researcher specializes in causal representation learning and previously worked at Google DeepMind and Microsoft Research. At Microsoft Research, Phillip Lippe was under the wing of Johannes Brandstetter, VP Research at NXAI since the beginning of the year. Their joint research work has been celebrated at conferences such as NeurIPS and and includes methods for improving the accuracy and efficiency of neural simulation methods. Phillip Lippe is now a world-leading researcher in the development of generative models and large-scale pre-training methods. At the beginning of next year, the Gelsenkirchen native will join the core development team of Google Deepmind in Mountain View, California. Until then, we look forward to welcoming Phillip Lippe to Linz.
Samuele Papa With Samuele Papa, Linz has landed another “top scorer”. Samuele Papa is doing his doctoral research at the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Cancer Institute and specializes in the application of high performance computing and deep learning in personalized adaptive radiotherapy. His research at the interface of AI and medicine includes significant work on reducing aliasing and noise in 4D CBCT, which has received international attention. Papa combines technical expertise with practical applications in healthcare, which will allow him to make a valuable contribution to the advancement of medical imaging. Samuele Papa is no stranger to the scene. Johannes Brandstetter describes him as one of the biggest AI talents in Europe.
Maurits Bleeker Maurits Bleeker brings an outstanding combination of theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the field of artificial intelligence. In his PhD thesis at the University of Amsterdam, he specialized in the development and application of neural networks to solve complex mathematical problems. His research interests include the optimization of algorithms for image and signal processing as well as improving the efficiency and accuracy of machine learning methods. In recent years, Maurits Bleker has held research positions at Amazon and Apple, among others. With his deep understanding of the mathematical foundations of AI and his ability to develop innovative solutions, Bleeker will play a central role in current NXAI research projects and will fully strengthen the NXAI research team with immediate effect. “It has always been a dream of mine to work with Maurits, so it's even better that we can bring such people to Linz,” enthuses Johannes Brandstetter.
As NXAI continues to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence, these new team members will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and maintaining the company’s position at the forefront of AI research.
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