The TU Wien public lecture series AI in Science and Engineering explores how AI is transforming these disciplines and features lectures by the internationally renowned scientists Edith Elkind, Kate Smith-Miles, Matthias Scheutz, Shahar Mendelson, and Kristian Kersting.

Matthias Scheutz, Matthias Scheutz received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Vienna and a joint PhD in cognitive science and computer science from Indiana University Bloomington. He is the Karol Family Applied Technology Professor of computer and cognitive science in the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University in the School of Engineering and Director of the Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory. He is an AAAI and AAAS Fellow with over 400 peer-reviewed publications in artificial intelligence, agent-based computing, natural language understanding, cognitive modeling, robotics, and human-robot interaction. His current research focuses on complex ethical cognitive robots with natural language interaction, problem-solving, and instruction-based learning capabilities in open worlds.