Name: Freedom of Research: Freedom Late Night
Start: 2024-11-04T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-04T23:30:00+01:00
Location: Ludwig Forum

June 2024
05-06-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Life-Like Artificial Music: Understanding the Impact of AI on Musical Thinking – Nikita Braguinski

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Abstract: This 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, …

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11-06-2024 @ 20:15 - 22:30

c: o/re Movie Nights – I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK

Aula 1 im Hauptgebäude der RWTH Aachen Temeplgraben 55, Aachen, NRW, Germany

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: I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK by Park Chan-wook. The …

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19-06-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Indoor Atmospheres: Comfort, Aerial Hygiene and the Microbiome of the Built Environment – Sven Opitz

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

This event is part of our summer semester 2024 Lecture Series Lifelikeness. If you would like to attend, please write a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
July 2024
03-07-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Organising Life: Biocuration, Bio-Ontologies, and the Conditions of Academic Work – Sarah Davies

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Abstract: In this talk I discuss biocuration as a field of scholarly practice. In creating and managing data and knowledge bases, biocuration is essential to research in the biosciences, but the skilled human labour it involves is often rendered invisible to its users. At the same time, this ordering work is central to rendering scientific …

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09-07-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Anwendungen und Herausforderungen der Technologie der künstlichen Intelligenz in der Schul- und Ausbildung: Eine vergleichende Studie zwischen Südkorea und Deutschland – Chun-Shik Kim

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

This talk will be held in German. Abstract: Wie man sicher weiß, gewinnen die Geisteswissenschaften im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz und die menschliche Interaktion mit KI Technologien derzeit weltweit als wichtige Forschungsbereiche an Aufmerksamkeit. Dies wird zur Ausweitung von Branchen führen, die davon leben, Emotionen zu erzeugen, wie z.B. Musik, Film und Kunst. Darüber hinaus …

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September 2024
09-09-2024 @ 14:00 - 18:00

Workshop “Practical and Epistemic Challenges of Living Lab Research – Perspectives from Australia and Germany” with Darren Sharp

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Aim: The aim of the workshop is (1) to inform each other about current activities and thus to inform and inspire each other about current perspectives on living lab research in the respective countries, (2) to reflect on these perspectives against the background of different research cultures in the respective countries (3) to identify future …

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11-09-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Net Zero Precinct Futures: place-based experimentation for sustainability transitions – Theodore von Kármán Lecture with Darren Sharp

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Lecture by Darren Sharp, Monash Sustainable Development Institute (Melbourne, Australia); RWTH Kármán-Fellow Abstract: Urban experimentation is an emerging field that brings together academic, government, industry and community actors to trial new modes of sustainable development and transition governance approaches. Envisioning sustainable futures involves the co-creation of visions and pathways to orient actors involved in urban …

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October 2024
09-10-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

Towards Expanded STS? – Stefan Böschen

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.
21-10-2024 - 05-11-2024

Freedom of Research: Art Exhibition

RWTH Aachen, C.A.R.L. Claßenstraße 11, Aachen, Germany

We are pleased to have brought the exhibition “European Archive of Voices” to Aachen. A team of 50 young international interviewers has interviewed people from across Europe born in the first half of the 20th century in their mother tongue about their experiences, fears and hopes. This diverse collection of memoirs includes activists, artists, lawyers, …

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22-10-2024 @ 10:30 - 18:30

Political Philosophy of Engineering and Technology – Workshop organized by Carl Mitcham (Colorado School of Mines)

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Abstract: Why political philosophy of technology? Why aren’t the philosophy and ethics of technology adequate? A classic answer is contained in the concluding chapter of Nicomachean Ethics where Aristotle transitions to the Politics: “Ethical arguments may have the power to encourage and stimulate the high-minded and those of noble character, but they are insufficient to …

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30-10-2024 @ 17:00 - 18:30

An IAEA for AI? The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Governance Models from the Nuclear Age – Elisabeth Röhrlich

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.
November 2024
04-11-2024 @ 18:30 - 23:30

Freedom of Research: Freedom Late Night

Ludwig Forum Jülicher Str. 97-109, Aachen, Germany

We invite you to an inspiring event featuring thought-provoking talks, artistic performances, and scientific presentations. Delve into the critical questions: "Why is science crucial for freedom?" and "How do key technologies ensure our freedom and that of future generations?" Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a vibrant discussion on the power of education …

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