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A screenshot of the new OSGK website with the following text: OSGK / Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies / Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für Kybernetik / The Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies (German: Österreich­ische Studien­gesell­schaft für Kyber­netik, or OSGK) is a non-profit organization of scientists and practitioners. It was founded in 1969. Its aims are the study of the theoretical bases of cybernetics and its special fields, the investigation of its applications on technical, economic and social problems, its relations to problems studied in the natural sciences and the humanities; furthermore, the education in the methods of cybernetics and its technical aids, especially in electronic data processing; finally, the advancement of interdisciplinary studies, and the representation of Austria in international organizations.

New website for OSGK

Our parent organization, the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies (OSGK), has a new website.

OFAI was established in 1984 as a special research institution of …

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A cartoon scene showing a picnic in a wooded area. A red and white chequered blanket is spread on the ground. Behind it stand a girl and a woman holding a picnic basket. To the side is a an holding a fire extinguisher.

Examining the sources of visual humour

A computer-assisted study on the role of scale distortions in visual humour has been published in the European Journal of Humour Studies.

The article, "On …

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Ibn Jinni and the origin of language

In "Social consensus and divine inspiration", Peter Hallman looks at remarks on the origin of language by Muslim Arab linguist and philosopher Ibn Jinni. The …

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em. O. Univ. Prof. Dr. Hubert Haider, Univ. Salzburg

Multiple targets – Ambiguitäten als Kriterium für LLMs

OFAI is proud to present "Multiple targets – Ambiguitäten als Kriterium für LLMs", a talk by Hubert Haider of University of Salzburg. The talk is part …

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Dr. Margherita Pallottino, Univ. of Geneva / OFAI

Fii uses across Arabic varieties

OFAI is proud to present "Fii uses across Arabic varieties", a talk by Margherita Pallottino of University of Geneva / OFAI. The talk is part of …

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Prof. James E. Young, BSc, PhD, University of Manitoba

Designing Human–Robot Interaction

OFAI is proud to present "Designing Human–Robot Interaction", a talk by Prof. James E. Young, BSc, PhD of the University of Manitoba. The talk …

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