Living with the Machine in the Future
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in deutscher SpracheMachines exert ever more influence on our lives. In the era of Industry 4.0 intelligent, globally linked machines not only enter our factory buildings but also move into our homes in the form of useful robots and 3D printers. At the same time, digital assistants tell us about our environment or even the whole world. What does that mean for our lives?
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Dr. Peter POST
Head of Corporate Research and Technology, Festo AG & Co KG, Esslingen
| Prof. Dr. Peter Post started his professional career with an apprenticeship as a toolmaker, and continued his studies to get a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Siegen, Germany. He finished his work as research assistant in Siegen with a doctoral degree. Since 1989 he is working at Festo AG & Co. KG in Esslingen/Germany in several functions in R&D. Since 2008 he is in charge of corporate research and technology. He is an active member in several scientific networks and clusters for applied research in production and manufacturing within Germany (e. g. Industry 4.0) and Europe (e. g. Manufuture, EFFRA). |
Ph.D. Ph.D. Matthias SCHEUTZ
Professor of Cognitive and Computer Science, Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow, Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Director, Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA
| Professor in Cognitive and Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at Tufts and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Tufts University as well as the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. | |
| He is also the Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow in Engineering and Director of the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory at Tufts. | |
| He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Vienna in 1995 and a Joint Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington in 1999. | |
| His research focuses on complex cognitive and affective robots with natural language capabilities for natural human-robot interaction and most recently on developing computational mechanisms for endowing robots with rudimentary moral competence. |
Dr. Roland Yves SIEGWART
Professor for Autonomous Systems and Director, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
| 1984 | Master, Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 1984-1985 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Turbomachinery Lab (Prof. Gyarmathy), ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 1985-1986 | Lecturer, Turbomachinery, Technical University (HTL), Zurich |
| 1985-1989 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Mechanics (Prof. Schweitzer), ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 1989 | PhD, Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 1989-1990 | Post-Doc, CDR - Center of Design and Research, Stanford University, California |
| 1990-1996 | Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Institute of Robotics, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 1990-1997 | Vice-President Research & Development, MECOS Traxler AG |
| 1996-2006 | Associate / Full Professor in Microengineering, EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
| 2002-2006 | Vice Dean, School of Engineering (STI), EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
| 2005 | Visiting Professor, NASA Ames and Stanford University, California |
| since 2006 | Full Professor for Autonomous Systems, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 2010-2014 | Vice President Research and Corporate Relations, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| since 2015 | Co-Director of Wyss Translational Center Zürich |
Ingolf WITTMANN
Technical Advisor for Complex IT Solutions and Technical Director S&D in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, IBM Deutschland GmbH, Ehningen
| Studied computer science and business administration and started his professional career as Unix system engineer at Nixdorf. | |
| In 1990 he joined IBM starting as AIX marketeer following the IBM classical career as Unix sales representative, solutions sales manager, and different national and international technical director positions. Ingolf is now the Technical Director for IBM DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). He is member of the DACH Technical Leadership Team and is responsible for the profession development cross organization. | |
| Since 2007 Ingolf is the chairman of the department "IT Infrastructure & Digital Office" in the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). |
Dr. Rainer ESSER
Chief Executive Officer, DIE ZEIT; Managing Director, DvH Medien GmbH
| 1975-1977 | Trainee with Deutsche Bank AG in Hannover |
| 1977-1982 | Law Studies in Munich, Geneva and London |
| 1982-1983 | Master of Law the University of Gerogia in Athens, USA |
| 1986 | Second Legal State Examination |
| 1986-1987 | Education as Editor at Deutsche Journalistenschule (German Journalists School) in Munich |
| 1987-1989 | Lawyer at the international law offices Nörr, Stiefenhofer & Lutz, Munich and |
| Stegemann, Sieveking & Lutteroth, Hamburg | |
| 1989 | PhD in International Law at the University of Regensburg |
| 1989-1992 | Editor in Chief at Bertelsmann International, Munich (Spotlight, Ecoute, ECOS and ADESSO) |
| 1995-1999 | Managing Director of Main-Post Publishing House, Würzburg |
| since 1999 | CEO of DIE ZEIT |
| since 2011 | Managing Director of DvH Medien GmbH (DIE ZEIT, Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, Tagesspiegel) |
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