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Second Conference of the Second Cohort of the RTG ‘Situated Cognition’

Situated Affectivity & Social Understanding Online via Zoom, 10/12/2021 9:00 Welcome Event is going to be online only (use Zoom link below)! 09:05 – 10:20 Keynote Dr. Lewis Chuang (LMU Munich)Humans & Technology: Mind the Gap 10 minutes Discussion Break 10:30 – 11:10 PhDPresentation Shadi Derakhshan (University of Osnabrück)Head Position as a Robust Prediction for the Technology AcceptanceModel (TAM) in Self-Driving Vehicles – A Large Scale Virtual Reality Study 5… » read more


Why Do People Believe Weird Things? Bayesian Brains, Conspiracy Theories, and Intellectual Vices

Lecture SeriesOrganized by: Dr. Krzysztof Dolega, Prof. Dr. Tobias SchlichtPlease register to acquire zoom link for participation. Email to: Firuze.Mullaoglu@rub.de


Mark Sprevak (University of Edinburgh) Physical computations are idealisations

This is a hybrid event. For in-person attendance please register until Thu., 18th of November: lena.drinda@rub.de Room: GA 04/187 (or online) Tue., 23.11.2021 – 12.00 (s.t.) – 13.30Zoom-Link


Interdisciplinary Reading Club & Colloquium: Lecture Series on Situated Cognition and Affectivity

Venue: Bochum, GA 04/187 Time: 14:15 – 15:45 CET (UTC+1) Organization: Albert Newen & Sabrina Coninx Corona: For participation in the lecture series a negative test result or proof of complete vaccination protection or proof of recovery from the Corona disease is required. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the start of the lecture so that the 3G-status can be checked. Please wear a surgical or FFP2 mask. See here for more information on… » read more


Interdisciplinary Reading Club & Colloquium:Online Lecture Series on Situated & Comparative Cognition

Venue: online (see zoom links) Time: 14:00 – 15:30 CET (UTC+1) Organization: Albert Newen & Sabrina Coninx 09.11.2021 Nicola Clayton Zoom-Link 14.12.2021 Michael Anderson Zoom-Link 25.01.2022 Anthony Chemero Zoom-Link In addition to the online lecture series, some lectures will again take place in person at the Ruhr University Bochum. Corresponding information can be found here.


Forschungsförderung

Wie wir mit intelligenten Systemen kommunizieren und interagieren Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) boomt und wird unsere soziale Interaktion intensiv prägen. Was macht das mit uns? Messenger-Dienste, Chatbots, Roboter-Kolleg*innen: Wir interagieren in unserem Alltag schon lange nicht mehr nur mit Menschen. Welche Veränderungen bringt diese Entwicklung mit sich? Wie gestalten wir sie? Und welche Gefahren, aber auch Chancen sind damit verbunden? Mit dieser Thematik befasst sich der Forschungsverbund „INTERACT! Neue Formen der… » read more