Alan Turing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Imitation Game – Jack Copeland

OecherLab Kapuzinergraben 19 D, 52062 Aachen

At the turn of the millennium Time magazine listed Alan Turing among the twentieth century’s 100 greatest minds. His ideas helped to transport us from an era where ‘computer’ was the term for a human clerk who did the sums in the back office of an insurance company or science lab, into a world where …

Workshop: “Emergence, Causality, and Complexity”

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Organizers: Erica Onnis, Ana María Guzmán, Alexander Schubert Abstract: According to many authors involved in the debate about emergence, ontological emergent phenomena can be characterized as partially dependent on a more fundamental base and causally novel in instantiating new causal properties able to make them autonomous. Moreover, emergence is often recognized as a relevant feature …

Cancelled: From IP and Cookies to IDFA/GAID. Towards a Historical Sociology of (Digital) Addressing – Ricky Wichum

Unfortunately, this lecture has been canceled due to health reasons. We will continue our lecture series on December 18. Thank you for your understanding. This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. To take part either online or in presence, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.

Lecture “The (global) politics of Technology Assessment – discursive-deliberative or agonistic?” – Pierre Delvenne

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

This lecture is part of the “STS Forum” organized by the HumTec (Human Technology Center) at RWTH Aachen University. Abstract: The dynamics of convergence of specific practices (e.g., responsible research and innovation , technology assessment ) across research and innovation policies are frequently interrogated by STS scholarship. Progress itself has often been defined by its …

ERS invites… Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis: Competition Law in the Digital Era: AI and other new challenges

RWTH Aachen University - Super C - Generali Saal 639 Templergraben 57, Aachen, Germany

Professor Stefan Böschen, Director of the KHK c:o/re, and the Exploratory Research Space (ERS) of RWTH Aachen University invite you to another lecture of the "ERS invites..." series, this time featuring Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, to discuss how AI is reshaping the legal landscape from various perspectives. …

Beyond-nature / Beyond-life

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Due to the rapid development of materials sciences during the past decades, such disciplines known as bioinspired materials and biorobotics have posited themselves as domains whose starting point is inspiration from nature, or more precisely, from various ‘natural’ or biological objects and processes found in the natural world. For example, the technology of CRISPR gene …

International Conference “Cultures of Research”

Forum M, Mayersche Buchkremerstraße 1-7, Aachen, Germany

The international conference “Cultures of Research” takes stock of the first four years of the fellow program at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Rearch (c:o/re). During these years, more than fifty international fellows came to the KHK c:o/re to explore the transformation of research in its many facets. Topics such as the digitalization of …

Workshop “Engaged Social Studies of Modelling”

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Modelling and computing are increasingly at the heart of innovation, governance, and public policy. Yet, many modelers remain detached from the social, ethical, and political implications of their work, often viewing these aspects as irrelevant to the success of the model. The flexibility, variety, and resistance to falsification, coupled with their status as authoritative evidence-making …