RWTH AI Week (31.08. - 03.09.2021): Our Future with
Artificial Intelligence
Dear students,
Today, we are happy to announce the
RWTH AI Week:
Accompanying the award of the “Aachener Ingenieurspreis” to
Professor Dr. Sebastian Thrun, RWTHextern and the RWTH
Center for Artificial Intelligence present a series of
events, talks, and discussions on artificial intelligence.
We would like to invite you to
register for these events (in case you want to attend in
person) or follow the live stream on the
RWTH YouTube channel.
Professor Thrun is awarded the “Aachener
Ingenieurspreis” to honor his visionary involvement and his
research impulses in the fields of artificial intelligence,
autonomous driving, and digital education. Inspired by this,
the themed week emphasizes the importance of the complex
topic “artificial intelligence” for our society. AI will
influence our daily life in a variety of ways. This series
of events offers insights into current AI research and
highlights different perspectives – in an entertaining and
comprehensible way, and always open for critical dialogue.
We are offering a versatile program (see the
attached flyer), which covers various aspects of AI. A
series of varied short presentations by researchers from
RWTH University under the title “AI in a nutshell”
provides insights into recent research questions in the
field of AI. During a
scientific symposium, the award winner Sebastian
Thrun as well as other renowned scientists introduce their
current research. The themed week also offers the
possibility to discuss the influence of AI on our daily life
with researchers, politicians, and artists - for example
during a special of the discussion series “Uni im
Rathaus”
with the topic “AI and me” or during a reading of
the book “DAVE” by the author Raphaela Edelbauer and
the following discussion.
All events within the context of the AI week
are free of charge.
However,
a registration is required to attend the events in
person. You can find the registration links on our
homepage. In addition, all events will be
streamed live on the
RWTH University YouTube channel. We kindly ask for
your understanding in case that RWTH is forced to adjust the
event format to the regulations (Coronaschutzverordnung -
CoronaSchVO) applicable in September. Please do not hesitate
to
contact us in case you have any
questions regarding the events.
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Editor:
Hannah Markgraf
Coordinator
RWTH Center for Artificial Intelligence