Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

The proposed workshop is dedicated to the idea of “robot cultures” to foster a comprehensive approach at the crossroads of cultural studies and robotics aimed at examining cultural problems in robot design that come from the misunderstanding of differences between human and machine intelligences. It breaks down into 4 thematic blocks ROBOT IMAGERY, ROBOT SUBJECTIVITY, ROBOT GENDER, ROBOT COMMUNITIES to speak of the “robotic condition” and its meaning vis a vis the anthropocentric vision of intelligent machines.

Disciplines: digital humanities, cultural studies, sociology, history of technology, cognitive studies, psychology, engineering

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The workshop shows why authentication information is important, where we go wrong in handling it, and how to protect it. In addition, the role of cryptography in the whole issue and the principle to generally encrypt all data is discussed.

Disciplines: Non-technical working with information (law, journalism, political science, administration, medicine, etc.)

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The aim of theworkshop is to provide participants with basic knowledge about just transition on the basis of research problem matrix on just transition that incudes actors and energy justice dimensions. Students will be accustomated with application of the matrix element i.e. labour-market case study. During workshop the study visit in urban areas touched by unjust transition, as well as revitalized areas will be organizied. The result of the workshop is the research project prepared by participants and devoted to the just transition problems. The project should consist of research problem, research questions, and research tool reffering to the matrix. The effect of the workshop would be research project ready to apply within frontline communities.

Disciplines: PhD students in social sciences (sociology, political science, social work, economy etc.)

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The main aim of the module is to familiarize students with the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to the research on ecosystem processes that are continuously observed on the sites transformed by the human post-industrial objects in the urban-industry areas in the Upper Silesia region. Students will have the opportunity to work on the environmental problem identification project preparation conduct the research material collection in the field and laboratory work. They will also learn to identify the impact of human activity on habitat conditions factors influencing biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems and, consequently, ecosystem services provision.

Disciplines: Biology, environmental sciences; biotechnology

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Students will quantify growth and geometry of plant organs, using in vivo imaging methods (laser confocal microscopy and replica based in vivo SEM) and dedicated software (MorphoGraphX, Matlab scripts); the measurement results will be used to simulate growth with Growth Tensor methods; in parallel, mechanical properties of plant organs will be investigated using tensometer and DIC system.

Disciplines: students interested in plant biology, in particular plant development, interactions with the environment.

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In the proposed workshop students will have the opportunity to get knowledge about the largest and most significant historic underground lead-silver-zinc mine in Poland. The workshop also will present the impact of mining on the environment (wash dump, post-mining meadows – post-mining forms, drainage shafts, exploration shafts, tunnels) and the effects of the carried out reclamation. As part of the planned classes, the GPR method will be presented and used to locate old mining shafts and to identify shallow geological structures.

Disciplines: environmental science, environmental engineering, environmental management, ecology, environmental chemistry, geochemistry, geophysics, geology, biology.

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