Lecture Series

Artificial Intelligence

Thu 31 OCct 7, 14, 21 and 28 Nov – 19.30 to 21:30
Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2

Kurt Driessens, PhD
Associate Professor Machine Learning
Mark Winands, PhD
Associate Professor Artificial Intelligence
Rico Möckel, PhD
Associate Professor Cognitive Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Prof. Jan Scholtes
Professor of Text Mining
Prof. Gerhard Weiss
Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

All Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, UM

The development of machines that can learn, reason and act intelligently – Artificial Intelligence (AI) – is advancing rapidly. In some fields, machine intelligence already surpassed the limits of what the brightest human minds are capable of achieving. In others, machines still struggle with seemingly basic tasks. Nonetheless, breakthroughs in AI already have profound impact on society. AI is set to improve our world now and will continue to do so in the future. At the same time, there is the fear of losing control. Who is behind these systems and how do they work? In this lecture series we look at the applications, developments and possibilities of AI, but also at the ethics surrounding the technology. Prior knowledge of AI is not required: your human intelligence will help you navigate these lectures just fine.

The individual lectures

1. When your computer gets better with experience: Machine Learning (Driessens / 31 Oct)

2. When searching, go (to) Monte-Carlo! (Winands / 7 Nov)

3. AI and robotics (Möckel / 14 Nov)

4. AI and applications in the legal domain (Scholtes / 21 Nov)

5. Ethical and societal aspects of AI (Weiss / 28 Nov)

Costs whole series
UM students €10
UM employees and students from other schools €25
Others €50

1. When your computer gets better with experience: Machine Learning (Driessens / 31 Oct)

2. When searching, go (to) Monte-Carlo! (Winands / 7 Nov)

3. AI and robotics (Möckel / 14 Nov)

4. AI and applications in the legal domain (Scholtes / 21 Nov)

5. Ethical and societal aspects of AI (Weiss / 28 Nov)