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Catholijn
Jonker’s Keynote on Hybrid AI at The World Summit AI
The World Summit AI took place in Amsterdam on
October 9th and 10th, bringing together AI experts, innovators, and
enthusiasts from around the globe. A standout moment for the Hybrid
Intelligence community was Catholijn Jonker’s insightful keynote on hybrid AI in the negotiation
process, which captivated the audience.
The summit provided an excellent platform to connect, exchange
ideas, and contribute to strengthening the Dutch AI ecosystem, with
discussions focusing on responsible and human-centered AI
development.
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Frank van Harmelen Spoke at the Evening of the Nobel
Prizes
On October
15th, Frank van Harmelen took the stage at the Evening of the
Nobel Prizes, where he discussed the groundbreaking work of this
year’s Nobel Prize winners in Physics, John Hopfield and Geoffrey
Hinton. Their pioneering research on neural networks and machine
learning laid the foundation for modern artificial intelligence. Watch
the event here.
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Hybrid Intelligence Featured in Finnish Media
The Hybrid
Intelligence Centre was featured in an article by Finnish
national media outlet Yle, showcasing research at
the University of Oulu. The focus is on developing AI that
collaborates with humans in areas like psychology, education, and
healthcare.
With insights from Professor Sanna Järvelä (University of Oulu)
and Associate Professor Myrthe Tielman (Delft University of
Technology), the article emphasizes the importance of AI systems
that work alongside humans, aligning with human values and improving
trust and transparency. This is a key step in raising
awareness of Hybrid Intelligence among the Finnish audience. Read
more.
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Rineke Verbrugge on Keeping Humans in the AI Loop
In an
interview with Charlotte Vlek for the University of Groningen
magazine ‘Broerstraat 5’, Rineke Verbrugge, co-PI of the
Hybrid Intelligence Centre, explains why AI should enhance, not
replace, human intelligence. Read more.
The article also features a fiction story by Charlotte Vlek, ‘De
robot in een doktersjas’ (The Robot in a Doctor’s Coat). The
story dives into the idea of why human oversight in AI is so
critical. It’s available in both Dutch
and English.
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Prof. dr. mr. Henry Prakken’s Inaugural Lecture Now
Available Online
We are pleased
to share that the text of Prof. dr. mr. Henry Prakken’s inaugural
lecture, delivered on September 9th, is now available online in
both the original Dutch
version and an English
translation. In his lecture, Prakken explores the
intriguing question: Can computers argue like a lawyer?
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HI and ESDiT Researchers Collaborate on dance film
‘Cobalt’
HI researcher
and dancer Kim Baraka and ESDiT researcher Julia Rijssenbeek
collaborated on Cobalt, a dance film / philosophical essay
looking at the evolution of the relationship between humans and
natural and artificial life forms. The movie was awarded Best
Experimental Short at the European Short Film Festival, and has
been selected for screening at several venues, including the InScience
Film Festival and the Brainwash Festival.
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Exploring the Future of Hybrid Intelligence: Catholijn
Jonker’s Keynote
In a recent
keynote, Prof. Dr. Catholijn Jonker shared her
visionary insights into the evolution from artificial
intelligence to hybrid intelligence as a leading expert in AI and
human-computer interaction.
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Frank van Harmelen has been appointed as foreign member of
the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
Frank van
Harmelen has been appointed as foreign member to the Royal Flemish
Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. Only 3 external
members will be appointed to the KVAB (Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie
van Belgie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten) this year, Frank among
them. Frank will gave a public lecture at the “Paleis der
Academiën” in Brussels on Friday 13 December, where he analysed the
history of the field of AI as the pursuit of 5 different hypotheses
on the nature of machine intelligence.
Click
here to read more.
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Arctic
AI Day 2024
On November 19, 2024, the University of Oulu hosted the third
Arctic AI Days at Lasaretti, held alongside the ACM 14th International Conference on the
Internet of Things (IoT2024). This year’s
theme, “Towards Transparent AI,” focused on designing AI systems
that are understandable, explainable, and accountable. The event
fostered collaboration to advance AI that promotes trust,
accountability, and alignment with human values.
Keynote Speakers:
Associate Professor Myrthe Tielman (Delft
University of Technology) discussed the critical role of trust and
mutual understanding in AI systems, emphasizing the importance of
transparent, explainable AI to align with human values.
Teemu Vidgren, Chief Operating Officer at Microsoft
Finland, shared insights into Microsoft’s approach to
integrating AI, highlighting the need for transparency and ethical
considerations in AI development.
The event provided valuable opportunities for researchers and
practitioners to connect and collaborate on building trustworthy
and transparent AI solutions.
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HI consortium meetings
27-28
March 2025
1-2 July 2025
28-29 October 2025
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26-27 November,
Amsterdam
The Hybrid
Intelligence Consortium Meeting brought together members at
Buitengewoon Loetje Amsterdam aan 't IJ for two productive days
of collaboration, updates, and insightful discussions. A
significant focus was placed on updates to the Matrix, aligning
PhD and postdoctoral projects. Read key highlights here.
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09-13 June, HHAI 2025, Pisa
After three
successful HHAI conferences, the HHAI community, among them
certainly many HIC researchers, will travel to Pisa for HHAI 2025 (9-13 June). Again,
several HI researchers will be involved in the conference
organisation, most prominently Ilaria Tiddi, as General Chair,
and Shenghui Wang, as Program Chair. Join us for what will
undoubtedly be another great event in the HHAI series in sunny Italy.
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Horizon Europe Project Awarded to
Davide Grossi
Davide Grossi has successfully secured a major
Horizon Europe project as coordinator, focusing on a Hybrid
Intelligence-related theme. The new €3.3M project, titled PERYCLES “Participatory dEmocRacY that sCaLES“, will
begin in January 2025, coordinated by the University of
Groningen (Davide Grossi, Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics,
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Agricola School
for Sustainable Development).
Civil society and public authorities increasingly turn to
digital tools to increase citizens’ participation in democratic
processes and the legitimacy of policy decisions. Yet
democratic technology is currently developed and deployed
without evidence-based methods for designing and validating it.
PERYCLES tackles the challenge of developing such methods. It
will analyze and test open-source software solutions for
democratic deliberation that can be deployed at multiple levels
of governance while confidently safeguarding the democratic
quality of the processes they support.
PERYCLES builds on a tightly-knit international and
interdisciplinary consortium of six academic partners and three
societal partners.
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PhD
Defense Jonne Maas
Jonne
Maas will defend
her thesis:
Freedom in the Digital Age: Designing for Non-Domination
Date: January 8th, 2025 - 15:00
Location: Aula, TU Delft
Abstract
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Congratulations
to Dr. Siddharth Mehrotra
Siddharth Mehrotra has
successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Designing for
Appropriate Trust in Human-AI Interaction” and has officially
earned the title of Dr. Mehrotra.
Under the
guidance of Catholijn Jonker and Myrthe Tielman, Siddharth has
made significant contributions to the field of Human-AI
interaction. Congratulations to him and his entire support team.
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Dr.
Cor Steging successfully defends PhD on Responsible AI
We are excited
to share that Cor Steging has successfully
defended his PhD at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen! His thesis,
titled “Designing Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Hybrid
Approaches for Aligning Learning and Reasoning,” was completed
under the guidance of Bart Verheij and Silja Renooij.
We
congratulate Cor on this major achievement and the members of his
PhD committee and workshop participants who contributed to this
milestone.
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Warm
Holiday Wishes from The Hybrid Intelligence Centre
As the year wraps up, we want to thank everyone in our Hybrid
Intelligence community for an amazing 2024. From exciting research
breakthroughs to inspiring collaborations, it’s been a year to
remember.
This holiday season, we’re sending a big thank you to all our
researchers, partners, and collaborators. Your dedication makes
everything we do possible!
We wish you a cozy holiday season and a fresh, exciting start to
2025. Let’s keep pushing boundaries and building the future of HI
together in the new year!
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HI-Matrix
HI-Matrix
has been redefined and the updated descriptions, aims and goals
are available from the website. Make sure that you find a
suitable place in the matrix related to a challenge and a case
study and maybe a SIG.
Read
more.
3th and 4th cohort recruitment
For the next 5 years of the HI consortium we are preparing for
two new cohort of PhDs and PDs. Project proposals are to be
delivered just before the holiday break and will be reviewed in
Q1. The aim is to have the 3th cohort of new HI colleagues
present by the end of 2025. For the 4th cohort we are
applying for MSCA CO-FUND European funding.
Executive Board
Change in the representation of Leiden University, we thank Joost
Batenburg for his contribution to the HI executive board and we
welcome Joost Broekens as the new representative holding the
portfolio: Code
& Data.
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Andrew Yates thank you
for your contributions to the HI consortium, and
best wishes on your new career steps in the USA.
Welcome on board of the HI consortium: Caroline
Bollen, Guido Löhr, Charlotte Gerritsen, Maryam Alimardani,
Patrick Koopmann, Stefanie Tan, Lise Stork, Sara Magliacane,
Nanne van Noord, Mohammad Aliannejadi, Maddalena Ghiotto,
Shambhawi Pal, Alejandro Garcia Castellanos, Dylan Ju, Maurus
Enbergs, Gülce Günaydin, Paul Raingeard de la Blétière.
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Welcome baby Ada!
Emre Erdogan
has become a proud father to a beautiful baby girl, Ada Defne
Erdogan, born on November 23. Both baby Ada and her parents are
doing well, and couldn’t be happier, as shown in the
picture. Congratulations to Emre and his wife on this wonderful
new chapter!
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