KI-Kongress Rheinland-Pfalz an der RPTU in Kaiserslautern am 20.03.2024 - Arbeitsgruppe Maschinelles Lernen von Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft als Ko-Organisator und Fachbereich Informatik mit weiteren Vortragenden vertreten

• Event Location: RPTU in Kaiserslautern, Audimax-Gebäude 42

  Event Date: 20.03.2024

  Contact Person: Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft

  https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/ki-kongress-in-kaiserslautern-100.html

  

  AI Congress Rhineland-Palatinate at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern on 20.03.2024 - Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft's Machine Learning working group as co-organizer and Department of Computer Science represented with further speakers

  Thanks to 104 registered participants from science, business and politics, the AI Congress Rhineland-Palatinate on March 20, 2024 at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern was a top-class event on the status and future of AI research in the state. We were particularly pleased to welcome the Minister of Science and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Minister of State Clemens Hoch. In the morning, the representatives of the universities and universities of applied sciences in Rhineland-Palatinate presented their respective AI strategies; the Vice President for Research, Prof. Dr. Werner R. Thiel, did this for RPTU. In the afternoon, AI researchers presented selected lighthouse projects of the individual institutions; for RPTU, the Department of Computer Science was represented by Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft and Junior Prof. Dr. Sophie Fellenz with the joint presentation "Interdisciplinary Application of Artificial Intelligence in Process Engineering and Biotechnology - DFG AI Research Group: Deep Learning on Sparsely Populated Chemical Process Data". Last but not least, Prof. Dr. Katharina A. Zweig with her presentation "Better decisions with machines?" and Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Andreas Dengel with his presentation "Status and Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence" as AI ambassadors of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate provided interesting insights into their visions of artificial intelligence; here, too, other renowned experts from the Department of Computer Science had their say. The event was organized by the local AI project office of the AI Alliance Rhineland-Palatinate, which is based at the Machine Learning working group of Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft, and was actively supported by his group in terms of technical and organizational aspects. We generally received very positive feedback on our event, which was even featured on the regional TV news on SWR (see link https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/ki-kongress-in-kaiserslautern-100.html above).
  
  Detailed program of the event:

  Morning program
  from 09:00 a.m. Registration in the foyer of building 42 (Audimax)
  10:00 a.m. Welcome by Prof. Dr. Werner Thiel (Vice President of the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau)
  and by Minister of State Clemens Hoch (Ministry of Science and Health)
  10:15 a.m. The state's universities and universities of applied sciences present their latest developments in the research domain of artificial intelligence
  - Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller-Stach (Vice President of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
  - Prof. Dr. Andreas Mauthe (University of Koblenz)
  - Prof. Dr. Antje Liersch (Vice President of the University of Koblenz)
  - Prof. Dr. Anett Mehler-Bicher (Vice President of Mainz University of Applied Sciences)
  - Prof. Dr. Florian Dahms (Bingen University of Applied Sciences)
  - Prof. Dr. Eva Martha Eckkrammer (President of the University of Trier)
  - Prof. Dr. Henrik te Heesen (Vice President of Trier University of Applied Sciences)
  - Prof. Dr. Henning Kehr (Worms University of Applied Sciences)
  - Prof. Dr. Gunther Piller (President of the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences for Business and Society)
  - Prof. Dr. Dieter Wallach (Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences)
  - Prof. Dr. Werner Thiel (Vice President of the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau)
  from 12:00 pm Get-together at the buffet
  Afternoon program
  12:45 p.m. Researchers from the state's universities and colleges present projects from the research domain of artificial intelligence
  - Prof. Dr. Michael Wand (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz): Deep networks for interdisciplinary applications and
  - Prof. Dr. Christoph Bläsi (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz): Research tool, new part of the world and catalyst for fundamental questions - a very rough mapping proposal of AI in the humanities and social sciences at JGU
  - Prof. Dr. Ralph Bergmann, Prof. Dr. Ingo Timm (University of Trier): Semantic Platform for Operational Support in Control Centers and Situation Centers (SPELL) (Coordination: DFKI, Research Groups Experience-based Learning Systems & Cognitive Social Simulation)
  - Prof. Dr. Andreas Mauthe (University of Koblenz), Prof. Dr. Maik Kschischo (Koblenz University of Applied Sciences): Data2Health: Trustworthy data analysis and AI for the healthcare sector
  - Prof. Adrian Müller (Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences): Hybrid AI and a good team: How to win in robot soccer! and
  - Prof. Dr. Christian Schorr (Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences): SYSTAIMO - Synthesis of classical and AI-based models for personalized pharmacometrics
  - Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sophie Fellenz (Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern- Landau): Interdisciplinary application of artificial intelligence in process engineering and biotechnology - DFG AI research group: Deep learning on sparse chemical process data
  - Prof. Dr. Tobias Walter (Mainz University of Applied Sciences): AI-DPA - Analysis and interpretation of unstructured data and processes in application scenarios with machine learning
  - Prof. Dr. Rolf Krieger (Trier University of Applied Sciences): KE3P - AI-based platform for the automatic extraction of product information and the creation and exploitation of product graphs for master data management in the retail sector
  - Prof. Dr. Frank Thomé (Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society): AI-supported campus, building and energy management (KICaGEM)
  - Prof. Dr. Uwe Jaekel (Koblenz University of Applied Sciences): Modeling nonlinear systems and the application to gait and motion analysis
  14:45 Presentations by the state's AI ambassadors
  - Prof. Dr. Katharina A. Zweig (AI ambassador of the state, Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau): Better decision-making with machines?
  - Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Andreas Dengel (AI Ambassador of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau): Status and prospects of artificial intelligence
  Closing remarks by Prof. Dr. Werner Thiel (Vice President of the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau)
  Social get-together in the foyer

  Contact at the AI project office at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern: Steffen Reithermann - steffen.reithermann@cs.rptu.de

  

  Greeting from the Minister of Science and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Minister of State Clemens Hoch (Photo: RPTU/Koziel)

  
  

  Minister of State Clemens Hoch (Minister of Science and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate) (center) with the two chairs of the Steering Committee of the AI Alliance Rhineland-Palatinate, Prof. Dr. Werner Thiel (Vice President for Research of the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau) (left) and Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller-Stach (Vice President of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) (right) (Photo: RPTU/Koziel)

  
  

  Impressions of the auditorium, Prof. Dr. Marius Kloft (Machine Learning Group, Department of Computer Science, RPTU in Kaiserslautern) in the foreground of the picture (Photo: RPTU/Koziel)