Topic: automation

The flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, held May 24-28, 2027 at Coex in Seoul, South Korea, bringing together the world's top researchers and industry leaders to advance the field of robotics.

Develop crystallization and precipitation processes for peptide biopharmaceuticals in Leif-Thore Deck’s group. The doctorate combines litre-scale experimental systems, particle characterization, image-based process monitoring and automation with modelling and microfluidic insights. Research includes downstream separation and redissolution to connect particle formation with practical pharmaceutical processing. The four-year appointment offers TVöD E13 remuneration at 75% and an immediate or agreed start. Applications remain open until filled.

When meta-research (research on research) makes an observation or points out a problem (such as a flaw in methodology), the project should be repeated later to determine whether the problem remains. For this we need meta-research that is reproducible and updatable, or living meta-research. In this talk, we introduce the concept of living meta-research, examine prequels to this idea, and point towards standards and technologies that could assist researchers in doing living meta-research. We introduce technologies like natural language processing, which can help with automation of meta-research,

David Autor examines why employment persists as machines take over tasks, and where new kinds of work come from. He distinguishes technologies that replace workers’ expertise from those that complement it, tracing occupational change, labour-market polarisation and the emergence of new work. The lecture turns to artificial intelligence and the possibility of using it to expand the range of people who can perform valuable expert tasks. Examples include writing, healthcare and elder care, alongside the risks of automation that leaves people poorly equipped to handle failures. Autor considers th

Controlling biological processes using light has increased the accuracy and speed with which researchers can manipulate many biological processes. Optical control allows for an unprecedented ability to dissect function and holds the potential for enabling novel genetic therapies. However, optogenetic experiments require adequate light sources with spatial, temporal, or intensity control, often a bottleneck for researchers. Here we detail how to build a low-cost and versatile LED illumination system that is easily customizable for different available optogenetic tools. This system is configurab