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The History of Artificial Intelligence: From Leonardo da Vinci to ChatGPT and AI-Enabled Nobel Prizes

Dear students and lecturers of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv!

Within the framework of the project ‘4EU+ for Ukraine II’ funded by NAWA, the University of Warsaw invites to participate in the webinar:

The History of Artificial Intelligence: From Leonardo da Vinci to ChatGPT and AI-Enabled Nobel Prizes

The webinar takes place on 18 December 2024, at 14:00-15:30 Warsaw time, 15:00-16:30 Ukraine time

Webinar is planned for 90 minutes.

Registration is required. If you are interested, please fill in the Registration Form no later than December 16, 2024.

Registration Form can be found here

Instructor: Maciej Świechowski

Maciej Świechowski is a seasoned computer scientist, researcher and programmer, who combines four roles. Primarily, he works at two related companies – QED Software (Head of Labs) and QED Games (Chief Technology Officer). He also teaches one subject at Warsaw University, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics and co-founded of Information Technologies for Psychiatry foundation, where he serves as vice president.

He was awarded a Ph.D. with distinction in Artificial Intelligence in 2015 from Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science from Warsaw University of Technology. In 2013-2014, he was a visiting researcher at the University of New South Wales, Australia. In 2012-2014, Mr. Świechowski participated in the International General Game Playing Competition held by Stanford University, reaching the quarterfinals twice.

Mr. Świechowski has co-authored over 35 papers in computer science and has also been a speaker at various conferences, from scientific ones such as AAAI and IEEE WCCI to industry events like Digital Dragons, Code Europe and Game Industry Conference. He is also a member of various communities, including IEEE, Polish Information Technology Processing Community (PTI) and Polish Artificial Intelligence Society (PSSI).