Freedom of Research: Symposium

Forum M, Mayersche Buchkremerstraße 6, Aachen, Germany

In a conference format, we will explore various aspects of research freedom in times of uncertainty through panel discussions, TED Talks, and interactive sessions. Engage with renowned scientists, hear firsthand accounts from representatives in business, politics, and academia, discuss the ideas of young researchers from across Europe who are currently working on pressing issues that …

“5 to 12” RWTH Science Night

RWTH Aachen, C.A.R.L. Claßenstraße 11, Aachen, Germany

On November 8, 2024, the 20th science night “5 to 12” will take place at RWTH Aachen University. The annual event aims to present science and research at the RWTH to the public in different events across the RWTH Campus. The main hub of these events will be the C.A.R.L. and the program can be …

Logic and the Philosophy of Science – Workshop with Gabriel Sandu

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

9:00 - 9:10 Welcome 9:10 - 10:05 Gabriel Sandu (University of Helsinki): “Logical representation of causal inferences in statistics” 10:05 - 11:00 Gabriele Gramelsberger (RWTH Aachen University): TBA (11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break) 11:15 - 12:10 Dawid Kasprowicz (RWTH Aachen University): “Modality as a subject for science and modality as experience in science” (12:10 - 13:40 …

Alan Turing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Imitation Game – Jack Copeland

OecherLab Kapuzinergraben 19 D, 52062 Aachen

At the turn of the millennium Time magazine listed Alan Turing among the twentieth century’s 100 greatest minds. His ideas helped to transport us from an era where ‘computer’ was the term for a human clerk who did the sums in the back office of an insurance company or science lab, into a world where …

Workshop: “Emergence, Causality, and Complexity”

Stadtpalais Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Organizers: Erica Onnis, Ana María Guzmán, Alexander Schubert Abstract: According to many authors involved in the debate about emergence, ontological emergent phenomena can be characterized as partially dependent on a more fundamental base and causally novel in instantiating new causal properties able to make them autonomous. Moreover, emergence is often recognized as a relevant feature …

Cancelled: From IP and Cookies to IDFA/GAID. Towards a Historical Sociology of (Digital) Addressing – Ricky Wichum

Unfortunately, this lecture has been canceled due to health reasons. We will continue our lecture series on December 18. Thank you for your understanding. This event is part of our winter semester 2024/25 Lecture Series Expanding Science and Technology Studies. To take part either online or in presence, please write a short email to events@test.khk.rwth-aachen.de.

ERS invites… Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis: Competition Law in the Digital Era: AI and other new challenges

RWTH Aachen University - Super C - Generali Saal 639 Templergraben 57, Aachen, Germany

Professor Stefan Böschen, Director of the KHK c:o/re, and the Exploratory Research Space (ERS) of RWTH Aachen University invite you to another lecture of the "ERS invites..." series, this time featuring Dr. Pēteris Zilgalvis, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, to discuss how AI is reshaping the legal landscape from various perspectives. …

Beyond-nature / Beyond-life

Stadtpalais/Online Theaterstraße 75, Aachen, Germany

Due to the rapid development of materials sciences during the past decades, such disciplines known as bioinspired materials and biorobotics have posited themselves as domains whose starting point is inspiration from nature, or more precisely, from various ‘natural’ or biological objects and processes found in the natural world. For example, the technology of CRISPR gene …