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-<HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2024-03-26</td><td>Justus Piater co-organizes the <a href="https://airov.at/">AIRoV – The First Austrian
+<HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2024-06-05</td><td>Justus Piater and Joanna Chimiak-Opoka teach a tutorial <i>Generative KI in 5 Minuten; Bilder erstellen mit KI</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/disc/events/discussion-ki-workshop/">Wie
+    verwende ich KI? KI-Schnupperworkshop für Einsteiger:innen</a>, Stadtbibliothek Innsbruck. (Öffentliche Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe DiSCussion des Digital Science Centers, organisiert gemeinsam mit dem Vizerektorat für Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-06-01</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: <a href="https://www.tt.com/artikel/30883891/ki-hat-nur-so-viel-macht-wie-wir-ihr-geben-sind-die-warnungen-uebertrieben-oder-realistisch">„KI
+    hat nur so viel Macht, wie wir ihr geben“: Sind die Warnungen
+    übertrieben oder realistisch?</a>. (Newspaper article in Tiroler Tageszeitung)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-05-28</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making robots learn to perceive and act with
+    understanding</i> at <a href="https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/cognitive-science-in-tuebingen/colloquia/cognitive-science-colloquium/">Cognitive Science Colloquium</a>, Universität Tübingen. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem12', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem12Abstract" style="display:none">The title of this talk is the motto of my Intelligent
+    and Interactive Systems group at the University of Innsbruck. Our
+    long-term objective is to improve abstraction, generalization,
+    robustness, and ultimately explainability of robot perception and
+    action. Motivated by shortcomings of current machine-learning
+    methods, I will argue that &quot;understanding&quot; is a meaningful notion
+    in AI that reaches beyond prediction and control. I will discuss
+    examples of our recent work on learning visual relational
+    concepts, extrapolation of learned movements beyond the training
+    distribution, learning of symbolic concepts and rules, and
+    structure-driven skill learning from sensorimotor
+    experience.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-28</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: <a href="https://www.wienerzeitung.at/a/ki-viel-leistung-aber-kein-verstand">KI: Viel Leistung, aber kein Verstand</a>. (Newspaper article in Wiener Zeitung) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem14', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem14Abstract" style="display:none">Einen Roboter, der seine Umwelt versteht und neue
+    Probleme selbstständig löst, gibt es noch nicht. Wie intelligent
+    ist Künstliche Intelligenz?</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-27</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: Denn sie weiß (noch) nicht, was sie tut. (Newspaper article in Tiroler Tageszeitung supplement on artificial intelligence) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem15', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem15Abstract" style="display:none">Künstliche Intelligenz steckt heute in vielen Geräten
+    des Alltags. Doch bis Maschinen wirklich Verstehen lernen, haben
+    KI-Systeme laut Informatiker Justus Piater von der Uni Innsbruck
+    noch einen weiten Weg vor sich.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-25</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited keynote <i>Generative KI: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen</i> at <a href="https://efuture-day.tsn.at/programm">eFuture-Day
+    Sek. 1</a>, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem16', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem16Abstract" style="display:none">Generative KI-Systeme wie ChatGPT und Midjourney haben
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
+    mit ihnen im Schulbetrieb.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-24</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited keynote <i>Generative KI: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen</i> at <a href="https://efuture-day-sek2.tsn.at/programm">eFuture-Day
+    Sek. 2</a>, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem17', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem17Abstract" style="display:none">Generative KI-Systeme wie ChatGPT und Midjourney haben
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
+    mit ihnen im Schulbetrieb.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-22</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Möglichkeiten der KI bei klangrelevanten Arbeitsschritten
+    im Fertigungsprozess</i> at Digitalwissenschaftlicher Bildungsnachmittag, Musikinstrumentenbauschule Mittenwald.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-18</td><td>Samuele Tosatto gives an invited talk <i>Efficient Action Representation for Robot Learning</i> at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/MWg-0NOg3gI">MILA Robot Learning Seminar</a>, online. (Online event organized By Montreal Robotics and Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute.) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem19', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem19Abstract" style="display:none">In this talk, the speaker presents different techniques and
+    algorithms to learn an efficient representation of robotic movements.
+    Such techniques help reinforcement learning to consume less data while
+    learning and provide a safer exploration w.r.t. classical algorithms.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-03-26</td><td>Justus Piater co-organizes the <a href="https://airov.at/">AIRoV – The First Austrian
     Symposium on AI, Robotics, and Vision 26.–27.3.2024</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-03-21</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>2024-03-14</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>The IMAGINE Project: Robot Intuition and Understanding for
     Disassembly</i> at <a href="https://reconcycle.eu/erf2024/">Adaptive Robotics for
     Recycling of Electronic Devices</a>, Rimini, Italy. (Workshop at the European Robotics Forum)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-03-14</td><td>Justus Piater co-organizes the <a href="https://reconcycle.eu/erf2024/">Adaptive Robotics for
-    Recycling of Electronic Devices</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-01-16</td><td>Samuele Tosatto gives an invited talk <i>Beyond Monte Carlo Off-Policy Policy Gradient</i> at <a href="https://www.wim.uni-mannheim.de/doering/conferences/rl-2024">Mini-Workshop on Reinforcement Learning</a>, University of Mannheim.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-20</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 STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für die MS Schulzentrum Hall , Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-19</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 STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für die MS Matrei , Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-13</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber gives an invited talk <i>From Bots to Bytes: Teaching with Interactive Machines and Effective Software Practices</i> at Vortrag f. das Akademische Gymnasium Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-07</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 STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für die MS Hötting West , Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-01</td><td>Justus Piater is a panelist at a public discussion on <a href="https://www.mediengipfel.at/at/archiv/veranstaltungen/2023.php">15.
+    Recycling of Electronic Devices</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-01-16</td><td>Samuele Tosatto gives an invited talk <i>Beyond Monte Carlo Off-Policy Policy Gradient</i> at <a href="https://www.wim.uni-mannheim.de/doering/conferences/rl-2024">Mini-Workshop on Reinforcement Learning</a>, University of Mannheim. (RL Workshop organized by the University of Mahnheim)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-20</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 STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für die MS Schulzentrum Hall , Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-19</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 STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für die MS Matrei , Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-13</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber gives an invited talk <i>From Bots to Bytes: Teaching with Interactive Machines and Effective Software Practices</i> at Vortrag f. das Akademische Gymnasium Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-07</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 STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für die MS Hötting West , Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-12-01</td><td>Justus Piater is a panelist at a public discussion on <a href="https://www.mediengipfel.at/at/archiv/veranstaltungen/2023.php">15.
     Europäischer Mediengipfel</a>, Lech/Arlberg. (Wissenschaftsforum zum Thema „Künstliche Intelligenz – Fluch oder Segen für Politik, Medien, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft?)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-11-24</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Demystifying ChatGPT</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/betriebswirtschaft/dlc/">UIBK
     Digital Leadership Club</a>, Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2023-11-13</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>ChatGPT: Wie es (nicht) funktioniert</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/disc/events/discussion-piater-rath/">Wie
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     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
-</a>, Hard bei Bregenz, Austria. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem30', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem30Abstract" style="display:none">Die künstliche Intelligenz hat in letzter Zeit gewaltige
+</a>, Hard bei Bregenz, Austria. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem39', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem39Abstract" 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
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     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('newsitem34', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem34Abstract" style="display:none">Maschinelles Lernen hat vielfältige Anwendungen in der
+    Maschinelles Lernen</a>, OVE, Wien, und online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem43', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem43Abstract" 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
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     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>2023-02-13</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making Robots Learn to Perceive and Act With Understanding</i> at Guest talk hosted by Gerald Steinbauer, TU Graz. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem38', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem38Abstract" style="display:none">The title of this talk is the motto of the Intelligent
+    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>2023-02-13</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making Robots Learn to Perceive and Act With Understanding</i> at Guest talk hosted by Gerald Steinbauer, TU Graz. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem47', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem47Abstract" style="display:none">The title of this talk is the motto of the Intelligent
     and Interactive Systems group at the University of Innsbruck. Our
     long-term objective is to improve abstraction, generalization,
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     any other architectural tweaks, using our so-called batch-entropy
     regularization.</blockquote></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('newsitem41', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem41Abstract" style="display:none">Justus Piater lehrt seinem Roboter das Lernen – mit
+    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('newsitem50', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem50Abstract" 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
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     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('newsitem42', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem42Abstract" style="display:none">Nachhaltigkeit - Wenn Roboter in menschlichen Umgebungen
+    beibringen</a>. (Interview by Innovation Origins) <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem51', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem51Abstract" 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>2022-11-08</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Robots, Understanding, and Causality</i> at Guest talk hosted by Georg Martius, Autonomous Learning
-    group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem45', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem45Abstract" style="display:none">The motto of my research group is &quot;Making robots learn
+    group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem54', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem54Abstract" style="display:none">The motto of my research group is &quot;Making robots learn
     to perceive and act with understanding&quot;. Our long-term objective
     is to improve abstraction, generalization, robustness, and
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     theory to raise the level of understanding that robots can acquire
     by interacting with their environment.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2022-10-14</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making robots learn to perceive and act with
-    understanding</i> at <a href="https://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/dii/114165/making-robots-learn-to-perceive-and-act-with-understanding">Department of Industrial Engineering Seminar</a>, University of Trento and online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem46', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem46Abstract" style="display:none">The title of the talk is the motto of the Intelligent
+    understanding</i> at <a href="https://webmagazine.unitn.it/evento/dii/114165/making-robots-learn-to-perceive-and-act-with-understanding">Department of Industrial Engineering Seminar</a>, University of Trento and online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem55', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem55Abstract" style="display:none">The title of the talk is the motto of the Intelligent
     and Interactive Systems group at the University of Innsbruck. The
     long-term objective of the group is to improve abstraction,
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     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('newsitem51', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem51Abstract" style="display:none">Recycling obsolete electronic devices (E-waste) is a
+    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('newsitem60', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem60Abstract" 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
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     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('newsitem52', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem52Abstract" style="display:none">Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ist bereits heute ein
+    Tirol Podcast (in German)</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem61', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem61Abstract" 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
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     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' &quot;Cognition&quot;</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('newsitem54', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem54Abstract" style="display:none">In the design of &quot;Cognitive Robots&quot; software architectures,
+    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' &quot;Cognition&quot;</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('newsitem63', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem63Abstract" style="display:none">In the design of &quot;Cognitive Robots&quot; software architectures,
     researchers had to face many organizational problems due to
     the particular nature of robots. Not only should they manage
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     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('newsitem55', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem55Abstract" style="display:none">Wouldn't it be great to have a helper robot that we can
+    Science</a>, Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem64', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem64Abstract" 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
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     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('newsitem57', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem57Abstract" style="display:none">Humans constantly engage in creative activity such as
+    on “Agency, Life, and Creativity”</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem66', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem66Abstract" 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
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     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 &amp; Global Citizenship, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem60', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem60Abstract" style="display:none">Growing data processing capacities and progress in
+    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 &amp; Global Citizenship, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem69', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem69Abstract" 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
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     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('newsitem64', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem64Abstract" style="display:none">With every spectacular achievement of a machine learning
+    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('newsitem73', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem73Abstract" 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
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     – What does it take to make robots smart?</i> at Department Colloquium hosted by Florentin Wörgötter,
     Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Universität
-    Göttingen, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem67', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem67Abstract" style="display:none">Robot learning is all the rage, but what does it take to
+    Göttingen, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem76', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem76Abstract" style="display:none">Robot learning is all the rage, but what does it take to
     get robots to learn what we ultimately want them to do? I will
     give a high-level characterization of some strengths and
     weaknesses of current machine learning for robotics, and will try
     to identify areas that require particular attention.</blockquote></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('newsitem68', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem68Abstract" style="display:none">Machine Learning increasingly equips robots with
+    Biomedical AI, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem77', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem77Abstract" style="display:none">Machine Learning increasingly equips robots with
     learning capabilities and flexibility.  This will enable them 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
     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&amp;idreunion=424">GdR
-    ISIS Réunion Apprentissage et Robotique</a>, online. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem72', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem72Abstract" 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('newsitem81', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem81Abstract" style="display:none">Conditional Neural Movement Primitives (CNMP) constitute
     a novel framework for robot programming by demonstration based on
     Conditional Neural Processes (CNP).  Like Bayesian methods such as
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     how CNMP work and how they can be used in various robot
     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>2020-02-20</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Machine Learning, Perception, And Abstract Concepts</i> at Colloquium hosted by Georg Martius, Max Planck Institute of Intelligent Systems,
-    Tübingen. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem74', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem74Abstract" style="display:none">With every spectacular achievement of a machine learning
+    Tübingen. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem83', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem83Abstract" 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
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     cognitive robotics.</blockquote></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
-    Promotion“</a>, Universität Heidelberg. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem75', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem75Abstract" 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('newsitem84', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem84Abstract" style="display:none">Massive availability of data and computing power are
     promoting data-driven methods in all areas of science and
     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
     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('newsitem80', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem80Abstract" 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('newsitem89', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem89Abstract" style="display:none">A fundamental task of sensory processing is to detect
     and integrate feature items to group them into perceptual units
     segregating them from other objects and the background. A
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     architecture composed of canonical circuit mechanisms can be
     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('newsitem81', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem81Abstract" 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('newsitem90', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem90Abstract" style="display:none">Humanoid robotics plays a central role in robotics
     research as well as in understanding intelligence. Engineering
     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 &amp; 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
-    Hierarchical RL</i> at IIS Colloquium. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem91', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem91Abstract" 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('newsitem100', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem100Abstract" style="display:none">I will present present a hierarchical reinforcement
     learning agent that is intrinsically motivated to learn how to
     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,
     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('newsitem92', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem92Abstract" 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('newsitem101', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem101Abstract" style="display:none">I am studying the question how robots can autonomously
     develop skills.  Considering children, it seems natural that they
     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
     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('newsitem122', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem122Abstract" 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('newsitem131', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem131Abstract" style="display:none">Current robot learning, and machine learning in general,
     requires carefully-engineered setups (environments, objective
     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
     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('newsitem127', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem127Abstract" 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('newsitem136', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem136Abstract" style="display:none">Human-made objects are constructed with functional
     parts.  These are closely related to affordances; e.g., a handle
     is a part whose function is to be grasped and that affords
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     </a>. (Newsroom of the University of Innsbruck)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-06-12</td><td>Simon Haller teaches a tutorial <i>Robotics im Klassenzimmer</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/schule/inday-teachers/index.html.de">InDay Teachers 2018</a>, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-05-04</td><td>Senka Krivic gives an invited colloquium <i>Learning Predictive Models for Robotics</i> at  Colloquium hosted by Dr. Lorenzo Natale , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2018-05-02</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making Robots Learn to Perceive and Act with Understanding</i> at Talk as part of the Theoretical Physics seminar
     series, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of
-    Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem132', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem132Abstract" style="display:none">The title of this talk is the motto of my research
+    Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem141', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem141Abstract" style="display:none">The title of this talk is the motto of my research
     group.  In this talk, I describe our high-level agenda and present
     some representative research projects it motivated.  These include

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