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First Bielefeld-Osaka Workshop deepens Cooperation between Universities
The first Bielefeld-Osaka Workshop is held from 11 to 13 October at the Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC). The Workshop marks the beginning of a long-term, regular, and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between the two cooperating institutes, CITEC at Bielefeld University and the Japanese Global Center of Excellence: Center of Human-friendly Robotics based on Cognitive Neuroscience at Osaka University. The workshop will focus on research questions in human-machine interaction that are going to be studied at both locations.
Intensive and far-reaching cooperation agreement signed by Bielefeld and Osaka Universities
The President of Osaka University, Professor Dr. Kiyokazu Washida, and the Rektor of Bielefeld University, Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sagerer, have signed a cooperation agreement between the two universities. The signing took place when the Osaka University delegation came to Bielefeld.
Robots as Fitness Coaches for Astronauts
As part of a new project funded by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), scientists at Bielefeld are studying new ways of reducing the physical and psychological stress facing astronauts spending a long time in space. The idea is to use so-called artificial intelligent robot systems.
32 million Euros for a new "Interactive Intelligent Systems" research building
Bielefeld University wins first place in the Wissenschaftsrat's [WR, Council of Science and Humanities] research buildings competition: outstanding quality and international significance.
New DFG Priority Programme "Autonomous Learning": CITEC Scientist Among the Initiators
Increasing the autonomy of machine learning and making it more independent from human prestructuring is the ambitious goal of the new DFG Priority Programme "Autonomous Learning". It is modelled on the exceptional flexibility of human learning that goes far beyond the current abilities of what are mostly statistically based technical learning systems. By viewing learning as an active process embedded in action, the priority programme aims to open up new dimensions for self-teaching technical systems.