SCIoI Distinguished Speaker Series
Welcome to the SCIoI Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS), a series of talks by prominent academics from the world of intelligence research. Our cluster of excellence is a hub of interdisciplinary research, encompassing advanced research projects and extensive educational programs, including doctoral and master’s tracks and a diverse array of outreach activities. Our DSS lectures, open to the public and free of charge, delve into the intricacies of intelligence from different perspectives, and our invited speakers bring their unique insights and experiences to our community fostering academic exchange and inspiring innovative thinking
Distinguished Speaker Series 2024
Seven distinguished guests explore the many facets of intelligence in a lively series of talks.
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- 22 February 2024: Antonio Bicchi (University of Pisa)
- 07 March 2024: Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- 21 March 2024: Michael Beetz (Universität Bremen)
- 18 April 2024: Serge Belongie (University of Copenhagen)
- 30 May 2024: Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)
- 04 July 2024: Marta Halina (University of Cambridge)
Distinguished Speaker Series 2022
- 14 July 2022: Daniel Wolpert (Columbia University)
- 24 November 2022: Jan De Houwer (Ghent University)
Distinguished Speaker Series 2021
Six distinguished guests explore the many facets of intelligence in a lively series of digital talks.
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- 29 April 2021: Peter Dayan (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics)
- 27 May, 2021: Antje Nuthmann (University of Kiel)
- 24 June 2021: Kou Murayama (Universität Tübingen)
- 28 October 2021: Cameron Buckner (University of Houston)
- 9 December 2021: Iain Cousin (University of Konstanz)
- 16 December 2021: Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London)
Distinguished Speaker Series 2020
Six distinguished speakers walk us through different areas
of collective intelligence, visual science, psychology, and neurology.
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- 25 June 2020: Jacqueline Gottlieb (Columbia University)
- 22 October 2020: Guy Theraulaz (CNRS, Toulouse, France)
- 29 October 2020: Giovanni Pezzulo (ISTC-CNR Rome)
- 26 November 2020: Michele Rucci, (University of Rochester)
- 3 December 2020: Naomi Leonard (Princeton University)
- 17 December 2020: Patricia Churchland (University of California, San Diego)