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 ===== Working With Us =====
+  * We currently have [[jobs|multiple PhD positions]].
   * Check our thesis topics for [[theses/start|Bachelor and Master students]].
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 //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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-Group picture taken at our retreat in Obergurgl
+Group picture taken at our 2022 retreat in Obergurgl
 ===== News =====
-<HTML><table><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
+<HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2024-05-28</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making robots learn to perceive and act with
-    „Primers for Predocs – Strategien für eine erfolgreiche
+    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('newsitem0', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem0Abstract" style="display:none">The title of this talk is the motto of my Intelligent
-    Promotion“</a>, Universität Heidelberg. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem0', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem0Abstract" style="display:none">Massive availability of data and computing power are
+    and Interactive Systems group at the University of Innsbruck. Our
-    promoting data-driven methods in all areas of science and
+    long-term objective is to improve abstraction, generalization,
-    technology.  I will describe how the University of Innsbruck
+    robustness, and ultimately explainability of robot perception and
-    supports this via its new Digital Science Center, and will give a
+    action. Motivated by shortcomings of current machine-learning
-    flavor of machine learning for data analysis.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2020-01-03</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Künstliche Intelligenz: Grundlagen, Erfolge,
+    methods, I will argue that &quot;understanding&quot; is a meaningful notion
-    Herausforderungen</i> at 47. Tagung des Innsbrucker Kreises von MoraltheologInnen
+    in AI that reaches beyond prediction and control. I will discuss
-    und SozialethikerInnen, Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-12-19</td><td>Justus Piater appears in the media: <a href="https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Tirol-heute/70023/Tirol-heute/14035670/Alexa-Siri-Co-Spione-im-eigenen-Haus/14610743">TV interview by ORF 2 Tirol Heute RedHaus (in German)</a>.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-12-12</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited lecture <i>Too Smart to Be Trusted – Do I Even Want to
+    examples of our recent work on learning visual relational
-    Understand My Robot?</i> at <a href="http://www.trustrobots.eu/">TrustRobots Lecture series
+    concepts, extrapolation of learned movements beyond the training
-    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
+    distribution, learning of symbolic concepts and rules, and
-    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('newsitem4', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem4Abstract" style="display:none">A fundamental task of sensory processing is to detect
+    structure-driven skill learning from sensorimotor
-    and integrate feature items to group them into perceptual units
+    experience.</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
-    segregating them from other objects and the background. A
+    Sek. 1</a>, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem1', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem1Abstract" style="display:none">Generative KI-Systeme wie ChatGPT und Midjourney haben
-    framework is discussed which explains how perceptual grouping at
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
-    early as well as higher-level cognitive stages may be implemented
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
-    in cortex. Different grouping mechanisms are implemented which are
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
-    attuned to basic features and feature combinations and mainly
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
-    evaluated along the forward sweep of stimulus processing. However,
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
-    due to limitations of local feature detection mechanisms and
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
-    inherent ambiguities, top-down feedback is required to deliver
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
-    contextual information helping to disambiguate initial
+    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
-    measurements. Feedback of contextual information is demonstrated
+    Sek. 2</a>, Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem2', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem2Abstract" style="display:none">Generative KI-Systeme wie ChatGPT und Midjourney haben
-    to improve object recognition performance, stabilize learning of
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
-    object categories, and integrate multi-sensory representations.
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
-    The canonical principles of neural computation define a set of
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
-    core operations to implement above-mentioned mechanisms of
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
-    perceptual and cognitive inference. These operations can be
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
-    mapped, in a simplified form, onto neuromorphic platforms to
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
-    emulate brain-like computation. It is demonstrated that an
+    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
-    architecture composed of canonical circuit mechanisms can be
+    im Fertigungsprozess</i> at Digitalwissenschaftlicher Bildungsnachmittag, Musikinstrumentenbauschule Mittenwald.</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
-    mapped onto neuromorphic chip technology facilitating low-energy
+    Symposium on AI, Robotics, and Vision 26.–27.3.2024</a>.</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
-    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('newsitem5', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem5Abstract" style="display:none">Humanoid robotics plays a central role in robotics
+    Disassembly</i> at <a href="https://reconcycle.eu/erf2024/">Adaptive Robotics for
-    research as well as in understanding intelligence. Engineering
+    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
-    humanoid robots that are able to learn from humans and
+    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>2023-12-01</td><td>Justus Piater is a panelist at a public discussion on <a href="https://www.mediengipfel.at/at/archiv/veranstaltungen/2023.php">15.
-    sensorimotor experience, to predict the consequences of actions
+    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
-    and exploit the interaction with the world to extend their
+    Digital Leadership Club</a>, Innsbruck.</td></tr></table></HTML>
-    cognitive horizon remains a research grand challenge. Currently,
-    we are experiencing AI systems with superhuman performance in
-    games, image and speech processing. However, the generation of
-    robot behaviors with human-like motion intelligence and
-    performance has yet to be achieved. In this talk, I will present
-    recent progress towards engineering 24/7 humanoid robots that link
-    perception and action to generate intelligent behavior. I will
-    show the ARMAR humanoid robots performing complex grasping and
-    manipulation tasks in kitchen and industrial environments,
-    learning actions from human observation and experience as well as
-    reasoning about object-action relations.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-11-25</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Enabling Robots to Learn Abstract Concepts</i> at <a href="https://tricolore.inf.unibz.it/tricolore2019/program/">TriCoLore
-    – Creativity | Cognition | Computation</a>, Bolzano, Italy.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-11-18</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Künstliche Intelligenz in einer menschlichen
-    Gesellschaft</i> at Robotik in Medizin und Pflege – Jubiläumssymposium
-    des Klinischen Ethikkommittees, A.ö. Landeskrankenhaus – Universitätskliniken
-    Innsbruck.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-11-08</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>AI Transparency in Autonomous Vehicles</i> at <a href="https://cogvehicles2019.github.io/">Towards Cognitive
-    Vehicles: perception, learning and decision making under
-    real-world constraints. Is bio-inspiration helpful?</a>, Macau.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2019-11-03</td><td>Justus Piater, Philipp Gschwandtner, and Simon Haller appear in the media: Österreich-Bild: Bits und Berge - 350 Jahre Forschung in Innsbruck; TV Documentary by ORF 2 (in German).</td></tr></table></HTML>
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