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Bilateral Artificial Intelligence

Bilateral Artificial Intelligence

Sepp Hochreiter (ORCID: 0000-0001-7449-2528)
  • Grant DOI 10.55776/COE12
  • Funding program Clusters of Excellence
  • Status ongoing
  • Start October 1, 2024
  • End September 30, 2029
  • Funding amount € 19,760,512
  • E-mail

Disciplines

Computer Sciences (100%)

Keywords

    Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Symbolic Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Neural Networks

Abstract

The project Bilateral AI aims at lifting artificial intelligence (AI) to the next level. Current AI systems are in a sense narrow. They center on a specific application or task such as object or speech recognition. Our project will combine two of the most important types of AI which have been developed separately so far: symbolic and sub-symbolic AI. While symbolic AI works with clearly defined logical rules, sub-symbolic AI (such as ChatGPT) is based on training a machine with the help of large datasets to create intelligent behavior. This integration, resulting in a Broad AI, is intended to mirror something that humans do naturally: the simultaneous use of cognition and reasoning skills. But what exactly is Broad AI? As opposed to Narrow AI, which is characterized by task specific skills, Broad AI aims at solving a wide array of problems, rather than being limited to a single task or domain. By combining sub-symbolic AI (machine learning, ML) with symbolic AI (knowledge representation and reasoning, KRR), Bilateral AI provides the means to develop the foundations of the capabilities and skill acquisition for problem solving by a Broad AI. Harnessing the full potential of both symbolic and sub-symbolic approaches can open new avenues for AI that are better at solving new problems, adapting to a wide variety of environments, having better reasoning skills, and being more efficient in terms of both computation and data use. These key features allow for a vast range of use cases for Broad AI, starting with drug development and medicine, over planning and scheduling, to autonomous traffic management and recommendation systems. With fairness, transparency, and explainability as top priorities, developing Broad AI is also essential for addressing ethical concerns and ensuring a positive impact on our society. These concerns play a central role as cross-cutting aspect in our project. The Broad AI resulting from the bilateral AI approach would use its own sensory perceptions to perform abstractions and engage in a logical thinking process. The AI could then, for example, organize a trip, minimize carbon emissions, or renovate a house as cost- effectively and ecologically as possible. In other words, AI could perform complex planning taking all aspects into account. Sepp Hochreiter, Director of Research: Broad AI could potentially improve our everyday lives as well as system-relevant aspects and processes - such as energy, transportation and healthcare - by becoming more environmentally sustainable, efficient and resource-friendly.

Consortium
  • Axel Polleres, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
  • Robert Legenstein, Technische Universität Graz
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
  • Agata Ciabattoni, Technische Universität Wien
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
  • Gerhard Friedrich, Universität Klagenfurt
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
  • Thomas Eiter, Technische Universität Wien
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
  • Sepp Hochreiter, Universität Linz
    Director of Research (01.10.2024 -)
  • Christoph Lampert, Institute of Science and Technology Austria - ISTA
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
  • Martina Seidl, Universität Linz
    Board of Directors (01.10.2024 -)
Key Researchers
  • Dan Alistarh, Institute of Science and Technology Austria - ISTA (10.6.2024 -)
  • Franscesco Locatello, Institute of Science and Technology Austria - ISTA (12.9.2024 -)
  • Krishnendu Chatterjee, Institute of Science and Technology Austria - ISTA (10.6.2024 -)
  • Marco Mondelli, Institute of Science and Technology Austria - ISTA (10.6.2024 -)
  • Alexander Felfernig, Technische Universität Graz (27.12.2024 -)
  • Bettina Könighofer, Technische Universität Graz (27.12.2024 -)
  • Elisabeth Lex, Technische Universität Graz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Franz Wotawa, Technische Universität Graz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Johannes Wallner, Technische Universität Graz (12.9.2024 -)
  • Robert Peharz, Technische Universität Graz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Roman Kern, Technische Universität Graz (12.9.2024 -)
  • Thomas Pock, Technische Universität Graz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Wolfgang Maass, Technische Universität Graz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Cornelius Lambertus Johannes Van Berkel, Technische Universität Wien (12.9.2024 -)
  • Emanuel Sallinger, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Georg Gottlob, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Mantas Simkus, Technische Universität Wien (12.9.2024 -)
  • Maria Magdalena Ortiz De La Fuente, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Nysret Musliu, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Robert Ganian, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Shqiponja Ahmetaj, Technische Universität Wien (12.5.2025 -)
  • Silvia Miksch, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Stefan Szeider, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Stefan Woltran, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Thomas Lukasiewicz, Technische Universität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Dietmar Jannach, Universität Klagenfurt (10.6.2024 -)
  • Elisabeth Oswald, Universität Klagenfurt (10.6.2024 -)
  • Martin Gebser, Universität Klagenfurt (10.6.2024 -)
  • Wolfgang Faber, Universität Klagenfurt (10.6.2024 -)
  • Bernhard Klaus Aichernig, Universität Linz (12.5.2025 -)
  • Erich Kobler, Universität Linz (12.9.2024 -)
  • Gerhard Widmer, Universität Linz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Günter Klambauer, Universität Linz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Johannes Brandstetter, Universität Linz (12.9.2024 -)
  • Johannes Fürnkranz, Universität Linz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Markus Schedl, Universität Linz (10.6.2024 -)
  • Kurt Hornik, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
  • Marta Sabou, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (12.9.2024 -)
  • Nils Wlömert, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (12.9.2024 -)
  • Sabrina Kirrane, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (10.6.2024 -)
Research institution(s)
  • Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien - 6%
  • Technische Universität Wien - 23%
  • Technische Universität Graz - 23%
  • Universität Klagenfurt - 7%
  • Institute of Science and Technology Austria - ISTA - 18%
  • Universität Linz - 23%

Research Output

  • 5 Citations
  • 13 Publications
Publications
  • 2025
    Title A surprising link between cognitive maps, successor-relation based reinforcement learning, and BTSP
    DOI 10.1101/2025.04.22.650046
    Type Preprint
    Author Yang Y
    Pages 2025.04.22.650046
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title Towards Improving Automated Testing with GraphWalker
    DOI 10.1109/icstw64639.2025.10962480
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Koroglu Y
    Pages 54-58
  • 2025
    Title Common Foundations for SHACL, ShEx, and PG-Schema
    DOI 10.1145/3696410.3714694
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Ahmetaj S
    Pages 8-21
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title FERAT: A New Expansion-Based Certification Framework for Quantified Boolean Formulas
    DOI 10.1145/3672608.3707863
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Simader M
    Pages 1043-1050
  • 2025
    Title MHNfs: Prompting In-Context Bioactivity Predictions for Low-Data Drug Discovery
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c02373
    Type Journal Article
    Author Schimunek J
    Journal Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
    Pages 4243-4250
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title Privacy for free in the overparameterized regime
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2423072122
    Type Journal Article
    Author Bombari S
    Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title Knowledge graph validation by integrating LLMs and human-in-the-loop
    DOI 10.1016/j.ipm.2025.104145
    Type Journal Article
    Author Tsaneva S
    Journal Information Processing & Management
    Pages 104145
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title Route Discovery in Private Payment Channel Networks
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-82349-7_15
    Type Book Chapter
    Author Avarikioti Z
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Pages 207-223
  • 2025
    Title Partial Pre-Post Code Tree: A Memory-Efficient Tree Structure for Conjunctive Rule Mining
    DOI 10.1145/3690624.3709303
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Huynh V
    Pages 565-576
  • 2025
    Title Pattern-based engineering of Neurosymbolic AI Systems
    DOI 10.1016/j.websem.2024.100855
    Type Journal Article
    Author Ekaputra F
    Journal Journal of Web Semantics
    Pages 100855
    Link Publication
  • 2025
    Title Leveraging Knowledge Graphs for AI System Auditing and Transparency
    DOI 10.1016/j.websem.2024.100849
    Type Journal Article
    Author Waltersdorfer L
    Journal Journal of Web Semantics
    Pages 100849
    Link Publication
  • 2024
    Title Density amplifiers of cooperation for spatial games
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2405605121
    Type Journal Article
    Author Svoboda J
    Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2024
    Title A Multimodal Single-Branch Embedding Network for Recommendation in Cold-Start and Missing Modality Scenarios
    DOI 10.1145/3640457.3688138
    Type Conference Proceeding Abstract
    Author Ganhör C
    Pages 380-390
    Link Publication

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