Public Appearances
As a researcher, I often receive the opportunity to talk about my projects and my creative AI research publicly. News outlets have also regularly interviewed me, or reported on my projects. This page lists all these types of public appearances.
If you'd like to interview me or invite me for a talk, you can contact me on my contact form.
Talks and articles marked in blue are recommended for gaining quick insights into my research interests.
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Talks
A list of public talks I've presented over the years, or will present in the near future. Excluded are many internal talks (e.g. within our research lab) and private workshops (e.g. improv workshops for Preparee & others).
Upcoming Talks
Past Talks
- Evaluating Humor Generation in an Improvisational Comedy SettingCLIN34: 34th Conference of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands2024-08-30
- Generative AI, a model risk perspectiveKBC2024-06-18
- How do you teach computers humor?TU Delft2024-06-04
- Panelgesprek op het Research Café over AI & OnderzoekKarel de Grote Hogeschool2024-06-03
- Hoe leer je computers humor?KU Leuven: Guest lecture for "Humor en Creativiteit in Taal" class2024-04-30
- Panelgesprek op Dag van de OnderwijsondersteunerKU Leuven2024-04-26
- Advanced Generative AIKU Leuven KULAK2024-04-17Slides
- Prompt engineering: de kunst van het leren communiceren met AIUCLL: IT Talent Day2024-03-27
- AI als creatieve partner: de kracht van prompt engineeringWoestijnvis2024-03-25Slides
- Is songwrAIting de toekomst?Democrazy2024-03-19
- AI as creative partner: the power of prompt engineeringUCLL: BusIT week2024-03-19
- Prompt engineering: de kunst van het leren communiceren met AIUCLL2024-01-29Slides
- Conversational Dialogue Systems and ChatbotsKU Leuven: Guest lecture for "Natural Language Processing" class2023-12-19Slides
- AI as Your Creative Partner: The Power of Prompt EngineeringNight of the Prompts2023-12-12Slides
- PhD Defense: Neuro-Symbolic Creative Artificial Intelligence for HumorKU Leuven: Arenberg castle2023-12-05Slides
- AI as Your Creative Partner: The Power of Prompt EngineeringUCLL: Guest lecture for "AI Applications" class2023-11-27Slides
- Prompt engineering: de kunst van het leren communiceren met AIDPG media2023-11-16Slides
- Wetenschapscommunicatie on steroidsNationale Wetenschapscommunicatiedag2023-10-09Slides
- Generatieve AI-dag panelgesprekUCLL2023-10-06
- Text generators as creative partnerKU Leuven: NeOn Science Communication training day2023-10-05Slides
- TorfsBot or Not? Evaluating User Perception on Imitative Text GenerationCLIN33: 33rd Conference of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands2023-09-22Slides
- Prompt engineering: de kunst van het leren communiceren met AIVRT: Cookies Club2023-06-29Slides
- AI as Your Creative Partner: The Power of Prompt EngineeringWeizenbaum Conference2023-06-16
- Pret met Creatieve Computers (Kinderlezing)Nerdland Festival: Special guest in Jeroen Baert's and Els Aert's kids show2023-05-27Slides
- Hoe leer je computers humor?Nerdland Festival2023-05-27Slides
- Hoe werken tekstgeneratorsNerdland Festival: Special guest in Lieven Scheire's "Artificiële Intelligentie" show2023-05-26Slides
- How do you teach computers humor?KU Leuven: Guest lecture for "Humor en Creativiteit in Taal" class2023-05-16Slides
- How do you teach computers humor?KU Leuven: Guest lecture for "Computational Creativity" class2023-05-10Slides
- Hoe schrijven computers zelf tekst? (Kinderlezing)ScienceVille2023-03-26Slides
- AI als creatieve partnerDepartement Economie, Wetenschap & Innovatie2023-03-17
- Introductie en paneldiscussie over ChatGPT en de implicaties daarvan voor onderwijs en onderzoekKU Leuven2023-03-06
- AI als creatieve partnerVRT Creative Lab2023-02-15Slides
- De magie achter afbeeldingsgeneratorenNight of the Prompts2022-12-21Slides
- Keynote: Can computers have a sense of humor?Human-Robot Interaction Winterschool on Embodied AI @ UGent2022-12-07Slides
- How to Attract & Survive Media AttentionLeuven.AI2022-11-24Slides
- Artificial Intelligence for Co-Creative PRKetchum2022-11-15Slides
- Beter leren praten met Artificiële IntelligentieNacht van de Vrijdenker2022-11-12Slides
- Improvisatietheater en creatief schrijven met artificiële intelligentieCampus Sociale Wetenschappen, KU Leuven2022-10-08
- How to Attract & Survive Media AttentionMicrosoft2022-09-21Slides
- Keynote "Computational Humor: Can a machine have a sense of humor?"KU Leuven Campus Kulak Kortrijk2022-09-13Slides
- GITTA & GOOFER: Template & Schema Extraction for Humor GenerationAmazon2022-08-12
- Methods of interacting with computational systems for live artistic performanceICCC22: 13th International Conference on Computational Creativity2022-06-27
- Guest lecture on computational humorUTwente: Guest lecture for social robot design class2022-06-09Slides
- "TorfsBot Or Not?" Live at Nerdland Opening NightNerdland Festival2022-06-03Slides
- Creative AI for Improv TheatreMakeathon: ALAN the A.I. actor2022-05-21Slides
- AI and HumorDID22: Dutch Innovation Days2022-04-22
- TorfsBot: een geautomatiseerde Rik TorfsKU Leuven Metaforum2022-03-24SlidesVideo
- Workshop KU Leugen: Hoe schrijf je satire?Veto2022-03-15Slides
- The Limit of Technology: Creating a TEDx Talk?TEDxLeuven: Intelligence: Artificial or Human?2022-03-11Video
- DeepStochLog: Neural Stochastic Logic ProgrammingAAAI22: 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence2022-02-26SlidesVideo
- Survival of the Wittiest: Evolving Satire with Language ModelsICCC21: 12th International Conference on Computational Creativity2021-09-18Slides
- Computational Humor: Can a machine have a sense of humor?DTAI Seminar: The Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligent research group seminars2020-12-11Slides
- Dutch Humor Detection by Generating Negative ExamplesBeneLearn2020: 29th Belgian Dutch Conference on Machine Learning2020-11-20SlidesVideo
- Computational Humor: Can a machine have a sense of humor?EMERGENT Leuven: Start Event - The Future of AI - Powered by IBM2020-09-30Slides
- Discovering Textual Structures: Generative Grammar Induction using Template TreesICCC20: 11th International Conference on Computational Creativity2020-09-10Slides
- Modelling Mutually Interactive Fictional Character Conversational AgentsBNAIC2019: 31st Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence2019-11-06Slides
- Workshop KU Leugen: Moppen schrijvenVeto2019-10-14Slides
- Playable Experiences at the 15th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE’19)AIIDE19: the 15th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainments2019-10-11
- Generating Philosophical Statements using Interpolated Markov Models and Dynamic TemplatesESSLLI2019: 31st European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information2019-08-07Slides
- Towards a General Framework for Humor Generation from Rated ExamplesICCC19: 10th International Conference on Computational Creativity2019-06-21Slides
- Automatically Generating Engaging Presentation Slide DecksEvoMUSART19: 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design2019-04-24Slides
- Generating Dutch Punning Riddles about Current AffairsCLIN29: 29th Conference of Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands2019-01-31Slides
- Automatic Joke Generation: Learning Humor from ExamplesDAPI18: 6th Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions2018-07-19Slides
Press
A list of news and other media outlets mentioning my work, or interviewing me about my projects or my research into computational humor and creative artificial intelligence.
Note: Listing an item here does not imply endorsement of its content.
Interviews
- Radio 12024-09-23
- VRT Journaal Laat2024-09-23
- Eos2024-09-16
- Joe FM2024-07-31
- Veto2024-05-05
- DataTopics Unplugged2024-03-08
- Verzin2023-09-23
- De Aionauten2023-05-24
- Joe FM2023-05-02
- Radio Nostalgie2023-04-27
- The Daily Beast2023-03-26
- Club Net2023-02-16
- DataNews2023-02-08
- De Standaard2022-12-03
- Knack2022-10-05
- Radio 12022-04-02
- Dutch Innovation Days2022-02-27
- Time Magazine2022-01-04
- Digital Trends2021-11-08
- Eos Wetenschap2020-08-11
- Radio 22018-07-25
- Gazet van Antwerpen2018-07-06
- Radio 12017-10-10
Mentions
- Leuven Actueel2024-09-10
- Radio 12024-09-04
- Het Laatste Nieuws2024-06-27
- Het Laatste Nieuws2024-06-26
- NRC2024-03-15
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2024-02-03
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2024-01-03
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2023-11-03
- Knack2023-11-02
- KU Leuven2023-08-11
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2023-06-06
- Knack2023-04-20
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2023-03-09
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2023-01-09
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2022-07-08
- TEDxKULeuven2022-05-06
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2022-05-03
- Gazet van Antwerpen2022-05-03
- Nerdland maandoverzicht2022-01-03