“Artes e Tecnologia” — Andreas Wichert’s new Art&Technology exhibition at IST
Today, 26 April 2022, a new Art&Technology exhibition is inaugurated. Consisting in a collection of digital paintings authored by Andreas Wichert, INESC-ID researcher within the Artificial Intelligence for People and Society Research Area and Professor Auxiliar at Instituto Superior Técnico, “Artes e Tecnologia” (“Arts and Technology”) is open at IST’s Civil Engineering building, in the Alameda campus, until 06 May 2022.
We asked Andreas what had motivated him to create this collection of digital paintings. “Before moving to Portugal I painted in oil, however due to restrictions I could not continue to do it,” Andreas commented. “With the arrival of iPad and Apple Pencil and the corresponding software Procreate I could continue to paint,” adding that “Technology allows you to create art that without it it was not possible.” More of Andreas’ artwork can be viewed online and found on Instagram @andrzejwichert.
This exhibition will also stage a dynamic experiment in which visitors will have the chance to interact with Vizzy, a social robot, so as to improve Vizzy’s skills (work carried out by João Avelino, researcher at the Institute for Systems and Robotics, ISR).
Andreas Wichert is also the author of three books on machine learning and artificial intelligence: Machine Learning — A Journey to Deep Learning (2021), Principles of Quantum Artificial Intelligence (2020) and Intelligent Big Multimedia Databases (2015).
Upcoming Events
Educational Workshop on Responsible AI for Peace and Security (UNODA)
On June 6 and 7, The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are offering a selected group of technical students the opportunity to join a 2-day educational workshop on Responsible AI for peace and security.
The third workshop in the series will be held in Porto Salvo, Portugal, in collaboration with GAIPS, INESC-ID, and Instituto Superior Técnico. The workshop is open to students affiliated with universities in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa, Oceania, and Asia.
Date & Time: June 6 a 7
Where: IST – Tagus Park, Porto Salvo
Registration deadline: April 8
Summary: “As with the impacts of Artificial intelligence (AI) on people’s day-to-day lives, the impacts for international peace and security include wide-ranging and significant opportunities and challenges. AI can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but its dual-use nature means that peaceful applications can also be misused for harmful purposes such as political disinformation, cyberattacks, terrorism, or military operations. Meanwhile, those researching and developing AI in the civilian sector remain too often unaware of the risks that the misuse of civilian AI technology may pose to international peace and security and unsure about the role they can play in addressing them. Against this background, UNODA and SIPRI launched, in 2023, a three-year educational initiative on Promoting Responsible Innovation in AI for Peace and Security. The initiative, which is supported by the Council of the European Union, aims to support greater engagement of the civilian AI community in mitigating the unintended consequences of civilian AI research and innovation for peace and security. As part of that initiative, SIPRI and UNODA are organising a series of capacity building workshops for STEM students (at PhD and Master levels). These workshops aim to provide the opportunity for up-and-coming AI practitioners to work together and with experts to learn about a) how peaceful AI research and innovation may generate risks for international peace and security; b) how they could help prevent or mitigate those risks through responsible research and innovation; c) how they could support the promotion of responsible AI for peace and security.”