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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 06/08/2026

The ELSA Health Privacy Challenge is finished! How did our participants do? What inspired them? And who even won a @CAMDA_conf prize? Hop over to the ELSA blog to find out! elsa-ai.eu/recap-elsa-h...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 10/06/2026

Now online – Recordings of the workshop "AI in Cybersecurity: Offensive Capabilities, Impacts, and Response Strategies"! Watch the inspiring talks about the good, the bad, and the helpful aspects of #AI in #Cybersecurity. Watch them now: youtu.be/waqc5HA676U

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 28/05/2026

Join us in welcoming the 47th member of ELSA: The University of Barcelona! @ub.edu The top-tier research university will be represented by Professor Petia Radeva, full Professor at UB and Head of the Consolidated Research Group “Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Applications (AIBA)”.

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 04/05/2026

Join us remotely! On Thursday, May 7th, you can chip into the workshop “AI in Cybersecurity: Offensive Capabilities, Impacts, and Response Strategies“. The workshop is part of the ELSA General Assembly and will include numerous highly recognized experts. Follow the link⤵️ elsa-ai.eu/elsa-general...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 23/04/2026

Workshop Registrations are still open! ELSA network, join the workshops at the ELSA General Assembly: 1️⃣ “AI in Cybersecurity: Offensive Capabilities, Impacts, and Response Strategies” elsa-ai.eu/elsa-general... 2️⃣ “Towards Integrated Understanding of Trustworthy AI” elsa-ai.eu/elsa-general...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 01/04/2026

#Deepfakes are no April Fools. Read about the research ELSA network members do on deepfake-detecting algorithms and building a database: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-use-cas... Thank you for the interview Lorenzo Baraldi (UNIMORE) and Stefano Savian (Leonardo)!

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 31/03/2026

ELSA now consist of 46 members: We welcome Radboud University with Prof. Dr. Marcel van Gerven to our network! Radboud University is one of the few universities in the Netherlands with an @ellis.eu Unit. They aim to advance theoretical and applied #ML research. #ELSAAI #NetworkExpansion

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 27/03/2026

Welcome to ELSA, Technical University of Darmstadt! TU Darmstadt will be represented by Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, Prof. Dr. Kristian Kersting and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mira Mezini. 🎉 Read more on their website: www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/fb20/ueber_u... @tuda.bsky.social @cs-tudarmstadt.bsky.social

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 25/03/2026

Startups and SMEs: Join our Open Call! You will have the unique opportunity to present your company or idea on safe, secure, and trustworthy AI to the ELSA network! Applying is easy. We are certain that you already have what we need.😉 Deadline: March 31st More info: elsa-ai.eu/final-elsa-g...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 23/02/2026

The Health Privacy Challenge is back!🔥 This edition includes extended baseline methods and a longer implementation period for your solutions. It runs once again within Conference on Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis ( #CAMDA2026) @ #ISMB 2026. benchmarks.elsa-ai.eu?ch=8&com=int...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 10/02/2026

Welcome to ELSA, @normalesup.bsky.social! We are excited to have you within our network.🎉 Read more about the École Normale Supérieure on our website: elsa-ai.eu/new-elsa-mem... #ELSAAI #NetworkExpansion

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 06/02/2026

The ELSA Health Privacy Challenge is back at CAMDA Conference! The 2️⃣ tracks focus on developing and evaluating privacy-preserving methods for synthetic gene expression data, combining advances in computational biology with privacy risk assessment. Join today: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-health-...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 29/01/2026

The Network of Excellence #ELIAS is calling for applications to join their ELIAS Virtual Centre of Excellence in Sustainable & Trustworthy AI. 📅Deadline: February 25 Learn more and apply! elias-ai.eu/opportunitie...

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- Deadline: 25. Feb. 2026
- Eligible are all institutions that are members of an ELLIS Unit
- Membership costs: none.

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 27/01/2026

Thank you for mentioning our workshop, @events.embl.org! For anyone who is interested, please find more info on our website: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-worksho... Until February 2, you can also still submit your abstract and join the poster session!

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 23/01/2026

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱! Submit your #abstract until 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝗻𝗱 and get the chance to present your research at the “𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆𝗔𝗜𝟰𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 #𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 #𝗔𝗜 #𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 #𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲” workshop on March 9th at @embl.org elsa-ai.eu/elsa-worksho... #ELSAAI #poster

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 22/01/2026

"Warning! Malicious software detected!"⚠️ Sounds scary? In the ELSA use case #Cybersecurity – Malware Detection, experts work on protecting #users from #malware – and web apps from #attacks. Full interview with @maurapintor.bsky.social & Davide Ariu: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-use-cas... #ELSAAI #interview

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 16/01/2026

Two new members join ELSA! @iiiacsic.bsky.social is devoted to advancing the foundations and applications of #AI. @upc.edu is a public institution of research and higher education in the fields of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology. WELCOME! #ELSAAI #network #expansion

ELSA asset welcoming the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) to ELSA. The ELSA Lighthouse stands in front of a blue sky welcoming them with their full names in a yellow beam of light. Above, the logos are displayed in clouds.

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 13/01/2026

Hurry!😱 – The poster submission deadline for the workshop "TrustworthyAI4Health: Toward Trustworthy AI Modeling for Computational Healthcare" is approaching fast! Submit your poster until January 26th and present your research to others in the field. easychair.org/account2/sig...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 19/12/2025

Registrations just opened for the workshop “TrustworthyAI4Health: Toward #TrustworthyAI Modeling for Computational #Healthcare”!🔥 Join us on March 9, 2026, to advance private, fair, robust, reliable, and accountable AI models for healthcare applications. elsa-ai.eu/elsa-worksho...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 03/12/2025

We are excited to share the next event of the MLSec Lab's webinar series on #ML #Security! "A mechanistic view of refusal in language models" by Andy Arditi will take place on December 17th, 2025, at 5 pm CET. Free registration at the link below: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9ca660...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 17/11/2025

Scaling trust in the age of AI– The Decentralized Knowledge Graph Conference by ELSA #IndustryCall winner @origintrail.bsky.social starts on Dec.3! Highlight: Philipp Christmann, researcher at ELSA member @cispa.de, will present his work on #Trustworthy #Information #Processing dkgcon.origintrail.io

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 10/11/2025

MLSec Lab is hosting its next public #seminar: “Explanation-Aware Attacks and the Limits of Using #XAI in Computer Security” with Christian Wressnegger from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, @kit.edu). November 26, 17:00 - 18:00 CET. Don't miss! elsa-ai.eu/mlsec-semina...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 13/10/2025

Call for talk #contributions: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 "𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆" at #EurIPS Conference 2025! Apply by October 17📅 to contribute a talk that advances the foundations of language model security. llmsec-eurips.github.io @euripsconf.bsky.social #EurIPSConf #LLM #LanguageModels

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 08/10/2025

ELSA-supported events in October:🍂 𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟳: "2nd Cyber Security in Cars Workshop" @ ACM CCS, dedicated to tackling the evolving challenges of cybersecurity in modern vehicles. 𝟭𝟬/𝟮𝟮: Online Seminar "Learning Safety Constraints for LLMs" The MLSec's next seminar! Learn more: elsa-ai.eu/events/

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 29/09/2025

ELSA is growing: Fifteen exciting members joined our network! Find out who on our website: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-welcome... Welcome to ELSA.🤝 #ELSAAI @ellis.eu

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 25/08/2025

Do you want to learn about #certifiable #AI, technical #robustness and #safety, #privacy and #infrastructures, or #human #agency and #oversight? Our "Courses and Tutorials" page has got you covered! Don't miss out and have a look: elsa-ai.eu/courses-and-... #ELSAAI #learning

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 22/08/2025

Open source. Relevant. Helpful. For you, from ELSA researchers!🤩 Check out our "Software and Tools" page filled with repositories, tools, plugins, and more! elsa-ai.eu/elsa-softwar... #AI #AIattacks #codeauditing #softwarevulnerability #research #opensource #LLM #technicalrobustness #AISafety

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The image symbolises ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI spreading knowledge by sharing software and tools developed within the ELSA network.

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 13/08/2025

Here's all you'll want to know about the #CISPA #ELLIS Summer School 2025: It was busy. It was inspiring. It had an impact on how we see the connections between research areas.🤓 Read all about it: elsa-ai.eu/exploring-tr... @cispa.de @ellis.eu #ai #research #privacy #foundationmodels

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 04/08/2025

Are you doing #research in the field of #autonomous #driving? Then the interview with @tuanhungvu.bsky.social, Senior Research Scientist at @valeoai.bsky.social, will be interesting for you. Read about his experience and the #Use #Case #benchmark! elsa-ai.eu/elsa-use-cas... #ELSAAI #interview

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 29/07/2025

Participate in our #AI #research survey! ✏️ Are you a researcher within the field of #secure and #safe #AI? Do you want to shape the future of our #strategic #research #agenda? Share your perspectives, ideas, and opinions: 🧩 4 questions ⏳ 5 minutes 🌎 online: cispa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 14/07/2025

Wishing all researchers a great time at #ICML2025! Of course, ELSA representatives are attending, too. We are looking forward to an exciting conference. #machinelearning #ELSAAI Photo from @icmlconf.bsky.social

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 20/06/2025

#ELSAGeneralAssembly Day 3 – Recap. On our last day, we enjoyed presentations, an interactive panel discussion, and announcing the winners of our Best Poster Awards. What a blast! Thank you for everyone who joined us over the last three days! #ELSAAI #networking #posterawards

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 19/06/2025

Recap: The second day of our #ELSAGeneralAssembly 2025 was a blast! Focusing on the connection between academia and #industry, yesterday, we shed the spotlight on our #Industry Call winners, #SMEs and #Startups. The day consisted of #talks and #workshops. More📸 on LinkedIn. #ELSAAI #network

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 18/06/2025

#ELSAGeneralAssembly day 1️⃣: Yesterday, we focused on #research, #networking,#poster pitches and our #usecases & work packages. And the extension of ELSA of course.🎉 Happy to share the first impressions of the ELSA network meeting in Brussels. #ELSAAI #networking

ELSA General Assembly 2025 – Day 1 group photo

ELSA General Assembly 2025 – Day 1: Mario Fritz greeting the audience

ELSA General Assembly 2025 – Day 1 poster session

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 17/06/2025

ELSA will be extended!🎉 The European Commission decided to extend the duration of our Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI. We will now run for an additional 12 months until August 2026. Find more details in the official press release: elsa-ai.eu/official-ext... Congratulations to the network!

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 16/06/2025

Tomorrow is finally the day: it's the ELSA General Assembly '25! We cannot wait for the talks & poster presentations and to meet our network, including representatives from i.e. @helmholtz.de, @ellis.eu, other NoEs, our Industry Call 2 winners, and many more! #ELSAAI #GeneralAssembly

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 12/05/2025

It's challenge time! The ELSA work package "Health" is hosting the "ELSA Health Privacy #Challenge in conjunction with the #CAMDA #conference 2025. And: There are a few days left to submit your abstracts for #CAMDA. Learn more: elsa-ai.eu/elsa-health-... #ELSAAI #research #health #privacy

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 06/05/2025

Are you attending the #ICRA2025? Then don't miss the 3rd #workshop on human-centric #multilateral #teleoperation co-organized by #ELSA member @lancasteruni.bsky.social! Learn more on our website elsa-ai.eu/3rd-workshop... #ICRA #ICRA25 #AIresearch #healthresearch

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 30/04/2025

Oh no, you were not in London on April 11th? And you missed the Alan Turing Institute's event on #AI in #journalism? Well, you're lucky! The organizing team prepared a recap article for you. Read all about the most pressing challenges the experts identified: elsa-ai.eu/the-promises...

Photo of a room in the Alan Turing Institute. Audience to the left and right. A panel of five people is sitting the center at the back of the room. Behind them, there is a presentation with their photos and names.
Panel members: Dr. Umang Bhatt, Jessica Cecil, Dr. Tomasz Hollanek, Parmy Olson, Raphael Hernandes.

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 28/04/2025

Exciting #ML research from the ELSA network presented at #ICLR2025: "σ-zero: Gradient-based Optimization of ℓ₀-norm Adversarial Examples" The paper was presented by ELSA Executive Board Member Professor Battista Biggio from the University of Cagliari. Link to paper: arxiv.org/abs/2402.01879

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ELSA – European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI @elsa-ai.eu · 22/04/2025

We are excited to start our Bluesky account with some BIG news: Announcing the winners of our second #ELSA #Industry #Call!🎉 Besides 60.000 € in funding, they receive support and expertise from the ELSA network for their projects. Read more here: elsa-ai.eu/industry-cal... Congratulations! #ELSAAI

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