Welcome to the CLS class of 2025!
Ten young researchers join the CLS doctoral fellowship program
cls 14 July 2025 News
During the CLS2025 recruitment, we once again received over 900 applications, from which the successful ten applicants were selected, with interviews held in Tübingen on February 3-4, 2025. Four of the new researchers will join with ETH Zurich as their main base; three at the MPI for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, and three with their main base at the MPI for Intelligent Systems Tübingen/ ELLIS Institute Tübingen.
The image is a screenshot taken from an orientation meeting for the new cohort. Shown clockwise from left to right:
Top row: Adamya Singh Dhaker from India (MSc in Mechanical Engineering (Soft Robotics), National University of Singapore); Sarah Danes (CLS Coordinator, MPI-IS); Ulrika Pettersson (Fellowship Programs Coordinator, ETH AI Center)
Second row: Shlomo Libo Feigin from Israel (MSc in Informatics, TU Munich); Alexander Theus from Switzerland (MSc in Computer Science, ETH Zurich); Bahri Batuhan Bilecen from Turkey (MSc in Computer Engineering, Bilkent University)
Third row: Patrik Wolf from Switzerland (MSc in Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich); Burak Arslan from Turkey (MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Bilkent University); Manuel de Prada Corral from Spain (MSc in Computer Science, ETH Zurich)
Bottom row: Malaaika Chhaya from India (MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad); Philipp Nazari from Germany (MSc in Mathematics, ETH Zurich)
Not shown: Vera Milovanović from Serbia (currently completing a Masters in Machine Learning, University of Tübingen).
We welcome the new doctoral fellows and wish them a rewarding and successful doctoral research journey!