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SUMMARY:Lecture and discussion with Phil MacNaghten: The knowledge politics of making anticipatory knowledge
DESCRIPTION:How can we engage with futures that are by definition uncertain and unknowable? How can we democratise the making of anticipative knowledge? How can we use such knowledge to contest\, if necessary\, the futures that are inscribed in techno-visionary science? Adopting a science and technology studies perspective\, a public engagement methodology is presented aimed at anticipating the kinds of possible and plausible worlds that novel science and technology bring into being. Drawing on empirical social science research projects using focus groups\, design criteria are explicated on context\, framing\, moderation\, sampling\, analysis and interpretation. A feature of the methodology lies in the assembly of emergent collectives and identities that are constituted to negotiate endogenously public meanings\, concerns and priorities. I reflect on the potential of such processes to reconfigure dominant policy narratives\, the role of the social scientist in mediating such processes and the politics of making anticipatory knowledge. \nThis event is part of the 5th STS-Forum at RWTH Aachen University.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/lecture-and-discussion-with-phil-macnaghten-the-knowledge-politics-of-making-anticipatory-knowledge/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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ORGANIZER;CN="HumTec (Human Technology Center)":MAILTO:mareike.smolka@wur.nl
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231019
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SUMMARY:Tagung: Briefe des 15. Jahrhunderts als Quellen für interkulturelle Kontakte zwischen Italien und dem Osmanischen Reich
DESCRIPTION:From the 19th to 20th October 2023\, a conference on “Briefe des 15. Jahrhunderts als Quellen für interkulturelle Kontakte zwischen Italien und dem Osmanischen Reich” will take place at c:o/re\, organized by Florian Hartmann. \nPlease find the flyer and all information here.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/tagung-briefe-des-15-jahrhunderts-als-quellen-fur-interkulturelle-kontakte-zwischen-italien-und-dem-osmanischen-reich/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prof. Dr. Florian Hartmann":MAILTO:hartmann@histinst.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231025T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231025T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
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SUMMARY:Life from scratch - Gabriele Gramelsberger
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nFor more than a decade\, scientists have been exploring the transition from non-living to living entities in order to create life from scratch\, i.e.\, to move chemically from protoplasm to protocells and finally to artificial organisms. Today\, synthetic biology aims to genetically engineer life from scratch\, such as the synthetic Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn3.0—an artificial single-celled organism with a minimal genome consisting of 473 genes. With the use of computer-aided design (CAD) for genome editing\, rapid design of new organisms is now a “one-stop-shop” business. This talk will provide a brief introduction to the history of the re-genesis of life\, followed by an overview of the current practice of synthetic biology of programming life. It will conclude with some reflections on the proliferating “domain of synthetica.” \nGabriele Gramelsberger holds the Chair for Theory of Science and Technology at RWTH Aachen University and is one of the two directors of c:o/re. In 2018 she founded the Computational Social Systems Lab\, supported by the NRW Digital Fellowship 2017. Her aim is to develop a conceptual framework for Philosophy of Computational Sciences as well as an open science infrastructure for Computational Science Studies. She is a member of the RWTH Human Technology Center and serves as Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the RWTH Aachen University. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 lecture series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-by-gabriele-gramelsberger/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231108T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231108T183000
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SUMMARY:Robot\, a Laboratory "Animal": Producing Knowledge through and about Human-Robot Interaction - Andrei Korbut
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe lecture focuses on the use of robots (primarily humanoid) in robotics laboratories to produce knowledge about human–robot interaction (HRI). Robotics is a large and diverse field\, but with the recent development of artificial conversational systems and the increasing availability of human-like machines\, HRI is now one of the fastest growing and most dynamic subfields in robotics. The lecture will introduce the conceptual framework for studying robots as contemporary laboratory “animals”\, based on the notion of different types of lifelikeness that can be ascribed to humanoid robots. It will argue that robots\, unlike other types of laboratory “living instruments”\, allow for a much closer connection between tools and objects in knowledge production because they hinder the perception of them as “natural objects”. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231122T170000
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SUMMARY:Neuromorphic Computing: Inspiration from the Brain for Future AI Technologies - Emre Neftci
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe importance of understanding the principles of brain computation and incorporating them into artificial systems is often considered necessary to advance AI technologies. However\, the recent advent of large\, “Foundational” vision and language models casts doubt on this assumption\, as recent AI architectures differ considerably from the brain. Yet\, the human brain consumes far less energy to solve tasks similar to large AI models while demonstrating greater resilience to ambiguous cues\, physical damage\, and superior reasoning capabilities. This raises important questions: Can one emulate the brain’s efficiency and robustness? Will such brain-inspired solutions enhance state-of-the-art AI algorithms or will they lead to fundamentally different solutions? This lecture aims to shed light on these questions from the perspective of brain-inspired “neuromorphic computing”\, explaining how current AI was shaped by neuroscience\, what stands in the way of emulating the brain\, and the potential benefits of taking a deeper dive into how life shaped computation. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/lecture-series-lecture/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231206T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231206T183000
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CREATED:20230726T122449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T122920Z
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SUMMARY:Art's Mediation as Remediation: On Some Artworks and their reuses of Toxic Materials - Esther Leslie
DESCRIPTION:There is so much toxicity and contamination in the world. It is incontestable that vast parts of nature are poisoned\, ailing or in retreat\, and under threat. We live amongst poisoned materials.  Drawing on the various ways in which Adorno and Benjamin addressed both the assault on nature\, in the name of progress\, and the possibility – or significance – of art in and after catastrophe\, a number of contemporary art practices are examined in this lecture as a working through of art as a form of mediation. This mediation is multiple:  between nature and culture\, between world and self\, between politics and aesthetics\, The works and practices under examination engage directly with toxic materials\, actual or evoked. In this way\, the toxic materials are re-mediated\, in a double sense. They are used and reused as toxic materials\, but in addition\, they are remediated\, which is to say provide some sort of remedy or alleviation of the dire circumstances. Through such practices\, the transmutational capacities of art practice are engaged\, but without negating the actual hurt in the world. \nEsther Leslie is a Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck\, University of London. She has research interests in political theories of aesthetics and culture and the poetics of science and technology\, as well as animation\, in an expanded sense. She has a particular focus on thinkers associated with the Frankfurt School\, including Walter Benjamin\, T.W. Adorno\, Kracauer and Bloch. Recent work includes a thorough and experimental history of Weimar radio and BBC exile history through the figure of Ernst Schoen. \nKeynote by Dr. Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-esther-leslie-keynote-by-kyveli-mavrokordopoulou/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231206T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231207T181500
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CREATED:20231031T132759Z
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SUMMARY:Toxic Material(itie)s: Eco-Material Entanglements in Art
DESCRIPTION:Workshop at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) \n\nOrganized by \n\n\n\nKäte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) & \n\n\n\nChristian Berger (Universität Siegen)\, Ruby de Vos (University of Groningen)\, Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) \n\n\n\nOur workshop sets out from the obvious\, yet underexplored assumption\, that much of the very stuff that art is made of is toxic. Whether working in the studio\, in the dark room\, in the quarry\, or at contaminated sites\, artists have been\, and continue to be\, exposed to a wide range of toxic materials. But exposure always goes hand in hand with its inevitable corollary\, pollution—from the dumped toxic waste generated by the production of photographic materials to the air and water pollution generated by marble extraction. The toxicity of artistic materials extends far beyond the hazards of the artist’s job—they are part of larger environmental issues. So what can we learn when we explore artworks through the lens of their materiality within an expanded frame that is attentive to their art historical as well as environmental and sociopolitical context? \n\n\n\nSee the full program here. \n\n\n\nTo attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/toxic-materialities-eco-material-entanglements-in-art/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231220T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231220T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240311T092437Z
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SUMMARY:Agency across the Human and the Non-Human. Between Engineering and the Humanities
DESCRIPTION:Workshop with c:o/re Senior Fellows Anna Laktionova\, Masahiko Hara and Carl Mitcham from the Colorado School of Mines. \nThe workshop unfolds as a discussion format in which three presentations are followed by discussions and comments. From an engineering perspective\, Masahiko Hara speaks about his research on living and non-living systems and their interaction. Following on from this\, Anna Lationova points out some important differences for thinking together engineering and the humanities\, introducing concepts of will and willpower in relation to technology. Finally\, Carl Mitcham presents his remarks on a stronger integration of political philosophy in the philosophy of technology in a talk that is open to the public and marks the end of the workshop.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/agency-across-the-human-and-the-non-human-between-engineering-and-the-humanities/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231220T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231220T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20231212T135705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T135832Z
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SUMMARY:Plea for the Political Philosophy of Engineering and Technology - Carl Mitcham
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nMy thesis is that discussion of ethical and other issues in the philosophy of technology needs to be complemented with political philosophy. Development of the thesis takes place in three parts. Part one notes the absence of political philosophy in the first\, classic European period in the philosophy of technology. Part two reviews developments in the philosophy of technology from 1970s to the 2020s\, and how early efforts to think political philosophy of technology were progressively marginalized in favor of ethical\, ontological\, and epistemological questions. Part three looks at some nascent political philosophical discourse in current philosophy of technology that calls attention to the failure in ethics of technology to address “the problem of many hands” as well as “cultural lag” gaps between technological power\, regulation\, and political governance. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/plea-for-the-political-philosophy-of-engineering-and-technology-carl-mitcham/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240110T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240110T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20230726T123201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T103447Z
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SUMMARY:Towards an Ecology of Technoscience - Massimiliano Simons
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nNew emerging sciences and technologies – such as AI\, synthetic biology\, or robotics – are too often discussed in isolation. As a result\, little attention is paid to the potential commonalities and ways in which they can inform each other. In this talk\, I want to focus on aspect of what many of these technosciences have in common: attempts to harness the self-organization of systems in order to design new technological artifacts. This involves a certain loss of control: the scientists do not have full control over the outcome\, but grant the system under study a certain autonomy. \nThe most obvious case of this is machine learning in data science\, where a problem – often in the form of discriminating between data – is solved not by rational design\, but by letting a self-learning algorithm find patterns for us. While this can be effective\, it also leads to the problem of opacity: the process by which the problem was solved often remains a black box\, with all the risks that implies. In this talk\, I will argue that this problem is not unique to data science\, but is also at work in other sciences. I will focus on the life sciences\, and in particular the method of directed evolution in synthetic biology\, which follows similar lines: solving a set of problems – how to design specific molecules or enzymes – not by rational design\, but by creating a context in which natural selection solves the problem for us. \nThe goal of this talk is to work toward a more general framework for how and why the technosciences can be characterized by this fascination with self-organization and loss of control. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-2/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240124T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240124T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20230726T123352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T145054Z
UID:6860-1706115600-1706121000@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Flowers for Agouti: Epigenetics and the Genealogy of Uplift - Ben Woodard
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe notion of uplift has a science-fictional and social justice connotation: it is the raising up of one species by another as well as a historical (and often racially codified) way of speaking of how one group raises itself up above limiting structural conditions. While these notions seem disparate they in fact have a shared history that hybridizes fictional and non-fictional aspirations for future humanity as well as the  origins of civilization as such.\nThis talk examines how recent discussions of epigenetics complicates notions of a too hasty equation of cognition and agency both within humanity and across species that the concept of uplift as championed as an anti-Darwinian politics of Eurocentric teleology. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-3/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240130T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240130T150000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240118T145520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102729Z
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SUMMARY:Unfelt Threshold: Patched Phase
DESCRIPTION:Live Art Installation and Conversation on “Fluctonomous Emergence” \nAbstract: \nUnfelt Threshold is a project in which Japanese artist Aoi Suwa is indirectly linking together various pieces of objects and images\, exhibiting the creations that she has produced over the years. As part of the project\, c:o/re Senior Fellow Masahiko Hara and Aoi Suwa will stage a live installation at RWTH Aachen University’s Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) and engage in a conversation on “Fluctonomous Emergence”\, a term coined by Masahiko Hara. His research focuses on the integration of art strategies in science and technology and introduces a new concept of natural intelligence based on the emergent functions of autonomous ambiguous systems that exhibit fluctuant behavior. \nThis project stems from the concept of “shiki-ik” (識閾\, the threshold of consciousness)\, the boundary where sensations and reactions occur in response to stimuli. The threshold through which transitions occur from the unconscious to the conscious\, and vice versa\, is the gateway of shifting between consciousness and unconsciousness. \nAoi Suwa continues to employ experimental techniques to create works focused on phenomena that can only be witnessed in situ\, developing what could be described as an approach aimed at perceiving thresholds that emerge through the process of traversing back and forth between the realms of the perceivable/imperceivable and conscious/unconscious. \nThrough this project\, we would like to explore its potential as a means of expressing the complexity and the lifelikeness of our current age and seek to reconsider our sustainable social systems surrounded by both living and non-living systems. \n  \nThe installation can be viewed until 22 February 2024 by prior registration with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/unfelt-threshold-patched-phase/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240207T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240207T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T095727Z
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SUMMARY:Bio-inspired Materials and Dreams of Inspiration - Michael Friedman
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nMaterials are found at the very center of our life\, situated in the complex zone between nature and society. In the recent decades\, new discoveries in the natural sciences and in the materials sciences have enabled to develop new materials\, so called ‘active materials’ and ‘Bio-inspired Materials’. These new materials are considered as entities that are able to ‘sense’ and respond to their environment. Furthermore they are not only associated with a technical claim\, but also with the hope that they can do ‘more with less’\, i.e. perform complex tasks\, but use fewer resources and produce less waste to do so. Such materials are considered new ‘ideal’ materials\, but they are materials that cannot be taken as such from nature as they have to be constructed in engineered in a sophisticated way. Nevertheless\, the model for these manufactured active materials is often organic materials found in nature\, such as the grown wood of trees and the bone formation in living organisms – and in this sense the scientists are ‘inspired’ by nature. The scientific analysis of these organic materials may lead to the fabrication of synthetic and bio-inspired active materials\, and this in turn raises the question – which I will discuss in my talk – whether the dream of inspiration from nature is not a revision of a much older view\, or rather metaphor\, to read and finally write the ‘book’ of nature. \nThis event is part of our winter semester 2023/24 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nTo take part either online or in presence\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-4/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240216T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240217T130000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T132331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102715Z
UID:9342-1708077600-1708174800@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Workshop „Kunst\, Wissenschaft\, Öffentlichkeit“ / "Art\, Science\, the Public"
DESCRIPTION:The workshop takes place in cooperation with the project „Computer Signals: Art and Biology in the Age of Digital Experimentation“\, a research collaboration between artist\, biologist and the humanities. \nDuring the workshop\, different formats and practices of science communication\, specially those experimenting with artistic forms\, will be discussed. Furthermore\, there will be an installation format\, where the project Computer Signals presents their archive of sounds\, and in the evening an artistic sound exploration by the sound artist Valentina Vuksic. \nPlease find the programme of the workshop here.\nThe workshop will be completely held in German. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-kunst-wissenschaft-offentlichkeit-art-science-the-public/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240216T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240216T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240124T085742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T142546Z
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SUMMARY:Listening to Science - Valentina Vuksic
DESCRIPTION:Live performance on the audification of data and computer processes \nThe artistic research project „Computer Signals: Art and Biology in the Age of Digital Experimentation“ by Prof. Hannes Rickli at the University of Arts in Zürich engages with digital data work as audible and experienceable. \nOn Friday\, the 16th of February 2024\, at 7:30pm at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re)\, Valentina Vuksic\, a transdisciplinary associate of the project\, is presenting artistic formats that stem from straightforward audifications of computational processes with little aesthetic consideration taken at first\, and yet\, took on a double life as musical works outside of their context. The electromagnetic\, electric and mechanical recordings stem from the research infrastructure of the biological laboratory at UT Austin by Hans Hofmann and the underwater observatory RemOS in Kongsfjorden\, Spitsbergen by Philipp Fischer (Alfred-Wegener-Institut for polar and marine research). The audio material stays unprocessed; it is merely re-arranged and layered. The sonic works set out from digital data generation as part of scientific procedures to take a specific course outlined by a series of sonic extracts. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/listening-to-science-valentina-vuksic/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240307T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240307T123000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T150534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102705Z
UID:9394-1709802000-1709814600@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Symposium: Critical Perspectives on the Metascience Reform Movement
DESCRIPTION:Metascience is often defined as the scientific investigation of science itself with the aim to improve science. This ‘improving’ part of metascience has been called a reform movement. While the intention to improve science is generally laudable\, metascience and the associated movement(s) are not without their critics. The metascience reform movement has for instance\, been characterized as\, among other things\, neoliberal\, positivistic\, atheoretical\, technological\, moralizing\, bureaucratic\, homogenizing\, mechanistic\, quantitative\, psychological (psychologizing)\, social\, civilizing\, bullying\, exclusive\, coercive\, activist\, and normative. Some of those critical perspectives will be presented and discussed in this symposium. \nc:o/re Fellow Dr. Bart Penders will contribute with a talk on “Shamed Into Good Science”. \nLearn more and register for free.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/symposium-critical-perspectives-on-the-metascience-reform-movement/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240403T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240404T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T133416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102658Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop "Building on Models: Experiences from a Decade with the Microcircuit model"
DESCRIPTION:Organizer: Hans Ekkehard Plesser \nComputational neuroscience\, the field dedicated to understanding brain function through modelling\, is dominated by small ad hoc models of neuronal networks designed to explain individual research questions. Such models are frequently implemented in low-level programming languages (e.g. C++\, Matlab\, Python) and at best shared as collections of source code files. By their design these task-specific models fail to integrate knowledge across studies of multiple aspects of brain function. And even though publicly available\, the nature of custom-written code presents significant hurdles to the re-use of model implementations by other scientists and collide with the aim of FAIRness in modelling. \nA model of the cortical microcircuit published by Potjans and Diesmann (2014) took a very different approach. Building their model bottom-up based on a carefully documented analysis of existing anatomical and physiological data\, P&D provided a carefully crafted model implementation executable on the domain-specific high-level simulation tool NEST and complemented it with thorough documentation on how to use the model. Indeed\, P&D even created an additional implementation of the model in the PyNN language\, so that the model can be executed automatically on a wide range of neuronal simulation tools\, including on neuromorphic hardware systems. \nTen years have passed since the publication of the microcircuit model by Potjans and Diesmann\, providing an excellent opportunity to take stock of how their focus on actively sharing their model and encouraging its re-use has been taken up by the scientific community and whether and how it has changed the culture of research in the field. While hundreds of publications have cited the P&D model and it has become an established standard for tests of both correctness and performance of neuromorphic systems\, the tenth anniversary of the model also invites an analysis of why the approach to active model sharing and re-use still struggles to catch on in computational neuroscience. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-buildung-on-models-experiences-from-a-decade-with-the-microcircuit-model/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240426
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T140756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102649Z
UID:9363-1713744000-1714089599@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Conference: Politics of the Machines: Lifelikeness & beyond
DESCRIPTION:From 22 to 25 April 2024\, the experimental conference “Politics of the Machines: Lifelikeness & beyond” will take place in Aachen\, which seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields across the sciences\, technology and the arts to develop imaginaries for possibilities that are still to be realized and new ideas of what the contingency of life is. \nYou can find all information about the program\, key speakers and panels on the PoM website. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write an email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de. \nPlease note: During the event\, the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) will take photos and videos for public relations purposes.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/conference-politics-of-the-machines-lifelikeness-beyond/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240423T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240423T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240407T082311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102642Z
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SUMMARY:Distilled\, Extruded\, Suspended: Lessons in Lifelikeness  from the Metabolism of Mass Production - Hannah Landecker
DESCRIPTION:Keynote “Politics of the Machines” Conference \nAbstract: \nThis talk is about quite ordinary matters\, such as the prevention of perishability in rubbers and oils\, and how one makes a non-dairy creamer that lasts without refrigeration. Yet these are also extraordinary matters. The harvesting and remobilization of metabolically powerful objects and processes proceeded apace in the twentieth century\, a process of industrialization not just of agriculture or craft production\, but of metabolism itself. Cells\, enzymes\, antioxidant molecules\, polymers\, fats and many other capacities and pieces of living things were pulled apart and then pieced back together\, re-articulated into new sequences of material transformation at augmented volume or manipulated speed\, sometimes suspended here\, or driven forward there. Three lessons in lifelikeness from the historical annals of enzymes and antioxidants will invite listeners into the maw of a vast and reticulate petro-animate metabolism\, where novelty concatenates with mimicry and the synthetic is fed to the natural for dinner. Today\, as we begin to ask whether our material things are lasting too long – or not long enough – and the technical parameters of planetary costs of consumption figure prominently in negotiations of ageing\, biodegradability and toxicity\, it is useful to engage directly with the history and future of these technical lifespan objects into which values and temporalities are built. \nThis event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ss24-1/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C – Generali Saal 639\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 2024/25
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240428
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T141829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102636Z
UID:9371-1714089600-1714262399@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:'life.like'
DESCRIPTION:As part of the conference Politics of the Machines: Lifelikeness & beyond\, a cooperation with the Performing Arts Centre PACT Zollverein in Essen is planned for Friday\, 26 April\, and Saturday\, 27 April 2024. \nWith ›life.like‹\, PACT invites you to an experiential\, installative\, and discursive journey that questions and transcends the boundaries between machines\, objects\, and biological systems. What spheres exist beyond the dividing lines of the living and non-living? How do data and unknown techno-social interactions influence decisions and our perception of the living? What relationships\, realms of possibility\, and collaborations emerge between technologies and artistic practices? \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/life-like/
LOCATION:PACT Zollverein\, Bullmannaue 20a\, Essen\, 45327\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240508T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240508T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240408T081850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102629Z
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SUMMARY:Lifestyle Transitions in Human Microbiome Research:  A View from History and Philosophy of Science - Abigail Nieves
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ss24-2/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 23/24
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240515T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240515T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240508T134041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102623Z
UID:10182-1715792400-1715797800@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:A Crisis of Expertise? - Theodore von Kármán Lecture with Reiner Grundmann
DESCRIPTION:Lecture by Reiner Grundmann\, University of Nottingham; RWTH Kármán-Fellow \nThere is a common perception that in recent years\, at least in Western societies\, official expertise has entered a period of crisis with some even proclaiming the ‘death of expertise.’ The underlying causes and potential solutions are diverse\, yet they seem to share a common thread\, as outlined in a widely accepted standard view. This view asserts that in matters that are complex and policy-relevant\, scientific experts assume a central position. Political decision-makers should heed these experts’ advice and ideally implement their recommendations. \nIn my talk I want to challenge this standard view. I will do this through an alternative conceptual framework which distinguishes between different forms of expertise\, and puts them into the context of social change. \nI will also argue that the notion of expertise being in crisis is unhelpful as it implies a temporary state of affairs that will either return to a prior\, stable state of expertise\, or\, indeed\, result in its demise. Expertise is in a process of reconfiguration. While official expertise faces challenges\, not only from dissenting scientists but also from citizen expertise and AI systems\, the impact is uneven across society. Overall\, there is a growing demand for and supply of expertise\, with a multitude of voices participating. Consequently\, a return to a scenario where official expertise holds a monopoly position seems unlikely. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/a-crisis-of-expertise-karman-lecture-with-reiner-grundmann/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Talks
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240518
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T143927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102614Z
UID:9385-1715817600-1715990399@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Workshop: Epistemology of Arithmetic: New Philosophy for New Times
DESCRIPTION:Celebration workshop of Markus Pantsar’s book Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic (Cambridge University Press 2024) and Gabriele Gramelsberger’s award of the K. Jon Barwise Prize 2023 for philosophy and computing by the American Philosophical Association. \nPlease find the program of the workshop here. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de. \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-epistemology-of-arithmetic-new-philosophy-for-new-times/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240524
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240213T144436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102606Z
UID:9390-1716249600-1716508799@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:Workshop: The Origin of Concepts: Philosophical analyses and historical accounts
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Giora Hon\, Ruth Lorand\, Gabriele Gramelsberger \nPlease find the program of the workshop here.\nIn this document\, you can find all abstracts. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de. \nPlease note: During the event\, the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) will take photos and videos for public relations purposes.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-on-concept-formation/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240522T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240522T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240407T082239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T082239Z
UID:9822-1716397200-1716402600@khk.rwth-aachen.de
SUMMARY:On the Origin and Development of Scientific Concepts:  Light Rays and Lines of Force - Friedrich Steinle
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nIn studying the historical dynamics of scientific knowledge\, concepts constitute central objects. Their study\, however\, poses difficulties and challenges that have to do with their specific character as basic components of scientific thought: Much as in everyday life\, they are constantly used but scarcely addressed as such. While we speak about chairs\, cats and cauliflower\, or about temperature\, bacteria\, and oxygen\, we rarely put those concepts themselves in question. At the same time\, processes of their formation and development are shaped by a bewildering variety of factors\, including wider cultural aspects. Historical studies help us understanding both the complexity of scientific concept formation and its implications\, i.e. the historical baggage of scientific concepts. In my talk\, I shall discuss those features and illustrate them by two cases from the history of physical sciences: light rays and lines of force. \nThis event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ss24-3/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 23/24
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ORGANIZER;CN="c%3Ao/re":MAILTO:events@khk.rwth-aachen.de
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240529T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240529T163000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240514T121112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102434Z
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SUMMARY:c: o/re Movie Nights - Talk: Ideal Locale – her and the envelope function of idealist predication by Ben Woodard
DESCRIPTION:Spike Jonze’s her  (2013) is a near-future science fiction film about the difficulties of romantic relationships particularly in an age of ever-increasing technological mediation. Stemming from this\, the film also explores the entangled nature of consciousness and artificial intelligence\, the role of emotions and memories\, and notions of self. \nAlongside the film’s more obvious critical function\, this talk examines her as fictional text which tests the limits of predication\, of the grasping capacity of language\, to encompass interior content of minds whether emotional\, rational\, natural\, or artificial. This in turn requires analyzing a half-forgotten tract of philosophical logic namely\, that logic is not about the mathematical or logical-like operations of ‘rational’ thinking but rather an idealist tradition of logic that treats predication as judgments about reality that does not assume a clear link between natural objects and discerning human minds. \nThe epistolary aspect of her  demonstrates how the letter\, and the temporal delay inherent in all predication which written language highlights\, emphasizes how the expressions of thought are always suffused with feeling\, and that feeling is not to be viewed as a impediment to logic but rather its impetus. To this end this talk will read her through the work of FWJ von Schelling (especially via Iain Hamilton Grant) and FH Bradley. The idealist conceptualization of logic  shared between these thinkers shows how judgments issued by minds are to be valued not by their correlation to real objects but by their ability to construct shared worlds. \nThis talk is part of our c:o/re Movie nights. \nThe talk will take place at the Theaterstraße 75 at 15h. \nAfter the talk\, in cooperation with the Filmstudio RWTH Aachen\, we will screen the film Her by Spike Jonze.  The screeining of the film will take place at the Aula 1 im Hauptgebäude der RWTH Aachen (Temeplgraben 55\, 52062). All details and tickets can be found here. \nBy “Lifelikeness” (Lebensechtheit in German) we mean the representation and/or imitation of living beings of living beings in science and technology in fields such as robotics\, synthetic biology or AI and neuromorphic computing. We ask how their increasing complexity mimics not only a fixed notion of life\, but also the understanding of “life” as such. \nFurther information on the lecture series can be found here.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/c-o-re-movie-nights-talk-ideal-locale-her-and-the-envelope-function-of-idealist-predication-by-ben-woodard/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Film,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240529T201500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240529T223000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240514T113822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102417Z
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SUMMARY:c: o/re Movie Nights - Her
DESCRIPTION:We are looking forward to the collaboration with the film studio of RWTH Aachen University! As part of the lecture series of the Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities: Cultures of Research in the summer semester “Lifelikeness” we will show the film “Her” by by Spike Jonze (2013). \nAbout the Film: \nIn a not so distant future our communicative devices take over a lot of our social work. But some things can only be done by humans. It’s Theodore Twombly’s Job to write letters for other people. Just divorced from his wife Catherine he turns towards the new advantages of technology. In this case it is the new operating system that comes with artificial intelligence and a wonderful smooth voice. His OS starts by naming itself Samantha and turns out to be great company in all everyday situations. Theodore attempts to find a new love but he soon discovers that it is Samantha who makes him happy — and he is not the only one. \nThe film will be screened at the Aula 1 im Hauptgebäude der RWTH Aachen (Temeplgraben 55\, 52062). All details and tickets can be found here. \nAs an introduction before the film\, philosopher Ben Woodard (ICI Berlin) will give a lecture entitled “Ideal Locale – her and the envelope function of idealist predication”. The lecture will take place on May 29 at 3 pm at Theaterstraße 75. Please send us an email if you would like to come to the lecture: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de \n 
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/c-o-re-movie-nights-her/
LOCATION:Aula 1 im Hauptgebäude der RWTH Aachen\, Temeplgraben 55\, Aachen\, NRW\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240605T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240605T183000
DTSTAMP:20260414T230925
CREATED:20240408T081917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T102358Z
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SUMMARY:Life-Like Artificial Music: Understanding the Impact of AI on Musical Thinking - Nikita Braguinski
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThis lecture explores the impact of machine learning on the future of music research and theory. It argues that AI-generated music poses a deep challenge for existing theories: AI systems can learn to imitate musical styles without receiving any information about human music theory concepts\, raising questions about the validity of those concepts. Additionally\, music-generating AI systems can be trained on audio directly\, bypassing notation\, while human music theory almost always works with notation as a simplified and abstracted proxy. \nAs an example of the conceptual challenges and shifts that now arise in music research\, the talk examines a recent paper that compares Western music theory concepts with structures that emerge in a machine learning model trained on musical notation. While the paper finds similarities between the two\, the talk argues that the machine learning system’s output is still influenced by human biases and choices in the training data and model architecture – and that this influence may in fact be unavoidable. \nFinally\, the talk argues that while AI may be able to generate novel structures for analyzing music\, their applicability to human music theory and practice may prove to be extremely limited due to the differences between human cognition and machine learning. Overall\, the talk raises questions about the future potential for AI to disrupt human theory-making – and not only in the discipline of musicology. \nNo knowledge of musicological concepts is required for understanding the presentation and participating in the discussion. \nThis event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de. \nDr. Nikita Braguinski is a 2023-2024 Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Cultures of Research” at RWTH Aachen University. In his work he currently concentrates on the possible impact of machine learning and big online listening datasets on the future of music research. His book “Mathematical Music. From Antiquity to Music AI” (Routledge\, 2022) was translated into Korean\, receiving the Sejong book prize in 2023. He was a Fellow at Harvard University\, a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge\, and a Researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin with funding from the Volkswagen Foundation. In 2023\, he co-convened\, together with Eamonn Bell and Miriam Akkermann\, the ZiF Bielefeld Visiting Research Group “The Future of Musical Knowledge in the Age of Machine Learning”.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ss24-4/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 23/24
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T223000
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SUMMARY:c: o/re Movie Nights - I'm a Cyborg\, But That's OK
DESCRIPTION:We are looking forward to the collaboration with the film studio of RWTH Aachen University! As part of the lecture series of the Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities: Cultures of Research in the summer semester “Lifelikeness” we will show the film: \nI’m a Cyborg\, But That’s OK by Park Chan-wook. The film will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by a discussion moderated by the Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities: Cultures of Research. \nThe film will be screened at the Aula 1 im Hauptgebäude der RWTH Aachen (Temeplgraben 55\, 52062) on the 11th of June at 20:15pm. All details and tickets can be found here. \nBy “Lifelikeness” we mean the representation and/or imitation of living beings of living beings in science and technology in fields such as robotics\, synthetic biology or AI and neuromorphic computing. We ask how their increasing complexity mimics not only a fixed notion of life\, but also the understanding of “life” as such. \nFurther information on the lecture series can be found here.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/c-o-re-movie-nights-im-a-cyborg-but-thats-ok/
LOCATION:Aula 1 im Hauptgebäude der RWTH Aachen\, Temeplgraben 55\, Aachen\, NRW\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240619T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240619T183000
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SUMMARY:Indoor Atmospheres: Comfort\, Aerial Hygiene  and the Microbiome of the Built Environment - Sven Opitz
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. \nIf you would like to attend\, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/evening-lecture-ss24-5/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series,Lecture Series 2024/25,Lecture Series 23/24
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