Long Night of Sciences 2025

Impulses for tomorrow: UTN presents research and visions in a series of talks

At the new campus of University of Technology Nuremberg, professors and researchers offer fascinating insights – from AI and cognition to education, climate, and ideas for the future. In addition to the talks, there will be interactive hands-on stations and experiments for children.

Program, Conference Room

5 P.M.         How Do Children Learn to Understand Others?
                      Prof. Dr. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, Cognitive Neuroscience

5:30 P.M. Outsourcing Thinking? How AI & Co. Influence Our Cognition
                      Luisa Warzog, Doctoral Researcher, Cognitive Psychology

6:15 P.M.  Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning: Focus on UTN’s Innovative Teaching and Learning Concept
                      Prof. Dr. Isa Jahnke, Founding Vice President for Academic and International Affairs

7 P.M.         Can AI do Science?
                      Prof. Dr. Steffen Eger, Natural Language Learning and Generation

7:45 P.M.   Denken outsourcen? Wie KI & Co. unsere Kognition beeinflussen
                      Luisa Warzog, Doctoral Researcher, Cognitive Psychology

8:30 P.M.  Back to the Future: Psychological Factors and Technologies in Our Visions for the Future
                      Benedikt Schilling, Doctoral Researcher, Cognitive Psychology

9:15 P.M.   Calculating Uncertainties: Mathematical Optimization for Energy Networks
                      Prof. Dr. Johannes Thürauf, Discrete Optimization

10 P.M.       Combining Growth and Climate Protection – Talk by Veronika Grimm
                      Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, Energy Systems and Market Design

10:45 P.M. What Can Mathematics and AI Learn From Each Other?
                       Prof. Dr. Hertrich, Applied Discrete Mathematics

Interactive Activities

3D Geometry to Explore and Build – Discover the World of Polyhedra!

Mathematics x Economics: Nodes, Edges, Challenges – Hands-on Graph Theory

Playing into Strategy – Exploring the World of Game Theory

Exhibitions

Get to Know the Cognitive Psychology Lab at UTN

Intelligent Machines in Dialog: How AI Systems Are Changing the Interaction Between Humans and Robots

Democratizing Data Science

Humans vs. AI: Who Understands Language Better?

Modern Teaching at UTN: Insights into the Learning Design

Research, Teaching, Careers: What Makes UTN Special as an AI University

Rethinking Data Compression

Mathematics x Economics: Energy Policy and the Local Energy Transition

Mathematics x Economics: Markets, Grids and Mathematical Models for the Energy World of Tomorrow

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