May 2024

• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2024: Daniela Rus
  May 27, 2024 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Outreach Renowned robotics expert Daniela Rus will join us for this year’s very special Vienna Gödel Lecture.

Jun 2023

• “AI for a Sustainable Future”
  Jun 12, 2023 Vienna Gödel Lecture, People, Research The number of stars in the Universe is 10²². The number of possible combinations of dams in the Amazon basin is 10¹⁰⁰⁺. We need AI.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2023: Carla P. Gomes
  Jun 5, 2023 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, Event Carla P. Gomes, AI expert and pioneer in Computational Sustainability talks about how we can create a sustainable future with AI.

Jun 2022

• “Why We Rely on Badly Behaving Machines”
  Jun 10, 2022 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Digital Humanism, Public Lecture Toby Walsh tells us about the future of AI and why we should reconsider existing approaches to technology development.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2022: Toby Walsh
  Jun 9, 2022 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, Event Toby Walsh, AI expert and “rock star” of Australia’s digital revolution talks about machines behaving badly.

May 2021

• “Technology Is Driving the Future, But Who Is Steering?”
  May 27, 2021 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Digital Humanism, News, Social Responsibility In the 2021 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Moshe Vardi explained why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society.
• Technology Is Driving the Future, But Who Is Steering?
  May 27, 2021 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Digital Humanism, Public Lecture, Event, Social Responsibility In this year’s Gödel lecture, Moshe Vardi will explain why the ethical lens is too narrow for dealing with technology’s impact on society.

Aug 2019

• Demon AI? Interview with Oren Etzioni
  Aug 3, 2019 Vienna Gödel Lecture, People, Interview Oren Etzioni, CEO of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, gave insights about AI and its challenges.

Jun 2019

• “Artificial Intelligence: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast”
  Jun 4, 2019 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, AI Oren Etzioni pleads for separating science from science fiction and an ethically informed approach to the risks and chances of AI.
• Artificial Intelligence: Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
  Jun 4, 2019 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event How should we think about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its progress in recent years? Does AI threaten humanity, or will it be a source of beneficial techno…

May 2018

• “On the Way to Artificial Consciousness”
  May 24, 2018 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, AI Turing Award winner Manuel Blum asks whether machines can develop consciousness, and why that needn’t frighten us.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2018: Manuel Blum
  May 24, 2018 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event Turing Award winner Manuel Blum will talk about neuroscience as an inspiration for computer architecture in this year’s Vienna Gödel Lecture.

Jun 2017

• “Bias in the Web”
  Jun 14, 2017 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, Social Responsibility Search technology expert Ricardo Baeza-Yates explains the many types and mechanisms of inclination and how to break the “vicious circle of bias”.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2017: Ricardo Baeza-Yates
  Jun 8, 2017 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event Former Yahoo Labs Vice-president Ricardo Baeza-Yates will talk about “Bias in the Web” at this year’s Vienna Gödel Lecture.

Jun 2016

• “Computational Thinking”
  Jun 9, 2016 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, Social Responsibility Jeannette Wing explains why every child should learn to think computationally, and why this ability benefits society.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2016: Jeannette Wing
  Jun 9, 2016 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event Jeannette Wing’s Vision für die Zukunft ist, dass Computational Thinking als grundlegende Fähigkeit von jedem Menschen auf der Welt genutzt wird.

Mar 2015

• “How Computers Learn”
  Mar 27, 2015 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, Social Responsibility Peter Norvig demonstrates how machines can independently learn to perform complex tasks or develop sophisticated game strategies.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2015
  Mar 26, 2015 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event Peter Norvig, Research Director at Google Inc., will explain “How Computers Learn” in this year’s Vienna Gödel Lecture.

Jun 2014

• “Origami Folding – The Elegance of Algorithms”
  Jun 6, 2014 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, Social Responsibility Erik Demaine’s fascinating Origami folding techniques follow complex algorithms that can be used in robotics and even in astronautics.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2014
  Jun 4, 2014 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event Erik Demaine from MIT will be our guest speaker of the second Vienna Gödel Lecture on June 4th, 2014.

May 2013

• “All Questions Answered”
  May 28, 2013 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Report, Public Lecture, Social Responsibility Inaugurating the Vienna Gödel Lectures, Turing Award winner Donald E. Knuth redefines “lecture”, and meets with an old friend.
• Vienna Gödel Lecture 2013: Donald E. Knuth
  May 16, 2013 Vienna Gödel Lecture, Public Lecture, Event The inauguration of our new lecture series will be held by Turing Award winner Donald E. Knuth on May 16th, 2013.