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Get inspired by the human brain and collaborate with Merck to shape the future of AI! Take a deep look at the problem of understanding the formation of invariant representations. Cross the boundaries of deep learning!

  • ✅ Completed
  • 🏁 Winner

    Congratulations Team NeuroTHIx, well deserved victory!

    Aftermovie der Challenge

  • 🏆 Prize

    €5.000 + Paid Merck Research Fellowship + Joint Scientific Publication + University degree thesis

📧 Submission

In the qualification phase, Merck's main goal is to identify the most promising visions and visionaries. To make this possible, you should submit at least two documents:

  • In the first document: Write down your approach, bring it to the point and explain how you would further develop your idea in the second phase with Merck
  • In the second document: Introduce yourself and possibly your team members. Demonstrate why you are capable of delivering outstanding progress in the field of AI. You could for example use the following infos: Short introduction of you/your team members; University and Degree Course; Semester and NC; Further qualifications (internships, certificates etc.); or what ever else you thing is important!
  • If needed: Support your submission with everything you want to: From more detailed concepts, explanations or mathematical equations to significant resources

Demanded by Merck are ideas and approaches which are

  • based on unsupervised learning and
  • inspired by the biological brain and
  • explicitly worked out towards the problem of invariant representations and
  • substantiated with facts from neurosciences, computational models, or pure mathematics and
  • aimed at the given research calls and questions

Approaches that you should not follow

  • Approaches that DO NOT deal with invariant representations
  • Approaches based on supervised learning and state of the art deep learning