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ATHENE papers at EMNLP 2025
Five papers by ATHENE researchers have been accepted for presentation at this year's Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) conference. EMNLP is one of the leading international scientific conferences in the fields of natural language processing and artificial intelligence. Organised annually by the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), it brings together researchers from academia and industry to present the latest results, methods and applications in NLP. EMNLP is considered one of the three most important conferences for research on empirical methods in machine language understanding, including machine learning, language generation and analysis, and deep learning methods for text data.
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ATHENE researchers have developed a roadmap for the confidential diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
Together with scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, ATHENE researchers have published a groundbreaking study in the renowned journal Nature Computational Science. The study shows how artificial intelligence can be used in the field of mental health without compromising patient privacy. The researchers have developed a systematic pipeline for the development of AI systems that can improve diagnostics and therapy while reliably protecting sensitive information.
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ATHENE researchers place paper at USENIX 2025
ATHENE is again successfully represented at this year's USENIX. Several papers from ATHENE contributing researchers were accepted at the 34. USENIX Security Symposium. USENIX is one of the four most important conferences in the field of security. Scientists, practitioners, system administrators and programmers from around the world gather to share the latest advances in security and privacy of computer systems and networks.
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ATHENE Study shows: Visualizations help to better understand privacy statements
ATHENE researchers, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, have conducted a groundbreaking study on the visualization of privacy notices. The research was presented at the renowned IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) and demonstrates significant improvements in user understanding through image-based communication approaches.
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Prof. Mira Mezini confirmed in the DFG Senate
The General Assembly of the German Research Foundation (DFG) elected Prof. Mira Mezini to the Senate of Germany's largest research funding organization for a second term of office at the DFG Annual Meeting in Hamburg. As a representative of TU Darmstadt on the ATHENE Board, she strengthens the representation of cybersecurity research in the central body of scientific self-administration.
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