Katharina Morik, speaker of the collaborative research center SFB 876, has been appointed as a new member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for the group Engineering and Economic Science. The academy puts its focus on fundamental research. It provides a platform for discussion via regular public events and bridges the gap between research, government and industry. The certficate of appointment will be granted at the yearly academy ceremony on 11th of March 2016.

By the appointment of Katharina Morik does the acadamy acknowledge her outstanding resarch profile, her achievements as speaker of the research center SFB 876 and her international reputation and research in machine learning.