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MML Medical Machine Learning
A research group at the Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM) · University Hospital Essen

We treat patients
— not data.

The MML Group brings together the full breadth of medical and computational research at the Institute for AI in Medicine (IKIM). It builds machine learning methods and carries them from bits to bedside, into everyday clinical care.

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What we do

Four pillars

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Research Scientific work in the lab, the clinic and digital environments (e.g. FHIR, VR and multimodal data). More info » Teaching Training students and physicians, public tech talks and outreach for the next generation. More info » Transfer Translating project results into the clinic and industry, from idea to the bedside. More info » Treatment Putting the developed solutions to work in real patient care, safely and reliably. More info »

Recent publications

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Preprint · 2026 An explainable transformer model learning from entire treatment timelines for pan-cancer risk profiling across healthcare systems P. Keyl, N. Kiermeyer, J. Bosserhoff, T. Lenfers, M. Kim, J. Kleesiek, J. Keyl et al. Journal · 2026 Large language models enable prognostic stratification of cancer patients using real-world clinical notes N. Kiermeyer, T. Lenfers, A. Dada, J. Friedrich, S. Khattab, J. Kleesiek, J. Keyl et al. Journal · 2026 Deep learning-derived sarcopenia marker predicts benefit from anti-EGFR therapy in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer J. Keyl, R. Hosch, F. Hörst, P. Keyl, A. Dada, J. Kleesiek et al.

The people behind MML

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Jens Kleesiek Director IKIMProfessor & Lead MML Moon Kim Deputy Lead MMLPostdoc Jan Egger Team LeadAI-guided Therapies Monika Schmidt Team LeadAdministration & Project Management
IKIM — Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine University Medicine Essen — Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

MML is a research group at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IKIM), a clinical-theoretical institute of University Medicine Essen and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Building clinical AI together

Cooperation, theses, press or a question: we would like to hear from you. And if you would like to work on this with us: we welcome speculative applications at any time, whether or not a position is advertised.

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