Dear colleagues and friends, From March 25 to 27, 2026, the University of Bonn will host the final conference of the research group “How Is AI Changing Science? Research in the Era of Learning Algorithms (HiAICS)”. The conference is titled: Predictive Practices/ AI in Research The event examines how AI-based methods are reshaping contemporary research practices—particularly with regard to infrastructures, data regimes, and forms of predictive work. Over the past years, the transdisciplinary HiAICS group has investigated how learning algorithms transform epistemic procedures, evidentiary standards, and institutional structures across disciplines. The final conference aims to open this discussion to a broader academic audience and to foster exchange across fields. The programme brings together 25 speakers from climatology, sociology, media studies, history of science, computer science, law, anthropology, mathematics, philosophy, and related disciplines. Keynote speakers are Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen University), Alexander Waibel (KIT/Carnegie Mellon University), and Markus Gabriel (University of Bonn). A panel discussion on the second day will feature Alexander Winkler, Christian Djefall, Gabriele Schabacher, Orit Halpern, Anne Dippel, and Christian Bauckhage. Further information and the full programme are available here: https://lnkd.in/dVTeFeg3 Please note that capacity is limited. Participants who are not registered speakers are required to register by March 17, 2026: https://lnkd.in/d_NiFnAw We would be grateful if you could share this announcement within your institute and among potentially interested colleagues. For further inquiries, please contact: contact.howisaichangingscience@gmail.com <mailto:contact.howisaichangingscience@gmail.com> Kind regards, Andreas Sudmann  Research Group https://howisaichangingscience.eu/ PD Dr. Andreas Sudmann Scientific Coordinator & Principal Investigator Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Institut für Sprach-, Medien- und Musikwissenschaft Abteilung Medienwissenschaft Lennéstraße 1 53113 Bonn @asudmann@uni-bonn.de https://www.linkedin.com/in/asudmann/
