Nature-Inspired Machine Intelligence
Nature, and all that it encompasses, has influenced computer science, in particular Artificial Intelligence, from its inception. Many effective tools, mechanisms, processes, algorithms, methods, and systems have been proposed inspired by nature. For example, Neural Networks are roughly inspired by the cognitive brain function, Genetic Algorithms are inspired by evolution and the survival of the fittest, and Artificial Immune Systems are inspired by their biological equivalents. Further examples include swarm or collective approaches, that are inspired by colonies of insects and birds. Current AI methods have the following weaknesses:
Research in machine intelligence inspired by natural science can result in innovations that address those weaknesses. The main activities of the group and planned research directions will focus on existing concepts in nature and natural science including intelligent systems such as the human brain. Within the group, the following focal points will be addressed in the next years:
Cross Organization NIMI
The Nature-Inspired Machine Intelligence (NIMI) research group, led by Dr. Sahar Vahdati , is a virtual research group with researchers from Scads.AI at TU Dresden and the Institute for Applied Computer Science (InfAI), and Leibniz University of Hannover, as well as external researchers. This research group works on machine learning, representation learning, knowledge graphs. and reinforcement learning.
Research Areas
Exploring the frontiers of artificial intelligence, our team specializes in advanced machine learning solutions to address real-world challenges.
Latest Projects
NIMI coordinates, and contributes to several projects. Main funding sources are EU projects, BMBF and DFG proposals. Here we present the projects in which NIMI is active as core AI partner
IntelliLung EU 2.0
Invasive mechanical ventilation is one of the most important and life-saving therapies in the intensive care unit (ICU). In most severe cases, when mechanical ventilation alone is insufficient, extracorporeal lung support is initiated. However, [...]
Selected Publication
This is a handpicked selection of three research papers, constantly refreshed to highlight our team’s newest and most innovative contributions to the ever-evolving world of science and technology.
Language Models as Controlled Natural Language Semantic Parsers for Knowledge Graph Question Answering Proceedings Article
In: Gal, Kobi; Nowé, Ann; Nalepa, Grzegorz J.; Fairstein, Roy; Radulescu, Roxana (Ed.): ECAI 2023 - 26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 30 - October 4, 2023, Kraków, Poland - Including 12th Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems (PAIS 2023), pp. 1348–1356, IOS Press, 2023.
5* Knowledge Graph Embeddings with Projective Transformations Proceedings Article
In: Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2021, Thirty-Third Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, IAAI 2021, The Eleventh Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence, EAAI 2021, Virtual Event, February 2-9, 2021, pp. 9064–9072, AAAI Press, 2021.
Unveiling Scholarly Communities over Knowledge Graphs Journal Article
In: CoRR, vol. abs/1807.06816, 2018.
„The job of a scientist is to listen carefully to nature, not to tell nature how to behave.“
Our Partners
The core of NIMI research group is based at ScaDS.AI center at TU Dresden – but it is a hub of international and cross-institutional collaboration. We are technical and AI partner of several EU projects and work with research partners worldwide, reflecting our global reach. Additionally, we maintain strong ties with Leipzig University, Hannover University, and InfAI, fostering a rich network of expertise and knowledge across organizations.
