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 ====== Intelligent and Interactive Systems ======
-Research at %%IIS%% is situated at the intersection of computer vision, machine learning and robotics.  Much of our work is motivated by the perceptual needs of autonomous robots, and focuses on visual inference as it serves activity such as grasping.  Other areas of interest include the psychology and biology of perception, and video analysis for applications such as sports or human-computer interaction.
+//**Making robots learn to perceive and act with understanding**//
+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.
+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? //
+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.
 ===== 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.
+<html><!--We currently have [[jobs|one open PhD position]].--></html>
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-  * We have multiple open positions for [[jobs|doctoral students and postdocs]].
+//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!
-  * [[asstprof|Assistant Professor position in computer and biological vision]] (apply by 6 November 2014; earliest starting date 5 January, 2015)
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-Check our thesis topics for [[theses/start|Bachelor and Master students]].
-===== News =====
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-  * Emre Ugur is co-organizing, with Tadahiro Taniguchi and George Konidaris, **[[http://shonan.nii.ac.jp/shonan/ | Shonan Meeting]]** on Cognitive Development and Symbol Emergence in Humans and Robots in October 2016, in Japan.
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-  * Emre Ugur is an **invited speaker** at the [[http://www.cnr.osaka-u.ac.jp/?p=1707&lang=en | 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics]] in February 2016, in Osaka, Japan.
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-  * Emre Ugur is guest editor of the Special Issue on [[https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/emre/cfp.html | Computational Models of Affordances for Cognitive Robots]] in the [[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4563672 | IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems]].
-  * Justus Piater is an **invited speaker** at the [[http://www.iis.ee.ic.ac.uk/ComputerVision/3DPose-2015.html|1st International Workshop on Recovering 6D Object Pose]], at [[http://pamitc.org/iccv15/|ICCV]] in December 2015.
-  * Antonio Rodriguez-Sanchez is organizing, jointly with George Azzopardi (Univ. Malta) a BICT [[http://cmvc.bionetics.org/2015/show/home | workshop on Computer Models of the Visual Cortex]], to be held in New York in December.
-  * Justus Piater is co-organizing **Dagstuhl Seminar** 15411 on [[http://www.dagstuhl.de/15411|Multimodal Manipulation Under Uncertainty]] in October 2015.
-  * Justus Piater is an **invited speaker** at the workshop on [[http://objectaffordances.blogspot.pt/|Learning Object Affordances: A fundamental step to allow prediction, planning and tool use in autonomous robots]], at [[http://www.iros2015.org/|IROS]] in September 2015.
-  * Emre Ugur is co-organizing, with Lorenzo Jamone, Angelo Cangelosi, Tamim Asfour, and Jose Santos-Victor, a workshop on [[http://objectaffordances.blogspot.pt/|Learning Object Affordances: A fundamental step to allow prediction, planning and tool use in autonomous robots]], at [[http://www.iros2015.org/|IROS]] in October 2015.
-  * Justus Piater is an **invited speaker** at the workshop on Robot Learning, [[http://emreugur.net/ICAR2015-WS-RobotLearning/|Bottom-up and top-down development of robot skills]] at [[http://icar2015.org/|ICAR]] in July 2015.
-  * Emre Ugur is organizing, with Lorenzo Jamone, Yukie Nagai, and Erhan Oztop, a workshop on Robot Learning, [[http://emreugur.net/ICAR2015-WS-RobotLearning/|Bottom-up and top-down development of robot skills]] at [[http://icar2015.org/|ICAR]] in July 2015.
-  * Emre Ugur is an **invited speaker** at the workshop on [[https://iis.uibk.ac.at/conferences/lrc2015/|Learning Reusable Concepts in Robotics]] at [[http://www.roboticsconference.org/|RSS]] in July 2015.
-  * Justus Piater is organizing, with Tamim Asfour (KIT), the workshop on [[https://iis.uibk.ac.at/conferences/lrc2015/|Learning Reusable Concepts in Robotics]] at [[http://www.roboticsconference.org/|RSS]] in July 2015. Check our exciting lineup of invited speakers!
-  * Our following paper won the **Best Robotic Vision Paper Award** at [[http://www.computerrobotvision.org|CRV 2015]]: <html><div class="li CONF" id="Rezapour-2015-CRV" title="Rezapour-2015-CRV"><span><span class="author"><span class="firstname">Safoura</span> <span class="surname">Rezapour Lakani</span></span>, <span class="author"><span class="firstname">Mirela</span> <span class="surname">Popa</span></span>, <span class="author"><span class="firstname">Antonio</span> <span class="surname">Rodríguez-Sánchez</span></span>, <span class="author"><span class="firstname">Justus</span> <span class="surname">Piater</span></span>, <span class="parttitle">CPS: 3D Compositional Part Segmentation through Grasping. </span><a href="http://www.computerrobotvision.org/">12th Conference on Computer and Robot Vision</a>, <span class="pubdate">2015</span>. <span class="actions"> <a href="https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/papers/Rezapour-2015-CRV.pdf">[PDF]</a> <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('Rezapour-2015-CRV', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a> <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('Rezapour-2015-CRV', 'BibTeX')">[BibTeX]</a></span></span></div></html>
-  * Justus Piater is an **invited speaker** at the workshop on [[http://www.rhgm.org/activities/workshopicra15/|Robotic Hands, Grasping, and Manipulation]] May 30, 2015, at [[http://www.icra2015.org/|ICRA 2015]] in Seattle.
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-===== Press =====
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-  * [[http://www.tt.com/panorama/11075798-91/fast-wie-science-fiction-ein-roboter-der-lernt-wie-ein-kind.csp|Fast wie Science Fiction: Ein Roboter, der lernt wie ein Kind]] - Tiroler Tageszeitung (February 3, 2016, in German) features [[@/public/emre/research.html|Emre Ugur's work on stacked learning]].
+  <p>Group picture taken at our 2024 retreat at Meissner Haus.</p>
-  * [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/news/2015/eine-kamera-als-sehhilfe.html.de|Eine Kamera als Sehhilfe]] ([[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/|iPoint]] 06.02.2015, in German)
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-  <a href="#tiroltvvideo">Robotik an der Uni Innsbruck - TirolTV vom 1 Dezember 2014<span id="tiroltvvideo"><span>
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+<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
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+    understanding</i> at <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/congress/multibody2025/">The
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+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
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+    limited by their lack of understanding of their environment. For
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+    this reason, most robots operate in controlled environments.
-  <a href="#raivideo">RAI Südtirol - Tagesschau vom 12 Juli 2014<span id="raivideo">
+    Machine learning can circumvent modeling problems but introduces
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+    new problems of generalizing from examples. How can robots acquire
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+    understanding (of structure, function, causality, etc.) that
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+    allows them to generalize from sparse experience? Motivated by
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+    shortcomings of current machine-learning methods, I will argue
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+    that &quot;understanding&quot; is a meaningful notion in AI that reaches
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+    beyond prediction and control. I will discuss examples of our
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+    recent work on learning visual relational concepts, extrapolation
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+    of learned movements beyond the training distribution, learning of
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+    symbolic concepts and rules, and structure-driven skill learning
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+    from sensorimotor experience. Our long-term objective is to
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+    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:
-</div>
+    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
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+    Seminar: AI in Law and Practice: Regional Perspectives on European
-  * [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/blog/1135417.html|Roboter, die von Menschen lernen]] - ([[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/|iPoint]] 03.01.2014, in German)
+    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
-  * [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/ipoint/news/2012/vom-gehirn-lernen.html.en|Learning from the Brain]] - UIBK news 21/11/2012 reports on 2DSIL, a biologically-inspired model of shape representation.
+    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
-  * [[http://20er.at/|Stille Welt - Gehörlos in Tirol]] - the Tyrolean street newspaper reports on the [[http://www.signspeak.eu/|SignSpeak]] project. ([[http://20er.at/|20er]], pp. 6-7, April 2012, in German)
+    auf maschinellem Lernen (ML) basieren. Dieser Workshop führt in
-  * [[http://www.uibk.ac.at/public-relations/medien/wissenswert/wissenswert18.pdf|Übersetzungslücken schließen]] - the UIBK supplement to an Austrian newspaper reports on our [[http://www.signspeak.eu/|SignSpeak]] project ([[http://www.uibk.ac.at/public-relations/medien/wissenswert/|wissenswert]] 18 pp. 16-17, February 2012, in German)
+    die Grundlagen des ML ein, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf neuronale
-  * [[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)
+    Netze, der derzeit populärsten ML-Technologie. Darauf aufbauend
-  * [[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)
+    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]]
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-Institute of Computer Science\\
+Department of Computer Science\\
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