Martin Hofmann-Apitius is head of the Department of Bioinformatics at Fraunhofer SCAI & Professor at the University of Bonn. His research involves the development of deep learning algorithms for mining complex biomedical data, including biomarkers. The research group's interests encompass a range of compelling topics, including the modeling of neurodegenerative diseases, the extraction and utilization of information and knowledge, the analysis of text and large-scale data, and the exploration of innovative cloud computing solutions.