- Fink W (12 Nov 2024) In the Basin of Aitken where the Shadows Lie – Humanity’s Future on the Moon & Beyond; invited Keynote Presentation at the 16th Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2024, Nashville, TN
- Fink W (05 Oct 2023) To boldly go where no robot has gone before: Martian caves and lava tubes - the next frontier in planetary space exploration; invited Plenary Talk at the 26th Annual International Mars Society Convention, held at the Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, Arizona
- Fink W (09 Mar 2021) Multi-Tier Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Planetary Surfaces and Subsurfaces; invited colloquium at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), University of Arizona, Tucson
- Fink W (11 Feb 2020) The Science of Star Wars: Star Wars Technology Comes to Life in Autonomous Robotics to Artificial Vision; invited talk at the Foothills Forum, Tucson
- Fink W (30 Jan 2020) Towards Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments; invited talk at the BASIS Tucson North school, Tucson
- Fink W (05 Apr 2019) Towards Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments; invited talk at the GRASP Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania
- Fink W (23 Mar 2019) The Science of Star Wars: A 40+ Years Technological Tour de Force; invited talk at the Chandler Sunset Library
- Fink W (11 Jan 2019) The Science of Star Wars: A 40+ Years Technological Tour de Force; invited talk at the Arizona Inn organized by the Yale Club Tucson
- Fink W (20 Dec 2018) Towards Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments; invited lecture at the Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin
- Fink W (4 Oct 2018) Towards Autonomous Robots; invited talk at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona
- Fink W (09 Aug 2018) Wege zur maschinellen Autonomie; benefit talk organized by the Lions-Club-Limburg, Dom Hotel, Limburg, Germany
- Fink W (03 Jan 2017) The Science of Star Wars (Star Wars – Technologische Umsetzung seit 40 Jahren); invited talk organized by the Lions-Club-Diez, Wilhelm von Nassau – Hotel & Restaurant, Diez, Germany
- Fink W (15 Nov 2016) The Science of Star Wars; invited talk as part of Downtown Science Cafe @ Magpie's Gourmet Pizza, organized by the University of Arizona College of Science, Tucson, AZ
- Fink W (14 Oct 2016) Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments; invited talk at the Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Fink W (26 Feb 2016) Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments; invited talk at Splendido (Continuing Care Retirement Community), Oro Valley, AZ
- Fink W (16 Dec 2015) Autonome Systeme; invited talk at the Sparkassenkolleg 2015, Limburg, Germany
- Fink W (29 Oct 2015) Autonomous Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments; invited talk at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona
- Fink W (30 Sep 2014) The Challenges of Autonomous Robotic Exploration for Extreme Environments; invited talk at the Raytheon 2014 Technology Network Symposium “Systems Engineering & Architecture” in Tucson, AZ
- Fink W (20 Dec 2013) Autonomous Robotic Exploration for Extreme Space Environments; invited talk at the Astrophysics Colloquium at the Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin
- Fink W (6 Dec 2013) Autonomous Robotic Reconnaissance Missions in Extreme Environments; invited talk at the Physics Colloquium at the Department of Physics, University of Arizona
- Fink W (6 Nov 2013) Autonomous Robotic Reconnaissance Missions in Extreme Space Environments; invited talk at the MacTech Conference 2013, Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Fink W (15 Oct 2013) Autonomous Robotic Reconnaissance Missions in Extreme Space Environments; invited Luminary Speaker at the 2013 PHM Conference, New Orleans, LA
- Fink W (26 Sep 2013) Autonomous Exploration Systems: Research & Development Efforts at the Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory; invited talk at the AUVSI Saguaro Chapter Meeting, University of Arizona
- Fink W (18 Jul 2011) Autonomous Robotic Space Exploration; invited talk at Cosmic Musings; Friends of the Observatory lecture cycle, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
- Fink W (10 Feb 2011) Robotic test bed for autonomous surface exploration of planetary bodies; invited talk at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona
- Fink W (5 Nov 2010) Rovers and Vision; invited talk at the first MacTech Conference 2010, Universal City, CA
- Fink W (11 Mar 2010) Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance: A paradigm shift in next-generation robotic planetary reconnaissance missions; invited talk at the Department of Systems & Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona
- Schulze-Makuch D, Houtkooper JM, Knoblauch M, Furfaro R, Fink W, Head JN, Fairén AG, Vali H, Daly M, Deamer D, Schmidt H, Hawkins AR, Sun HJ, Lim DSS, Dohm J, Irwin LN, Davila A, Andersen D (Apr 2008) A Proposal for a New Mission to Mars: The Biological Oxidant and Life Detection (BOLD) Mission; Session 3: Approaches and Technologies to Detect Life on Mars, of the Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2008, Santa Clara, CA, invited abstract and talk
- Miyamoto H, Kargel JS, Fink W, Furfaro R (18 Mar 2008) Granular processes on Itokawa, a small near-Earth asteroid: Implications for resource utilization; invited talk at the SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida
- Kargel JS, Fink W, Furfaro R (18 Mar 2008) Robotic resource exploration is a key to human expansion through the cosmos; invited talk at the SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida
- Furfaro R, Lunine JI, Kargel JS, Fink W (18 Mar 2008) Intelligent systems for the autonomous exploration of Titan and Enceladus; invited talk at the SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida
- Fink W (22 June 2007) Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance: A Paradigm Shift in Autonomous Planetary Exploration; invited guest speaker at the Computer Science Software Engineering Seminar at the Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
- Fink W, George T, Tarbell MA (12 Apr 2007) Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance: The Challenge of Sensor Optimization, Sensor Deployment, Sensor Fusion, and Sensor Interoperability; invited talk at the SPIE Defense & Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida
- Fink W (25 January 2007) Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance: A Paradigm Shift in Autonomous Planetary Exploration; invited guest speaker at the IEEE - BuenaVentura Section AeroSpace & Electronic Systems Chapter
- Furfaro R, Dohm JM, Fink W (6 May 2006) Autonomy in Planetary Exploration: Fuzzy Expert System for Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance; invited talk at the 25th International Space Development Conference 2006, Los Angeles
- Fink W, Dohm JM, Schulze-Makuch D, Fairen AG, Baker VR, Furfaro R, Tarbell MA, Hare TM (6 May 2006) Tier-Scalable Reconnaissance for Remote Planetary Exploration; invited talk at the 25th International Space Development Conference 2006, Los Angeles
- Dohm JM, Fink W, Tarbell MA, Hare TM, Schulze-Makuch D, Furfaro R, Baker VR (6 May 2006) Tier-scalable Reconnaissance To Test Overarching Geological Theories and Locate Prime Targets on Mars; invited talk at the 25th International Space Development Conference 2006, Los Angeles
- Fink W, Dohm J, Tarbell M, Hare T, Baker V (May 2005) Next-Generation Robotic Planetary Reconnaissance Missions: A Paradigm Shift; invited lecture for Symposium SS-56: “New results from the robotic exploration of Mars and Titan and their implications on planetary environmental conditions and cosmochemistry”, of the 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference: "A Voyage of Discovery", Moscow, Idaho
- Fink W (03 Jul 1998) Thermodynamical Quantities Accessible Via Electrochemical Measurements - A brief introduction to Electrochemistry; Astrobiology Seminar, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology
- Fink W (14 Apr 1998) Laser Control of Chemical Reactions; Kellogg Journal Club, Division of Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology
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