Past and upcoming lectures from the KATE lecture series
Winter semester 2025/26
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12.11.2025 (Wednesday!) |
11:00-12:00 |
Prof. Matthew Butler (Monash University, Australia): Topic to be announced |
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25.11.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Dr. Zeynep Yildiz (KIT, HCI): Topic to be announced |
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09.12.2025 |
16:00-17:00 |
Prof. Gregor Wolbring (Cumming School of Medicine Calgary, Alberta, Canada): Topic to be announced |
| 13.01.2026 | 12:00-13:00 | To be announced |
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27.01.2026 |
12:00-13:00 |
To be announced |
| 10.02.2026 | 12:00-13:00 | Hadeer El Ashhab (KIT, IAI): Topic to be announced |
Summer semester 2025
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29.04.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Steffen Kinkel (HKA): Human-centered AI, trustworthy AI, ethical AI – What is it about? |
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13.05.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Gerhard Jaworek (ACCESS@KIT): Practical use of AI by blind people in everyday life, orientation and mobility, school, study and work |
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27.05.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Gerhard Jaworek (ACCESS@KIT): Explore the Universe with four senses |
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24.06.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Jan Niehues (AI4LT, KIT): Language technologies - Large Language Models and their applications |
| 08.07.2025 | 12:00-13:00 | Linda Nierling (ITAS, KIT): AI for people with disabilities - social and ethical aspects |
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22.07.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Thorsten Stein (IfSS, KIT): Balance control and falls in older adults: How technology can support balance training |
Winter semester 2024/25
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05.11.2024 |
12:00-13:00 |
Gerhard Jaworek (ACCES@KIT): How do people with blindness work |
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19.11.2024 |
12:00-13:00 |
Julia Anken (ACCESS@KIT): Experience report of a participatory design approach for accessible VR |
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03.12.2024 |
12:00-13:00 |
Prof. Katja Mombaur (KIT, IAR): Human-centred robots for mobility assistance |
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17.12.2024 |
12:00-13:00 |
Sabrina Burtscher (KIT, HCI): Neurodivergence, work and technology |
| 14.01.2025 | 12:00-13:00 | Ines Köhler (KIT, PEBA): Cognitive Bias – How unconscious beliefs affect our work (and what to do about it) |
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28.01.2025 |
12:00-13:00 |
Douwe Ravers (KU Leuven, guest researcher at KIT): Game-based powered wheelchair training therapy for children |
Summer semester 2024
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07.05.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Valerie Boda (KIT, BIB): Good scientific practice |
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21.05.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Narges Naraghi (HKA): Research philosophy |
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04.06.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Prof. Alexander Woll / Dr. Janina Krell-Rösch (KIT, IFSS): Assistive technology to promote physical activity and motor performance in older adults - An introduction from sport science perspective |
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18.06.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Rolf Feichtenbeiner (DFKI, Educational Technology Lab): KI.ASSIST project |
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02.07.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Prof. Armin Grunwald (KIT, ITAS): Technology Assessment and Assistance Technologies
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Winter semester 2023/24
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01.11.2023 |
13:00-14:00 |
Prof. Rainer Stiefelhagen / Dr. Thorsten Schwarz (ACCESS@KIT): Start lecture series - Introduction to Accessibily & Assistive Technology |
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05.12.2023 |
13:00-14:00 |
Dr. Thorsten Schwarz (ACCESS@KIT): Overview of accessibility barriers and aids for different disability groups |
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09.01.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Dr. Thorsten Schwarz (ACCESS@KIT): Introduction to Digital Accessibility and Legal Principles I - Legal Requirements / Guidelines 1 |
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22.01.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Dr. Thorsten Schwarz (ACCESS@KIT): Introduction to Digital Accessibility and Legal Principles I - Guidelines 2 / Tools for accessible development |
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06.02.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Prof. Matthias Wölfel (HKA):Inculsion and exclusion capabilities of natural user interfaces |
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20.02.2024 |
13:00-14:00 |
Prof. Kathrin Gerling (KIT, HCI): Disability studies |