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 ====== Artificial Intelligence in Research and Applications Seminar (AIRA) ======
-GEIST is happy to announce, the launch of an open, online seminar on Artificial Intelligence in Research and Applications (AIRA).
+AIRA (the Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications) seminar (https://aira.geist.re) is an event organized by the GEIST group (https://www.geist.re) and the HCAI department (https://hcai.fais.uj.edu.pl) in the FAIS Faculty@JU in cooperation with the Mark Kac center (https://markkac.id.uj.edu.pl) and the JAHCAI lab (https://jahcai.id.uj.edu.pl).
-AIRA is a weekly event (with some breaks between semesters and holidays) devoted to recent results in AI research presented by invited guests from many AI-related fields as well as applications of AI methods and tools in areas of science, industry and business.
+AIRA was created in 2021 and has been regularly organized since then as an online/hybrid event.
+During this time we had almost 100 speakers (as of mid 2025) including researchers from many EU countries, PhD students from the Jagiellonian University, Poland, and Europe.
-**Please save your Thursdays between 3:15-4:45 PM Warsaw Time**
+The objective of AIRA is to create an open venue to discuss AI on an interdisciplinary level and from multiple perspectives. We invite AI talks from technical and exact sciences, but also welcome researchers from social sciences and humanities to share their views on AI development and its applications. Finally we are also open on practitioners from industry and business using AI in their companies.
-The program will be published at [[https://aira.geist.re]] in advance
+AIRA also formally exists as a PhD course in the Jagiellonian University in the Technical Computer Science program as one of the foundational seminars ([WFAIS.SDSP-IT001.01] and [WFAIS.SDSP-IT001.02]). The students are invited to presents their research plans, as well as to share the progress of their PhD projects. Furthemore, we welcome PhD students from other programs in the JU who are interested in AI. PhD students can participate actively presenting their work and perspectives; however, participation with no presentation is also possible, e.g. for persons who are not computer scientists.
-(a dedicated MS Teams group for announcements is available for those who are interested).
+**Please save your Thursdays between 3:15-4:45 PM Warsaw Time on MS teams.**
+The program will be published at the https://aira.geist.re webpage in advance (a dedicated MS Teams group for announcements is available for those who are interested).
 Scientific coordination: [[https://gjn.re|Grzegorz J. Nalepa]]
-Scientific secretaries [[https://szymon.bobek.re|Szymon Bobek]], [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mtm|Maciej Mozolewski]], [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mzk|Maciej Szelążek]]
+Scientific secretaries [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mzk|Maciej Szelążek]], [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mtm|Maciej Mozolewski]], [[https://szymon.bobek.re|Szymon Bobek]]
+Contact for enrollment of the JU PhD students [[https://fais.uj.edu.pl/wydzial/dziekanat|Mrs Ewa Lelek @ WFAIS]]
+===== Schedule Autumn 2025 =====
+  * **[RPHD TRACK] 2025.12.11**: Anna Sofia Lippolis, PhD Candidate @ University of Bologna, [[#section20251211|Enhancing Knowledge Engineering with LLMs.]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35848296892369?p=0t3yTogmgGOsSwYeDO|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  TDA
+    * Presentation slides:  TDA
+  * **[PHD TRACK] 2025.12.04**: Bartłomiej Małkus, PhD Candidate @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20251204|Towards Explainable Meta-Models for Ensembles of Financial Alphas.]]
+    * Meeting link: [[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/33172349128262?p=yBHWXyoke6oH4OVDl4|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  TDA
+    * Presentation slides:  TDA
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.11.27**: Aleksander Mendyk, Professor PhD, DSc @  Jagiellonian University, [[#section20251120|AI/ML for pharmaceutical sciences – an industrial perspective.]]
+    * Meeting link: [[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/39537797907603?p=jjjJD0gjg5LcGl6eL9|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQDqGs_UjUSkRIm82hi1-KgBAc4MLc-EjcVPaewZ6sYskI4?e=qTmdDd|View]]
+    * Presentation slides:  {{:aira:slides-aleksander-mendyk-2025-11-27.pdf|Download}}
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.11.13**: Tomáš Kliegr with the research team @ Prague University of Economics and Business, [[#section20251113|RAG research, LLMs as digital twins, Rule Learning in relational data - perspectives in AI Research .]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35466374465161?p=E80GGRrCPxyDKDYomv|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording - Barbara Moreová:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQBAZ5wBtjiaTYjBlQDQACWHAQFaeBCECRYAmhZiYB1PI6c?e=G4VFdq|View]]
+    * Recording - Mateusz Ploskonka:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQAC5l947emMQoLcwSSWuqhOATaOnpK3jqxWwR-U-EJ0ODs?e=p2R8tL|View]]
+    * Recording - Kateřina Hrudková:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQANTKVda1QPS45yKsybdKAYAZ1oSTeQo4b34J7sfF5pbWw?e=DVxlO5|View]]
+    * Presentation slides - Barbara Moreová:  {{:aira:slides-barbara-moreova-2025-11-13.pdf|Download}}
+    * Presentation slides - Mateusz Ploskonka:  {{:aira:slides-mateusz-ploskonka-2025-11-13.pdf|Download}}
+    * Presentation slides - Kateřina Hrudková:  {{:aira:slides-katerina-hrudkova-2025-11-13.pdf|Download}}
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.11.06**: Tomáš Kliegr and Lukáš Sýkora @ Prague University of Economics and Business, [[#section20251106|LLM-based feature generation from text for interpretable machine learning.]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3127857308764?p=1vVlUBWtvXh3pJVm3z|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording - Tomáš Kliegr:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQA6xvsR6r__Sb0uBw018DxdARL_jxuITdNrnlTomJNFcCI?e=SjdjzJ|View]]
+    * Recording - Lukáš Sýkora:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQAD1MW0CrT7TbXn7305dHJUAWT51QewwEh9LPyrbfehOj8?e=KfQCx8|View]]
+    * Presentation slides - Tomáš Kliegr:  {{:aira:slides-tomas-kliegr-2025-11-06.pdf|Download}}
+    * Presentation slides - Lukáš Sýkora:  {{:aira:slides-lukas-sykora-2025-11-06.pdf|Download}}
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.10.30**: Peter van Dam,  Associate Professor @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20251030|Inverse problem in electrocardiography: modeling the ECG.]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/38693113399487?p=QVsurHuK9sLM4PH7ek|MS Teams]]
+    * Presentation slides:  TDA
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.10.23**: Marek Pędziwiatr,  PhD @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20251023|Eye tracking as a bridge between psychology and computer science.]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3686533128348?p=2ZQTEpXJiiJDSLC3jJ|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQDdy0LegIdrQZkdzpl-cbfmAcPDZLzhRLLqWoJ4FcsjQp0?e=kGMbFU|View]]
+    * Presentation slides:  {{:aira:slides-marek-pedziwiatr-2025-10-23.pdf|Download}}
+  * **[PHD TRACK] 2025.10.16**: Karol Dobiczek,  PhD Candidate @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20251016|Applying Counterfactual Explanations in Evolving Scenarios and Expert Domains.]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3634985739900?p=D3AqLZM4yWIU1nXOWh|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQD8B4CDbZyuSqIs-5TSzXKSATAQkbiX71yEsz3ogYFMafg?e=hVk2FP|View]]
+    * Presentation slides:  {{:aira:slides-karol-dobiczek-2025-10-16.pdf|Download}}
+  * **2025.10.09**: Grzegorz J. Nalepa, AIRAmaster @ Jagiellonian University, //Introduction to AIRA to the new PhD students//
 ===== Schedule Spring 2025 =====
   * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.06.26**: Artur Miroszewski,  PhD @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20250626|Exploring Quantum Machine Learning through Earth Observation Case Studies.]]
-  * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aJF1L0935A7eV6s8R9brG5MMYONrqy4XmxPSYLeRMCGM1%40thread.tacv2/1750076384548?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eb0e26eb-bfbe-47d2-9e90-ebd2426dbceb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a39bd3b1-7b43-47ab-b5ec-29d9ab0ccbb2%22%7d|MS Teams]]
+    * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aJF1L0935A7eV6s8R9brG5MMYONrqy4XmxPSYLeRMCGM1%40thread.tacv2/1750076384548?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eb0e26eb-bfbe-47d2-9e90-ebd2426dbceb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a39bd3b1-7b43-47ab-b5ec-29d9ab0ccbb2%22%7d|MS Teams]]
-  * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/Eb-PxGrj_L9Hka7sdu3TMY4BI2qKDq_5Bvl5hfUPyUwnNA?e=IFBlWx|View]]
+    * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/Eb-PxGrj_L9Hka7sdu3TMY4BI2qKDq_5Bvl5hfUPyUwnNA?e=IFBlWx|View]]
-  * Presentation slides:  TDA
+    * Presentation slides:  {{:aira:slides-artur-miroszewski-2025-06-26.pdf|Download}}
   * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2025.06.05**: Elżbieta Sroka,  PhD @ Łukasiewicz Research Network - EMAG Institute of Innovative Technologies, [[#section20250605| Interaction Design in Consideration of User Research and UX Specialist Perspectives.]]
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       * Recording: [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/EZe0bw0DZY5LtU3CCvns-6UBp432OE_5pD3_vs7zBOPhiA?nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJTaGFyZURpYWxvZy1MaW5rIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXcifX0%3D&e=eU3MPT|View]] (if you are not UJ employee, ask Szymon Bobek for access)
-      * Presentation slides: {{ :aira:slides-mateusz-bulat-20240515.pdf |Download}}
+      * Presentation slides: {{ :aira:slides-mateusz-bulat-20240515x.pdf |Download}}
   * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2024.05.09**: Jason J. Jung [[#20240509| Deep Learning for Anomaly Detection in Multivariate Time Series: Approaches, Applications, and Challenges ]]
     * Meeting link: [[https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aJF1L0935A7eV6s8R9brG5MMYONrqy4XmxPSYLeRMCGM1%40thread.tacv2/1715082246704?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eb0e26eb-bfbe-47d2-9e90-ebd2426dbceb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22c96e4eee-96f3-4b0f-88ef-fe65310f5f55%22%7d|MS Teams]]
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+==== 2025-12-11 ====
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+**Speaker**: Anna Sofia Lippolis, PhD Candidate @ University of Bologna
+**Title**: Enhancing Knowledge Engineering with LLMs.
+**Abstract**:
+The development and spread of Large Language Models (LLMs) are having a growing impact on the world of the Semantic Web, profoundly transforming the field of Knowledge Engineering. This field, traditionally characterized by a high degree of manual work and collaboration between technical professionals and domain experts, faces various challenges related to scalability and the continuous evolution of knowledge. In this context, LLMs are emerging in several areas, from law to medicine, as tools that support researchers: from the automatic generation of ontologies to the assessment of the quality and semantic coverage of conceptual models, and even the exploration of analogical reasoning, through which it is possible to identify structural correspondences between different domains. This talk will present current research directions on collaboration between LLMs and researchers for knowledge modeling, within a critical overview of the opportunities offered by these tools for the future of the Semantic Web.
+**Biogram**:
+Anna Sofia Lippolis (she/her) is a PhD student at the University of Bologna, Italy, affiliated with the National Research Council’s Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (Rome, Italy). Her work investigates how semantic technologies intersect with Digital Humanities research and how AI can automate knowledge-engineering practices.
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+==== 2025-12-04 ====
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+**Speaker**: Bartłomiej Małkus,  PhD Candidate @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: Towards Explainable Meta-Models for Ensembles of Financial Alphas.
+**Abstract**:
+One branch of systematic trading research studies large libraries of formulaic alphas: small predictive models built from price and volume data. In practice, these alphas are combined into an ensemble whose composition changes with market conditions. From an ML perspective, this can be viewed as a meta-model that selects and weights weak experts based on their characteristics and the current environment.
+In this talk I will introduce this setting with minimal financial background (cross-sectional returns, information coefficient, long–short factor portfolios), and then reframe it in familiar ML terms. I will show how individual alphas can be treated as models with their own structural and behavioural features, and how this enables clustering them into "families" and reasoning about dynamic ensemble construction. Finally, I will sketch the idea of an explainable meta-model that maps alpha features and market descriptors to ensemble decisions, and highlight open methodological questions and possible research directions.
+**Biogram**:
+Bartłomiej Małkus is a PhD candidate at the Jagiellonian University in Technical Computer Science since 2021. He completed BSc and MSc studies in Computer Science at the AGH University of Science and Technology, and MSc studies in Financial Markets at the Cracow University of Economics. His field of interest are neurosymbolic approaches, prototypical networks, and financial applications of explainable ML. Commercially, he works in IBM on database and master data management solutions.
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+==== 2025-11-27 ====
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+**Speaker**: Aleksander Mendyk, Professor @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: AI/ML for pharmaceutical sciences – an industrial perspective.
+**Abstract**:
+Although reluctantly, pharmaceutical industry follows the footsteps of the other industries into the digital age. Among the digital innovations, data-driven approaches are more and more exploited in the various stages of drug discovery and development, including manufacturing as well. AI/ML is perceived as a disruptive technology capable of bringing safe innovation strategies and in the same time extending well known statistical process control and good practices for the benefit of development of safe and efficacious drugs. This movement towards AI/ML applications is stimulated both by industry itself and Regulatory Agencies like EMA and FDA. This talk will outline current areas and trends in the AI/ML applications for the pharmaceutical sciences, which are the backbone of the marketed medicinal products.
+**Biogram**:
+Prof. Aleksander Mendyk, PhD, DSc. is an expert in application of artificial&computational intelligence methods in pharmaceutical technology&biopharmacy, in vitro in vivo correlation (IVIVC) and bioequivalence, Author of over 100 publications. A pharmacist and programmer both in Open Source and commercial applications (R, Python, Java). Currently Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Jagiellonian University-Medical College (JUMC), Kraków, Poland and Vice Dean for Science and Development at the Faculty of Pharmacy JUMC.
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+==== 2025-11-13 ====
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+**Speaker**: Tomáš Kliegr with the research team @ Prague University of Economics and Business
+**Title**: RAG research, LLMs as digital twins, Rule Learning in relational data - perspectives in AI Research .
+**Abstract**:
+- Mateusz Ploskonka: RAG Research Presentation - Mateusz will present a comprehensive empirical evaluation of 32 LLMs (from 0.6B to 1T parameters) across various Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) configurations. His research challenges the ""bigger is better"" assumption by identifying a critical performance plateau at 30B parameters, offering evidence-based guidance for practitioners to balance answer quality, cost, and sustainability in production RAG deployments.
+- Barbara Moreová: LLMs as digital twins for simulating effect of cognitive biases - Barbara will present her research on using Large Language Models to create digital twins for the simulation of human cognitive biases.
+- Kateřina Hrudková: Rule Learning in Relational Data: Methods, Interoperability, and Bioscience Applications -  Kateřina’s research bridges the gap between expressive Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) and scalable RDF rule learners. She will present tools (popper2rdf, rdf2popper) that enable this interoperability and demonstrate a practical application using the RDFRules system to discover interpretable ""nuggets"" from large-scale biomedical knowledge graphs, aiding in tasks like drug repurposing for COVID-19 and classifying microbial media.
+**Biogram**:
+Tomáš Kliegr is a Professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics at the Prague University of Economics and Business (VSE Praha), where he is part of the Data Science & Explainable AI (DSXAI) research team. His research interests include Explainable AI (XAI), Interpretable Machine Learning, and neurosymbolic methods. He has published on topics such as the effect of cognitive biases on model interpretation in journals including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He is active in the rule-based systems community.
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+==== 2025-11-06 ====
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+**Speaker**: Tomáš Kliegr and Lukas Sykora @ Prague University of Economics and Business
+**Title**: LLM-based feature generation from text for interpretable machine learning.
+**Abstract**:
+Traditional text representations like embeddings and bag-of-words hinder rule learning and other interpretable machine learning methods due to high dimensionality and poor comprehensibility. This article investigates using Large Language Models (LLMs) to extract a small number of interpretable text features. We propose two workflows: one fully automated by the LLM (feature proposal and value calculation), and another where users define features and the LLM calculates values. This LLM-based feature extraction enables interpretable rule learning, overcoming issues like spurious interpretability seen with bag-of-words. We evaluated the proposed methods on five diverse datasets (including scientometrics, banking, hate speech, and food hazard). LLM-generated features yielded predictive performance similar to the SciBERT embedding model but used far fewer, interpretable features. Most generated features were considered relevant for the corresponding prediction tasks by human users. We illustrate practical utility on a case study focused on mining recommendation action rules for the improvement of research article quality and citation impact.
+**Biogram**:
+Tomáš Kliegr is a Professor at the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics at the Prague University of Economics and Business (VSE Praha), where he is part of the Data Science & Explainable AI (DSXAI) research team. His research interests include Explainable AI (XAI), Interpretable Machine Learning, and neurosymbolic methods. He has published on topics such as the effect of cognitive biases on model interpretation in journals including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He is active in the rule-based systems community.
+Dr. Lukas Sykora is a Research Assistant at the Department of Information and Knowledge Engineering and a Lecturer at the Prague University of Economics and Business.  He holds a PhD in Applied Informatics (2025), where his doctoral thesis focused on action rule mining. He has authored several publications on this topic, including "Apriori Modified for Action Rules Mining." He also brings industry experience as a Solution Architect Team Lead at Ogilvy.
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+==== 2025-10-30 ====
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+**Speaker**: Peter van Dam,  Associate Professor @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: Inverse problem in electrocardiography: modeling the ECG.
+**Abstract**:
+The electrocardiogram (ECG) measured on the body surface shows beat-by-beat the electrical functioning of the heart. This ECG consists of a number of electrical time signals that are caused by the currents produced by the myocardial cells. These ECG signals require clinical interpretation, which in the In current clinical practice is close to an art. Modeling the ECG, i.e. have a model of the heart that simulates the electrical processes of the myocardium and calculates the ECG signals on the body surface, can help to understand these waveforms in a cause -effect relationship. This is the major subject of my current and past research, which I will introduce during this talk.
+**Biogram**:
+Dr hab. Peter van Dam is a scientist and lecturer specializing in cardiac modeling, electrocardiographic diagnostics, and the development of innovative educational and clinical tools based on heart signal analysis and 3D imaging. In 2025, he obtained his postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in medical sciences at the Jagiellonian University Medical College, presenting a scientific achievement entitled “Localization of PVC (Premature Ventricular Contraction): Evaluation and Validation of Inverse ECG Modeling.” He is also a laureate of the prestigious NCN OPUS grant, focused on inverse modeling of repolarization heterogeneity to assess arrhythmogenic risk.
+His academic path began with studies in electronic engineering at MBO-College Gouda (1981–1985) and Hogeschool Utrecht (1985–1990). He also studied philosophy (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, 1991–1992) and physics (Universität Oldenburg, 1992–1993). Between 1997–2004, he earned a master’s degree in biology and physics at the Open University in Heerlen, where his thesis involved developing a simulation of the P-wave in ECG and IEGM (2004). In 2010, he defended his PhD at Radboud University Nijmegen under the supervision of Prof. Adriaan van Oosterom, presenting the dissertation “The shortest path to cardiac activation.”
+Peter van Dam’s professional experience spans both academia and the medical industry. He began his career in 1997 as a senior scientist at Vitatron/Medtronic. Since 2009, he has been affiliated with Peacs BV (Chief Scientific Officer). In 2020, he became CEO of ECG-Excellence, focusing on developing innovative diagnostic and educational tools based on heart signal analysis and 3D modeling.
+In academia, he has worked at Radboud University (2011–2017, validating ECGI methods in an animal model), at UCLA (2013–2016, developing arrhythmia mapping methods), and currently conducts research and teaching at UMC Utrecht, UT Twente, and Hochschule Luzern Technik & Architektur. Since 2023, he has also collaborated with the Jagiellonian University Medical College, Center for Digital Medicine and Robotics, where he serves as Visiting Professor at the Department of Radiology. Since 2024, he has also been a specialist at the Laboratory of Functional and Virtual Medical 3D Imaging (3D-FM) at the University Hospital in Kraków.
+His research focuses on: inverse ECG modeling and arrhythmia source localization; the use of 3D imaging and simulation in cardiology; developing modern educational tools for students and physicians; integrating engineering and clinical expertise in the diagnosis of cardiac rhythm disorders.
+Dr hab. Peter van Dam sees great potential in interdisciplinary collaboration between universities and university hospitals worldwide. His goal is to create and implement groundbreaking 3D ECG technologies that not only enable more precise diagnostics but also open new possibilities for more effective treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. By combining clinical and engineering perspectives, he strives to set new standards in modern cardiology.
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+==== 2025-10-23 ====
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+**Speaker**: Marek Pędziwiatr,  PhD @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: Eye tracking as a bridge between psychology and computer science.
+**Abstract**:
+We move our eyes around three times per second. While we are rarely aware of these movements, they play a crucial role in shaping how we see the world: they determine what visual input reaches the brain and is processed by it (e.g., memorized). Understanding the process of (involuntarily) deciding where to look is one of the key problems in modern experimental psychology, and it has substantial practical significance for domains such as automated content-aware image cropping. Studies aimed at solving this problem typically rely on recording eye movements of individuals viewing visual materials (e.g. images) and relating these recordings to the outputs of image-processing algorithms that attempt to predict which image regions would attract human gaze. In my talk, I will provide an overview of this field and use examples from my work to showcase the potential of combining methods from experimental psychology and computer science.
+**Biogram**:
+Marek Pędziwiatr is a vision scientist interested in how we make sense of what we see. In particular, he studies human eye movements during picture viewing. He completed a PhD in psychology at Cardiff University (UK). Afterwards, Marek worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Queen Mary University of London. Then, he returned to Krakow, where, before moving to the UK, he obtained undergraduate degrees in Control Engineering and Robotics (BSc and MSc) and Cognitive Science (BSc), and joined the Centre for Brain Research at Jagiellonian University.
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+==== 2025-10-16 ====
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+**Speaker**: Karol Dobiczek,  PhD Candidate @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: Applying Counterfactual Explanations in Evolving Scenarios and Expert Domains.
+**Abstract**:
+Counterfactual explanations (CE) are one of the building blocks of many explainable machine learning methods, however their application and effects when applied to realistic scenarios are often missing. This seminar presents two works on counterfactual explanations that address some of these scenarios. First work explores the effects of applying CEs in an evolving domain and model, the second investigates whether existing methods for natural language CEs can handle being applied to expert domains. Other current and future directions in applying CEs and other XAI methods will be discussed.
+**Biogram**:
+Karol Dobiczek is a PhD candidate in the team led by professor Grzegorz J. Nalepa at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He received his Master's degree from the Delft University of Technology in 2024 and his Bachelor's thesis from the same university in 2022. His work focuses on explainable and interpretable machine learning, mostly on the use of counterfactual explanations. Karol is currently a Software Engineer at Qualtrics and a Research Software Engineer at the MI2 team at the Warsaw University of Technology.
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