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 ===== Working With Us =====
-  * We may accept up to two Ph.D. students via the [[https://ellis.eu/|ELLIS]] PhD Program, to start during the second half of 2023. [[https://ellis.eu/news/ellis-phd-program-call-for-applications-2022|Apply]] by 2022-11-15.
+  * We currently have [[jobs|multiple PhD positions]].
   * Check our thesis topics for [[theses/start|Bachelor and Master students]].
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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>2022-06-10</td><td>Simon Haller-Seeber, Patrick Hofmann, and Thomas Gatterer 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>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>2024-05-28</td><td>Justus Piater gives an invited colloquium <i>Making robots learn to perceive and act with
-    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('newsitem1', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem1Abstract" style="display:none">Recycling obsolete electronic devices (E-waste) is a
+    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
-    dangerous task for human workers. Automated E-waste recycling
+    and Interactive Systems group at the University of Innsbruck. Our
-    is an area of great interest but challenging for current robotic
+    long-term objective is to improve abstraction, generalization,
-    applications. We focus on the problem of segmenting inner parts
+    robustness, and ultimately explainability of robot perception and
-    of E-waste devices into manipulable elements. First, we extend
+    action. Motivated by shortcomings of current machine-learning
-    a dataset of hard-drive disk (HDD) components with labelled
+    methods, I will argue that &quot;understanding&quot; is a meaningful notion
-    occluded and non-occluded points of view of the parts, in order
+    in AI that reaches beyond prediction and control. I will discuss
-    to increase the diversity and the quality of the learning data
+    examples of our recent work on learning visual relational
-    with different angles. We then perform an extensive evaluation
+    concepts, extrapolation of learned movements beyond the training
-    with three different state-of-the-art models, namely CenterMask,
+    distribution, learning of symbolic concepts and rules, and
-    BlendMask and SOLOv2 (including variants) and two types of
+    structure-driven skill learning from sensorimotor
-    metrics: the average precision as well as the frame rate. Our
+    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
-    results show that instance segmentation using state-of-the-art
+    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
-    deep learning methods can precisely detect complex shapes along
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
-    with their boundaries, as well as being suited for fast tracking of
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
-    parts in a robotic recycling system. (Rojas et  al. 2022)
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
-    </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
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
-    Tirol Podcast (in German)</a>. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem2', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem2Abstract" style="display:none">Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) ist bereits heute ein
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
-    täglicher Begleiter, doch vom universellen Haushaltsroboter sind
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
-    wir noch weit entfernt. Automatisierte Systeme werden zwar Jobs
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
-    übernehmen, Maschinen werden aber noch lange nicht die
+    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
-    Weltherrschaft an sich reißen, falls überhaupt. Zur Langen Nacht
+    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
-    der Forschung spricht Martin Kubin im #derWoche „Maschinenzukunft“
+    im Laufe des letzten Jahres begonnen, unsere Welt zu verändern.
-    mit Prof. Justus Piater vom Institut für Informatik über Chancen
+    Wie können wir sie produktiv nutzen? Wie können wir mit den
-    und Gefahren von KI. Er weiß auch, warum KI etwa die Justiz
+    Herausforderungen umgehen, die durch sie entstehen? Ich werde
-    unterstützen kann, aber ein KI-Richter niemals objektiv urteilen
+    diese Fragen von der technischen Seite her angehen und einen
-    könnte.</blockquote></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('newsitem4', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem4Abstract" style="display:none">In the design of &quot;Cognitive Robots&quot; software architectures,
+    Eindruck davon vermitteln, wie diese Systeme funktionieren. Daraus
-    researchers had to face many organizational problems due to
+    ergeben sich ein realistisches Verständnis für ihre Möglichkeiten
-    the particular nature of robots. Not only should they manage
+    und Grenzen sowie einige grundlegende Empfehlungen für den Umgang
-    to achieve complex tasks with long-terms goals, but they must
+    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
-    also be reactive to their surroundings to preserve their environment.
+    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
-    We will go over several layered control paradigms developed over
+    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
-    the history of robotics and see how these can relate to the
+    Disassembly</i> at <a href="https://reconcycle.eu/erf2024/">Adaptive Robotics for
-    knowledge about the Octopus' brain organization, and discuss
+    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
-    how the Octopus itself can inspire cognitive robotic research.
+    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.
-    </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
+    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
-    Science</a>, Innsbruck. <span class="actions"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="showHide('newsitem5', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem5Abstract" style="display:none">Wouldn't it be great to have a helper robot that we can
+    Digital Leadership Club</a>, Innsbruck.</td></tr></table></HTML>
-    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('newsitem7', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem7Abstract" 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('newsitem10', 'Abstract')">[Abstract]</a></span><blockquote id="newsitem10Abstract" 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></table></HTML>
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