Research

IDEAS develops and applies data-driven methods to urgent challenges in environmental and life sciences—often involving large, heterogeneous datasets and high uncertainty.

Two application pillars

  • Life Sciences & Health — From biological data science to health-related applications, IDEAS projects address complex systems where data-driven models can accelerate discovery and decision-making.
  • Environmental Sciences — IDEAS tackles questions shaped by spatio-temporal dynamics, changing conditions, and non-i.i.d. data—where robustness and credible inference are critical.

Research topics

  • Hybrid Learning & Physics-Based AI — Integrating process-based models with ML.
  • Unstructured Data Mining & Harmonization — Using text, images, omics, citizen science.
  • Explainability & Credibility — Interpretable, trustworthy models; links to causal inference.
  • Robustness in Non-I.I.D. Data — Reliable learning under dataset shift and spatio-temporal correlation.
  • Generative AI / Foundation Models with Domain Knowledge — Generative models grounded in domain expertise.

Cross-cutting priorities

IDEAS emphasizes uncertainty quantification and improved digital processes in research data management to produce AI-ready FAIR data—essential for trust in scientific predictions.

For more information contact our Speakers

Prof. Dr. Guido Juckeland

Contact

Prof. Dr. Guido Juckeland
HZDR (Department Computational Science)
TU Dresden

Research topics: 

Research Software Engineering, AI Consulting, Research Data Management

Prof. Dr. Jakob Zscheischler

Contact

Prof. Dr. Jakob Zscheischler
UFZ (Department of Compound Environmental Risks - Compound Event Impacts Group)
TU Dresden
ScaDS.AI

Research topics: 

Climate extremes, compound events, interpretable machine learning