The workshop features an invited talk that anchors the day's discussions with an industrial perspective on cognitive robotics.
Invited Speaker
Alessandro Oltramari, Ph.D.
President, Carnegie Bosch Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Senior Manager, Cyber-Physical AI & Reasoning, Bosch Research, Pittsburgh, USA
Alessandro Oltramari is a leading researcher at the intersection of knowledge representation, neuro-symbolic AI, and cognitive systems. He joined Bosch Research in 2016 after a decade at Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University, and earlier research at Italy's Laboratory for Applied Ontology. He is co-author of the Compendium of Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence and has pioneered work on commonsense knowledge graphs, explainable AI, and human-machine collaboration, with applications spanning autonomous vehicles, robotics, and smart manufacturing. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of Trento, Italy.
Dr. Oltramari's work sits at the heart of this workshop's themes: he has spent years investigating how symbolic knowledge and neural learning can be unified to give robots and AI systems the kind of structured, explainable understanding that enables genuine human–robot teaming. His industrial experience at Bosch brings a vital perspective on deploying neuro-symbolic cognitive architectures in real-world, safety-critical environments.
"Cognitive Robotics in Industry: Challenges and Opportunities"
As Senior Manager for Cyber-Physical AI & Reasoning at Bosch Research, Dr. Oltramari's talk will give both panels a real-world reference point: Panel A can evaluate current approaches against what industrial deployment actually requires, and Panel B can orient its roadmap toward the capabilities that matter outside the laboratory.
The workshop features two extended panel sessions. Meet the confirmed panelists and read their introductions on the Panelists page, and see the schedule for session timings.