IML recently participated in two conferences in Trier, Germany, where they presented two posters and a demo paper. At the 12th ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI’24), IML showcased a poster titled “Exploring Gaze-Based Menu Navigation in Virtual Environments” [1]. Concurrently, at the 30th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software Read more…
Michael Barz and Professor Daniel Sonntag, in collaboration with Professor Cristina Conati from The University of British Columbia, hosted the inaugural HumanEYEze Workshop [1]. This event aimed to unite researchers from the fields of eye-tracking, multimodal human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. It was held on Monday, November 4, 2024, and Read more…
At the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2024) in San José, Costa Rica, IML had several notable contributions. A full paper titled “Perceived Text Relevance Estimation Using Scanpaths and GNNs,” by Abdulrahman Mohamed [1], a workshop paper titled “Detecting when Users Disagree with Generated Captions,” by Omair Shahzad Read more…
Starting from its inception in 1969, the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) has been the premier venue for the global AI community to share and celebrate advancements in artificial intelligence research. This year’s edition took place in Jeju, South Korea (main conference acceptance rate 15%), and the Interactive Read more…
Researchers from IML Oldenburg, together with doctoral students from the Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) department at the University of Oldenburg, have reached the finals of XPRIZE Rainforest, a global competition that promotes innovative technologies for researching, assessing and conserving biodiversity in tropical rainforests. As part of the Brazilian Team, they Read more…
Sara-Jane Bittner, from the Interactive Machine Learning department, presented a demo paper at the international conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024). UMAP is an annually held premier conference for researchers and working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, Read more…
Artificial Intelligence will increasingly change our healthcare system. To prepare doctors for this change and involve them in the process, the German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer) will develop a positioning on the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (“Entwicklung der Künstlichen Intelligenz in der Gesundheitsversorgung”). The expert talks serve to accumulate Read more…
Abdulrahman Mohamed, from the Interactive Machine Learning department, in collaboration with colleagues from the Cognitive Assistants department, presented a short paper at the 17th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2024). AVI is a biennial conference, rooted in Italy, which draws Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers from all over the Read more…
On April 24th, Prof. Dr. Daniel Sonntag gave an invited talk for the Casino-Gesellschaft Oldenburg, an over 200 year old municipal association. Mr Reichelt, the chairman of Casino-Gesellschaft, introduced the event. Prof. Sonntag’s talk was about the journey to human-centered artificial intelligence. In addition, Prof. Gouvea from IML introduced the Read more…
Last month, a photo shooting on behalf of Google took place at IML. The aim was to obtain professional photos for presenting the GCP Project, which is sponsored by Google. The following pictures are a selection of the shooting results: Photos by: Felix BrüggemannCopyright: Google