For the Public

Robots playing soccer, lab mice, visual experiments: SCIoI members demonstrated their science and talk about their discoveries for an entire evening.

Rainer Mühlhoff and John-Dylan Haynes participated in a fishbowl discussion on predictive AI.

As part of the “6 o’clock with SCIoI” talk series within the Berlin Science Week 2020, Prof. Alex Kacelnik will take us on a fascinating journey through the understanding of intelligence in humans, animals and robots. Please visit the Berlin Science Week website to access the event. https://falling-walls.com/event/are-we-more-like-we-think-they-are-or-are-they-more-like-we-think-we-are/

The more we learn about AI, the more we may wonder what this tells us about our own intelligence. As part of the “6 o’clock with SCIoI” series of talks within the Berlin Science Week, Marc Toussaint will talk about how AI research often raises interesting questions about our own human intelligence. The more AI

Exploring swarm intelligence in fish and humans. As part of the “6 o’clock with SCIoI” talk series, scientists Pawel Romanczuk and Ralf Kurvers will explore swarm intelligence in fish and humans, investigating the role of single individuals and social interactions in collective decisions, also exploring when collectives make good decisions, and when they go wrong.

Artificial Intelligence: a philosophical, ethical and social overview. As part of the series “6 o’clock with SCIoI” series of talks within the Berlin Science Week, the panelists will discuss with the public about the philosophical, ethical and social issues raised by AI research and applications. Please visit the Berlin Science Week website to access the

A lab demonstration on optical illusions for Brain Awareness Week, organized by SCIoI + Active Perception and Cognition Lab (Martin Rolfs) "We from the active perception and cognition lab would like to invite you to our online event on Friday, March 19th at 6pm, for a presentation on visual illusions. Our lab is located at

This two-day workshop, co-organised by the Berlin-based Science of Intelligence Cluster and Human Abilities – Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, brings together philosophers and cognitive scientists to discuss the relationships between intelligence and abilities in humans, nonhuman animals, and artificial systems. Is intelligence best seen as an ability? How to understand cognitive abilities

Girls' Day/Mädchen-Zukunftstag, happening digitally on 22 April, provides school girls around Germany with a day of informative activities aimed at guiding them in their career choices, focusing on career paths where women are usually underrepresented. SCIoI member Lynn Schmittwilken talks to school-aged girls about being a vision scientist. The event is in German. "In unserer

ROBOFISH: Mit einem Fischroboter das Schwarmverhalten verstehen (in German, at 6:30pm and at 9:30pm) Um das Gruppenverhalten von Fischen zu studieren, haben wir unter Beteiligung der FU, HU und TU sowie des Leibniz-Instituts für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) einen Roboterfisch gebaut. Dieser ist einem Guppy nachempfunden und wird von lebenden Guppys als Artgenosse akzeptiert. Mit

The SCIoI Science Pub Quiz (7:30–ca.10pm) Join us for a fun evening with Science of Intelligence (SCIoI) and sign up for this special edition of the Science Pub Quiz, organized with SCIoI! What is intelligence? Do beets float in water? Why should you pet your basil? We will be joined by Aravind Battaje and Lynn