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- | <HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2021-01-14</td><td>Matteo Saveriano gives an invited talk <i>Hierarchical action decomposition and motion learning for the execution of manipulation tasks</i> at <a href="http://www.gmar.at/aktuell/">Hello Tyrol calling! Robotics Talk online, GMAR, Innsbruck</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-11-19</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Machine Learning in Robotics</i> at <a href="https://baiome.org/">bAIome PI Talk, Center for | + | <HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2023-11-11</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Wie kann die Medizin von der Künstlichen Intelligenz |
- | Biomedical AI, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem12', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem12Abstract" style="display:none">Machine Learning increasingly equips robots with | + | profitieren?</i> at <a href="https://www.dfpkalender.at/public-dfpkalender/viewEvent.jsf?id=784672">Winterfortbildung der Universitätsklinik Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe Innsbruck</a>, Wattens.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-10-24</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited lecture <i>Ramping Up Robot Intelligence</i> at <a href="https://summer2023.reconcycle.eu/">ReconCycle Summer |
+ | School 2023</a>, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca, Spain.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-09-06</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited lecture <i>High-Level AI For Service Robotics</i> at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gmarobotics_gmar-summer-school-fhtw-activity-7076785981302939648-mdTV/">GMAR Robotics Summer School 2023</a>, FH Technikum Wien.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-08-15</td><td>Samuele Tosatto contributes a talk <i>A Continuous-Time Option Framework</i> at <a href="https://www.ias.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/Workshops/IWIALS2023">International Workshop of Intelligent Autonomous Learning Systems 2023</a>, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria. (Research talk about arXiv:2212.04407)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-07-27</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Wie generiert ChatGPT seine Antworten, und warum sollten | ||
+ | wir einen kritischen Blick auf diese bewahren?</i> at <a href="https://www.kreativland.tirol/events/chatgpt-in-der-unternehmenskommunikation/">ChatGPT | ||
+ | in der Unternehmenskommunikation</a>, Universität Innsbruck. (Eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung des Public Relations Verbands Austria und digital.tirol)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-07-05</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der KI in der Robotik</i> at <a href="https://bodenseegespraeche.org/2023-1.html">Bodenseegespräche | ||
+ | 2023</a>, Hard bei Bregenz, Austria. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem17', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem17Abstract" style="display:none">Die künstliche Intelligenz hat in letzter Zeit gewaltige | ||
+ | Fortschritte gemacht. Sie bietet immer neue Möglichkeiten in der | ||
+ | Analyse und Generierung natürlicher Sprache und von Bildern und | ||
+ | Video, in der Robotik, sowie in ihren Kombinationen. Im ersten | ||
+ | Teil des Vortrags werde ich informell Kerntechnologien aktueller | ||
+ | KI vorstellen, um ein Gespür dafür zu vermitteln, wofür sich KI in | ||
+ | der Robotik mittelfristig einsetzen lassen wird. Anschließend | ||
+ | werde ich Grenzen der aktuellen KI charakterisieren und einige | ||
+ | Beispiele aus der Forschung beschreiben, die darauf abzielen, | ||
+ | diese Grenzen zu erweitern.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-06-05</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Generative Künstliche Intelligenz</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/foerderkreis1669/aktuelles/forum-forderkreis-1669/">Forum Förderkreis 1669</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-05-29</td><td>Samuele Tosatto contributes a talk <i>Temporal Abstraction via Variable Decision Frequency</i> at <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/rap4robots">Workshop on effective Reresentations, Abstractions, and Priors for Robot Learning (ICRA Workshop)</a>, ExCeL London. (Research talk about arXiv:2212.04407)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-05-25</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Künstliche Intelligenz & ChatGPT: Möglichkeiten und | ||
+ | Grenzen in der Hochschullehre</i> at <a href="https://www.i-med.ac.at/itservices/aktuell/ki-chatgpt.pdf">Digitales | ||
+ | Lehren und Lernen</a>, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck und online. (Informations- und Diskussionsveranstaltung für Bedienstete und Studierende)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-05-23</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Robot Learning – von Imitation bis Kognition</i> at <a href="https://www.ove.at/ove-academy/seminare/detail/ove-it-kolloquium-maschinelles-lernen-aktuelle-entwicklungen-und-moegliche-anwendungsbereiche/">OVE-IT-Kolloquium: | ||
+ | Maschinelles Lernen</a>, OVE, Wien, und online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem21', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem21Abstract" style="display:none">Maschinelles Lernen hat vielfältige Anwendungen in der | ||
+ | Robotik. Roboter können lernen, Trajektorien abzufahren, auf | ||
+ | Effekte und äußere Ereignisse zu reagieren, Objekte zu erkennen | ||
+ | und zu manipulieren. In die Praxis halten diese Entwicklungen | ||
+ | jedoch nur langsam Einzug. Warum ist das so? Ich argumentiere, | ||
+ | dass Robotern - und heutigen KI-Systemen allgemein - echtes | ||
+ | Verständnis für ihre Umgebung fehlt, mit der sie über | ||
+ | Datenaustausch interagieren. Dies werde ich anhand einiger | ||
+ | Beispiele aus unserer Forschung illustrieren, mit der wir | ||
+ | versuchen, das Verständnis von Robotern für ihre Umgebung zu | ||
+ | erhöhen.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-05-11</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber, Patrick Hofmann, and Christopher Kelter teach a tutorial <i>STAIR Lab Workshop: Programmieren eines autonomen Roboters anhand einer selbstentwickelten KI</i> at INNALP Workshop für die NMS Hötting West, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-05-04</td><td>Justus Piater is a panelist at a public discussion on <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/bibliothek2023/programm/abstracts-donnerstag-nachmittag/bibliotheken-und-ki.html">Künstliche | ||
+ | Intelligenz (KI) in Bibliotheken</a>, Congress Innsbruck. (Podiumsdiskussion am 1. Österreichischen Bibliothekskongress 2023)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-03-29</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber, Christopher Kelter, and Patrick Hofmann teach a tutorial <i>Was sind Roboter, was macht eine KI? Entwickle deine eigene KI und programmiere unsere Minibots</i> at Campustag BG/BRG Sillgasse, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-01-21</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: <a href="https://www.diepresse.com/6240937/auch-ein-roboter-muss-hoeflich-sein">Auch ein Roboter muss höflich sein</a>. (Interview by Die Presse (in German))</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-12-19</td><td>Marko Zaric and Simon Haller-Seeber teach a tutorial <i>Einführung in die Programmierung mit dem BBC Micro:Bit</i> at Campustag NMS Hötting, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-12-06</td><td>Justus Piater, Matteo Saveriano, Hector Villeda, and Erwan Renaudo appear in the media: <a href="https://diglib.uibk.ac.at/ZuFo/periodical/pageview/8251030">Schritt | ||
+ | für Schritt</a>. (Zukunft Forschung – Das Magazin für Wissenschaft und Forschung der Universität Innsbruck 2 (2022)) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem28', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem28Abstract" style="display:none">Justus Piater lehrt seinem Roboter das Lernen – mit | ||
+ | Erfolg. So lernte der Roboter, wie sich Objekte bewegen, wenn er | ||
+ | sie anschubst, und wie er diese stapeln kann. Nun soll er sich aus | ||
+ | gelernten Bewegungen neue erschließen und mit dem Menschen | ||
+ | interagieren lernen.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-12-01</td><td>Justus Piater, Erwan Renaudo, and Matthias Schurz appear in the media: <a href="https://innovationorigins.com/de/mithilfe-der-psychologie-forscher-wollen-robotern-soziale-faehigkeiten-beibringen/">Mithilfe | ||
+ | der Psychologie: Forscher wollen Robotern soziale Fähigkeiten | ||
+ | beibringen</a>. (Interview by Innovation Origins) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem29', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem29Abstract" style="display:none">Nachhaltigkeit - Wenn Roboter in menschlichen Umgebungen | ||
+ | arbeiten, dann brauchen Sie soziale Fähigkeiten. Forscher wollen | ||
+ | es ihnen beibringen und dabei das tatsächliche Lernverhalten von | ||
+ | Menschen nachbilden.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-11-17</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber gives an invited talk <i>STAIR-Lab Workshop One and Outlook</i> at <a href="https://innalp.at/">INNALP Education Hub Beiratssitzung</a>, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-07-21</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: <a href="https://www.makademia.at/es-regnet-weil-menschen-die-schirme-aufspannen-warum-wir-noch-keine-allzu-grosse-angst-vor-kuenstlicher-intelligenz-haben-muessen/">„Es | ||
+ | regnet, weil Menschen die Schirme aufspannen“ – warum wir (noch) | ||
+ | keine allzu große Angst vor künstlicher Intelligenz haben | ||
+ | müssen</a>. (Makademia - Forschung einfach geknackt)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-06-14</td><td>Justus Piater co-organizes the <a href="https://roboticsworkshop.at/">Austrian Robotics | ||
+ | Workshop</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-06-10</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber, Patrick Hofmann, and Thomas Gatterer teach a tutorial <i>Was sind Roboter, was macht eine KI? Entwickle deine eigene KI und programmiere unsere Minibots</i> at Campustag BG/BRG Sillgasse, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-06-02</td><td>Erwan Renaudo contributes a talk <i>Deep Learning for Fast Segmentation of E-waste Devices’ | ||
+ | Inner Parts in a Recycling Scenario</i> at <a href="https://icprai2022.sciencesconf.org/">ICPRAI 2022</a>, Paris/online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem38', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem38Abstract" style="display:none">Recycling obsolete electronic devices (E-waste) is a | ||
+ | dangerous task for human workers. Automated E-waste recycling | ||
+ | is an area of great interest but challenging for current robotic | ||
+ | applications. We focus on the problem of segmenting inner parts | ||
+ | of E-waste devices into manipulable elements. First, we extend | ||
+ | a dataset of hard-drive disk (HDD) components with labelled | ||
+ | occluded and non-occluded points of view of the parts, in order | ||
+ | to increase the diversity and the quality of the learning data | ||
+ | with different angles. We then perform an extensive evaluation | ||
+ | with three different state-of-the-art models, namely CenterMask, | ||
+ | BlendMask and SOLOv2 (including variants) and two types of | ||
+ | metrics: the average precision as well as the frame rate. Our | ||
+ | results show that instance segmentation using state-of-the-art | ||
+ | deep learning methods can precisely detect complex shapes along | ||
+ | with their boundaries, as well as being suited for fast tracking of | ||
+ | parts in a robotic recycling system. (Rojas et al. 2022) | ||
+ | </blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-05-20</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: <a href="https://radiothek.orf.at/podcasts/tir/derwoche/derwoche-maschinenzukunft">ORF | ||
+ | Tirol Podcast (in German)</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem39', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem39Abstract" style="display:none">Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ist bereits heute ein | ||
+ | täglicher Begleiter, doch vom universellen Haushaltsroboter sind | ||
+ | wir noch weit entfernt. Automatisierte Systeme werden zwar Jobs | ||
+ | übernehmen, Maschinen werden aber noch lange nicht die | ||
+ | Weltherrschaft an sich reißen, falls überhaupt. Zur Langen Nacht | ||
+ | der Forschung spricht Martin Kubin im #derWoche „Maschinenzukunft“ | ||
+ | mit Prof. Justus Piater vom Institut für Informatik über Chancen | ||
+ | und Gefahren von KI. Er weiß auch, warum KI etwa die Justiz | ||
+ | unterstützen kann, aber ein KI-Richter niemals objektiv urteilen | ||
+ | könnte.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-05-17</td><td>Erwan Renaudo gives an invited talk <i>A Brief tour of autonomous robots' "Cognition"</i> at <a href="https://www.philosophie.uni-konstanz.de/ag-mueller/aktuelles/meldungsdetails-ag-mueller/2022/5/17/event/46426-Creating-Agency-and-Cogn/tx_cal_phpicalendar/">Creating Agency and Cognition in Automated Systems: What can we learn from the Octopus? International Hybrid Workshop</a>, Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem41', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem41Abstract" style="display:none">In the design of "Cognitive Robots" software architectures, | ||
+ | researchers had to face many organizational problems due to | ||
+ | the particular nature of robots. Not only should they manage | ||
+ | to achieve complex tasks with long-term goals, but they must | ||
+ | also be reactive to their surroundings to preserve their environment. | ||
+ | We will go over several layered control paradigms developed over | ||
+ | the history of robotics and see how these can relate to the | ||
+ | knowledge about the Octopus' brain organization, and discuss | ||
+ | how the Octopus itself can inspire cognitive robotic research. | ||
+ | </blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-05-11</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Robots That Learn Like Humans?</i> at <a href="https://pintofscience.at/events/innsbruck">Pint of | ||
+ | Science</a>, Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem42', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem42Abstract" style="display:none">Wouldn't it be great to have a helper robot that we can | ||
+ | task with our annoying chores? How would we teach the robot to | ||
+ | perform these tasks? Can we build such robots by equipping them | ||
+ | with artificial intelligence? We will discuss how human and | ||
+ | machine learning differ and how this impacts what skills, | ||
+ | including for communication, our helper robot will be able to | ||
+ | learn.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-04-28</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber contributes a talk <i>STAIR Learning Lab</i> at <a href="http://rie.science">Robotics in Education 2022</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-02-19</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Learning as a Creative Process in Humans and | ||
+ | Machines</i> at <a href="https://www.philosophie.uni-konstanz.de/ag-mueller/online-workshop-on-agency-life-and-creativity/">Workshop | ||
+ | on “Agency, Life, and Creativity”</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem44', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem44Abstract" style="display:none">Humans constantly engage in creative activity such as | ||
+ | finding explanations, improving technology, or solving novel | ||
+ | problems in everyday life. Even imitating other humans, e.g. while | ||
+ | learning a new skill, is creative in that the imitator has to | ||
+ | infer the conceptual structure underlying the observed | ||
+ | manifestation and to regenerate the latter from the former. In | ||
+ | contrast, current AI-enabled agents are unable to generate and | ||
+ | draw upon such conceptual structures. Their learning is mostly | ||
+ | driven by statistics, and any ability to produce novelty is | ||
+ | largely limited to trial and error. I will try to characterize | ||
+ | this fundamental difference between learning in human and | ||
+ | artificial agents, and will discuss possible technological | ||
+ | approaches that might help close this gap.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-11-24</td><td>Justus Piater is a panelist at a public discussion on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/elsa-innsbruck_letzte-woche-fand-zum-elsa-day-am-24112021-activity-6871397038093869057-16-7">Privacy | ||
+ | in the Digital Age</a>, online. (Organized by ELSA Innsbruck)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-10-22</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Robotik und KI in der Medizin – nur | ||
+ | Bedarfserweckung?</i> at <a href="https://medical-update-hall.com/veranstaltungen/">Medical | ||
+ | Update Hall 2021 – Fit für das neue Jahrzehnt</a>, UMIT, Hall in Tirol.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-08-26</td><td>Justus Piater contributes a talk <i>Digital Science at the University of Innsbruck</i> at Aurora Research Conference Digital Society & Global Citizenship, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem47', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem47Abstract" style="display:none">Growing data processing capacities and progress in | ||
+ | analytical methods and artificial intelligence are motivating | ||
+ | entire branches of science to raise new questions and to develop | ||
+ | new approaches. This digital transformation requires progressive, | ||
+ | interdisciplinary synergies between the computational sciences and | ||
+ | all other scientific disciplines. The Digital Science Center | ||
+ | (DiSC) at the University of Innsbruck meets this challenge by | ||
+ | integrating and promoting digitalisation of scientific research. | ||
+ | In this talk I will present some examples of interdisciplinary | ||
+ | research by DiSC staff researchers who are experts in specific | ||
+ | aspects of digital science.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-08-24</td><td>Justus Piater teaches a tutorial <i>Picking and Placing</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/forschung/gmar-robotics-school-2021.html">2021 GMAR Summer School</a>, Villa Blanka, Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-07-01</td><td>Justus Piater and Matteo Saveriano give an invited talk <i>Making Robots Learn to Perceive and Act with Understanding</i> at <a href="https://webservices.scientificnet.org/rest/entries/api/v1/blobs/200894">Workshop | ||
+ | and Open Lab on Field Robotics - Interdisciplinary aspects of | ||
+ | robotics and its applications in outdoor scenarios</a>, NOI Techpark, Bolzano, Italy.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-05-26</td><td>Justus Piater contributes a talk <i>Intelligente und interaktive Systeme</i> at <a href="http://www.gmar.at/aktuell/">GMAR Robotics Science | ||
+ | Talks</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-03-24</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited lecture <i>Machine Learning, Perception, And Abstract Concepts</i> at Invited lecture at Ontario Tech U, Canada, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem51', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem51Abstract" style="display:none">With every spectacular achievement of a machine learning | ||
+ | system, the long-elusive AI breakthrough is popularly proclaimed | ||
+ | to be just around the corner. Most recent successes have been due | ||
+ | in large part to massive data and computation, in particular using | ||
+ | deep artificial neural networks. But can artificial cognition | ||
+ | really be achieved just by further scaling up existing | ||
+ | machine-learning techniques? I discuss examples of simple, | ||
+ | perceptual problems that are easily solved by humans but very | ||
+ | difficult for today's machine learning methods. These problems | ||
+ | reflect how humans conceptualize their world. Their mastery is | ||
+ | thus likely to be an essential prerequisite for autonomous robots | ||
+ | to attain higher levels of cognitive abilities. To get there, a | ||
+ | few core issues can be identified that should drive research in | ||
+ | cognitive robotics.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-01-28</td><td>Matteo Saveriano gives an invited talk <i>Making robots to learn from human observation?</i> at <a href="https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/austrian-embassy-ottawa/news/events/detail/article/showcasing-young-austrian-scholars-and-scientists-an-original-seven-part-virtual-lectures-ser/">Showcasing Young Austrian Scholars and Scientists, Austrian cultural forum, Ottawa</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2021-01-14</td><td>Matteo Saveriano gives an invited talk <i>Hierarchical action decomposition and motion learning for the execution of manipulation tasks</i> at <a href="http://www.gmar.at/aktuell/">Hello Tyrol calling! Robotics Talk online, GMAR, Innsbruck</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-11-19</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Machine Learning in Robotics</i> at <a href="https://baiome.org/">bAIome PI Talk, Center for | ||
+ | Biomedical AI, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem55', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem55Abstract" style="display:none">Machine Learning increasingly equips robots with | ||
learning capabilities and flexibility. This will enable them to | learning capabilities and flexibility. This will enable them to | ||
act purposefully in unstructured environments and to react to | act purposefully in unstructured environments and to react to | ||
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(HFR 2020)</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-09-30</td><td>Erwan Renaudo contributes a talk <i>ROSSINI: RobOt kidS deSIgn thiNkIng</i> at <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030674106">Robotics in | (HFR 2020)</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-09-30</td><td>Erwan Renaudo contributes a talk <i>ROSSINI: RobOt kidS deSIgn thiNkIng</i> at <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030674106">Robotics in | ||
Education 2020</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-06-22</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Conditional Neural Movement Primitives</i> at <a href="http://www.gdr-isis.fr/index.php?page=reunion&idreunion=424">GdR | Education 2020</a>, online.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-06-22</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Conditional Neural Movement Primitives</i> at <a href="http://www.gdr-isis.fr/index.php?page=reunion&idreunion=424">GdR | ||
- | ISIS Réunion Apprentissage et Robotique</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem16', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem16Abstract" style="display:none">Conditional Neural Movement Primitives (CNMP) constitute | + | ISIS Réunion Apprentissage et Robotique</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem59', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem59Abstract" style="display:none">Conditional Neural Movement Primitives (CNMP) constitute |
a novel framework for robot programming by demonstration based on | a novel framework for robot programming by demonstration based on | ||
Conditional Neural Processes (CNP). Like Bayesian methods such as | Conditional Neural Processes (CNP). Like Bayesian methods such as | ||
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applications.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-06-03</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: Wie der Roboter denken lernt. (Newspaper article in Tiroler Tageszeitung)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-01-29</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Digital Science</i> at <a href="https://www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/karriere/veranstaltungsreihen.html">Vortragsreihe | applications.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-06-03</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: Wie der Roboter denken lernt. (Newspaper article in Tiroler Tageszeitung)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-01-29</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Digital Science</i> at <a href="https://www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/karriere/veranstaltungsreihen.html">Vortragsreihe | ||
„Primers for Predocs – Strategien für eine erfolgreiche | „Primers for Predocs – Strategien für eine erfolgreiche | ||
- | Promotion“</a>, Universität Heidelberg. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem19', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem19Abstract" style="display:none">Massive availability of data and computing power are | + | Promotion“</a>, Universität Heidelberg. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem62', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem62Abstract" style="display:none">Massive availability of data and computing power are |
promoting data-driven methods in all areas of science and | promoting data-driven methods in all areas of science and | ||
technology. I will describe how the University of Innsbruck | technology. I will describe how the University of Innsbruck | ||
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Understand My Robot?</i> at <a href="http://www.trustrobots.eu/">TrustRobots Lecture series | Understand My Robot?</i> at <a href="http://www.trustrobots.eu/">TrustRobots Lecture series | ||
Trust in Robots</a>, TU Vienna.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-12-05</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Heiko Neumann</span>, University of Ulm, gives an invited colloquium <i>Biologically inspired visual-auditory processing – from | Trust in Robots</a>, TU Vienna.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-12-05</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Heiko Neumann</span>, University of Ulm, gives an invited colloquium <i>Biologically inspired visual-auditory processing – from | ||
- | brain-like computation to neuromorphic algorithms</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/forschung/lunchtime-seminar/index.html.en">IFI Lunchtime Seminar</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem24', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem24Abstract" style="display:none">A fundamental task of sensory processing is to detect | + | brain-like computation to neuromorphic algorithms</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/forschung/lunchtime-seminar/index.html.en">IFI Lunchtime Seminar</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem67', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem67Abstract" style="display:none">A fundamental task of sensory processing is to detect |
and integrate feature items to group them into perceptual units | and integrate feature items to group them into perceptual units | ||
segregating them from other objects and the background. A | segregating them from other objects and the background. A | ||
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architecture composed of canonical circuit mechanisms can be | architecture composed of canonical circuit mechanisms can be | ||
mapped onto neuromorphic chip technology facilitating low-energy | mapped onto neuromorphic chip technology facilitating low-energy | ||
- | non-von Neumann computation.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-11-26</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Tamim Asfour</span>, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, gives an invited keynote <i>Engineering Humanoids with Motion Intelligence</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/studium/inday-students/index.html.en">inday students</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem25', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem25Abstract" style="display:none">Humanoid robotics plays a central role in robotics | + | non-von Neumann computation.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-11-26</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Tamim Asfour</span>, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, gives an invited keynote <i>Engineering Humanoids with Motion Intelligence</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/studium/inday-students/index.html.en">inday students</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem68', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem68Abstract" style="display:none">Humanoid robotics plays a central role in robotics |
research as well as in understanding intelligence. Engineering | research as well as in understanding intelligence. Engineering | ||
humanoid robots that are able to learn from humans and | humanoid robots that are able to learn from humans and | ||
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(eco.nova, in German)</a>. (Comprehensive interview article (6 pages) on artificial intelligence in eco.nova, a nationwide magazine covering trends in economy, science, architectur, health & wellness, tax, law, dining and lifestyle)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-10-10</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Georg Martius</span>, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, | (eco.nova, in German)</a>. (Comprehensive interview article (6 pages) on artificial intelligence in eco.nova, a nationwide magazine covering trends in economy, science, architectur, health & wellness, tax, law, dining and lifestyle)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-10-10</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Georg Martius</span>, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, | ||
Tübingen, gives an invited colloquium <i>Control What You Can – Intrinsically Motivated | Tübingen, gives an invited colloquium <i>Control What You Can – Intrinsically Motivated | ||
- | Hierarchical RL</i> at IIS Colloquium. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem35', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem35Abstract" style="display:none">I will present present a hierarchical reinforcement | + | Hierarchical RL</i> at IIS Colloquium. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem78', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem78Abstract" style="display:none">I will present present a hierarchical reinforcement |
learning agent that is intrinsically motivated to learn how to | learning agent that is intrinsically motivated to learn how to | ||
control its observation space in the fastest possible manner by | control its observation space in the fastest possible manner by | ||
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scratch.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-10-10</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Georg Martius</span>, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, | scratch.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-10-10</td><td>IIS guest <span style="font-weight:bold">Georg Martius</span>, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, | ||
Tübingen, gives an invited colloquium <i>Self-Organization of Behavior in Autonomous Robot | Tübingen, gives an invited colloquium <i>Self-Organization of Behavior in Autonomous Robot | ||
- | Development</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/forschung/lunchtime-seminar/index.html.en">IFI Lunchtime Seminar</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem36', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem36Abstract" style="display:none">I am studying the question how robots can autonomously | + | Development</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/forschung/lunchtime-seminar/index.html.en">IFI Lunchtime Seminar</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem79', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem79Abstract" style="display:none">I am studying the question how robots can autonomously |
develop skills. Considering children, it seems natural that they | develop skills. Considering children, it seems natural that they | ||
have their own agenda. They explore their environment in a playful | have their own agenda. They explore their environment in a playful | ||
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article (Der Standard) following interview</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-10-05</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Perception of Abstract Concepts</i> at <a href="http://iros2018-uvsp.org/">Unconventional Sensing and | article (Der Standard) following interview</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-10-05</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Perception of Abstract Concepts</i> at <a href="http://iros2018-uvsp.org/">Unconventional Sensing and | ||
Processing for Robotic Visual Perception</a>, Madrid, Spain. (Workshop at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-09-21</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Concept Learning For Robot Intelligence</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/quantum-machine-learning-plus/index.html.en">Conference | Processing for Robotic Visual Perception</a>, Madrid, Spain. (Workshop at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-09-21</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Concept Learning For Robot Intelligence</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/congress/quantum-machine-learning-plus/index.html.en">Conference | ||
- | on Quantum Machine Learning Plus</a>, Innsbruck, Austria. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem66', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem66Abstract" style="display:none">Current robot learning, and machine learning in general, | + | on Quantum Machine Learning Plus</a>, Innsbruck, Austria. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem109', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem109Abstract" style="display:none">Current robot learning, and machine learning in general, |
requires carefully-engineered setups (environments, objective | requires carefully-engineered setups (environments, objective | ||
functions, training data, etc.) for learning to succeed. | functions, training data, etc.) for learning to succeed. | ||
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Robotics</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-06-30</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Objects, Parts, Functions, Affordances, Actions, and Tasks</i> at <a href="https://afford.gitlab.io/rss-workshop/">1st | Robotics</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-06-30</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Objects, Parts, Functions, Affordances, Actions, and Tasks</i> at <a href="https://afford.gitlab.io/rss-workshop/">1st | ||
International Workshop on Computational Models of Affordance in | International Workshop on Computational Models of Affordance in | ||
- | Robotics</a>, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (Workshop at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem71', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem71Abstract" style="display:none">Human-made objects are constructed with functional | + | Robotics</a>, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (Workshop at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem114', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem114Abstract" style="display:none">Human-made objects are constructed with functional |
parts. These are closely related to affordances; e.g., a handle | parts. These are closely related to affordances; e.g., a handle | ||
is a part whose function is to be grasped and that affords | is a part whose function is to be grasped and that affords |