Distinguished Speaker Series

John Tsotsos (York University), “Attentional Mechanisms Bridge Seeing to Looking”

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

David Marr wrote 'What does it mean, to see? The plain man's answer (and Aristotle's, too) would be, to know what is where by looking'. Modern vision science has moved beyond Aristotle's view as well as Marr's, although it certainly would not have advanced without the influence of both. Seeing and Looking are different and

Distinguished Speaker Series

Dario Floreano (EPFL), “Avian-Inspired Drones”

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

In less than 20 years drones transitioned from research labs to the real world and had a major impact on inspection, security, rescue, logistics, and entertainment. However, today's drones do not match the agility, endurance, adaptability, and intelligence of birds. Birds are not only the masters of the sky but are also at ease on