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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>2022-06-02</td><td>Erwan Renaudo contributes a talk <i>Deep Learning for Fast Segmentation of E-waste Devices’
+<HTML><table><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-25</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Generative KI: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen</i> at <a href="https://efuture-day.tsn.at/programm">eFuture-Day
-    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('newsitem0', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem0Abstract" style="display:none">Recycling obsolete electronic devices (E-waste) is 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
-    dangerous task for human workers. Automated E-waste recycling
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
-    is an area of great interest but challenging for current robotic
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
-    applications. We focus on the problem of segmenting inner parts
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
-    of E-waste devices into manipulable elements. First, we extend
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
-    a dataset of hard-drive disk (HDD) components with labelled
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
-    occluded and non-occluded points of view of the parts, in order
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
-    to increase the diversity and the quality of the learning data
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
-    with different angles. We then perform an extensive evaluation
+    mit ihnen im Schulbetrieb.</blockquote></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>2024-04-24</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited talk <i>Generative KI: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen</i> at <a href="https://efuture-day-sek2.tsn.at/programm">eFuture-Day
-    with three different state-of-the-art models, namely CenterMask,
+    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
-    BlendMask and SOLOv2 (including variants) and two types of
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
-    metrics: the average precision as well as the frame rate. Our
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
-    results show that instance segmentation using state-of-the-art
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
-    deep learning methods can precisely detect complex shapes along
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
-    with their boundaries, as well as being suited for fast tracking of
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
-    parts in a robotic recycling system. (Rojas et  al. 2022)
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
-    </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
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
-    Tirol Podcast (in German)</a>. (Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ist bereits heute ein täglicher Begleiter, doch vom universellen Haushaltsroboter sind wir noch weit entfernt. Automatisierte Systeme werden zwar Jobs übernehmen, Maschinen werden aber noch lange nicht die Weltherrschaft an sich reißen, falls überhaupt. Zur Langen Nacht der Forschung spricht Martin Kubin im #derWoche „Maschinenzukunft“ mit Prof. Justus Piater vom Institut für Informatik über Chancen und Gefahren von KI. Er weiß auch, warum KI etwa die Justiz unterstützen kann, aber ein KI-Richter niemals objektiv urteilen könnte.)</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('newsitem2', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem2Abstract" style="display:none">In the design of &quot;Cognitive Robots&quot; software architectures,
+    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
-    researchers had to face many organizational problems due to
+    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
-    the particular nature of robots. Not only should they manage
+    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
-    to achieve complex tasks with long-terms goals, but they must
+    Disassembly</i> at <a href="https://reconcycle.eu/erf2024/">Adaptive Robotics for
-    also be reactive to their surroundings to preserve their environment.
+    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
-    We will go over several layered control paradigms developed over
+    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.
-    the history of robotics and see how these can relate to the
+    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
-    knowledge about the Octopus' brain organization, and discuss
+    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
-    how the Octopus itself can inspire cognitive robotic research.
+    „denkt“ ChatGPT? Begegnungen mit einer Künstlichen
-    </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
+    Intelligenz</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></table></HTML>
-    Science</a>, Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem3', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem3Abstract" 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>2022-04-28</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('newsitem5', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem5Abstract" 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('newsitem8', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem8Abstract" 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 teaches a tutorial <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></table></HTML>
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