Prof. Dr. Hannes Ritschel
| Phone: | +49 821 598 - 2315 |
| Fax: | +49 821 598 - 2349 |
| Email: | hannes.ritschel@informatik.uni-augsburginformatik.uni-augsburg.de () |
| Room: | 2037 (N) |
| Address: | Universitätsstraße 6a, 86159 Augsburg |
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Research Interests
My research and teaching focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning for real-time multimedia applications. I am also a professor at the University of Music Würzburg. My dissertation focused on reinforcement learning in the context of human-robot interaction with social, humanoid robots. The goal was to adapt the machine to the user based on human social cues.
Talks, Workshops & Demos
Social Robots - From a Tin Can to an Intelligent Roommate
Talk at the 17. Akademietage Bietigheim-Bissingen about social robots and artificial intelligence (AI)
Wed, November 8, 2023, 2:10pm
Workshop on Latest Advances in Diversifying Artificial Intelligence
Organization of the workshop. Details and registration on https://hcai.eu/diversifying-ai/
Fr, Oktober 6, 10am, University of Augsburg
A Doodle Illustration Technique for Non-Artists
Workshop talk in the context of the 21st Gulaschprogrammiernacht about making illustrations based on line drawings
Sat, June 10, 2pm, ZKM Seminar Room, Karlsruhe
The Robot's Book on Etiquette: Of Polite and Musical Robots
Talk in the series "Königsbrunner Campus" about newest insights from research and study insights in the context of social robotics at the Human-Centered Multimedia lab (in German); Admission free!
Thu, October 14, 2021, 7pm, Informationspavillon 955, Alter Postweg 1, Königsbrunn » augsburger-allgemeine.de » koenigsbrunn.de » myheimat.de
Human and Machine: Artificial Intelligence - How Social Robots Learn from Humans
Talk about social robots, use cases and autonomous learning (in German)
Tue, May 28, 2019, 7:30pm, Haus Sankt Ulrich, Kappelberg 1 (Room C17, Bischof-Ketteler-Saal), Augsburg
Adaptive Social Robots
Talk in the series "Campus on Tour" about social robots and the role of human social signals for autonomous learning (in German); Admission free!
Fri, November 16, 2018, 7pm, Altes Rathaus, Bgm.-Kaifer-Str. 10, VHS room (1st floor), Neusäß
Demo: Drink-O-Mender
Demonstration of a self-learning social robot in the role of a nutritionist at the "Long Night of Science" (in German); Admission free!
Sat, May 5, 2018, 6:30-11:00pm, Augsburg town hall, Rathausplatz 1, Augsburg » augsburg.de » augsburger-allgemeine.de
Reinforcement Learning in Social Robotics
This talk in the series "Königsbrunner Campus" covers social robots, human-robot-interaction and adaptation based on Reinforcement Learning (in German); Admission free!
Wed, October 26, 2016, 7pm, Informationspavillon 955, Alter Postweg 1, Königsbrunn » Review » augsburger-allgemeine.de » myheimat.de » stadtzeitung.de
Social Robots
This talk in the series "CineUni" covers the evolution of social robots, state of the art, application examples, future visions and research (in German)
Tue, April 28, 2015, 7:30pm, Cinemaxx Augsburg » aitiraum.de » facebook.com
Press
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Scientists Have a Plan to Make Humans Accept Robots: Give Them a Sense of Humor » thedailybeast.com
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KI-Konferenz AAMAS: Mit Warmherzigkeit und Ironie gelingt der Roboter-Dialog » heise.de
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Ein Roboter, der Witze erzählt » ndr.de
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Soziale Roboter gegen die Einsamkeit im Alter » augsburger-allgemeine.de
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Informatiker kommentiert aktuellen Marvel-Film: "Avengers: Age of Ultron" » aitiraum.de
Awards
- Best Technical Paper Award: Hannes Ritschel, Andreas Seiderer, Kathrin Janowski, Stefan Wagner and Elisabeth Andre. Adaptive Linguistic Style for an Assistive Robotic Health Companion Based on Explicit Human Feedback. 12th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) 2019.
- Best Poster Award: Hannes Ritschel, Kathrin Janowski, Andreas Seiderer, Stefan Wagner and Elisabeth Andre. Insights on Usability and User Feedback for an Assistive Robotic Health Companion with Adaptive Linguistic Style. 12th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA) 2019.
Videos
Projects
Teaching
Content Creation for Virtual Environments
The Master lecture, which I established for the summer semester 2023, deals with basics of manual and procedural content creation for virtual real-time environments (e.g. games/simulations and virtual reality) and gives insight into the interface between art and computer science. The focus is on graphics, supplemented by fundamentals of sound and music. In the exercise course, the techniques and concepts are put into practice.
Reinforcement Learning
The Master lecture, which I established for the winter semester 2015/16, covers fundamentals, algorithms and methods of reinforcement learning, which are deepened, implemented and explored and simulated in the exercise course. Contents include the Markov decision problem, dynamic programming, Monte Carlo problems, TD learning, linear and nonlinear function approximation.
Practical Course Reinforcement Learning
The Master course, which I established and offered until the summer semester of 2022, applied selected techniques and concepts of reinforcement learning to the context of HCI and HRI.
Other Courses
Winter term 2023/24: Embodied Characters and Interactive Virtual Worlds Lab
Winter term 2017/18 until 2019/20: Multimedia Project (Bachelor)
Summer term 2015: Seminar Advanced Topics in Multimodal Dialogue and Interaction (Master)
Events
- Workshop on Latest Advances in Diversifying Artificial Intelligence 2023
- Girls' Day 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Tag der Informatik 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020