Talks and presentations

Entwicklung intelligenter autonomer Assistenten

June 28, 2025

Tutorial, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: 22. Fachschaftstreffen MINT - Zukunft gestalten durch KI, Dresden, Germany

The tutorial provides an overview of the development of intelligent autonomous assistants, focusing on how multimodal AI technologies—such as large language models, computer vision, and robotics—enable systems to understand language, perceive their environment, plan actions, and manipulate objects. It discusses practical applications in Industry 5.0, logistics, laboratories, smart homes, and agriculture, and contrasts modular system designs with end-to-end vision-language-action models. Finally, it highlights current research challenges, including data scarcity, simulation-to-reality transfer, system speed, and robustness in complex real-world environments.

Synergizing Language Models and Biogas Plant Control: A GPT-4 Approach

June 04, 2024

Talk, 8th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Istanbul, Turkey

This study delves into the utilization of the large language model, GPT-4, as a controller to optimize substrate feed in an agricultural anaerobic co-digestion plant. Assigned with specific objectives, including targeted methane production, GPT-4 harnesses knowledge encompassing plant parameters, substrate characteristics, and real-time process data. The model formulates recommendations for substrate feed, offering transparent rationales for its decisions. To evaluate its effectiveness, a simulation model of an agricultural anaerobic co-digestion plant based on the Anaerobic Digestion Model no. 1 is employed. Initial findings suggest that GPT-4 effectively regulates substrate feed, maintaining methane production rates near predefined targets. Crucially, the explanations provided by GPT-4 are comprehensible. The accompanying code will be made accessible for further investigation and exploration.

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk, Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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