AI - OFAI

About OFAI

OFAI is a renowned research institute based in Vienna, Austria, dedicated to the development and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Established over 35 years ago, the organization has built a strong reputation for excellence in this field. OFAI's mission lies in advancing AI technology through innovative research projects.

One such project is RALLI (Robot-Assisted Language Learning Interaction), which focuses on language learning through interaction. The institute also maintains an Extended Action Verb Corpus, AVCEXT, to improve the performance of conversational AI systems.

OFAI's team consists of dedicated researchers and experts in various domains, led by Prof. Robert Trappl, the institute's director. Their work spans multiple areas, including speech and language processing, social rhythms, and biobehavioral synchrony in early human development.

The institute is known for its collaborative approach to research and innovation, hosting regular lectures featuring experts from various backgrounds. For example, Mag. Dr. Brigitte Krenn and Mag. Dr. Stephanie Gross presented a talk on 'Bias in Language Models: Illustrated by the Example of Gender' in March 2024.

OFAI maintains an active online presence through social media channels, YouTube, LinkedIn, GitHub, and its website. It also engages in citizen science projects, like the FWF Top Citizen Science Project on 'Dialect Classification by Human Annotators.'

The institute's headquarters can be found at Freyung 6 in Vienna, where cutting-edge AI research takes place daily. OFAI continues to push the boundaries of what AI can achieve, contributing significantly to the global advancement of this transformative technology.