Seminar - Who does the science in the age of agents?

Dear all,

thank you for joining our kick-off session. A few organisational points that came up after the session:

1. Kick-off slides
The slides from the kick-off are now uploaded and available to you in the course materials.

2. Registration in LSF
Please do not forget to register for the seminar in LSF by 11 November.

3. New starting time: 10:15
There is a lecture scheduled before our seminar, so from now on we will start at 10:15 instead. The room stays the same.

4. Your tutor
Each topic has a tutor assigned who is your contact point for questions about the readings, the task, and your presentation. As mentioned in the presentation, this is optional. Don't forget to get in touch with your Tutor in time!

Philipp Flotho  (Philipp.Flotho@uni-saarland.de)
Topics 3 (Co-Scientist), 7 (Physical AI), 8 (Lab in the Loop for Perturbation Design), 9 (Can an Agent Replace a PhD? End-to-End Automation)

Johanna Becher  (johanna.becher@ccb.uni-saarland.de)
Topics 4 (Applications in Biotech: The Virtual Biotech Lab), 5 (Spatial Agent), 11 (Security Risks of Agentic Systems), 12 (Dual Use in Biomedical Agentic AI)

Florian Kriegel  (florian.kriegel@ccb.uni-saarland.de)
Topics 1 (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), 2 (Reasoning and Acting), 6 (The Commercial Science Workbench), 10 (Multi-Agent Failure Modes)

Best regards,
Your Agentic Seminar Team

Dear all,

Please find attached the final assignments for the topics:
 

1. Retrieval Augmented Generation -> Srinath Balasundaram (04.11.2026)
2. Reasoning and acting -> Maaaz Arshad Shaheen (11.11.2026)
3. Co-Scientist -> Konstantin Maximilian Franke (18.11.2026)
4. Applications in Biotech: The Virtual Biotech Lab -> Mohammed Ashraf Ahmed Refaey (25.11.2026)
5. Spatial Agent -> Kamyar Kashefzand (02.12.2026)
6. The Commercial Science Workbench -> Sadaf Reihani (09.12.2026)
7. Physical AI -> Muhammadsultonbek Ergashev (16.12.2026)
8. Lab in the loop for perturbation design -> Ahmed Samir Mohamed Shaaban (06.01.2027)
9. Can an agent replace a PhD? End-to-end automation -> Fadlilah Nur Hasanah (13.01.2027)
10. Multi-agent failure modes -> Ful Belin Korukoglu (20.01.2027)
11. Security risks of agentic systems -> Burce Ozdemir (27.01.2027)
12. Dual use in biomedical agentic AI -> Mohamed Hegazy (03.02.207)
     

We tried to consider your preference as much as possible and hope that you are satisfied with your assigned topic. See you all on Wednesday!

Best regards,
Your Agentic Seminar Team

Dear all,

Welcome to our seminar "Who does the science in the age of agents?".

So far we have received topic preferences from only a few of you, and the kick-off meeting is approaching. This is a reminder to send us your preferences by e-mail to florian.kriegel@ccb.uni-saarland.de by Monday, 19.10.2026, 23:59 CET, listing at least three topics in order of preference.

If we do not receive your preferences by the deadline, you will be assigned a topic at random.

The topic list:

1. Retrieval Augmented Generation
2. Reasoning and acting
3. Co-Scientist
4. Applications in Biotech: The Virtual Biotech Lab
5. Spatial Agent
6. The Commercial Science Workbench
7. Physical AI
8. Lab in the loop for perturbation design
9. Can an agent replace a PhD? End-to-end automation
10. Multi-agent failure modes
11. Security risks of agentic systems
12. Dual use in biomedical agentic AI

On our CMS page you can go to Information -> Materials and download the file All Seminar topics to get a detailed description of each task. You can further download the extensive task description in this section.

Two further deadlines to keep in mind:

- CMS registration: 19.10.2026, 23:59 CET. If you have not signed up in the CMS yet, please do so before this date.
- LSF registration: 11.11.2026. If your study program requires additional registration steps elsewhere, please complete those as well.

 

Kick-off: Wednesday, 21.10.2026, 10:00 in building E2.1 room 0.01. Attendance is mandatory, missing it results in exclusion from the course, and your spot will be given to a student on the waiting list.

Looking forward to get to know you next week!

Best regards,
Your Agentic Seminar Team