Prof. Dr. Felix Weitkämper

Prof. Dr. Felix Weitkämper

Head of Research Group "Statistical and Symbolic Artificial Intelligence"

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Felix Weitkämper is professor at the German University of Digital Science, contributing to the research and education on statistical and symbolic approaches to artificial intelligence. He studied Mathematics with Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and earned his DPhil in Mathematics (Logic) at the University of Oxford. Having spent a year with the educational charity Researchers in Schools in a vocational setting in the North of England, Felix Weitkämper joined the programming languages and AI group at the LMU as a postdoctoral researcher in 2020. He moved to the German University of Digital Science as a senior researcher in October 2024, before taking up his current position in April 2025. Felix Weitkämper's research focuses on interpretable, human-centered AI, combining statistical learning with logical reasoning.

Coordinated Study Programs

Probabilistic Graphical Models

Probabilistic Graphical Models

MICRO-DEGREE

We will be covering semantic foundations, inference and learning for Bayesian networks, functional causal models and rule-based approaches to causal and probabilistic reasoning. This will equip you with the ability to model systems governed by complex, probabilistic relationships and reason both within the system and on interventions into the system. We will discuss the types of knowledge required to answer certain queries and how that is reflected in the choice of model. Lastly, we will see to what extent access to data can assist us in constructing models that can give the answers we need in a principled way.

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Machine Learning and Analytics

Machine Learning and Analytics

MICRO-DEGREE

Decision-making is empowered by (big) data through the use of machine learning and data analytics principles.

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Coding Camp I: Fundamentals

Coding Camp I: Fundamentals

MICRO-DEGREE

This course introduces students to software development using Python. It covers basic coding, object-oriented programming, Django, and key practices like agile methods, version control, and clean code.

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Logic and Symbolic AI

Logic and Symbolic AI

MICRO-DEGREE

This module is an introduction to logic and symbolic AI. We introduce the principles of computational logic and the fundamentals of the logic programming paradigm as exemplified by the Prolog language. We then use these concepts to solve classical artificial intelligence tasks such as problem solving and game playing.

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M.Sc. Applied AI

MASTER

Shaping the future with intelligence!

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Head of Research Group "Statistical and Symbolic Artificial Intelligence"

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Statistical and Symbolic Artificial Intelligence