News23 March 2023|EventCall for Papers: Special Session on Neurorobotics at ICANN 2023Photo: UHH/Knowledge Technology The special session invites contributions on recent advances in neurorobotics. Neurorobotics brings together interdisciplinary research in machine learning, robotics and bio-inspired artificial...7 March 2023|EventNew Article Published in ACM Computing Surveys on Explainable AgentsPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology has got a journal article published in ACM Computing Surveys. Title: Explainable Goal-driven Agents and Robots - A Comprehensive ReviewAuthors: Fatai Sado, Chu Kiong Loo, Wei...2 March 2023|EventNew Project: “Modeling a Robot’s Peripersonal Space and Body Schema for Adaptive Learning and Imitation (MoReSpace)"Photo: activeself.deKnowledge Technology is commencing a new research project “MoReSpace” – Modeling a Robot’s Peripersonal Space and Body Schema for Adaptive Learning and Imitation. The MoReSpace project is funded by...25 February 2023|EventStudents from Denmark Visit Knowledge TechnologyPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyQ&A session for the students and lab staff On February 23rd, a group of high school students from Denmark visited the Knowledge Technology group for an interactive experience with robotics. Led by our...24 February 2023|EventKnowledge Technology Shows NICO at Unitag 2023Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyAfter three years the "Unitag" was back at the Universität Hamburg. This is a day to let school students find the best-fitting subject to study. The Knowledge Technology group with Dr. Philipp...20 February 2023|EventNew Article on Speech Recognition Published in Neural NetworksPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology has got a journal article published in Neural Networks. Title: Emphasizing unseen words: New vocabulary acquisition for end-to-end speech recognitionAuthors: Leyuan Qu, Cornelius...20 January 2023|EventInternship School Student Works on Collaborating RobotsPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology hosted the first internship student from school since March 2020. The student worked on two small robots with the goal of a collaborative task. Knowledge Technology is happy to be...23 December 2022|EventMerry Christmas from the Knowledge Technology TeamPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyMerry Christmas and seasons greetings and a successful new year 2023 from the Knowledge Technology team at Universität Hamburg!9 December 2022|EventNew Article Published in IEEE Transactions on Affective ComputingPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology has got a journal article published in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. Title: Adapting the Interplay between Personalized and Generalized Affect Recognition based on an...5 December 2022|EventTERAIS - A New Horizon Europe Funded Project for Cognitive Robotics ResearchPhoto: TERAIS ProjectKnowledge Technology is commencing a new research project "Towards Excellent Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at a Slovak university (TERAIS)". The international project funded by the Horizon...30 November 2022|EventKnowledge Technology Team on the IcePhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyFor this year's Christmas get-together, Knowledge Technology went to play „Eisstockschießen“ (sort-of-ice curling). It looks like both team Moon and team Star were enjoying the game :-)17 November 2022|EventNew Article on Lip Reading in IEEE Journal TNNLSPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology has got a journal article published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS). Title: LipSound2: Self-Supervised Pre-Training for Lip-to-Speech...19 October 2022|EventKnowledge Technology at Schnupperstudium 2022Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe Knowledge Technology group participated in the Schnupperstudium 2022 at the University of Hamburg. In the Schnupperstudium students from schools have the opportunity to experience the university...17 October 2022|Event"Explainable Visual Question Answering" - Student Project Funded by University of HamburgPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe project “Explainable Visual Question Answering” by Jakob Ambsdorf, Lukas Braach, Jae Hee Lee, and Björn Plüster builds upon the a recent vision-language Transformer-based neural model. The...13 September 2022|EventProf. Stefan Wermter elected ENNS PresidentPhoto: e-nns.orgThe European Neural Network Society (ENNS) has re-elected Prof. Dr. Stefan Wermter from the University of Hamburg, Department of Informatics, Knowledge Technology (WTM) as ENNS President until 2025...2 August 2022|EventSummer BarbecuePhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyWe had a terrific summer barbecue that most of our team members were able to take part in.Knowledge Technology hopes you enjoy the sunny summer : )25 July 2022|EventNeural Networks Best Paper Award Received at WCCI 2022Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyWe just received and were handed over the Neural Networks Best Paper Award at the World Conference on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2022) in Padua for the paper "Continual Lifelong Learning with...20 July 2022|Event“How Green are We?” - Student Project Funded by University of HamburgPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyDaniel Speck and Zeynep Seda Birinci, students of the MSc program Intelligent Adaptive Systems (IAS), got their project “How green are we?” accepted by the ISA center (Center of Interdisciplinary...12 July 2022|EventAccepted Papers at LREC 2022Photo: Hessian Parliament Public DataKnowledge Technology has got two papers accepted at the 13th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2022). The Conference has been held on June 20-25, 2022 at the Palais du Pharo...9 July 2022|EventAccepted Papers at IJCAI 2022Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology has got a paper accepted at the main conference of the 31st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2022) and a paper accepted at the IJCAI Workshop on...1 July 2022|EventNew Video Published: Developing The Robot NICOPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology A new video “Developing The Robot NICO" has been published on the Knowledge Technology Youtube channel. In this video, we show the growth of the humanoid robot NICO (Neuro-Inspired COmpanion). You...29 June 2022|EventNew Group PhotoPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology Photo: UHH/Knowledge Technology We took a new group photo where many of our current team members were able to take part.28 June 2022|EventMSc Project Paper Accepted at RO-MAN 2022Photo: UHH/Knowledge Technology We are pleased that our paper “Explain yourself! Effects of Explanations in Human-Robot Interaction” was accepted for presentation at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human...27 June 2022|EventTalk by Dr. Xavier HinautPhoto: https://sites.google.com/site/xavierhinaut Photo: https://sites.google.com/site/xavierhinaut Dr. Xavier Hinaut from Inria at Bordeaux will give a talk in our group as part of the Neural Network MSc course. Title: Echo State Networks and...13 June 2022|EventOpen Position in Project MoreSpacePhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology is seeking applications for an open position as a Research Associate for the Project “MoreSpace” - Modeling a Robot’s Peripersonal Space and Body Schema for Adaptive Learning and...14 April 2022|EventNew Equipment: Eye TrackerPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe eye tracker will be used to record human eye movements, including fixations, scanpaths, and pupil dilations, to train attention prediction computational models and utilized in the Human-Robot...7 February 2022|EventArticle Published in TPAMIPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology Knowledge Technology got a new journal article published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. Title: Semantic Object Accuracy for...2 February 2022|EventNature Machine Intelligence Article PublishedPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology Photo: UHH/Knowledge Technology Knowledge Technology got a new journal article published in Nature Machine Intelligence. Title: Intelligent problem-solving as integrated hierarchical reinforcement...12 January 2022|EventBook Published: Crossmodal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and InteractionPhoto: frontiersin.orgThis edited e-book comprises articles featured in our research topics on Crossmodal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction. The book is now available online on our website and the Frontiers...5 January 2022|EventBest Application Paper Award at WACV 2022Photo: wacv2022.thecvf.com Our paper "CharacterGAN: Few-Shot Keypoint Character Animation and Reposing" won the Best Application Paper Award at WACV 2022. The award will be presented at WACV 2022 during January 5–7, in Hawaii...23 December 2021|EventMerry Christmas from the Knowledge Technology TeamPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyMerry Christmas and seasons greetings and a successful new year 2022 from the Knowledge Technology team at Universität Hamburg!22 December 2021|EventRelease of Virtual Lab-Tour VideoPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology To enhance the interdisciplinary and international collaboration within our Transregional Research Centre (TRR 169) on "Crossmodal Learning", we released our first virtual lab-tour video to show our...21 December 2021|EventCall for Papers - ICANN 2022Photo: e-nns.org The Knowledge Technology team of the Informatics Department is co-organizing the 31st International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 2022). ICANN is the annual flagship conference of...15 December 2021|EventDoctoral Thesis Defense of Leyuan QuPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology Leyuan Qu successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled "Neural Network Learning for Robust Speech Recognition" on 15 December 2021. This thesis contributes to the robustness of ASR systems by...6 December 2021|EventMerry St. Nicholas DayPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology Nicholas came and put some sweets in the kitchen of Knowledge Technology : )The Knowledge Technology group wishes you a very happy St. Nicholas Day.2 December 2021|EventNew Team Member at Knowledge TechnologyPhoto: UHH/Knowledge Technology Dr. Philipp Allgeuer started working with us on 1 December 2021 as Research Associate for the project “Visuelle Bewegungskorrektur mit lernenden Robotern (KI-SIGS)” (Visual motion correction with...22 November 2021|EventThe Neural Networks Best Paper AwardPhoto: Public Domain / openclipart.org Our paper "Continual lifelong learning with neural networks: A review" won the Neural Networks Best Paper Award. This award is given annually to an outstanding paper published in Neural Networks. The...17 November 2021|EventHuman Affect Special Issue in IEEE TACPhoto: computer.orgThe Special Issue on Automated Perception of Human Affect from Longitudinal Behavioral Data has been published in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. The Knowledge Technology group contributed...3 November 2021|EventTalk by Prof. Igor FarkašPhoto: cogsci.fmph.uniba.sk/~farkas/ Prof. Igor Farkaš from Comenius University in Bratislava will give a talk in our group and our CML project. Title: Elements of intelligence in cognitive robotics via cross-modal learning Date...17 September 2021|Event2021 ICANN Best Paper AwardsPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology, the European Neural Network Society (ENNS), and Comenius University congratulate the winners of the Best Paper Awards at the International Conference on Artificial Neural...14 September 2021|EventKnowledge Technology at ICANN 2021Photo: e-nns.org Photo: e-nns.org We are pleased to announce that Knowledge Technology, the European Neural Network Society (ENNS), and Comenius University are organizing the International Conference on Artificial...9 September 2021|EventNew Project: "Verification of learning AI applications (VERIKAS)"Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology is commencing a new research project "Verification of learning AI applications (VeriKAS)". PI: Prof. Dr. Stefan WermterAssociates: Wenhao Lu, Dr. Sven Magg, Dr. Matthias Kerzel ...9 September 2021|EventNew Project: "LemonSpeech: Next Generation Speech Recognition and Speech Control for German"Photo: lemonspeech.comKnowledge Technology is commencing a new research project "LemonSpeech: Next Generation Speech Recognition and Speech Control for German". Duration: August 1st, 2021 - July 31th, 2022Mentor: Prof...31 August 2021|EventKnowledge Technology at IJCAI 2021Photo: UHH/Knowledge Technology Our group member Fares Abawi participated and presented his work in the 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2021) on 19th -26th August 2021, in Montreal, Canada...30 August 2021|EventKnowledge Technology at ICDL 2021Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyKnowledge Technology has got two papers presented at the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2021) on 23rd - 26th August 2021, in Beijing, China (online). First Paper:...26 August 2021|EventArticle Published in Frontiers in PsychologyPhoto: frontiersin.orgKnowledge Technology got a new journal article published in Frontiers in Psychology. Title: The Embodied Crossmodal Self Forms Language and Interaction: A Computational Cognitive ReviewAuthors: Frank...2 August 2021|EventAccepted Papers at IROS 2021Photo: iros2021.org Knowledge Technology has got two papers accepted at the 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021). First Paper:Title: Behavior Self-Organization Supports...29 July 2021|EventRelease of WoZ4U: An Open-Source Interface for HRIPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyWe published a new piece of software, WoZ4U, a remote-control interface for Softbank's Pepper robot. The interface was developed with the goal of being easy to set up and adjust, and comprises almost...1 July 2021|EventAccepted Papers at IJCNN 2021Photo: ijcnn.orgKnowledge Technology has got four papers accepted at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2021). 1st Paper:Title: Controlling the Noise Robustness of End-to-End Automatic...8 June 2021|EventArticle of the IAS Student Team Published in FrontiersPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe student team of the MSc program Intelligent Adaptive Systems (IAS) got their paper titled "An Immersive Investment Game to Study Human-Robot Trust" published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI...Show all news