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Keynote Talks
Benno Stein
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany |
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Benno Stein is chair of the Web-Technology and
Information Systems Group at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. His
research focuses on modeling and solving data- and knowledge-intensive
information processing tasks. Common ground of his research are the
principles and methods of symbolic Artificial Intelligence. Benno Stein has
developed theories, algorithms, and tools for information retrieval, data
mining, computational linguistics, knowledge processing, as well as for
engineering design and simulation (patents granted). For several
achievements of his research he has been awarded with scientific and
commercial prizes.
Professional background: Study at the University of Karlsruhe (1984-1989).
Dissertation (1995) and Habilitation (2002) in computer science at the
University of Paderborn. Appointment as full professor for Web Technology
and Information Systems at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2005). Research
stays at IBM (Germany) and the International Computer Science Institute
(Berkeley, US). Benno Stein is an
initiator and co-chair of both
PAN and
Touché,
two series of scientific events and shared tasks on digital text forensics
and argument retrieval. He is cofounder and spokesperson of the
Digital Bauhaus Lab Weimar, a visionary and
interdisciplinary research centre for Computer Science, Arts, and
Engineering. Not least, he is a cofounder (1996) and scientific director of
the Art Systems Software Ltd, a world leading company for simulation
technology in fluidic engineering. |
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Rita Cucchiara
Università degli Studi di Modena e
Reggio
Emilia, Italy |
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Rita Cucchiara has been, since 2005, Full Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
She is the Director of the interdepartmental Artificial Intelligence
Research and Innovation Center (AIRI) and Scientific Responsible
of AImageLab, a Research Laboratory in Computer Vision,
Machine/Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Multimedia of the Department
of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", and Scientific Advisor of the
AI Academy of Modena,
an initiative co-funded by the Emilia Romagna Region for research in Artificial
Intelligence and technology transfer in local industries.
Her research field deals mainly with Artificial Vision and Deep Learning, with
more than 350 publications on the subject. Rita Cucchiara holds a Degree in
Electronic Engineering (1989) and a PhD in Computer Engineering (1993), both
received at the University of Bologna. |
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