Upcoming events
BrIAS Seminar 20.2.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Resident Artist Guillaume Slizewicz Artistic creation in the age of generative machines: an introduction to the creative exploration of AI, automation and its impacts.
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BrIAS Seminar 27.2.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof.
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BrIAS Seminar 06.03.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Marco Nicotra Systematic Design of Control Barrier Functions using Dynamic Safety Margins Abstract: Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) have become a popular tool for constrained control due to their low computational cost and good performance.
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BrIAS Seminar 13.03.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Giang Nguyen Softwarized Networks for Networked and Sustainable Cyber-Physical Systems Abstract: Future use cases, like robotics, healthcare, and autonomous vehicles, need cyber-physical systems (CPSs).
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BrIAS Forum: Law and AI in Finance and Beyond
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Register here AI and Law intersect across diverse disciplines, offering innovative solutions to complex legal challenges. From automating legal research to analyzing case laws, AI enhances efficiency and precision in legal practices.
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BrIAS Seminar 20.03.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Sohom Chakrabrty Robust and Intelligent Strategies for Motion Control in Critical Scenarios Abstract: Motion control in robotics and autonomous vehicles has been the subject of extensive research.
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BrIAS Seminar 27.03.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Hannu Toivonen Artificial intelligence as an expander of human creativity? Abstract: In this talk, I will take a look at generative AI from the point of view of a human user of AI.
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BrIAS Public Forum: Smart Cities
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BrIAS Seminar 10.04.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Junior Fellow Dr. Alejandro Goldar Fast Charging of Li-Ion Batteries: A problem of constrained control Abstract: Seminar 2: BrIAS Junior Fellow Dr. Luca Rossini Entomology and Agriculture: What automatic control can do for us?
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BrIAS Public Forum: Responsible AI
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BrIAS Seminar 08.05.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Bruno Sinopoli TBD Abstract: Seminar 2: BrIAS Fellow Prof.
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BrIAS Public Forum: Thrustworthy AI
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BrIAS Seminar 15.05.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Rafael Bello TBD Abstract: Seminar 2: BrIAS Fellow Prof.
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BrIAS Public Forum: Protection of Critical Underwater Infrastructures
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Save the Date(s) - BrIAS & OHME: Art & Science workshops
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Watch this space for an exciting announcement coming soon! BrIAS will be teaming up with OHME to organise a series of events and workshops to round off this year's programme on sustainable robotics, AI and Automation...
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BrIAS Seminar 28.05.2025
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Past events
BrIAS Seminar 13.2.2025
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Register Here Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Andrea Roli Dynamical criticality: from cells to robots Abstract: Systems that exhibit complex behaviours are often found in a particular dynamical condition, poised between order and disorder.
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BrIAS Seminar 30.1.2025
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BrIAS Seminar 23.1.2025
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BrIAS Opening Ceremony 2025
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This event is by registration only We will officially open the new 2025 BrIAS programme on sustainable Robotics, AI and Automation on the 21.1.2025.
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Prof. Hiroki Ishizuka: Toward the Realization of Sensing Mimicking Skin-Nerve Models
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Join us for a seminar on Sustainable Robotics with Visiting BrIAS Fellow, Prof. Hiroki Ishizuka.
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The 6th Waseda Brussels Conference Environmental Studies for Carbon Neutrality
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Registration via: https://urls.fr/uWgXlY Climate change has become a matter of urgent concern for governments, public opinions and economies around the world.
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Prof. Andrea Roli: A cybernetic perspective of adaptive robots
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Join us for a seminar on Sustainable Robotics with Visiting BrIAS Fellow, Prof. Andrea Roli.
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BrIAS Forum on War & Peace, and Robotics
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The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to announce its fourth forum of the Sustainable Robotics Programme on "War & Peace, and Robotics" For in-person attendance, as well as online attendance of the webinar, registration is necessary.
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BrIAS Forum on Human-Robot Collaboration
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The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to announce its third forum of the Sustainable Robotics Programme on "Human-Robot Collaboration - Sustainable robotics in healthcare and in production" For in-person attendance, as well as online attendance of the webina...
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 13
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This is the first official seminar that will be held in the new BrIAS seminar hall at the newly renovated USquare site. Location: BrIAS Seminar HallBuilding AB level 0Bv General Jacques 2101050 Ixelles Access via Ave Couronne: 1. Dr.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 12
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1. Dr. Andres Cotorruelo, ULB Title: "Sets for Constrained Control" This presentation provides a high-level view of set-theoretic constrained control and its application to low computationally demanding advanced control algorithms. 2. Prof.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 11
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Location: FARI Cantersteen 16, 1000, Brussels 1. Prof.
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BrIAS Forum on Sustainable Robotic Technologies
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The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to announce its second forum of the Sustainable Robotics Programme on "Sustainable Robotic Technologies" For in-person attendance, as well as online attendance of the webinar, registration is necessary.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 10
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 9
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 8
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1. Prof. Pierre Lambert, Professor, ULB Title: "Soft microrobotics : crossing point between mechanics, small scale and compliance." For decades, robotics has been pushing stiffness to increase resonance frequency and using piezo-actuators as reference smart materials.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 7
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 6
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Speakers: Guerric De Crombrughe - Nuketech, Brussels Alexander Bahr - Hydromea James Hill - REACH Ludovic Dufau - Nimbl'bot Description Over the past few months, the growth prospects of the nuclear industry have dramatically increased.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 5
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1. Prof. Yael Edan, Professor, ABC Robotics initiative (BrIAS Senior Fellow) Title: "Social Assistive Robots for Elder Care: R&D Findings" The world's population is aging rapidly, and the number of older adults is projected to increase dramatically in the years to come along.
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BrIAS Forum on Robotics in Agriculture - Where we are, where we are going
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The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to announce its first forum of the Sustainable Robotics Programme on "Robotics in Agriculture - Where we are, where we are going" For in-person attendance (limited places), as well as online attendance of the webinar, registration...
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 4
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1. Dr. Louis Flynn, Brubotics, VUB. title: "Lower limb Assistive Technologies - Prostheses and Exoskeletons" The VUB has designed many lower-limb assistive devices including exoskeletons and prostheses.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 3
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1. Prof. Leonardo Cappello, Assistant Professor, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 2
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1. Dr. Shirley Elprama, Post-Doc, SMIT - VUB Title: "Acceptance of Occupational Exoskeletons" Shirley Elprama will talk about her PhD research on the acceptance of occupational exoskeletons.
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BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 1
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We are pleased to kick-off our BrIAS 2024 Seminar season on Sustainable Robotics. 1. Welcome speech - BrIAS Directors Prof. Serge Jaumain and Prof. Frank Deconinck 2. Introducing BrIAS- Prof. Christian Hermans (former BrIAS Programme director) and Prof.
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Closing Ceremony
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Closing Ceremony .
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BrIAS Forum: Getting antimicrobial therapy back on track
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Getting antimicrobial therapy back on track ------
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BrIAS workshop W17
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Agriculture, Climate, and Society in Italy 2000 BCE – 1000 CE...
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BrIAS talks T29-T30
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Prof. Dawn Nagel Time and Resilience: Efforts to design climate- smart plants. ---------------- Dr. Maria De La Fuente Ruiz Methane hydrates and anthropogenic ocean warming: Is there a potential hydrate-carbon cycle-climate feedback?
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BrIAS Workshop W16
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Flatbreads: History, innovation, and sustainability.
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BrIAS Workshop W15
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The circadian clock and/or time of day regulation of cellular processes in a changing climate.
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BrIAS workshop W14
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Dietary Dilemmas: Influences on Consumer ‘Choice’ in Preindustrial Societies...
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
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Re-imagining agri-food system transformations: Enlarging and enriching time horizons
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BrIAS talks T27-T28
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Glacio-hydrological modelling: global importance and impact Dr. Ankit Pramanik -------------- Food systems in early cities: a sustainability issue? Dr. Laura Motta...
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BrIAS workshop W13
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Carbon and Climate Change - From the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean...
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BrIAS talks T25-T26
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Tropical convection and anvil clouds: do they moderate climate change, or accelerate it? Dr. Hiro Masunaga ........The past, present and future of food, climate and sustainability Nassir Uddin...
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BrIAS Workshop W12
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Old plants for New uses: a journey through selection, domestication and economics of crop species for more sustainable or resilient food systems...
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BrIAS talks T23-T24
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Prof. Antonella Pasqualone Challenges and opportunities in pasta innovation-------------- Prof. Beat Kümin How much is too much? Negotiating early modern drink consumption.
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BrIAS Talks T21-T22
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Dr. Jessica Dijkman Coping with food crises in premodern towns-------------Dr. Rathana Peou Norbert-Munns Learning from the futures; Foresight for Agri-food system transformations in Asia and Pacific...
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BrIAS talks T19-T20
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Dr. Leslie Lipper How does climate change affect agricultural transformation for poverty reduction? ------------ Dr. Mauro Rizzetto. Animals in the Roman-early medieval transition. From Britannia to England, from Venetia to the Venetian Lagoon...
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BrIAS workshop W11
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Fractionation technology...
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BrIAS workshop W10
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Food production, redistribution, and consumption in the Venetian Lagoon between Antiquity and the Contemporary Era...
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BrIAS talks T17-T18
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Dr. Matthew Hannaford. Tracing the history of food systems in eastern Africa: patterns, drivers and implications for food security by----------------- Dr. Maria del Prado García Aparicio. Food waste: from environmental problem to multiple benefits ----------...
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BrIAS workshop W09
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Genomic strategies to bring innovation in Public health to improve surveillance ------------...
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BrIAS Workshop W08
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Biostimulants.
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BrIAS Talks T15-T16
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Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya Coffee and Sustainability: A View from India ------------ Dr. Pierre Purseigle A Food and urban resilience in the era of the Great War ------------
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BrIAS workshop W07
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Root biology and agriculture ecological system - Part 2.
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BrIAS Workshop W06
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Workshop : Coffee Production in India: Problems & Prospects...
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BrIAS talks T13-T14
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Dr. Antonia Matalas The two- or three- step milk revolution -----------Dr. Philippe Hinsinger Root foraging and mining strategies – key strategies for the agroecological transition in a changing climate...
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