From June 23-27, 2025, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig invites you to the 11th International Summer School on AI and Big Data in Dresden. Our annual summer school brings together graduate students, Ph.D. students, researchers as well as practitioners in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Machine Learning to discuss cutting-edge topics in Artificial Intelligence research. This year, we will focus on language models and their application areas. Internationally recognized speakers will offer inspiring insights into their work at our Summer School 2025, while participants will get hands-on during a 2-day hackathon. We are excited to welcome both experienced professionals and interested beginners.

Date and Location

The 11th International Summer School on AI and Big Data will take place from June 23-27, 2025 at:

Penck Hotel Dresden
Ostra-Allee 33
01067 Dresden
Germany

Program

The 11th International Summer School on AI and Big Data centers around one major topic, the generation and use of Language Models and their application areas, with a particular focus on education and ethics. The program will consist of keynotes in those areas as well as hands-on formats for participants on different levels of experience.

Monday – June 23, 2025

Time	Program
13:00	Registration
13:30	Welcome and Introduction (ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig)
14:30	Break
15:00	Trustworthy AI
16:30	Get Together

Tuesday – June 24, 2025

Time	Program
8:30	Registration
9:00	LLM Training and Inference (AMD Research)
10:30	Break
11:00	LLMs and Information Systems
12:30	Lunch
14:00	LLMs in Education
15:30	Break
16:00	Multilingual LLM Training

Wednesday – June 25, 2025

Time	Program
08:30	Registration
09:00	Introduction to the Tutorials
10:00	Tutorial Session
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Tutorial Session
15:00	Break / Transfer
16:00	Guided Tours
17:00	Get Together and Dinner

Thursday – June 26, 2025

Time	Program
08:30	Registration
09:00	Hands-on Session
10:30	Break
11:00	Hands-on Session
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Hands-on Session
15:30	Break
16:00	Hands-on Session

Friday – June 27, 2025

Time	Program
08:30	Registration
09:00	LLMs for Data Analytics in Computational Social Sciences (TU Dresden, SynoSys)
10:30	Break
11:00	Hardware Architectures for LLMs
12:30	Lunch and Get Together

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

• Prof. Mehwish Alam, Associate Professor of Language, Knowledge, and Artificial Intelligence at Télécom Paris at Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
• Prof. Fredrik Heintz, Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Division of Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Systems (AIICS) at Linköping University, Sweden
• Prof. Ralf Koerrenz, Professor of Historical Pedagogy and Global Education at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
• Dr. Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Junior Research Group Leader at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
• Dr. Anand Subramoney, Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

Tutorials

• Learn how to access LLM servers
• Program a chatbot
• Programming agents for various applications
• Building multi-agent systems

Prices

• Early Bird Academia – Full Week* (incl. service) 550,00 €
• Early Bird Industry – Full Week* (incl. service) 750,00 €
• Normal Academia – Full week (incl. service) 650,00 €
• Normal Industry – Full Week (incl. service) 850,00 €
• 2 Day Pass for Monday + Tuesday (incl. service) 350,00 €
• 2 Day Pass for Wednesday + Thursday (incl. service) 350,00 €
• Members of ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig – Full Week** (incl. service) 450,00 €

* subject to availability until May 8, 2025
** Members of ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig from TU Dresden, Leipzig University, Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institut für Angewandte Informatik (InfAI), Fraunhofer IAIS, Fraunhofer IZI, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik

Accommodation

Guests can book rooms directly and at their own expense at the Penck hotel. Reservations can be made until May 23, 2025 by telephone 0351 / 4922-785 or e-mail reservierung@penckhotel.de, stating the keyword “ScaDS.AI Summer School 2025”.

EUR 99.00: per single room/night incl. breakfast and high-speed WLAN
EUR 124.00: per double room/night incl. breakfast and high-speed WLAN

An individual, free cancellation of an already booked room is possible up to 7 days before arrival with reference to the General Terms and Conditions (http://penckhoteldresden.de/agb/). The hotel will charge 90% of the room rate for the first night in the event of later cancelations, no-shows and early departures.

Cancellation

1. free cancellation: A free cancellation of the booking is possible up to 6 weeks before the planned start of the event at the latest.
2. cancellation fee of 10%: For cancellations made less than 6 weeks but at least 2 weeks before the start of the event, a cancellation fee of 10% of the booking price will be charged.
3. cancellation fee of 50%: For cancellations made less than 2 weeks but at least 5 days before the start of the event, a cancellation fee of 50% of the booking price will be charged.
4. cancellation after 5 days before the start of the event: Cancellation is no longer possible from the 5th day before the start of the event. This also applies in the event of a no-show at the event. The conference fee must be paid in full.

Important note: All cancellations must be made in writing by e-mail to publicrelations.scads.ai@tu-dresden.de. The date of cancellation depends on the date of receipt of the written notification. Please note that even in the event of late cancellation or no-show, no refund is possible.

Organizers

The summer school is organized by ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, one of five AI centers in Germany funded under the federal government’s AI strategy. This year, the main organizational responsibility lies with our location at TUD Dresden University of Technology. Please address your questions directly to the contact indicated on this page.

• Prof. Wolfgang E. Nagel
  Director, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden
• Dr. René Jäkel
  Administration Director, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden
• Prof. Birte Platow
  Principal Investigator, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden
• Prof. Michael Färber
  Principal Investigator, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden
• Prof. Erhard Rahm
  Director, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, Leipzig University
• Dr. Eric Peukert
  Administration Director, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, Leipzig University
• Dr. Robert Haase
  Research Associate, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, Leipzig University
• Gina Valentin
  Communication Management, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden
• Katja Weichelt
  Controlling, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig, TU Dresden