Areas of technology such as Big Data or the
Internet of Things (IoT) are currently making exponential progress that will
fundamentally change the world of tomorrow. Many of those concepts are based on
AI. They were therefore part of the “Korean Future Forum 2017” and presented to
a plenum of politics, economy and science in Seoul on May 17th,
organized by news channel news1 in cooperation with the UN Millennium Project
and aired nationwide. As responsible for research into AI and IoT at Beiersdorf
I was honored to be one of the speakers.
Artificial Intelligence is already a big
part of our everyday life: search engines help us to filter hidden information
from the internet, intelligent navigation and security systems help us when
driving. And this is only the beginning. What significance does AI have for the
research you do at Beiersdorf? How can you use smart technology for innovation
and to open up new market segments? Understanding how our living conditions
influence our body is an important matter for many scientists from a variety of
disciplines. Here at Beiersdorf, we focus on the areas of skin care and skin
ageing.
My team and I have been working for years on
modern AI technology, the development of smart clothing, and the integration of
different sources from the consumer’s everyday life – and therefore the use of
the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). For this purpose, we have set up an
interdisciplinary, international team and cooperation network with colleagues in
the fields of biology, chemistry, astrophysics, computer science and
engineering. Together, we develop different visions of the future. It was
therefore a great pleasure for me to present our results as part of my speech “AI Beauty:
experiments and visions in skin care” at the Korean Future Forum. You can find an extract of
that presentation below.
Being a scientist who loves technology, it
was extremely inspiring to learn from other participants how different
disciplines come together to build a future across borders and to improve life
for so many people. One challenge that will remain is eliminating people’s fear
of the unknown and showing them the opportunities we have when we combine AI
with human creativity. No one should be afraid of waking up in the matrix
tomorrow.