Scientific Explanations from Machine Learning? (Stefan Buijsman)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Stefan Buijsman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Technology at TU Delft, Netherlands. In his talk, he will be discussing the issue of obtaining scientific explanations from machine learning models. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series Cultures of Research - Philosophy of AI_Optimist and Pessimist Views.  

What is the value-added of being human? The beginning of a conversation (Steve Fuller)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Steve Fuller is c:o/re fellow and Professor of Social Epistemology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, England. In his talk, he will give insight into his work around the future of humanity or a "humanity 2.0". The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series Cultures of Research - Philosophy of …

Behavioral Objects, Agonistic Objects. How and why to design art robotic objects fighting against and for their being conditions? (Samuel Bianchini)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Samuel Bianchini is an artist and associate professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs—Paris (EnsAD) / PSL University Paris. His talk will provide insight into his work on the relationships between the most forward-looking technological “dispositifs”, modes of representation, new forms of aesthetic experiences, and sociopolitical organizations. The talk is part of the …

Traffic as a Socio-Technical System: Opportunities for AI (Ana Bazzan)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Ana Bazzan is c:o/re fellow and Professor of Computer Science at the Institute of Informatics and Leader of the Artificial Intelligence Group, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her talk will go into detail on her research surrounding multiagent systems or more recently, smart cities focussing on transportation. The talk …

Space, Literacy and Citizenship in the Digitalization of Law (Jean Lassègue)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Jean Lassègue is Senior Researcher at CNRS (National Scientific Research Centre) and member of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). His talk will give insight into his work around the history and epistemology of computer science, theory of forms and symbolic activities, from exact sciences to sciences of culture and an anthropology …

Explainable and Verifiable Machine Learning. A Grand Challenge for Computer Science (Kim Guldstrand Larsen)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Kim Guldstrand Larsen is professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University within the Distributed, Embedded Systems and Intelligent (DEIS) Unit and director of the ICT-competence center CISS, Center for Embedded Software Systems. Being the prime investigator of the award winning tool UPPAAL as well as its branches, his talk will highlight ongoing research towards explainable …

Calibrating expectations about AI: A renewed endeavour towards the measurement of behaviour (Jose Hernandez Orallo)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Jose Hernandez Orallo is Professor at the Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of Artificial Intelligence, which is a non-profit foundation made up of the Generalitat Valenciana, companies and the five public universities of the Valencian Community. His talk will be discussing his work around the evaluation and measurement of intelligent systems in general and …

Reverse-engineering the Language of Thought (Jakub Szymanik)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Jakub Szymanik is Associate professor at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. His talk will give insight into his work surrounding meaning, computation, and cognition, more precisely natural language semantics, including generalized quantifiers, and reasoning. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series Cultures of Research - Philosophy of …

How will humans treat AI? Or, Human social intelligence meets artificial intelligence (Ophelia Deroy)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Ophelia Deroy is Professor of philosophy of mind at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Her talk will discuss aspects of experience and thought which challenge individuals' capacity for rational justification or even reflective awareness as part of her research on the interface of philosophy of mind and cognitive neurosciences. The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture …

Demystifying Probabilistic Programming (Joost-Pieter Katoen)

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Joost-Pieter Katoen is Professor of software modeling and verifaction at the RWTH University Aachen. His talk will provide insights into his work focussing on probabilistic programs and their applications.  The talk is part of the c:o/re Lecture Series Cultures of Research - Philosophy of AI_Optimist and Pessimist Views.