Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

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Founded on 18 March 2011, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) is one of 84 Institutes of the Max Planck Society. With locations in Stuttgart and Tübingen, it combines interdisciplinary research in the growing field of intelligent systems. At MPI-IS, the scientists seek to advance the understanding of intelligent systems that perceive, learn, and interact and to use this knowledge to create innovative technologies that benefit society. They answer fundamental questions about intelligence and how to create intelligent behavior in machines and pioneer new solutions by combining research in hardware, software, and theory. With a strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, the researchers seek to advance the field by exploring how computational, physical, and social intelligence can work together to solve complex real-world problems. Research at the institute is organized into six departments and numerous independent research groups, each with a different focus, led by a faculty of Directors, Group Leaders, and Max Planck Fellows.

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At the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems it is our goal is to understand the principles of Perception, Action and Learning in autonomous systems that successfully interact with complex environments and to use this understanding to design future systems. The Institute studies these principles in biological, computational, hybrid, and material systems ranging from nano to macro scales.We take a highly interdisciplinary approach that combines mathematics, computation, material science, and biology.

The MPI for Intelligent Systems has campuses in Stuttgart and Tübingen. Our Stuttgart campus has world-leading expertise in small-scale intelligent systems that leverage novel material science and biology. The Tübingen campus focuses on how intelligent systems process information to perceive, act and learn.

With this channel, we want to visualize our research and make science understandable and accessible to everyone.

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