Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS)

BrIAS theme 2025: Sustainable Robotics, AI and Automation Call for Senior Fellows 2025 The 2025 fellowship call at the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies offers high-level researchers and experts from foreign universities, institutes or organisations an unparalleled opportunity to join the institute as fellows for the Academic year 2024/25. Fellows will benefit from a research period of at least 2 months and up to 10 months, free from teaching and administrative duties. They will also become part of an international and interdisciplinary community of top-tier researchers and academics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Additionally, fellows will enjoy an excellent work and living environment conveniently close to both universities in Brussels. The BrIAS programme will run from 13 January 2025 until 31 May 2025. The fellowship stay must coincide at least in part with the BrIAS 2025 programme. We are looking for exemplary researchers from any discipline relevant to the theme. Applicants will be assessed and prioritised following the selection criteria: - Scientific excellence of the candidate; - Relevance for the theme of sustainable development in robotics, AI, and automation; - Interdisciplinary approach; - Willingness to collaborate with local scientific institutions and other fellows - Exempted from teaching and admin tasks at home institutions during the fellowship - For academics, the minimum rank of tenure-track assistant professor (or equivalent) is requested. For more information about BrIAS and what we offer: https://lnkd.in/e9CDXveX

A reflection on this year's BrIAS season: https://lnkd.in/eBdqFd_V Thank you to all of our fellows and all the academics involved in making this year a great success! A special thanks to our friends and colleagues at FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute, Emanuele Garone, Prof. Bram Vanderborght, Carl-Maria MÖRCH, An Jacobs and all of our Junior fellows that worked so hard in helping us pull off the many events: Andres Cotorruelo, Luca Rossini, Fatma Demir, Shirley Elprama, Michel Joop van der Schoor And finally, an extra special thanks to Laurence Hendrickx and her fantastic team for the great job they have done at Usquare and helping us to settle in! Stay tuned for updates and news about next year's season coming soon!

Come and see our BrIAS Junior fellow Shirley Elprama at FARI AI for the Common Good Institute

The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies and FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute are excited to announce our fourth forum on #SustainableRobotics titled: "War & Peace and Robotics". This two-day event will take place from Thursday 2.5. to Friday 3.5.2024 in the Hall des Marbres, ULB. For the full programme and registration please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eXixqqyu The Forum will also be live-streamed via our Youtube Channel @BrIAStalks https://lnkd.in/dtX_7dJb Location: Hall des marbres – AX1.216, ULB Campus Solbosch Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 50 1050 Ixelles Belgium Date: 2.5.-3.5..2024  Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Registration: https://lnkd.in/eZpzja3g   Description The first day will focus on “Peace” and in particular how robotics can help to “clear up” remnants of war and ensure a safe restart of life at peace. The first half day will be focusing on the theme “A safer sea” and will mostly deal with marine demining, with a special attention to the innovation surrounding the Belgian Mine Counter Measures program. The second part of the day will deal with land demining. The second day will focus on “War”, and in particular on the Historical, Ethical, Legal, and Geopolitical aspects of Robotics at War. The goal of this second day is to inform the public about the current policies as well as the various different perspectives and positions on the matter, so as to stimulate an informed debate. Polemics for the sake of polemics and uninformed/acritical political statements should stay out of this day. Speakers: Dr. Gabriele Ferri Dr. Pedro Basto Mirko Campochiari Prof. Andrea Gilli Prof. Gregory Reichberg Anna Rosalie Greipl Dr. Borja Montes Toscano, PhD Prof. Emanuele Garone Prof. Serge Jaumain Prof. Frank Deconinck RAdm Yves Dupont Prof. Elmar Recker CPC Nicolas Van Damme Dr. Hiep Luong Jeroen Debonnet Emma Claeys Dr. Inge Ceuppens Dr. Luigi Fasano Dr. Juan Jesús Díaz Hernández Dr. Emile LE FLECHER Koen Struyven Cdt Davy Aendekerk MAJ Koen Ceulemans Dr. Geert De Cubber Dr. Johannes Thumfart Pierdomenico Memeo Prof. AJung Moon Prof. Nel de Mûelenaere Prof. Mauro Birattari Prof. Jan Cornelis cc - Université libre de Bruxelles Vrije Universiteit Brussel FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute Carl-Maria MÖRCH Emanuele Garone An Jacobs Serge Jaumain Frank Deconinck Anja Garone Fatma Demir Shirley Elprama Luca Rossini Andres Cotorruelo Michel Joop van der Schoor

Join us for our Seminar 13 on #SustainableRobotics at the BrIAS Seminar Hall (Our first Seminar in our own Seminar hall!) for an exciting seminar programme: 1.  Dr. Stefan Gerth (Head of department, Fraunhofer iss, Germany) "Automation in X-ray based plant phenotyping - From Plant to data" 2.   Prof. Fabrizio Dabbene, (Director or Research, CNR IEIIT, Italy) "Trustworthy and reliable AI - Scalable classifiers and conformal predictions" 3.   Prof. AJung Moon, (Assistant Professor, McGill University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada.) "Sustainable 'Relationship' with Interactive Robots" 4. Prof. Krzysztof Olejarczyk, (Professor, Casimir Pulaski University of Radom, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poland.)  "Cycloidal Drive - Design , experimental research, applications"  Date: 25.4.2024 Time: 11:00 - 17:00 (we break for lunch between 12:00 and 14:00)   Participation is free and open to everyone! website: https://lnkd.in/eZ56mSgu Can't make it in person? Tune in to watch the live stream via our Youtube channel https://lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D Université libre de Bruxelles Vrije Universiteit Brussel Emanuele Garone Carl-Maria MÖRCH An Jacobs Frank Deconinck  Serge Jaumain Andres Cotorruelo Luca Rossini Fatma Demir Shirley Elprama Michel Joop van der Schoor

Join us for our Seminar 12 on #SustainableRobotics at the FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute for an exciting seminar programme: 1.  Prof. Bernardo Innocenti, ULB, Belgium: “Evidence in Innovation in the field of Orthopaedics - How an engineer can help a surgeon to apply and trust the new tools” 2.   Dr. Andres Cotorruelo, FARI, ULB, Belgium: “Advanced algebraic sets for constrained control” 3.   Dr. Alix Partridge, National Robotarium, UK “Sustainability in soft robotics”   Participation is free and open to everyone! If you want to join us in the FARI test and experience centre please register via our website: https://lnkd.in/eBjSBniA Can't make it in person? Tune in to watch the live stream via our Youtube channel https://lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D Université libre de Bruxelles Vrije Universiteit Brussel Emanuele Garone Carl-Maria MÖRCH An Jacobs Frank Deconinck  Serge Jaumain

The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies and FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute are excited to announce our second forum on #SustainableRobotics titled: "Human – Robot Collaboration: Sustainable robotics in healthcare and in production". The event will take place on Friday the 26.4.2024 in the new BrIAS Seminar Hall. For the full programme and registration please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e5bepmHP The Forum will also be live-streamed via our Youtube Channel @BrIAStalks https://lnkd.in/dtX_7dJb Location: BrIAS Seminar Hall Building AB, Usquare Bv General Jacques 210 1050 Ixelles Belgium Date: 26.4.2024  Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Registration: https://lnkd.in/exrnBPQM     Description “How do we collaborate in a sustainable way with robotics in the future?” is the core topic of the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). As part of the Brias topic on sustainable robotics, we are organizing a forum consisting of two workshops on two subfields: the domain of HRI in surgery and HRI in EU manufacturing companies. As part of this forum, we will discuss the sustainability challenges of future Human-Robot interactions in these domains in-depth, and we will co-create solutions with the attendees in a multidisciplinary setting. With the output of both workshops, we want to synthesize a comparison of the debates in both subfields and will communicate these results to all participants and to the broader community. Speakers: Shirley Elprama An Jacobs Takács Kristóf Tamás Haidegger Bernardo Innocenti Koen Beyers Carl-Maria MÖRCH AJung Moon Nicola Frego Marta Lorenzini Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi ULB Vrije Universiteit Brussel FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute Carl-Maria MÖRCH Emanuele Garone An Jacobs Serge Jaumain Frank Deconinck Anja Garone Fatma Demir Shirley Elprama Luca Rossini Andres Cotorruelo Michel Joop van der Schoor

Join us for our Seminar 11 on #SustainableRobotics at the FARI - AI for the Common Good Institute for an exciting seminar programme: 1.   Prof. Eduardo Camacho (University of Sevilla): "Model Predictive Control of Solar Energy Plants"  2.   Ir. Arjen Van de Walle (VUB BUDA/sustAIn.brussels): "Exploring the interlinkage between robotics, digitalisation and sustainability" 3.   Dr. Naveen Tiwari (University of Santiago De Compostella): "Self healing materials for Soft electronics"   Participation is free and open to everyone! If you want to join us in the FARI test and experience centre please register via our website: https://lnkd.in/eNT_XeVS Can't make it in person? Tune in to watch the live stream via our Youtube channel https://lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D ULB Vrije Universiteit Brussel Emanuele Garone Carl-Maria MÖRCH An Jacobs Frank Deconinck Serge Jaumain

Join us for our Seminar 10 on #SustainableRobotics at the AIXC department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for an exciting programme: 1.   Prof. Eric Feron: "Ariadne, a common-sense thread for enabling provable safety in air mobility systems with unreliable components" 2.   Sharath Chandra Akkaladevi: "Towards Sustainable Robotics: Intuitive Interfaces and Physical Collaboration in Human-Robot Interaction" 3.   Dewi Brunet: “Folding for sustainable robotic, between art & science”   Participation is free and open to everyone! If you want to join us in the lab please register via our website: https://lnkd.in/g69-WRzU Can't make it in person? Tune in to watch the live stream via our Youtube channel https://lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D Université libre de Bruxelles Vrije Universiteit Brussel Emanuele Garone Carl-Maria MÖRCH An Jacobs Frank Deconinck Serge Jaumain

Join us for our Seminar 9 on #SustainableRobotics at the AIXC department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for an exciting programme: 1.   Prof. Bettina Wollesen: “Cognitive-motor interference while using an exoskeleton” 2.   Prof. Paolo Turrini: “Designing Artificial Agents that Learn to Act for Social Good” 3.   Dr. Fatma Demir: “Towards sustainable research management: Lessons from the SMART Project” Participation is free and open to everyone! If you want to join us in the lab please register via our website: https://lnkd.in/eaMjnUKK Can't make it in person? Tune in to watch the live stream via our Youtube channel https://lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D Université libre de Bruxelles Vrije Universiteit Brussel Emanuele Garone Carl-Maria MÖRCH An Jacobs Frank Deconinck Serge Jaumain