07 January 2025. SAP SofaTalk - see here(recorded on 4 September. SAP SofaTalk, Walldorf - SAP Headquarters (invitation by Matthias Stemmler)
2024
03 December : AI Competition (7 finalists; 19 poster presentations). Evening show at CercleCité as part of the AI Café. Host and general management. Invited Jury members: Dr. Andreas Braun (PwC Luxembourg), Dr. Siwen Guo (Zortify Luxembourg), Dr. Aida Nazari (LuxAI), Misch Strotz (LetzAI), Dr. Salima Lamsiyah (UL), Dr. Jean Botev (UL). Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich.
21 November : AI Debate Series, VIII : EU AI Act . will implementation succeed? Evening show at CercleCité as part of the AI Café. Host and general management. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich. Invited guests: Prof. Dr. Philip Poirier (UL), Yasaman Yousefi (Univesity Bologna), and Dr Sophie Klecker (Ministry of Economy).
30 October : AI Debate Series, VII : Will Generative AI really support Education/Training, Creativity? Evening show at CercleCité as part of the AI Café. Host and general management. Christoph Schommer. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich. Invited guests: Dr. Thibaud Latour (LMDDC), Dr. Isabell Eva Baumann (LUCET), Egberdien van der Peijl (Prompt Engineer), Eric Tobias (Teacher at Lycée des Arts et Métiers.
23 October : Full day teaching activity about AI for Forensics at CEPOL = Making Europe a safer place through Law enforcement training and learning - CEPOL is an agency of the European Union dedicated to develop, implement and coordinate training for law enforcement officials.
30 September : AI Debate Series VI : AI for the Labour Market: blessing or curse? Evening show at CercleCité as part of the AI Café. Host and general management. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich. Invited guests: Prof. Dr. Philip Treleaven (UC London), Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner (TU Deggendorg), Dr. Evangelia Markidou (European Commission).
7 June, Talk at the Digital Learning Hub about 'Elements of AI' (on behalf of Dr. Sana Nouzri).
6 + 7 June, Interview with RTL TV about AI, ChatGPT, Deep Fakes and Political Electioms
6 June, Interview with Florian Javel, Luxemburger Wort about ChatGPT/AI?Deep Fakes and whether elections can be influenced with it.
5 June, Interview with Michelle Barthel from Radio 100,7 about 'Deep Fakes'.
29 May, Interview with Alexandra Ionita, Margaryta Aleksandrova, and Fabio Dammicco. Media class project as part of the Workshop "Working in the Media" held by Professor Agnes Prüm in collaboration with RTL
19 January 2024 : Christoph Schommer: Auf dem Weg zum Autonomen Fahren, Letzebuerger Land, pages 42-43 (invited publication; d'Land).
2023
19 December 2023: Organisation : Debate Series LetsTalk100 : AI FOR OUR FUTURE - ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? With my guests: Prof. Dr. Florian Feltes, Zortify, Luxembourg, Prof. Dr. Valérie Schafer, University of Luxembourg, Prof. Dr. Lukas Sosoe, University of Luxembourg, Dr. Emilia Tantar. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich.
30 November 2023 : Invited Talk and Round Table Discussion, organised by FEDAS - Fédération des acteurs du secteur social au Luxembourg asbl. Contact: Julia Maria Zimmermann, Responsable du centre de Formation.
23 November 2023 : Invited Talk at University of Seville, Spain: AI & Artificial Creativity. Host: Prof. Dr. Yolanda Spinola.
21 November 2023 : Organisation : Debate Series LetsTalk100 : AI AND ETHICS HAND IN HAND? With my guests: Prof. Dr. Marija Slavkovic, University of Bergen, Norway, Dr. Antonio Bikic, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich.
16 November 2023: Kannerradionuecht(An der drëtter Radiostonn schwätzen d'Kannerreporter mam Nikki Ninja a mat engem Unisprofessor, deen eis alles iwwer KI, Kënschtlech Intelligenz, verréit.) : Radio 100,7 : Schoul am Duerf Bettembourg.
24 October 2023: Organisation : Debate Series LetsTalk100 : AI AND ARTS: DOES THIS GO TOGETHER FOR AN ARTICICIAL CREATIVITY? With my guests: Prof. Dr. Manuela Naveau, Ars Electronica Linz and University of Arts, Linz, Austria, Prof. Dr. Yolanda Spinola, University of Seville, Thomas Kreissig, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and Egberdien von der Peijl, Luxemnourg. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich.
6 October 2023: Invited Talk "Anwendungen von KI", Rotary Club Gummersbach-Oberberg.
29 September 2023: Organisation : Debate Series LetsTalk100 : AI AND MEDICINE/HEALTHCARE: A PROMISING TOGETHERNESS? With my guests: Dr. Andreas Braun, PriceWaterhouseCopers (PwC), Luxembourg, and Dr. Narges Ahmidi, Fraunhofer Institute Munich and Helmholtz Munich. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich.
Organisation : Debate Series LetsTalk100 : GENERATIVE AI AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION? with my guests: Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner (TU Deggendorf, Germany) and Dr. Serge Linckels, Digital Learning Hub, Luxembourg. Moderator: Dr. Nora Schleich.
14 September 2023. Participation with our Pepper and Robodog to the 20th Birthday University With his Royal Highness Henry, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of Higher Education and Research Claude Meisch, and others).
21 April 2023, 11h00 - 12h00: Moderating a Book Launch by Dr Lorella Viola: 'The Humanities in the Digital: Beyond Critical Digital Humanities' More information is available here:https://a.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-16950-2
24 November 2022: We had the honour and pleasure to welcome a small group of 15 people from WIDE - Women in Digital Empowerment (Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition) as guests at the AI&Art Pavilion
05 October 2022: visit of 60 members of Arcus, a non-profit association founded in Luxembourg that has been working with children, young people and families for more than 60 years in the social, educational, pedagogical and therapeutic fields.
16 + 18 September. Portes Ouvertes and Opening of the 'Petite Maison', University of Luxembourg.
5-7 September: ->Understanding minds - German Cognitive Society.
05 July 2022. Interview by Effi Tramountani, Master Student at University of Tübingen - 'Foundations of Machine Learning' research group ', Prof. Dr. Robert C. Williamson, about "Data, Data collection and maintenance and Data responsibility".
Remix Culture. Exhibtion, Prof. Manuela Naveau & Team, Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria, and Ars Electronica.
21 June 2022. Interview with students from École Sainte Sophie, Luxembourg: "Mensch und Maschine".
07 June 2022. Visit of Prof. Tim Landgraf, FU Berlin.
02 June 2022. AI&Arts Pavilion meets Industry. Welcome Speech and Host: visit of 40 members of the Business Club Belgium-Luxembourg (BCBL) and the Belgian Business Club Luxembourg (BBCL) as well as H.E. Stephan Müller, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Belgium and H.E. Thomas Lambert, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Luxembourg.
18 May 2022. Welcome Speech and Host. Exhibition 'Imaginary Landscapes' (Artist: Sergio Albiac), Arts and Deep Learning.
13 April 2022. AI & Art: Can A Robot Dance The Dying Swan? See report in Silicon Luxembourghere
15 March 2022 Event: Chercheurs à l’école. Lecture at LAM - Lycée des Arts et des Métiers. Invitation by the Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR).
06 December. Speech at the Inauguration Ceremony and Kick-off Meeting of ZLAIRE - Zheijiang-Luxembourg Joint Research on AI, Robotics, and Reasoning. See slides 'AI & Arts Pavilion Esch 2022 Cultural Capital of Europe! Cultural Capital of Europe'
17 November 2021. Interview AI and our future Raphael Alegria Silva and Nicolas Moreau, Lycée Notre Dame Sainte-Sophie.
12 November 2021, Keynote talk: AI & Arts. Workshop, organised by BattleRoyal Berlin, rethink Berlin, Esch 2022, and University Luxembourg.
11. November 2021, Keynote talk: Future of Living with AI and IA. Invitation by BNVKI, FACt talks. BNAIC/Benelearn 2021, Luxembourg.
20 October 2021, Keynote talk: EUNIC - EU National Institutes for Culture (organised by Jurij Krpan, Pau Waelder) The Future of Living, Panel, Day 2 - 20 October 2021, Brussels. See Video or on YouTube. The speech is a statement and part of the International Symposium "The Future of Living", supported by EUNIC - EU National Institutes of Culture. The event was under the patronage of the Slovenian Presidency of the European Parliament.
19 February 2020. Interview with Boris Hänssler. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e. V. - idw. Hintergrundwissen zur Funktionsweise biometrischer Verfahren. 19 February 2020.
30 January 2020, Invited Participation at TV/RTL : RTL Kloertext. Wie kontrolléiert meng Daten? moderated by Caroline Mart. See RTL Kloertext
20 January 2020: Interview and Press Article; Cheryl Cadamuro, Revue.lu, Zweischneidiges Schwert"
2019
16 December 2019: Wéi si se geduecht: Positiv? Negativ? Neutral? RTL Kultur news
13 November 2019; Interview mit Christoph Schommer durch Schüler einer 1GSO-Abschlussklasse des Lycée Nic-Biever Dudelange. Schülerwettbewerb der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Zentrum fir politesch Bildung in Luxemburg.
19 October 2019, Press Article. C. Schommer: KI für die Medizin. Luxemburger Wort.
20 May 2019. Interview with Audrey Somnard, Letzebuerger Journal: Ressources humaines & technologies avec focus sur le digital dans le secteur du recrutement.
16 May 2018. Invited Talk/Evening Meeting. Luxemburgischer Ethikrat: Was ist Künstliche Intelligenz? Host: Jean-Claude Milmeister, Christel Baltes-Löhr.
24 March 2018. Biergerforum: Roboter und Künstliche Intelligenz - Forum citoyen avec des députés européens Participants: Mady Delvaux-Stehres (European Parliament), Christoph Schommer (University Luxembourg) and 10 citizens of Luxembourg. See YouTube video here
Before 2018
28 January 2016: Sprachliche Informationsverarbeitung: Computerlinguistik und Digital Humanities. University of Cologne (invited by Prof Dr Juergen Rolshoven).