WIAS Visiting Researcher Seminar: “The Turing Taste test: Can AI taste and smell?”（3/12）
Details
Despite major advances in artificial vision and language processing, artificial systems remain limited in the domain of chemical senses. Artificial olfactory systems, for example, continue to struggle with predicting the smell of even simple molecules, as well as complex phenomena such as wine aging. This talk reviews the current state of AI methods in artificial olfaction and taste, outlining both recent progress and persistent limitations. These challenges are used to illuminate broader issues in machine perception, representation, and learning, and to clarify where the current frontiers of AI-based chemical sensing lie.
Speaker
DEROY, Ophelia,
Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Date & Time
March 12, 2026 (Thu.) 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Venue
Room #712, Building #52, Nishi-Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Language
English
Prospected Audience
Undergraduate, Graduate, Researchers, Faculty members, General audience
Organizer
WATANABE, Katsumi,
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Co-Organizer
Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS)
