Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker-Zentrum

Regular events

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Colloquium

Every week, the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker colloquium welcomes guest speakers and members of the center for various talks surrounding our main research areas. Open to everyone!

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Seminar: Philosophical aspects of computer sciences – Ethics, Norms & Responsibility

Season 2025/2026

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Online Colloquium Fast Forward Future

Deep Tech knowledge transfer and building community for an optimal transformation towards regenerative models of economy and closed circular loops

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AI competence seminars

In the field of AI, the CFvWC offers a wide range of interactive and well-structured AI literacy seminars designed to address the requirements of the EU AI
Act. These seminars provide participants with the skills needed to use artificial intelligence responsibly in business and society and help companies meet the requirements of Article 4 of the EU AI Act.

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Upcoming events

Abstraction, Structures and Proofs

The series of events will explore connections between abstractionism, structuralism, and the proof-theoretic tradition, thereby shedding a new light on the possible intersection of these approaches, with focus on their methodological comparison.

Online seminars – monthly Tuesday 18:00 - 20:00 (CET)

Workshop in Vienna – February 9 - 11, 2026

Workshop in Tübingen – December 2026

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Proof Society International School and Workshop

8th school and workshop of the Proof Society on proof theory and related subjects

Date: September 7 - 11, 2026

Location: Aussois, France

Organizers: Proof Society and IRIF; Program committee: Dr. Melissa Antonelli (CfvWC) and others

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DIALOGUES4PEACE

Dialogues with the past: Timeless Wisdom for Contemporary Peacebuilding - First conference

Location: Zappaion Megaron, Athens, Greece

Date: 25-27 October, 2026

Lead: Prof. Dr. DDr. h.c. Klaus Mainzer (Hon. Prof. h.c. mult., President of EASA), Prof. Dr. Ioannis Liritzis (Hon. Prof. h.c. mult., Dist. Prof. mult., Dean of Class IV: Natural Sciences, Senator of EASAM)

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News

Recursion and Proof Theoretical Characterizations of Small Circuit Classes

An article by Dr. Melissa Antonelli et. al. has been published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics.

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From Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics to Neuromorphic Systems and Physical AI

Opening talk by Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer at the 7th International Chaos and Complexity Symposium

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KI, Neuromorphe Chips und Quantencomputer

In this interview, Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer explains how quantum computing, neuromorphic computing and artificial intelligence will determine the next generation of AI.

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Towards a unified perspective in circuit complexity via discrete ODEs

Invited talk by Dr. Melissa Antonelli at the General Meeting 2026 of the IRN-LI (International Research Network: Logic and Interaction)

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Towards new characterizations of small circuit classes via discrete ordinary differential equations

An article by Dr. Melissa Antonelli et. al. has been published in the journal Theoretical Computer Science.

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Nested Indirect Proofs in Aristotle’s Deductive Logic

An article by Dr. Melissa Antonelli et. al. has been published in the journal Studia Logica.

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Do Different Artificial Neural Networks Think Alike? On the Feasibility of Cataloging Representations

An article by Philipp Stecher, Dr. Vlasta Sikimić and Prof. Reinhard Kahle has been published in the journal Minds and Machines.

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Hilbert’s Programme and Georg Kreisel I: The Post-Gödelian Perspective

An article by Prof. Reinhard Kahle has been published in the journal Topoi.

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Keine Angst: So werden wir KI-fit!

An article by Prof. Reinhard Kahle et. al. has been published in the magazine WirtschaftsWoche.

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