Igor Farkaš
He works as a professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Applied Informatics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava. His professional focus is on artificial intelligence (artificial neural networks) and cognitive robotics. He has long been engaged in research on the computational properties of artificial neural network models and their application in modeling cognitive functions (natural language, motor movement). He has worked professionally in the USA and Germany. He leads national research projects (VEGA, APVV, KEGA) and served as the coordinator of a recently completed EU project focused on human–robot interaction (TERAIS). He regularly reviews scientific articles for impact-factor journals. He coordinates the Center for Cognitive Science and serves as the guarantor of the international interdisciplinary master’s study program in Cognitive Science (MEiCogSci). He is a member of the Board of the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Comenius University. He is also actively involved in promoting public awareness in the aforementioned scientific fields.
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Options of humanoid robots in healthcare (10 min)
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Discussion "AI vo vedeckom výskume"
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Discussion of invited guests