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 ====== Intelligent and Interactive Systems ======
+//**Making robots learn to perceive and act with understanding**//
-Welcome to newest computer science research group at the University of Innsbruck, directed by Justus Piater.
+At %%IIS%% we enable autonomous robots to perceive and act flexibly and robustly in unstructured environments, leveraging machine learning methods to build perceptual, motor and reasoning skills.
-Our publications will appear here once our institutional database has been set up. In the meantime, most of Justus Piater's publications can be found at his [[http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~piater/publications|previous institution]].
+We seek to answer the question: //How can we enable robots to acquire the knowledge and understanding they require to interact sensibly with unstructured environments? //
-===== Upcoming Events =====
+Our research addresses complete perception-action loops, from computer vision to grasping and manipulation, using reactive algorithms and/or cognitive models.  Much of our work uses machine learning to enable robots to synthesize and improve complex and robust sensorimotor behavior with experience. Related areas of interest include human-robot interaction, image and video analysis, and visual neuroscience.
-  * **Inaugural Lecture -- //Antrittsvorlesung//** by Justus Piater: **14 April 2011 17:00** in the large auditorium of civil engineering -- //Großer Hörsaal der Fakultät für Bauingenieurwissenschaften//. [[https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/Antrittsvorlesung_Justus_Piater.pdf|Einladung (Invitation, in German only)]]
-  * Justus Piater is lecturing at the **[[http://cogx.eu/|CogX]] 2011 Spring School** in Vienna, 27.4.--5.5.
-  * Justus Piater is an **invited speaker** at the [[http://www.roboticsconference.org/|R:SS]] Workshop on **[[http://www.willowgarage.com/workshops/2011/rss|Mobile Manipulation: Learning to Manipulate]]** in Los Angeles, 27 June 2011.
+===== Working With Us =====
+  * Check our thesis topics for [[theses/start|Bachelor and Master students]].
+  * [[:jobs:#notice_for_non-eueea_prospective_master_students|Notice]] for non-[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU|EU]]/[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area|EEA]] prospective Master students
+  * We currently do not have any open PhD positions.
-===== Press =====
+<html><!--We currently have [[jobs|one open PhD position]].--></html>
-  * [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/news/2011/schlaue-roboter-im-haushalt.html.de|Schlaue Roboter im Haushalt]] ([[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/|iPoint]] 13.04.2011, in German)
+<html><!--
-  * [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/forschung/magazin/5/artikel/neuberufung.pdf|Roboter lernen lernen]] ([[http://www.uibk.ac.at/forschung/magazin/|zukunft forschung]] [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/forschung/magazin/5/|2/2010]], in German)
+//Bachelor students://{{ ::mobile-manipulator-crop.jpg?nolink&100|}} **Want to create artificial intelligence for autonomous robots?** Want to join our [[@/uibk/piater/courses/RC_Poster2.pdf |interdisciplinary LFUI team]] to compete in the 2020 [[https://www.robocup.org/leagues/16|RoboCup@Work]] competition? Take the [[https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_lv.details?sem_id_in=19W&lvnr_id_in=703135|Introduction to Robotics]] course in the winter semester 2019-20!
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+{{ ::iis_retreat_2024.jpg?direct&900 |}}\\
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+  <p>Group picture taken at our 2024 retreat at Meissner Haus.</p>
+</div>
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+===== News =====
+<HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2025-07-15</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited keynote <i>Making robots learn to perceive and act with
+    understanding</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/congress/multibody2025/">The
+th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics</a>, Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem0', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem0Abstract" style="display:none">The flexibility and robustness of current robots is
+    limited by their lack of understanding of their environment. For
+    this reason, most robots operate in controlled environments.
+    Machine learning can circumvent modeling problems but introduces
+    new problems of generalizing from examples. How can robots acquire
+    understanding (of structure, function, causality, etc.) that
+    allows them to generalize from sparse experience? 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. Our long-term objective is to
+    improve abstraction, generalization, robustness, and ultimately
+    explainability of robot perception and action.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-07-11</td><td>Justus Piater and Alejandro Agostini give an invited talk <i>Learning Symbols and Abstractions in Robot Planning</i> at <a href="https://www.unibz.it/en/events/abstraction-language-science-engineering">Abstraction:
+    Language - Science - Engineering</a>, Bolzano. (International Workshop)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-04-25</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber gives an invited talk <i>AI-powered tools for real-time transcription and translation in action: A self-hosted open-source framework for digital spaces.</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/medien/veranstaltungen/tagungen/medien-wissen-bildung-2025/">Medien - Wissen - Bildung 2025: Streifzüge an den Nahtstellen von Medien, Bildung und Philosophie</a>, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-04-10</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber gives an invited keynote <i>Hands-on Approaches to Software, Robotics, and AI: Exploring Experiments and Science in Action</i> at <a href="https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/simon/ECER-2025/">European Conference on Educational Robotics (ECER 2025)</a>, HTL Anichstrasse.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-04-10</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber and Christopher Kelter 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>2025-04-03</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited keynote <i>What is AI really?</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/events/2025/04/03/ai-in-law-and-practice-regional-perspectives-on-european-rules">Cross-Border
+    Seminar: AI in Law and Practice: Regional Perspectives on European
+    Rules</a>, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-03-06</td><td>Justus Piater teaches a tutorial <i>Funktionsweise, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von KI</i> at Lieber gleich berechtigt als später: Hallo KI, hilfst du
+    uns bei der Gleichstellung?!, Tiroler Bildungsinstitut Grillhof Vill. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem6', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem6Abstract" style="display:none">Künstliche Intelligenz&quot; bezeichnet derzeit Systeme, die
+    auf maschinellem Lernen (ML) basieren. Dieser Workshop führt in
+    die Grundlagen des ML ein, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf neuronale
+    Netze, der derzeit populärsten ML-Technologie. Darauf aufbauend
+    vermittelt er ein Grundverständnis für prinzipielle Möglichkeiten
+    und Grenzen von ML und warum es mit derzeitigen Mitteln extrem
+    schwierig ist, Diskriminierung in KI-Systemen zu
+    verhindern.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-02-26</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber and Christopher Kelter teach a tutorial <i>Programmieren eines autonomen Roboters anhand einer selbstentwickelten KI</i> at STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für das Gymnasium Ursulinenen Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-02-26</td><td>Marko Zarić teaches a tutorial <i>Einführung in das Programmieren mit Microcontrollern</i> at STAIR-Lab INNALP Workshop für das Gymnasium Ursulinenen Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2025-01-31</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited lecture <i>High-Level AI For Autonomous Robots</i> at <a href="https://elias-ai.eu/event/ellis-vismac/">ELIAS-ELLIS-VISMAC
+    Winter School 2025</a>, Brunico, Italy. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem9', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem9Abstract" style="display:none">What barriers will have to be overcome to raise the
+    flexibility and robustness of autonomous robots to the next level?
+    I argue that current AI methods are unlikely to get there, no
+    matter how far we scale them up. Robots need to be able to
+    &quot;understand&quot; their environment in ways that reach beyond
+    prediction and control. I will discuss examples of work (ours and
+    others') 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></table></HTML>
+[[news|Older News]]
+===== Postal Address =====
+University of Innsbruck\\
+Department of Computer Science\\
+Technikerstr. 21a\\
+Innsbruck\\
+Austria
+**How to find us:** See the [[https://www.uibk.ac.at/informatik/kontakt/anfahrt.html.en|directions]].
+**Legal Notice:** See the [[:impressum|Impress and Privacy Notice]].

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