Distinguished Speaker Series

Alan Winfield (UWE Bristol), “Ethics in Collective Robotics”

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

Alan Winfield is Professor of Electronic Engineering and Director of the Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He conducts research in swarm robotics in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and is especially interested in robots as working models of life, evolution, intelligence, and culture. Alan is passionate about communicating science

Distinguished Speaker Series

Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr University Bochum): “The evolution of brain and cognition: A wild hypothesis”

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

Onur Güntürkün is regarded as a pioneer of biologically based psychology. The aim of his work is to find out how perception, thought and action arise in the brain. He is interested in diverse topics, such as motor learning, fear, risk-taking behavior and even kissing. In his research, Güntürkün combines psychological, biological and neuroanatomical aspects