CISPA ELLIS Summer School 2025

CISPA ELLIS Summer School 2025: Trustworthy AI and Secure and Safe Foundation Model
Date: August 4 – 8, 2025

We are excited to support this year’s CISPA-ELLIS Summer School. In August, young talents are invited to CISPA in Saarbrücken to research and learn about “Trustworthy AI – Secure and Safe Foundation Models“.

What? CISPA ellis Summer School about Trustworthy AI
When? August 4 – 8, 2025.
Where? CISPA – Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Saarbruecken, Germany

Join Us: Applications are open

Graduate students and researchers in the area of Cybersecurity and related fields are welcome to join the Summer School. Attendees will be able to join talks, workshops, present their own work, and network with other researchers and experts.
To apply, please:

and upload

  • your CV
  • a motivation letter
  • your University Certificate of Transcript of Records

Please submit your application until June 30th. Late applications might be possible.

Speakers and Schedule

You can expect to learn from and network with these expert speakers:

  • Antti Honkela (University of Helsinki)
  • Battista Biggio (University of Cagliari/Pluribus One)
  • Jenia Jitsev (LAION)
  • Borja Balle (DeepMind)
  • Andrew Paverd (Microsoft)
  • Mario Fritz (CISPA)
  • Franziksa Boenisch (CISPA)

On Monday, August 4th, the program will start at 11 AM. August 5th and 6th will start at 9 AM. On Friday, August 8th, the Summer School will be wrapping up and end early afternoon.
Please refer to the official website for more details: https://cispa.de/summer-school-2025

Travel Grants

CISPA offers travel grants for active participants. More information about the process and eligibility can be found on the event website.
ELSA can support you with our Mobility Fund.

Questions

Questions about the summer school can be asked via summer-school(at)cispa.de.

For more information about the Summer School – and past Summer Schools – visit the CISPA website: https://cispa.de/summer-school-2025.