Kickoff ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

Monday Sep 5, 2022, 12:55 AM → 2:45 PM Europe/Berlin

Technische Universität Dresden, Barkhausen-Bau, Heinz-Schönfeld-Hörsaal (190)

Since July 1st 2022, ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig has been institutionally established as a permanent research facility. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony.

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Entry and Registration

9:00 AM → 10:45 AM Opening: Welcome and Greeting Words

9:00 AM Music

9:05 AM Opening

Welcome by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, TU Dresden - Director ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

9:10 AM Welcome Address (German)

Sebastian Gemkow, SMWK - Staatsminister
Christoph March, BMBF

9:25 AM Welcome Address (German)

Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, TU Dresden - Rector
Prof. Dr. Eva Inés Obergfell, Universität Leipzig - Rector

9:40 AM ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig: Key Areas and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Nagel, TU Dresden - Director ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Erhard Rahm, Universität Leipzig - Director ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

9:55 AM Music

10:00 AM → 10:40 AM Group photos, Poster Session and Living Lab Tour

10:40 AM → 11:30 AM Keynotes (I)

10:40 AM Research Keynote: Going Deep - Artificial Intelligence in Therapeutic Design

Prof. Dr. Jens Meiler, Universität Leipzig, Alexander von Humboldt Professor and Director: Institute for Drug Discovery

10:55 AM Research Keynote: Understanding and Modeling with Deep Neural Networks

Prof. Dr. Sayan Mukherjee, Universität Leipzig, Humboldt Chair for Artificial Intelligence

11:10 AM Industry Keynote: From AI Accelerator to AI Factory: Scaling AI at ZEISS

Dr. Lydia Nemec, ZEISS Digital Innovation / Carl Zeiss AG - Head of AI Accelerator

11:25 AM Music

11:30 AM → 12:55 PM Lunch Break and Poster Session

12:55 PM → 1:40 PM Keynotes (II)

12:55 PM Industry Keynote: AI Cast in Silicon: Edge Computing and Neuromorphic Hardware

Christoph Kögler, Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG - Director Innovation, Digitalization & AI

1:10 PM Research Keynote: Question of Trust – Interdisciplinary Resesarch on Responsible AI

Prof. Dr. Birte Platow, TU Dresden,  Institute of Protestant Theology - Director

1:25 PM Research Keynote: Architectures for AI: From Small to Big

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Diana Göhringer, TU Dresden, Chair of Adaptive Dynamic Systems

1:40 PM → 1:50 PM Wrap-Up

1:40 PM Concluding Remarks

Prof. Dr. Erhard Rahm, Universität Leipzig - Director ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig

1:45 PM Music

1:50 PM → 2:30 PM Open Session and Living Lab Tours