We’re delighted to announce that TU Wien awarded an honorary professorship to Michael Bronstein to honor his extensive contributions in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning!

Michael Bronstein is a world-leading expert in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a career that bridges groundbreaking academic research and entrepreneurial ventures. Currently, he is the Scientific Director of AI at the Aithyra Institute, which is funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung. AITHYRA presents a unique opportunity to strengthen research, teaching, and regional innovation in AI, as Michael Bronstein brings his internationally recognized expertise in geometric deep learning and his ability to connect theory with real-world impact to Vienna, advancing medical informatics, and shaping the city’s role as a global hub for AI in the life sciences.

Michael Bronstein is also DeepMind Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford. Before joining Oxford, he was Head of Graph Learning Research at Twitter (now X), and his academic journey has included a professorship at Imperial College London and visiting appointments at some of the world’s most renowned research institutions, including Stanford, MIT, and Harvard. Michael Bronstein has been recognized with major international awards for his research, such as the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Silver Medal for pioneering methods in graph deep learning and the Prix de la Fondation Dalle Molle for his contributions to misinformation detection.