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--- aira:start [2026/06/01 19:43] – [Schedule Spring 2026] mtm
+++ aira:start [2026/10/15 00:13] (current) – [2026-06-18] mzk
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 AIRA also formally exists as a PhD course in the Jagiellonian University in the Technical Computer Science program as one of the foundational seminars ([WFAIS.SDSP-IT001.01] and [WFAIS.SDSP-IT001.02]). The students are invited to presents their research plans, as well as to share the progress of their PhD projects. Furthemore, we welcome PhD students from other programs in the JU who are interested in AI. PhD students can participate actively presenting their work and perspectives; however, participation with no presentation is also possible, e.g. for persons who are not computer scientists.
-**Please save your Thursdays between 3:15-4:45 PM Warsaw Time on MS teams.**
+**Please save your Thursdays between 3:30-5:00 PM Warsaw Time on MS teams.**
 The program will be published at the https://aira.geist.re webpage in advance (a dedicated MS Teams group for announcements is available for those who are interested).
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 Scientific coordination: [[https://gjn.re|Grzegorz J. Nalepa]]
-Scientific secretaries [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mzk|Maciej Szelążek]], [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mtm|Maciej Mozolewski]], [[https://szymon.bobek.re|Szymon Bobek]]
+Scientific secretaries [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:mzk|Maciej Szelążek]], [[https://www.geist.re/pub:about_us:lvm|Luiz do Valle Miranda]], [[https://szymon.bobek.re|Szymon Bobek]]
 Contact for enrollment of the JU PhD students [[https://fais.uj.edu.pl/wydzial/dziekanat|Mrs Ewa Lelek @ WFAIS]]
+===== Schedule Autumn 2027 =====
+* **[PHD TRACK] 2026.10.30**: Enrique Valero,  PhD Candidate @ Technical University of Madrid, [[#section20261015|Group counterfactual explanations: State-of-the-art and future research.]]
+  * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3403291934979860?p=KJ0C2yDSIj805S4gJU|MS Teams]]
+  * Recording:  TDA
+  * Presentation slides:  TDA
+* **[INTRO] 2026.10.08**: Grzegorz J. Nalepa,  professor @ Jagiellonian University, [[--]]
+  * Meeting link: TDA
+  * Recording:  -
+  * Presentation slides:  -
 ===== Schedule Spring 2026 =====
-  * **[PHD TRACK] 2026.05.28**: Soheila Molaei,  senior researcher @ University of Oxford, [[#section20260528|From Graphs to Graph Neural Networks: Foundations and Applications in Healthcare]]
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2026.06.18**: Elżbieta Sroka,  assistant professor @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20260618|Exploring the use of artificial intelligence in digital cultural heritage research in european research centres.]]
+    * Meeting link: [[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/355163613268564?p=EFfNrzZY2iaUuHn8OR|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQASrWSYnTz1RqHEehWmxIxvAXSok1ayAAu4-zQC2vwtQ08?e=zMyadc|View]]
+    * Presentation slides:  TDA
+  * **[PHD TRACK] 2026.06.11**: Sabri Manai,  PhD Candidate @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20260611|Transparent and Adaptive AI for Human-Guided Decision Support.]]
+    * Meeting link: [[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/351900951227620?p=Qqx0dV7zoNZpztQhB1|MS Teams]]
+    * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQBfPoiQ1E7DRrskykUzslmoAWUM6quArL0DOTPXGfj8xQU?e=Eg6GHs|View]]
+    * Presentation slides:  {{:aira:slides-sabri-manai-2026-06-11.pdf|Download}}
+  * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2026.05.28**: Soheila Molaei,  senior researcher @ University of Oxford, [[#section20260528|From Graphs to Graph Neural Networks: Foundations and Applications in Healthcare]]
     * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/377493387003987?p=TVBcvsqGs42CdT7U9T|MS Teams]]
     * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQC8c4XxDZvTQ70h5GCoIrRwAYBNQyagBm3DaEdsBovDMNQ?e=8fwmHj|View]]
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     * Meeting link:[[https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/325587359264791?p=u7BhZIs7GL9MEk6U2J|MS Teams]]
     * Recording:  [[https://ujchmura.sharepoint.com/:v:/t/Section_495645_1/IQCsLO1arlhfTrr7jI00i90eAQxEquR7e1UpPO6YKLrYbDI?e=g0rCPL|View]]
-    * Presentation slides:  TDA
+    * Presentation slides:  {{:aira:slides-jan-argasinski-2026-05-21.pdf|Download}}
   * **[RESEARCH TRACK] 2026.05.14**: Grzegorz Korcyl,  assistant professor @ Jagiellonian University, [[#section20260514|Innovative data processing methods on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)]]
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+==== 2026-10-15 ====
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+**Speaker**: Enrique Valero,  PhD Candidate @ Technical University of Madrid
+**Title**: Group counterfactual explanations: State-of-the-art and future research
+**Abstract**:
+Existing methods for group counterfactual explanations often fail to generalize, rely on strict assumptions, or distort group geometry. I explore how to overcome this by learning an optimal transport map that efficiently generates geometry-preserving counterfactuals for any instance without re-optimization, outperforming current baselines across both linear and non-linear models. I also provide insight on future lines of research and applications of (group) counterfactual explanations with respect to the broader state-of-the-art, such as LLMs or industrial applications.
+**Biogram**:
+Enrique Valero Leal is a final-year ELLIS PhD student at both the Technical University of Madrid and Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. His research focuses on interpretable machine learning,  probabilistic models, and causality, with technical experience in Industry 4.0 applications.
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+==== 2026-06-18 ====
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+**Speaker**: Elżbieta Sroka,  assistant professor @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: Exploring the use of artificial intelligence in digital cultural heritage research in european research centres.
+**Abstract**:
+This presentation provides an overview of the current stage of research investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in digital cultural heritage research within european research centres and cultural heritage institutions, conducted as part of the CHExRISH project. The study explores how AI is being adopted and applied in digital cultural heritage research, focusing on methods, tools, workflows, research infrastructures, and institutional practices. The study is based on fieldwork conducted in selected European countries and includes research visits, expert interviews, and observations. The fieldwork has so far covered research and cultural heritage institutions in eight European countries. The presentation outlines the research design, methodological approach, and data collection methods employed in the study, as well as the scope of the research and the types of institutions involved. It also provides an overview of the institutions visited to date. As the analysis of the empirical material is still ongoing, the presentation does not seek to offer final conclusions. Instead, it presents preliminary observations from the fieldwork, discusses emerging themes, and outlines the next stages of the research, including planned data analysis and future dissemination activities.
+**Biogram**:
+Elżbieta Sroka, PhD, certified UX designer, assistant professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, at the Department of Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and also Senior Specialist at Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity in Katowice, Poland.
+She obtained her doctoral degree in 2018 from the University of Silesia in Katowice, based on a dissertation focused on the digitization of social life documents in Polish digital libraries. Her research interests include research users information behavior, user experience (UX) design, and digital humanities, as well as applications of artificial intelligence—particularly in the context of human–AI interaction, the impact of AI on UX, and the use of AI in the study of digital collections. She also conducts research in the areas of digital accessibility, information management and information retrieval.
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+==== 2026-06-11 ====
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+**Speaker**: Sabri Manai,  PhD Candidate @ Jagiellonian University
+**Title**: Transparent and Adaptive AI for Human-Guided Decision Support.
+**Abstract**:
+This talk presents Sabri's research into making AI systems more transparent, trustworthy, and useful for human decision-making. Across three lines of work, he develops explainable recommendations tailored to multiple stakeholders, grounds industrial anomaly detection in domain knowledge through knowledge graphs, and introduces counterfactual-guided hyperparameter optimisation with a conversational interface, showing that interactive explanation measurably outperforms static alternatives.
+Together these works reveal a common thread and a shared limitation: current explainable AI systems are built around one-shot outputs. They tell users why a decision was made, but offer no principled response when users push back. The second part of the talk examines this open problem: how AI systems should handle disagreement, adapt to feedback, and be evaluated not on perceived trust but on whether they genuinely improve human decisions.
+**Biogram**:
+Sabri Manai is a PhD candidate in Technical Computer Science at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, where his research focuses on explainable AI and pattern detection in multimodal data. His work investigates how human feedback and domain knowledge can improve the transparency and reliability of AI systems.
+He holds a Master’s degree in Software Systems Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the South Mediterranean University in Tunis. Previously, he worked on AI-driven urban analytics within the Valencia Smart City project at Idrica and contributed to mobile development and cloud integration at Peaksource.
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