Scientific Opening Conference

Program 

This is a general AI event with topical emphasis on research areas that are strongly represented in CAIDAS: computer vision, natural language processing, ML for graphs and networks, reinforcement learning and robotics, explainable AI, medical AI/ML/CV, ML for Business, ML for audio and music.  

The program encompasses three types of sessions:  keynote talks, CAIDAS talks and poster sessions (with food!). The below program is tentative, changes are still possible/likely.  

Wednesday, Oct 29

ZPD building

• 12:00-13.00 Welcome & Registration

• 13.00-13.30 Opening: CAIDAS & BAIOSPHERE 

• 13.30-14.00 Cutting-edge AI research @ CAIDAS: 

                    Goran Glavaš, CAIDAS Board Member

• 14.00-15.00 Keynote talk #1:  Jiri Matas (Computer Vision)

• 15.00-15.30 CAIDAS Spotlight #1: Ingo Scholtes (ML for Graphs) 

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

• 16.00-16.30 CAIDAS Spotlight #2: Andreas Hotho (Data Science/NLP) 

• 16.30-17.00 CAIDAS Spotlight #3: Hannes Taubenböck (Remote Sensing)  

17.00-17.15 Moving from ZPD to the CAIDAS building

CAIDAS building

• 17.15-18.45 Poster & demo session #1 (Seminar rooms 1, 2, 3)

 With finger food dinner & drinks!

Thursday, Oct 30

ZPD building

• 09:00-10.00 Keynote talk #2:  Rebekka Burkholz (Efficient ML)

• 10.00-10.30 Coffee break

• 10.30-11.00 CAIDAS Spotlight #4: Leon Bungert (Mathematics of ML)

• 11.00-11.30 CAIDAS Spotlight #5: Christof Weiss (DL for Music)  

11.30-11.45 Moving from ZPD to the CAIDAS building

CAIDAS building

• 11.45-13.15 Poster & demo session #2 (Seminar rooms 1, 2, 3)

 With finger food lunch & drinks!

13.15-13.30 Moving from CAIDAS to the ZPD building

ZPD building

• 13:30-14.30 Keynote talk #3:  Dorit Merhof (ML/CV in Medicine)

• 14.30-15.00 CAIDAS Spotlight #6: Christophe Zimmer (DL for Biology)

• 15.00-15.30 CAIDAS Spotlight #7: Adrian Krenzer (AI in Gastroenterology)

• 15.30-15.45 Closing remarks