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This module introduces students to the fundamentals of supramolecular soft materials. The main focus lies on the formation and characterization of liquid crystals (LC’s) soft crystals, plastic crystals, LC-Elastomers and hybrid materials. Concepts such as nanosegregation for the structural control and stimuli responsive properties will be strengthened and their impact for applications such as soft robotics, anisotropic semi conductors and ion conductors will be discussed.

Computational Geometry is concerned with algorithmic questions where the input and/or ouput features geometric objects such as points, line-segments, lines, circles, polygons, planes, and polyhedrons. Problems of this nature arise in many areas of computer science that involve storage, analysis, construction, and manipulation of spatial data; examples include robotics, geographic information systems, CAD/CAM, computer graphics, video games, and virtual reality. This course is concerned with techniques and concepts related to the design and analysis of algorithms and data structures for geometric problems. Every technique and concept will be illustrated by way of a concrete problem that arises in one of the mentioned application areas.

Soziale Roboter und Wohlbefinden – Konzeption von praxisnahen Anwendungen zur Unterstützung von SeniorInnen

Dieses Seminar bietet einen praxisnahen Einblick in den Bereich der sozialen Robotik und deren Anwendung in der Seniorenbetreuung aus unternehmerischer Sicht. Rainer Becker, Gründer sowie Geschäftsführer von Becker Robotics (http://www.roboter4care.de) und Pionier im Bereich der sozialen Robotik, wird fester Teil des Seminars sein. In seiner Firma bietet er erfolgreich unterschiedliche Roboter mit maßgeschneiderter Software an, welche in verschiedenen Teilen des Alltags unterstützen. Unterstützt wird das Seminar von Chantal Klier, die die theoretische Leitung übernimmt. Gemeinsam mit den Studierenden werden wir neue Möglichkeiten explorieren, wie soziale Roboter das Wohlbefinden von älteren Menschen steigern können.

Im Seminar werden die Studierenden praxisnah an die Konzeption von Anwendungen herangeführt, die speziell auf die Bedürfnisse und das Wohlbefinden von SeniorInnen ausgerichtet sind. Neben dem theoretischen Hintergrundwissen zu den Themen soziale Robotik und Wohlbefinden werden die TeilnehmerInnen mithilfe von UX-Methoden eine Produktevaluation durchführen, um die Qualität der entwickelten Lösungen zu überprüfen.

Due to the technological advances in hardware and compute power nowadays the visual data is collected in huge amounts practically by everyone. The digital cameras are pervasive. Most of the smart devices include camera sensors and are capable of capturing stills and videos. With these large amounts of visual data there is a pressing need to automatically process, organize, interpret the data and refine the information in ways that humans are capable. Computer Vision is asked to provide such solutions. How to achieve such goals? What are the challenges? What are the solutions? What is state-of-the-art? What are the benefits? What is the societal impact? How can we further improve the state-of-the-art? In this seminar, we review, explore and debate such questions based on the recent research at the intersection of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Each participant will be assigned one topic from a range of computer vision topics, including but not limited to those listed below. Each participant is expected to prepare a written review report covering the state-of-the-art on the particular topic (compiled from at least two research papers) and a corresponding oral presentation. At the same time, each participant is expected to interact, read and comment on the reports provided and presented by the other participants. Each participant will get skills on critical analysis, scientific discourse, and preparation, writing, and presentation on a research topic. Moreover, the participants will get acquainted with state-of-the-art computer vision.

In dieser Vorlesung werden die technischen Grundlagen sowohl für Manipulatoren als auch für mobile Roboter behandelt.
This lecture discusses the technical basics for manipulators as well as for mobile robots.

The course aims to provide an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) by covering the main topics ranging from search and logic, to decision-making and learning. The course is highly recommended to whomever is interested in the exciting topic of AI for the current studies, and possibly for a future job in research or industry.

The course is organized into 15 lectures with the following topics:

Lecture 00: Introductory remarks;
Lecture 01: Intelligent agents;
Lecture 02: Classical search;
Lecture 03: Advanced search;
Lecture 04: Propositional logic;
Lecture 05: First-order logic;
Lecture 06: Knowledge representation;
Lecture 07: Planning;
Lecture 08: Uncertainty quantification and probabilistic reasoning;
Lecture 09: Probabilistic reasoning over time;
Lecture 10: Decision theory;
Lecture 11: Game theory;
Lecture 12: Machine learning;
Lecture 13: Deep learning;
Lecture 14: Reinforcement learning;
Lecture 15: Demo exam.

At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the required theoretical and empirical knowledge about classic and modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches. They will have a good knowledge of the core problems and goals of AI, its current state-of-the-art, and its future challenges. They will be able to conduct their M.Sc. theses on topics related to AI, and they will have good starting knowledge of AI for a future career in research or industry.

The evaluation consists of a written exam.
The exam is in English and lasts 2 hours. There will be an exam at the end of the Winter Semester and one at the beginning of the Summer Semester. It will consist of open questions and/or quick application of algorithms by hand.

The course is organized into 15 lectures and 15 exercise sessions. The lectures will provide both theoretical and practical perspectives on the respective topics. The exercise sessions will aim at strengthening the knowledge of the topics presented in the lectures through a quick refresh and guided exercises. Some of the exercise sessions will be used to host invited lectures given by experts about cutting-edge topics of AI, e.g., Robotics and Virtual Reality, explaining them more in detail compared to the lecture. Through the expert knowledge of the invited speakers, the invited lectures aim to provide a rich knowledge of the topics that will shape the future of AI, with a particular focus on research aspects and their impact on society.

IMPORTANT: This course is mutually exclusive with "Künstliche Intelligenz 1", since they overlap significantly. This means that students can register either for the exam of this course or for "Künstliche Intelligenz 1". This course also has a slight overlap with "Künstliche Intelligenz 2", but students are allowed to register for both these exams if desired.
Students are also allowed to follow this course and have it registered as "Künstliche Intelligenz 1", if needed.

The main reference book for the course is:
- Stuart, Russell, and Norvig Peter. "Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach Third Edition." (2010). (https://people.engr.tamu.edu/guni/csce421/files/AI_Russell_Norvig.pdf).

Additional references are:
- Bishop, Christopher M., and Nasser M. Nasrabadi. Pattern recognition and machine learning. Vol. 4. No. 4. New York: springer, 2006. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2006/01/Bishop-Pattern-Recognition-and-Machine-Learning-2006.pdf);
- Koller, Daphne, and Nir Friedman. Probabilistic graphical models: principles and techniques. MIT press, 2009;
- Peterson, Martin. An introduction to decision theory. Cambridge University Press, 2017;
- Sutton, Richard S., and Andrew G. Barto. Reinforcement learning: An introduction. MIT press, 2018. (http://incompleteideas.net/book/the-book.html).

Due to the technological advances in hardware and compute power nowadays the visual data is collected in huge amounts practically by everyone. The digital cameras are pervasive. Most of the smart devices include camera sensors and are capable of capturing stills and videos. With these large amounts of visual data there is a pressing need to automatically process, organize, interpret the data and refine the information in ways that humans are capable. Computer Vision is asked to provide such solutions. How to achieve such goals? What are the challenges? What are the solutions? What is state-of-the-art? What are the benefits? What is the societal impact? How can we further improve the state-of-the-art? In this seminar, we review, explore and debate such questions based on the recent research at the intersection of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Each participant will be assigned one topic from a range of computer vision topics, including but not limited to those listed below. Each participant is expected to prepare a written review report covering the state-of-the-art on the particular topic (compiled from at least two research papers) and a corresponding oral presentation. At the same time, each participant is expected to interact, read and comment on the reports provided and presented by the other participants. Each participant will get skills on critical analysis, scientific discourse, and preparation, writing, and presentation on a research topic. Moreover, the participants will get acquainted with state-of-the-art computer vision.

Beschreiben Sie kurz und prägnant, worum es in diesem Kurs geht.

Due to the technological advances in hardware and compute power nowadays the visual data is collected in huge amounts practically by everyone. The digital cameras are pervasive. Most of the smart devices include camera sensors and are capable of capturing stills and videos. With these large amounts of visual data there is a pressing need to automatically process, organize, interpret the data and refine the information in ways that humans are capable. Computer Vision is asked to provide such solutions.

How to achieve such goals? What are the challenges? What are the solutions? What is state-of-the-art? What are the benefits? What is the societal impact? How can we further improve the state-of-the-art?

In this seminar, we review, explore and debate such questions based on the recent research at the intersection of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

Each participant will be assigned one topic from a range of computer vision topics, including but not limited to those listed below.

Each participant is expected to prepare a written review report covering the state-of-the-art on the particular topic (compiled from at least two research papers) and a corresponding oral presentation.

At the same time, each participant is expected to interact, read and comment on the reports provided and presented by the other participants.

Each participant will get skills on critical analysis, scientific discourse, and preparation, writing, and presentation on a research topic. Moreover, the participants will get acquainted with state-of-the-art computer vision.

In dieser Vorlesung werden die technischen Grundlagen sowohl für Manipulatoren als auch für mobile Roboter behandelt.
This lecture discusses the technical basics for manipulators as well as for mobile robots.

In dieser Vorlesung werden die technischen Grundlagen sowohl für Manipulatoren als auch für mobile Roboter behandelt.
This lecture discusses the technical basics for manipulators as well as for mobile robots.

In dieser Vorlesung werden die technischen Grundlagen sowohl für Manipulatoren als auch für mobile Roboter behandelt.
This lecture discusses the technical basics for manipulators as well as for mobile robots.