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AI Jam at the Science Station exhibition

Submitted by Sebastian Uribe on

AI Jam is a software exhibit that plays musical duets with visitors. Its purpose is to show ways in which artificial intelligence can be used to produce music along with humans.

Visitors interact with it using a piano keyboard and drum pads, which makes the interaction simple and natural. A screen shows the notes played (both by human and AI), and provides some limited selection of playing parameters and modes.

 

Tour plan

 

Station Dates Address München Hbf 24.04. - 03.05.2019 Bayerstraße 10A 80335 München Berlin Hbf 01.06. - 06.06.2019 Washingtonplatz 10557 Berlin Berlin Ostbahnhof 12.06. - 18.06.2019 10243 Berlin Mainz Hbf 21.06. - 30.06.2019 Bahnhofplatz 1 55116 Mainz Nürnberg Hbf 03.07. - 12.07.2019 Bahnhofplatz 9 90443 Nürnberg Berlin Südkreuz 05.08. - 11.08.2019 10829 Berlin Frankfurt Hbf 22.08. - 31.08.2019 Mannheimer Straße 60329 Frankfurt am Main Kassel Hbf 03.09. - 12.09.2019 Rainer-Dierichs-Platz 1 34117 Kassel Köln Hbf 17.09. - 26.09.2019 A-Passage 50667 Köln

More information (in German): Science Station – Artificial Intelligence

Time and Place: 
Mercredi, Avril 24, 2019 - 00:00 au Jeudi, Septembre 26, 2019 - 23:45
Venue: 
Germany
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POINT (10.451526 51.165691)
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MiA Award Ceremony 2019

Submitted by Bianca Violet on

As part of the ceremony, interesting games were played together with the audience. One of the games was Sumory, a game designed and produced during the IMAGINARY Conference 2018 as part of the workshop ‘The Math of Machine Learning’. Machine Learning algorithms are a hot topic in the scientific community, and of course, there’s a lot of math behind it. Sumory intuitively shows a basic principle of functioning for these methods and will be released under an open source licence soon. Players of Sumory will explore themselves, how machines can decide when to use learned knowledge and when to try new actions.

Time and Place: 
Vendredi, Janvier 25, 2019 - 00:00 au 23:45
Venue: 
Audimax
Technische Universität Berlin
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
Germany
Coordinates: 
POINT (13.3270148 52.5123476)
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Since 2016, the project is organized by Mathe im Leben gGmbH in cooperation with the German Mathematical Society. Mathe im Advent is under the patronage of the Federal Minister for Education and Research, Anja Karliczek MdB.

Second call for Art Projects for exhibition on Artificial Intelligence

Submitted by Sebastian Uribe on

I. AM.AI is the name of IMAGINARY’s new exhibition project aiming to communicate Artificial Intelligence, how it works, and its social impacts, to the public.

The exhibition, supported by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, will open in April 2020. It will feature both new and established research in fields like machine learning, expert systems, general artificial intelligence and more. The exhibition will visit Heidelberg, Mainz and Jena for four months each.

We are looking for engaging art projects which ask critical questions regarding our relationship with AI. Interactive and performative art pieces are just as welcome as visual art, popular art or works of fiction. 

If this sounds exciting to you please send us a short description of what you’re working on to ai@imaginary.org. Links to online examples and videos of your work are very welcome. Please send in your material until the 30th of September.

About IMAGINARY

IMAGINARY is a non-profit organization dedicated to the communication of current research in mathematical sciences. It develops interactive software, 3d prints, visualizations for exhibitions, museums, workshops and teacher trainings. IMAGINARY also runs a collaborative platform for open source formats in mathematics communication.

It ori­gi­na­ted in the German Year of Mathematics 2008 at the Mathe­ma­ti­sches For­schungs­in­sti­tut Ober­wolfach (MFO), a Leib­niz Insti­tute, and has become an independent organisation in 2016 with the MFO remaining a shareholder. IMA­GI­NARY won several awards and organized more than 340 exhi­bi­ti­on activities in 60 coun­tries and in 30 lan­gua­ges and attrac­ted several mil­lion visitors.

About the Carl Zeiss Foundation

The Carl Zeiss Foundation’s mission is to create an open environment for scientific breakthroughs. As a partner of excellence in science, it supports basic research as well as application-orientated research and teaching in the MINT subject areas (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technical disciplines). Founded in 1889 by the physicist and mathematician Ernst Abbe, the Carl Zeiss Foundation is the oldest private science funding institution in Germany. It is the sole owner of Carl Zeiss AG and SCHOTT AG. Its projects are financed from the dividend distributions of the two foundation companies.

 

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International Year of Crystallography

Submitted by Bianca Violet on

2014 is the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2014), which is an event promoted in the year 2014 by the United Nations to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of X-ray crystallography and to emphasise the global importance of crystallography in human life. One of the main goals of IYCr2014 is to increase public awareness of the science of crystallography and especially to inspire young people.

IMAGINARY takes part in the event by cooperating with the Philatelie Liechtenstein in creating a stamp series which features 13 frames of a SURFER animation by Bianca Violet showing an artistic metamorphosis of a crystal. The Design of the two stamps was created by HP Gassner and the images of the first day covers are screenshots of the program Crystal Flight by Jeff Weeks. Additionally, a free smartphone application is offered using augmented reality technology to identify the stamps and start the original SURFER-animation.

We also want to point your attention to the interactive Museum of Minerals and Mathematics (MiMa) in Oberwolfach, Germany. The MiMa museum does not only host the one-of-a-kind minerals of the Black Forest region or provides insights into mathematical theories, it especially presents the connection between minerals and mathematics: interactive installations let you understand symmetry and crystallography in a playful way.

As a contribution to IYCr2014, please read a new article on Crystals and Mathematics (in German), which can be found in the texts section of the IMAGINARY platform.

 

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"Problems for children from 5 to 15" by V. I. Arnold now available in English and Russian

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We proudly present the schoolbook “Problems for children from 5 to 15” by V. I. Arnold in our Background Material Section. The English translation is brand new and we are happy to be able to offer this unique booklet under a creative commons license.

From the Abstract:

The booklet consists of 77 problems for development of thinking culture, either selected or composed by the author. Most of them do not require any special knowledge beyond the general education. However, solving some of them may turn out challenging even for professors. The book is addressed to school and university students, teachers, parents – to everybody who considers the thinking culture an essential part of the personality development.

Arnold’s words:

“I put these problems onto paper in Paris in spring 2004 when Russian Parisians asked me to help their young children gain the thinking culture traditional for Russia. I am deeply convinced that this culture is most of all cultivated by early independent reflection on simple, but not easy questions similar to those below (problems 1, 3, 13 are the most recommended)…”

You can find the booklet following this download link or also in the Background Material Section of IMAGINARY (where you will also find all other language versions of the booklet, as German, Italian, Turkish or Vietnamese).

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"Mathe x anders" - the magic of forms and patterns

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The new phenomena (stations) allow an insight into the fascinating world of geometry: climb on three dimensional stars, rotate figures, fold Origami forms or play with bizarre objetcs as oloids – it is all a lot of fun and will challenge your brains!

The exhibition unveals several geometrical secrets: a laser ray, so called “fire ring”, splits complex geometrical solids optically and shows its sctructure. Straight lines make hyperboloids - a type of cylinder with a tiny waist - and a curved two-dimensional figure rotates to shape the form of a bulb. Many of the inter-connections of the abstract world of numbers are shown through the stations, through the objects, solids, spaces in an aesthetic way.

One of the IMAGINARY modules, Morenaments, is shown in this exhibition.

More information on the museum and exhibition can be found on the phæno web page.

Time and Place: 
Vendredi, Mai 3, 2013 - 22:00 au Dimanche, Février 23, 2014 - 22:45
Venue: 
Phaeno
Willy-Brandt-Platz 1
38440 Wolfsburg
Germany
Coordinates: 
POINT (10.7904619 52.4288544)
Opening Hours: 

Tuesday to Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Sat, Sun, holidays: 10 am – 6 pm
Monday, 24.12. and 31.12.: closed

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Exhibition Flyer (German)
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The Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach celebrates 75 years

Submitted by Bianca Violet on

IMAGINARY grew up at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO). From 2007 to 2016, we were part of the institute, and even now, we have a very strong bond. Since 2016, IMAGINARY is a non-profit organization, and the MFO is a shareholder of IMAGINARY.

We congratulate to 75 years of MFO - happy Anniversary!

Numerous guests from science, politics and economy are invited to the festive event on 5 July. The Minister of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg, Theresia Bauer, has also announced her participation.

For many decades, the MFO has been a globally well recognized institute. Here, in the middle of the Black Forest, the leading experts of all mathematical fields regularly meet to discuss recent developments with others and to generate new ideas. Over 2500 research guests from all over the world visit the institute each year.

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the MFO has invited two outstanding mathematicians to give a festive lecture: Prof. Dr. Cédric Villani and Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller. In addition, representatives of related institutions and authorities will address greetings to the MFO: Theresia Bauer (Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg), Dr. Michael Meister (Federal Ministry for Education and Science), Prof. Dr. Albert Sickmann (Leibniz Association), Prof. Dr. Friedrich Götze (Gesellschaft für Mathematische Forschung), Dr. Wilhelm Krull (Volkswagen Foundation), Beate Spiegel (Klaus Tschira Foundation) and Dr.  Detlef Schneidawind (Oberwolfach Foundation).

Read the press release here (in German).

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Math Creations Project in Berlin, Germany

Submitted by Bianca Violet on

We are calling students of the Art and Design fields as well as independent Artists and Designers to participate in the Math Creations contest for Art, Design and Mathematics. The goal of the contest is new creative ideas based on mathematical concepts and their realization. It is organized by the special research fields “Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics” and “Raum - Zeit - Materie. Analytische und Geometrische Strukturen” in collaboration with IMAGINARY.

The project consists of three events, all being staged in Berlin:

“Creative Input”
January 27, 2017, 6 pm at Technische Universität Berlin (MA004)
Inspiration for contest ideas during an evening of discussion with speakers of the two special research fields

“Creative Output” March 24, 2017, 6 pm at spektrum art&science community Participating teams present their ideas. The jury chooses the most promising math art projects to receive a grant.
“Exhibition” May 5, 2017, 6 pm at spektrum art&science community The results of the productive phase are presented and exhibited.
All events are open to the public. We cordially invite everyone interested!

A professional film crew, directed by film-maker Ekaterina Eremenko (Colors of Math 2012, Discrete Charme of Geometry 2015) will record the events as well as the realization process of the winning projects. A feature film will be produced to be screened internationally, starring all winners and their Math Creations.

Winners of the competition receive one of the grants adding up to a maximum of 3738 EUR total for realization of their creative work, which will be exhibited in May.
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IMAGINARY goes AI

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are among the most important current scientific topics with an enormous potential and importance for our future. Their key methods, their current research and their scope and implications for society have to be explored in an open, participatory and interdisciplinary way, involving both experts and the general public, in order to commonly identify solutions for our future.

We, at IMAGINARY, decided to dedicate a big part of our ressources to start and implement projects in the field of “AI communication / outreach / engagement”. Our vision is to setup an open source ecosystem to enable exchange and knowledge transfer on AI and ML in four main sections:

    1. AI knowledge transfer: communication of current algorithms, methods, state of the art, research.

    2. AI applications: showcase of start-ups, initiatives and projects with applications.

    3. AI creativity: presenting new forms of interaction and possibilities with AI.

    4. AI vision and society: discussions and exchange on AI’s future role and impact.

In a first phase, we developed a series of projects and created a network of partners. The projects include:

  • a series of exhibits in the field of AI & music (to be inaugurated in May 2019 at our upcoming maths & music exhibition)
  • a series of workshops on “Communicating (with) AI” with companies and research partners in connection to our STEAM Hub project
  • a dedicated “The Mathematics of Machine Learning” 3.5-day workshop at our IMAGINARY Conference 2018
  • a workshop and open curriculum to communicate core concepts of AI and ML in schools (in a modular form, analogue, in discussions, through software and also using hardwarre as robots and other devices)
  • an open platform to collect and share AI exhibits and other formats in collaboration with State
  • individual exhibits to be shown in the German Year of Artificial Intelligence 2019
  • an Augmented Reality Episode on AI as part of the Holo-Math project (a project by Institut Henri Poincaré with partners One More, HoloForge and IMAGINARY)
  • a research project on connecting and explaining AI to a general public
  • a plan for a whole AI exhibition

We will share our current list of partners soon and will keep you updated on the launch of our “AI initiatives”.

Your (artificially intelligent) IMAGINARY team

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Holographic Academy #2

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9:00 Doors opening.

9:30 – 9:45 Presenting: Holographic Academy and VRBLN Focus by Carl White, VRBB by Stephan Schindler.

9:45 – 10:15 Fabian Quosdorf, game developer at Laubwerk (laubwerk.com) has worked on multiple Hololens projects (including a holographic demo for the Porsche museum). He will tell us more about the challenges in integrating holographic elements into Hololens.

10:15 – 10:45 Jenn Beutnagel from Interlake (interlake.net). She will tell us “Why Mixed Reality is the future of computers” with an insight on how holography and the enhancement of our real world through digital devices like HoloLens, Amazon Alexa, Smartwatches etc. is becoming the future of computers.

10:45 – 11:15 Ingo Feldmann from the HHI Fraunhofer Institute (hhi. fraunhofer.de) is working on developing the Fraunhofer HHI Volumetric Video capture capture system and technology. He will give us an insight on the evolution of their project and explain how real people can be captured and used (besides VR) for AR and MR applications.

11:15 – 11:45 Matthäus Oelschläger, a game developer doing research at Humboldt-Universität, has worked on a Unity project for the HoloLens. He will share his thoughts on the limitations of working with HoloLens within the Unity environment.

Break

13:00 – 13:15 Carl White from VRBB (virtualrealitybb.org) will give a short introduction about opportunities to do business in China. He recently spent a few weeks in different cities in China meeting with VR associations, companies and investors.

13:15 – 13:45 Sabine Yang-Smith from the IHK Potsdam (ihk-potsdam.de) has lived 6 years in Chengdu, China working for the German Chamber of Commerce. She will inform us about the Chinese market titled: “New markets in China – Toolkit for Startups”.

13:45 – 14:15 Dinesh Punni from Meshicon Software (meshicon.com) and VR/MR teacher at VRDB will give us a workshop on how to get started with voice recognition API with the HoloLens.

14:15 – 14:45 Robert Meyer and Julian Löhr, VR/MR researchers at the HTW (htw-berlin.de) and Stefan Beckers from the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (filmuniversitaet.de) will present their project called “Movie Sphere: A Holographic Workplace” which is a system that allows to visualize movie archives.

14:45 – 15:15 Andreas Daniel Matt, mathematician and CEO of IMAGINARY (www. imaginary.org) will present HOLO-MATH (www.holo-math.org). HOLO-MATH is a project by Institut Henri Poincaré (Paris), One More (Paris), Holo-Light (Munich) and IMAGINARY (Berlin) to produce immersive live experiences for a group of visitors using HoloLens in a museum or exhibition context. Insights into the development of the first episode on Brownian Motion will be shown.

15:15 – 15:45 Felix Herbst and Thi Binh Minh Nguyen from Prefrontal Cortex are working between art, design and industry. They’ll talk about interaction superpowers and showcase their projects at AND with Meta2.

15:45 – 16:15 UFA labs (program to be announced)

16:15 – 16:45 Pitch your project.

 

16:45 – 17:30 Networking

Time and Place: 
Vendredi, Septembre 29, 2017 - 00:00 au 23:45
Venue: 
Technische Universität Berlin
Main building "H" - room 2053
Straße des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
Germany
Coordinates: 
POINT (13.3269824 52.5121066)
Opening Hours: 

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM CEST

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The event is organized by Virtual Reality Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (VRBB),which is a publicly funded association dedicated to advancing the virtual, augmented and mixed reality industries.

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