KU Leuven, TU Eindhoven, and RWTH Aachen Unite to Pool Expertise in Artificial Intelligence

KU Leuven, TU Eindhoven and RWTH Aachen will collaborate more closely in the field of AI research and education. The three partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday, September 25, during the RWTH AI Week 2023 in Aachen . Each of the three partners has a strong reputation in the domain. Together they will give AI research and education a strong boost, both at the European level and for the three-country region of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. 

In recent years, KU Leuven, TU Eindhoven and RWTH Aachen have built up a solid track record in the field of AI research and education, with the KU Leuven Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Leuven.AI) and the Eindhoven Artificial Intelligence Systems Institute (EAISI ) respectively . ) and the RWTH Center for Artificial Intelligence ( RWTH AIC ). The new collaboration will translate into joint project applications and research projects, joint doctoral and post-doc programs, regular exchanges for researchers and students, sharing experiences and best practices, the organization of symposia, workshops, hackathons…  

“The possibilities of AI are impressive, but also raise many questions. Not only in the technological field, but also legally, ethically and philosophically, and in many other domains. With this signing we are joining forces with two very strong and complementary players in the field of artificial intelligence, to jointly provide a powerful answer to these challenges, both in the three-country region and at a European level,” says Rector Luc Sels. “Both the complementarity of academic research expertise and the physical proximity will provide the necessary synergy. The signing of this MOU marks a milestone in our shared efforts as pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence.”