Xayn Co-Founder Professor Michael Huth new Founding President of University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN)
Former Head of the Department of Computing and Visiting Professor at Imperial College London joins the University of Technology Nuremberg as Founding President
Professor Michael Huth has many years of AI expertise
UTN is to become Germany's first university with a primary focus on AI
Professor Huth is one of the co-founders of the AI start-up Xayn
BERLIN/NURNBERG, October 1, 2024 – Professor Michael Huth (Co-Founder of Xayn) is the new founding president of the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) as of October 2024. With Professor Michael Huth at the helm, UTN is to be developed into Germany's first university focused on Artificial Intelligence. In 2017, the AI expert co-founded the AI start-up Xayn with Dr. Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, among others, which is developing Europe's first sovereign Legal AI Noxtua.
In-depth and unique AI experience
The Bavarian Minister of Science and Arts Markus Blume emphasizes: “Welcome back Home! I wish Prof. Dr. Michael Huth a great start at the Technical University of Nuremberg and look forward to working with him. He is the ideal candidate for the office of President at UTN. With his vast experience abroad and in founding companies, he fits in perfectly with the spirit of a cosmopolitan start-up university. As a native of Franconia, the development of the UTN is also a matter close to his heart. Many thanks also to Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin, who has confidently steered the fortunes of our youngest state university in recent months and is now once again fully focused on the important areas of research, innovation and entrepreneurship as Founding Vice President.”
"I have been involved with cybersecurity and AI for more than 30 years – topics that are more relevant today than ever. That's why I'm thrilled that, as founding president and together with all staff and students of the UTN, we can build Germany's first university for the age of AI and the future of education, work, and innovation," highlights Professor Michael Huth (Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and Co-Founder of Xayn). "I will draw on my experience of the past 30 and the talent of all at UTN – so that UTN will bring sustained social benefits and have continuous significant impact on the economy in middle Franconia, Bavaria, and beyond."
"The appointment of Professor Michael Huth as founding president of UTN, Germany's first university focused primarily on AI, is a great success for the German AI sector. He has unique expertise in the field – in-depth scientific knowledge combined with practical business experience as co-founder of Xayn," emphasizes Dr. Leif-Nissen Lundbæk (CEO & Co-Founder of Xayn). "I am not only happy for him from a professional point of view, but also from a personal point of view, because Professor Michael Huth was also my PhD supervisor, which is why I am particularly close to him."
Proven expertise in AI and cybersecurity
Michael Huth is Visiting Professor and formerly was Head of the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, one of the top ten universities in the world. He studied mathematics at TU Darmstadt and received his PhD from Tulane University, New Orleans. He subsequently researched and taught at TU Darmstadt, Kansas State University and also did research at the University of Oxford.
Professor Michael Huth is Co-Founder of the AI start-up Xayn, which was created from his joint research project with Dr. Leif-Nissen Lundbæk at Oxford University and Imperial College London. The Berlin-based tech company is developing Europe's first sovereign Legal AI Noxtua with its own Large Language Model and Legal Copilot with special insights, input, and legal expertize from the business law firm CMS. After years of C-level work, Professor Michael Huth continues to closely support the AI start-up as a Senior Researcher.
Imagery: Professor Michael Huth
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About Xayn
The AI startup Xayn develops Noxtua, Europe’s first sovereign Legal AI. Noxtua helps lawyers analyze, review, and draft legal documents in seconds while being legally competent and compliant. Hosted in the EU, Noxtua meets high standards of confidentiality in handling client data, professional secrecy (e.g. Section 203 German Criminal Code, Section 43e German Federal Code for Lawyers), and European data protection. The Legal Copilot is powered by the specialized AI models Noxtua Large Language Model and Noxtua Voyage Embed. The models are trained with high-quality legal data provided by the Legal AI Alliance which the tech startup Xayn initiated with the international business law firm CMS. This makes Noxtua the secure, independent, and specialized European Legal AI.
The Berlin-based AI company Xayn was born out of research at Oxford University and Imperial College London by Dr Leif-Nissen Lundbæk and Professor Michael Huth. Founded in 2017, Xayn’s academic vision remains, with a workforce comprised of approx. 30% PhDs. The startup has received investment funding of 19.5 million EURO from Global Brain Corporation, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Earlybird, and Dominik Schiener.
More information: www.xayn.com
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About Technische Universität Nürnberg (UTN)
Founded in 2021, the Technical University of Nuremberg (UTN) is the first newly founded state university in Bavaria since 1978. The UTN sees itself as a living laboratory for shaping a university for the age of AI and the rapidly advancing changes in technology, business and society. The UTN strives to become an important regional driving force in research, teaching and transfer as well as a leading international university of the 21st century with regional roots and a global orientation at the same time.
The 37-hectare sustainable UTN campus will form the center of the new Lichtenreuth district in Nuremberg, close to the historic city center. There will be space for around 6,000 students, 200 professors and at least 2,000 employees. Study programs will integrate aspects of technology, liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences in order to ideally prepare students for the interdisciplinary requirements of the new working world.
More information: https://www.utn.de/
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