As part of the AI TRAQC initiative, this new event series offers the opportunity to gain exciting insights into various aspects of AI and discuss and analyze them together, once a month.
Topic: Beyond ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini: The World of Open-Source Models
Expert: Thomas Wacker
When?
June 2, 2026
12:00 pm
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12:30 pm
Where?
online
Who?
TUM Campus Heilbronn
- 12:00 – 12:05 pm
Short introduction of the AI TRAQC-project - 12:05 – 12:20 pm
Beyond ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini: The World of Open-Source Models
by Thomas Wacker - 12:20 – 12:30 pm
Open round for questions
Hochschule Heilbronn (HHN)
Thomas Wacker
Thomas Wacker is a research associate at Heilbronn University and a PhD candidate at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences under Prof. Dr. Sigurd Schacht. His research focuses on the cybersecurity analysis of language models and agentic systems. In the AI-TRAQC project, he works in the team of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Lanquillon, assisting with the selection and orchestration of tools and hardware for data backup and provisioning, as well as the development and operation of AI applications. He completed his M.A. in Digital Humanities at the University of Stuttgart and wrote his master's thesis on the impact of deepfakes on trust in communication and institutions.