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-<​HTML><​table><​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('​newsitem0', '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="newsitem0Abstract" style="​display:​none">​With every spectacular achievement of a machine learning+<​HTML><​table><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('​newsitem0',​ '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="​newsitem0Abstract"​ 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>​2022-02-19</​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('​newsitem1',​ '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="​newsitem1Abstract"​ 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 &amp; Global Citizenship,​ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. <span class="​actions"><​a href="​javascript:​void(0)"​ onclick="​showHide('​newsitem4',​ '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="​newsitem4Abstract"​ 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 contributes a lecture <​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('​newsitem8', '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="newsitem8Abstract" style="​display:​none">​With every spectacular achievement of a machine learning
     system, the long-elusive AI breakthrough is popularly proclaimed     system, the long-elusive AI breakthrough is popularly proclaimed
     to be just around the corner. ​ Most recent successes have been due     to be just around the corner. ​ Most recent successes have been due
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     to attain higher levels of cognitive abilities. ​ To get there, a     to attain higher levels of cognitive abilities. ​ To get there, a
     few core issues can be identified that should drive research in     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 +    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></​table></​HTML>​
-    Biomedical AI, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf</​a>,​ online. <span class="​actions"><​a href="​javascript:​void(0)"​ onclick="​showHide('​newsitem4',​ '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="​newsitem4Abstract"​ 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 +
-    unforeseen events. ​ People can teach them intuitively to perform +
-    tasks instead of having to program them in painstaking ways. +
-    Robots can learn from experience and can improve their behavior +
-    over time.  In this talk I will give an overview of methods, +
-    opportunities,​ and challenges of machine learning in +
-    robotics.</​blockquote></​td></​tr><​tr valign="​top"><​td>​2020-11-20</​td><​td>​Simon Haller-Seeber and Patrick Lamprecht present a show <​i>​Explainable AI: A sneak peek into the Black-Box</​i>​ at <a href="​https://​youtube.com/​watch?​v=4NVfPwdLnCg&​amp;​t=17m43s">​Science Slam</​a>,​ online.</​td></​tr>​ +
-     +
-    <tr valign="​top"><​td>​2020-10-22/​23</​td><​td>​Matteo Saveriano, Erwan Renaudo, Antonio Rodríguez-Sánchez,​ and Justus Piater organize the </i> <a href="​https://​iis.uibk.ac.at/​conferences/​hfr2020/">​ 13th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2020)</​a>,​ online.</​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('​newsitem7',​ '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="​newsitem7Abstract"​ 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 +
-    Gaussian Processes (GP), CNP learn how target distributions depend +
-    on data, and can be conditioned on specific data points to infer +
-    new target distributions at test time.  Unlike GP that are +
-    expensive to train and scale poorly to high dimensions, CNP are +
-    neural networks and are trained by gradient descent. ​ CNMP +
-    leverage CNP to represent motion trajectories that can be +
-    conditioned,​ at test time, on task paramters such as goal +
-    locations, via points, and/or force readings. ​ Moreover, CNMP are +
-    conditioned on sensor readings during execution, resulting in +
-    robust, reactive behavior. ​ This talk will present an overview of +
-    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.</​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('​newsitem10',​ '​Abstract'​)">​[Abstract]</​a></​span><​blockquote id="​newsitem10Abstract"​ 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 +
-    supports this via its new Digital Science Center, and will give a +
-    flavor of machine learning for data analysis.</​blockquote></​td></​tr><​tr valign="​top"><​td>​2020-01-20</​td><​td>​Joanna Chimiak-Opoka,​ Carina König, and Justus Piater appear in the media: <a href="​https://​www.uibk.ac.at/​newsroom/​ergaenzung-digital-science-erfolgreich-gestartet.html.de">​Ergänzung Digital Science erfolgreich gestartet – UIBK Newsroom</​a>​.</​td></​tr></​table></​HTML>​+
  
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