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SUMMARY:Majid Khadiv (TU München)\, “Optimal Control and Learning for Contact-Rich Robotics”
DESCRIPTION:The past few years have witnessed significant progress in the field of legged locomotion and manipulation. This is mainly due to the availability of high-performance hardware as well as development of algorithms that scale to high-dimensional\, hybrid and under-actuated systems. In this talk\, I will present my recent research efforts\, mainly on the algorithmic side\, on developing efficient predictive controllers that can be complemented with supervised/reinforcement learning for real-time execution in the real world. I will also share my perspective on the open problems that we still need to solve to have functional humanoid robots in the real world. \nMajid Khadiv is an assistant professor in the school of Computation\, Information and Technology (CIT) at TUM. He leads the chair of AI Planning in Dynamic Environments and is also a member of the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI). Prior to joining TUM\, he was a research scientist at the Empirical Inference Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent systems. Before that he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Machines in Motion\, a joint laboratory between New York University and Max Planck Institute. Since the start of his PhD in 2012\, he has been performing research on motion planning\, control and learning for legged robots ranging from quadrupeds\, lower-limb exoskeleton up to humanoid robots. \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Svetlana Levit’s seminar “Selected Topics in Robot Learning\,” which explores how advances in machine learning are helping robots operate in new environments\, learn new behaviors\, and adapt to changing conditions. \nImage generated with DALL-E by Maria Ott.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/majid-khadiv-tu-munchen-optimal-control-and-learning-for-contact-rich-robotics/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241128T100000
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SUMMARY:Hideki Kozima (Tohoku University)\, “Child-Robot Interactions for Therapeutic and Educational Research and Practices”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nResearch in developmental robotics includes modeling human intelligence and the process of its emergence in robotic systems. A novel research paradigm in psychology is emerging in conjunction with such efforts regarding reproducing human-specific communication abilities in robots and observing how children interact with robots with various communication capabilities. I will discuss such research trends from a broader perspective\, and the potential to realize robots that afford children the opportunities to build social relationships is examined. We consider human communication abilities not as a set of interactive functionalities in individuals but as a set of social tools in which functionalities have emerged from the social interaction driven by the individual motivation to form relationships with others. We also explore some representative works on using robots to help establish such relationships in autistic and typically developing children. Finally\, we discuss the possibility of using robots for further research and practical support for child development centered on building social relationships. \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI (room 2.057). \n  \nPhoto by Owen Beard on Unsplash.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/hideki-kozima-tohuku-university/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241126T160000
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SUMMARY:Justin Werfel (Harvard University)\, “Bio-Inspired Intelligence and Robotics”
DESCRIPTION:Justin Werfel is a senior research scientist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering\, where he works on topics in complex and emergent systems\, including swarm robotics\, termite behavior\, engineered molecular nanosystems\, and evolutionary theory. He leads the Designing Emergence Laboratory\, and works closely with a number of other collaborating labs. \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Mohsen Raoufi’s seminar “Introduction to Collective Robotics: Where Complexity Meets Robotics\,” which provides an overview on the topic of collective robotics while exploring key areas like complexity science\, network science\, and engineering. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and will be available as a live stream. \nImage created with DALL-E by Maria Ott.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/justin-werfel-harvard-university-bio-inspired-intelligence-and-robotics/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241119T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241119T180000
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SUMMARY:Mohsen Raoufi (Science of Intelligence)\, “Crash Course on Network Science”
DESCRIPTION:Mohsen is a doctoral researcher at SCIoI\, working on Project 27\, Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs in Collective Estimation. His research explores the role of networks in shaping collective opinion dynamics. \nIn this lecture\, he will provide an overview of network science with a focus on its applications in collective robotics. He will cover basic topics in graph theory and show how a network science perspective can help our understanding of collective robotics. \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Mohsen Raoufi’s seminar “Introduction to Collective Robotics: Where Complexity Meets Robotics\,” which provides an overview on the topic of collective robotics while exploring key areas like complexity science\, network science\, and engineering.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/mohsen-raoufi-science-of-intelligence-crash-course-on-network-science/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241115T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241115T153000
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SUMMARY:Sylvain Calinon (IDIAP\, EPFL)\, “Frugal Learning of Manipulation Skills in Robotics”
DESCRIPTION:Many applications in robotics would benefit from robots being able to learn manipulation skills from only few demonstrations or trials. This contrasts with the ongoing trend in machine learning of constantly increasing the amount of data required to learn tasks. The main challenge of acquiring manipulation skills from limited training data is to find inductive biases and representations that can be used in a wide range of tasks\, which requires us to advance on several fronts\, including data structures and geometric structures. As example of data structures\, I will discuss the use of tensor factorization techniques that can be used in global optimization problems to efficiently extract and compress information\, while providing diverse human-guided learning capabilities (imitation and environment scaffolding). As examples of geometric structures\, I will discuss the use of Riemannian geometry and geometric algebra in robotics\, where prior knowledge about the physical world can be embedded within the representations of skills and associated learning algorithms. \nSylvain Calinon is a Senior Research Scientist at the Idiap Research Institute and a Lecturer at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He heads the Robot Learning & Interaction group at Idiap\, with expertise in human-robot collaboration\, robot learning from demonstration and model-based optimization. The approaches developed in his group can be applied to a wide range of applications requiring manipulation skills\, with robots that are either close to us (assistive and industrial robots)\, parts of us (prosthetics and exoskeletons)\, or far away from us (shared control and teleoperation). \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Svetlana Levit’s seminar “Selected Topics in Robot Learning\,” which explores how advances in machine learning are helping robots operate in new environments\, learn new behaviors\, and adapt to changing conditions. \nThe event will take place in person and is available on Zoom. \nImage generated with DALL-E by Maria Ott. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/sylvain-calinon-idiap-epfl-frugal-learning-of-manipulation-skills-in-robotics/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241114T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241114T173000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Olaf Hellwich (Science of Intelligence)
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI (room 2.057). \n  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/pi-lecture-with-olaf-hellwich-3/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241112T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241112T180000
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CREATED:20241030T144317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124629Z
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SUMMARY:Pawel Romanczuk (Science of Intelligence)\, “Introduction to Complexity Science: Part II”
DESCRIPTION:Pawel Romanczuk holds a professorship on Complexity Research in Adaptive Systems at HU. For SCIoI\, he works at the interface of applied mathematics\, theoretical physics\, and behavioral biology. He focuses on collective behavior of organismic systems. His research bridges analytical and synthetic sciences to study self-organization\, evolutionary adaptations\, and functional dynamical behavior. \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Mohsen Raoufi’s seminar “Introduction to Collective Robotics: Where Complexity Meets Robotics\,” which provides an overview on the topic of collective robotics while exploring key areas like complexity science\, network science\, and engineering. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and will be available as a live stream.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/pawel-romanczuk-science-of-intelligence-introduction-to-complexity-science-part-ii/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241107T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241107T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20241022T092642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T113613Z
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SUMMARY:Berlin Science Week: Science Slam of the Berlin Clusters of Excellence
DESCRIPTION:Slammin’ like there’s no tomorrow – at our cluster science slam\, researchers try everything to entertain their audience\, regardless of whether the subject is e.g. mathematics\, neuroscience or active material. The sky is the limit when it comes to what’s possible. Costumes\, props\, movies\, power-point presentations or other experimental setups – it is all allowed. Only time sets the limits – every slammer will have six minutes at most. And the audience will decide which presentation is best! \nA Hitchhiker’s Guide to Social Robots\nAnna Lange (SCIoI)\nHow to Get Rid of your Potential\nGregor Pasemann (MATH+)\nBuilding Blocks of the Fourth Dimension\nChun-Sheng Hsueh (MATH+)\nFrom Awe to Wonder – Designing Nature Inspired Materials\nHeidi Jalkh (Matters of Activity)\nExploring Epilepsy in the Human Brain: a Travel to Nowhere\nAlice Podestà (NeuroCure)\nMedical Progress in Three Acts\nNils von Wardenburg (NeuroCure)\nDo you feel comfortable? Reacting\, reflecting\, and challenging our socio-political world \nRoberta Astolfi (SCRIPTS)\nFrank’s Casket – Thinking with and through the Box\nAndrew James Johnston (Temporal Communities)\nTeaming up with ”Ancient Guardians of Earth”\nTamanna Manjur Ahamad (UniSysCat)\nLighting up the Brain\nAlina Pushkarev (UniSysCat) \nModeration: Jochen Müller \nVisit the event at the Berlin Science Week.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/berlin-science-week-science-slam-of-the-berlin-clusters-of-excellence/
LOCATION:Roadrunner’s Paradise Saarbrücker Str. 24 10405 Berlin Germany
CATEGORIES:For the Public
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111
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SUMMARY:20th Conference of the Gesellschaft Für Ichthyologie (GfI)
DESCRIPTION:The 20th conference of the Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie (GfI) e.V.  is intended to provide a diverse insight into research with and about fish\, but also to give interested hobbyists a chance to speak. It will cover a diverse range of topics\, including Evolution\, Collective Behavior\, Fish Ecology\, Fish Communities\, Animal Welfare\, and poster presentations. \nFind the official website here. \nKey note Speakers\nDr. Alicia Burns (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin und Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence”)\nDr. Félicie Dhellemmes (Technische Universität zu Berlin und Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence”)\nDr. Antonia Groneberg (Charité Berlin)\nDr. Ulrike Scherer (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin und Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence”)\nDr. Carolin Sommer-Trembo (Universität Basel)
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/20th-conference-of-the-gesellschaft-fur-ichthyologie-gfi/
LOCATION:Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin\, Philippstraße 13/Haus 6\, 10115 Berlin
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241105T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241105T180000
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CREATED:20241030T143652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124652Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Karoline Wiesner (University of Potsdam)\, “Introduction to Complexity Science: Part I”
DESCRIPTION:Karoline Wiesner has been a Professor of Complexity Science at the Institute for Physics and Astronomy since 2021 and also serves as an external professor at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics at Uppsala University and spent her postdoctoral years at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico and the University of California in Davis. At the University of Bristol\, UK\, she held positions as Assistant and later Associate Professor\, as well as being a visiting professor at Lund University\, the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen\, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Mohsen Raoufi’s seminar “Introduction to Collective Robotics: Where Complexity Meets Robotics\,” which provides an overview on the topic of collective robotics while exploring key areas like complexity science\, network science\, and engineering. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and will be available as a live stream. \n\nImage created with DALL-E by Maria Ott
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/karoline-wiesner-potsdam-university-introduction-to-complexity-science-part-i/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241031T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241031T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20241002T101830Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Anita Keshmirian (Forward College\, Berlin)\, “Many Minds\, Diverging Morals: Human Groups vs. AI in Moral Decision-Making”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \n“Moral judgments are inherently social\, shaped by interactions with others in everyday life. Despite this\, psychological research has rarely examined the impact of social interactions on these judgments. In our study\, we explored the role of group dynamics in moral decision making by having small groups (4-5 participants) evaluate moral dilemmas first individually\, then collectively\, and finally individually a second time. Participants judged real-life and sacrificial moral dilemmas involving actions or inactions violating moral principles to benefit the greater good. Experiment 1 found that collective judgments were more utilitarian than individual judgments\, supporting the hypothesis that group deliberation temporarily reduces the emotional burden of violating moral norms. Experiment 2 measured participants’ state anxiety and moral judgments before\, during\, and after online interactions. Results again showed that collectives were more utilitarian\, reducing state anxiety during and after social interaction\, suggesting that stress reduction may explain the shift toward utilitarianism in group settings. \nWe replicated this experiment using multi-agent large language models (LLMs) to test how artificial agents make moral decisions. Preliminary findings revealed that\, unlike humans\, groups of LLM agents were less utilitarian than individual agents. Analysis of the agents’ interactions showed a consistent pattern of virtue-signaling\, with LLMs emphasizing deontological reasoning (focusing on moral rules) rather than utilitarian principles. This divergence from human behavior suggests that collective reasoning in AI systems is shaped by different dynamics\, likely due to how LLMs are trained to prioritize socially accepted norms. These results highlight important differences in moral decision-making between human and artificial intelligence\, offering new insights into the development of AI systems that more closely mirror human ethical reasoning\, particularly in complex\, real-world collective decision-making scenarios.” \nImage credit: ©SCIoI/ generated with DALL-E
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/anita-keshmirian-forward-college-berlin-many-minds-diverging-morals-human-groups-vs-ai-in-moral-decision-making/
LOCATION:Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241029T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241029T180000
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CREATED:20241022T090526Z
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SUMMARY:Alan Winfield (UWE Bristol)\, “Ethics in Collective Robotics”
DESCRIPTION: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 and technology. He holds an EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship with the theme Intelligent Robots in Science and Society\, and blogs about robots\, open science and related topics at his blog. Alan is a leading expert in robot ethics and cognitive robotics. \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Mohsen Raoufi’s seminar “Introduction to Collective Robotics: Where Complexity Meets Robotics\,” which provides an overview on the topic of collective robotics while exploring key areas like complexity science\, network science\, and engineering. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and will be available as a live stream.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/alan-winfield-uwe-bristol-ethics-in-collective-robotics/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241022T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241022T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20241015T142554Z
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SUMMARY:Heiko Hamann (Uni Konstanz\, SCIoI)\, “Introduction to Collective Robotics: A Formal Approach”
DESCRIPTION:Heiko Hamann is a roboticist with focus on collective systems. With his group he studies distributed robotics\, machine learning for robotics\, and bio-hybrid systems. In his collaboration with SCIoI member Pawel Romanczuk he investigates collective intelligence and especially the swarm robotics aspects of “Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in distributed collective decision making.” \nThis talk will take place as part of SCIoI member Mohsen Raoufi’s seminar “Introduction to Collective Robotics: Where Complexity Meets Robotics\,” which provides an overview on the topic of collective robotics while exploring key areas like complexity science\, network science\, and engineering. \nThis talk will be broadcasted live to the SCIoI premises under the following Link.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/heiko-hamann-uni-konstanz-scioi-introduction-to-collective-robotics-a-formal-approach/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241017T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241017T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20230802T122436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T111559Z
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SUMMARY:Jörg Raisch (Science of Intelligence)\, "Efficient and Privacy-Preserving Consensus in Multi-Agent Systems"
DESCRIPTION:Achieving consensus\, i.e.\, agreeing on objectives and on relevant aspects of the environment\, is a prerequisite whenever a group of individuals (“agents”) attempt to cooperatively solve a task. This requires information exchange between agents. In technical scenarios\, information exchange is via wireless communication channels\, which exhibit interference. Standard implementations aim at avoiding interference by resorting to multiplexing. However\, the resulting algorithms scale poorly with the number of agents and are inherently non-privacy preserving. We will discuss an alternative approach that\, by exploiting the wireless channel’s superposition property\, improves efficiency and preserves privacy. Results will be illustrated with examples from traffic automation\, such as automatic lane changing and distributed automation of traffic intersections for autonomous vehicles.\n\n\nThe reported results are based on joint work with F. Molinari\, S. Stanczak\, N. Agrawal\, and A. Grapentin (all TU Berlin)\n\n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI (room 2.057). \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/pi-lecture-with-jorg-raisch-2/
LOCATION:SCIoI\, Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241020
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240729T124714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T162253Z
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SUMMARY:Oliver Brock at TED AI Vienna 2024
DESCRIPTION:SCIoI spokesperson Oliver Brock will give a talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in Vienna (Austria)\, where\, for the first time\, a TED series of talks will be hosted\, to foster the understanding of AI innovation. \nWant to join or get more information? Click here.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/oliver-brock-at-ted-ai-vienna-2024/
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241016T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240917T101834Z
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SUMMARY:Berlin Brains – Restless Gaze\, Stable Vision: SCIoI Members Martin Rolfs and Nina Hanning @Zeiss Grand Planetarium Berlin
DESCRIPTION:Live Event at Zeiss-Großplanetarium (Zeiss Grand Planetarium)\, Berlin with SCIoI memebers Martin Rolfs and Nina Hanning\, titled “Restless gaze\, stable vision: The camera work of our eyes.” \nAbout:\nOur eyes are restless; they constantly orient themselves toward new aspects of the environment. If they were cameras\, the recorded film would be dizzying. And yet our perception is continuous and stable. How does this work? And what does the gaze reveal about hidden attention processes in the brain? Martin Rolfs and Nina Hanning demonstrate how they measure these processes in humans and model their contribution to perception and behavior. \nThis event is organized by the Stiftung Planetarium Berlin. It will take place in German. \nFind more information on the event here. \n© Designed by Freepik
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/berlin-brains-restless-gaze-stable-vision-scioi-members-martin-rolfs-and-nina-hanning-zeiss-grand-planetarium-berlin/
LOCATION:Zeiss-Großplanetarium\, Prenzlauer Allee 80\, 10405 Berlin
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240925T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240925T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
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SUMMARY:Berlin University Alliance's Open Space Event on AI and Ethics (in German)
DESCRIPTION:Our members Dafna Burema and Jonas Frenkel will take part at “THE OPEN KNOWLEDGE LAB” Berlin as speakers\, which thrives on active exchange between science\, business\, politics\, and urban society. The BUA OPEN SPACE salon series provides a platform for dialogue on current social issues and networking: impulses from science and subsequent discussions provide deeper insights into research projects and discourses. \nMore info \n  \nPhoto taken from berlin-university-alliance.de.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/die-salonreihe-bua-open-space-in-german/
CATEGORIES:External Event,For the Public
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240914
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240829T083126Z
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SUMMARY:Berlin Summer School of Artificial Intelligence and Society
DESCRIPTION:Berlin is currently facing numerous challenges\, ranging from the modernization of public administration to the adaptation to climate change\, from traffic planning to the regulation of the housing market\, the implementation of an efficient health care system and creating incentives for a more sustainable lifestyle with the involvement of citizens. \nIn this context\, the effective application of artificial intelligence approaches promises a better understanding of processes\, e.g. spatial\, temporal or environmental developments through the integration of sensor data. On this basis\, they may offer a wide range of new design options. However\, with their high demand for resources like energy and water for cooling and technical infrastructure\, the development and implementation of these solutions demands careful consideration and planning. \nGiven the highly complex and human-centred nature of urban systems\, the practical implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in cities requires a uniquely multidisciplinary lens underpinned by ethical considerations. For this reason\, this Summer School offers a space to explore initial approaches to critically reflect on the prerequisites and effects of new technologies in the course of various aspects of the “urban”. Using a transdisciplinary approach\, participants will develop an in-depth understanding of how aspects of sustainability can be applied in smart cities and to what extent technologies such as AI must be understood as opportunities and/or threats for sustainable urban development. \nThe summer school is organized by BIFOLD\, Science of Intelligence and the Weizenbaum Institute and designed for doctoral students who are passionate about machine learning\, data management and the impact of cutting-edge AI on society. \nFind further information here. \nImage credit: BIFOLD
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/berlin-summer-school-of-artificial-intelligence-and-society/
LOCATION:Marchstraße 23\, 10587 Berlin\, Room 2.057
CATEGORIES:For the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240725T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240725T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240719T144755Z
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SUMMARY:Ralf M. Haefner (University of Rochester\, NY)\, “How We Move Our Eyes To Collect Information”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nCollecting new information about the outside world is a key aspect of brain function. In the context of vision\, we move our eyes multiple times per second to accumulate evidence about a scene. Prior studies have suggested that this process is goal-directed and close to optimal. Here\, we show that this process of seeking new information suffers from a confirmation bias similar to what has been observed in a wide range of other contexts. We present data from a new gaze-contingent task that allows us to both estimate a participant’s current belief\, and compare that to their subsequent eye-movements. We find that these eye-movements are biased in a confirmatory way. Finally\, we show that these empirical results can be parsimoniously explained under the assumption that the brain performs approximate\, not exact\, inference\, with computations being more approximate in decision-making compared to sensory areas. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n  \nImage created with DALL-E by Maria Ott.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/ralf-m-haefner-university-of-rochester-ny-how-we-move-our-eyes-to-collect-information/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240718T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240718T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20230802T122646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124823Z
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SUMMARY:Jens Krause (Science of Intelligence)\, “Hunting in Groups”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI (room 2.057). \n  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/pi-lecture-with-jens-krause/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240718T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240718T113000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240624T113208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124835Z
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SUMMARY:Adrian Sieler (Science of Intelligence): “Building Anthropomorphic Soft Robotic Hands With Human-Like Manipulation Abilities”
DESCRIPTION:More info to follow. \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/adrian-sieler-science-of-intelligence-building-anthropomorphic-soft-robotic-hands-with-human-like-manipulation-abilities/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240704T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240704T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240506T082222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T083744Z
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SUMMARY:Marta Halina (University of Cambridge)\, "Intuitive Physics in Nonhuman Animals"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nComparative psychologists have spent the last few decades examining whether nonhuman animals understand the physical world in a way that is similar to humans. Broadly\, human intuitive physics is thought to include a collection of abilities\, such as knowing that solid objects continue to exist even when no longer perceived and that objects tend to fall unless prevented from doing so. In this talk\, Marta introduces the empirical research program dedicated to investigating intuitive physics in nonhuman animals. She then shows how current research in this area encounters problems of underdetermination. Finally\, she proposes a route forward: computational modelling combined with signature testing.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n  \nPhoto by Adrien Converse on Unsplash.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/marta-halina-university-of-cambridge/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240704T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240704T113000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240506T082117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124850Z
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SUMMARY:Caleb Weinreb (Harvard Medical School)\, “A Seconds-Long Timescale in Naturalistic Behavior Structures Neural Dynamics”
DESCRIPTION:A core task of animal cognition is to carve the world up into relevant contextual states – based on sensory input\, internal drives\, and awareness of one’s own recent behavior – and then hold these state assignments in working memory as guides for action and anchors for learning. By training animals to perform asks with well-defined contextual states\, researchers have homed in on prefrontal cortex (PFC) as a critical node for such contextual state inference. But these tasks are a poor approximation of real life; rather than engaging in a single well-defined task\, free animals define their own tasks and engage in them dynamically over time recognizing contexts that emerge naturally from their own interactions with task affordances. A core question in neuroethology is which specific “task states” emerge in a given experimental setting and how they structure neural dynamics\, including in PFC. We took advantage of motion sequencing (MoSeq) — which uses 3D pose tracking and machine learning to segment behavior into sub-second motifs or “syllables” – to understand how mPFC activity coevolves with behavior across multiple timescales during unconstrained social interaction and solitary exploration. We find mPFC activity correlates strongly with ongoing behavior\, and that these correlations are most parsimoniously explained through an underlying manifold of behavior states that evolve on a timescale of seconds. The behavior states influence not only which PFC neurons are active\, but also which variables are most strongly encoded. We also find that the composition of states is labile and propose that it emerges predictably from the number and salience of affordances in the animal’s environment. \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Pietro Jeng on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/caleb-weinreb-harvard-medical-school/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240627T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240627T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240530T140658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240624T203243Z
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SUMMARY:Katja Liebal (Universität Leipzig)\, "Comparative Approach to Human Cognition: Possibilities and Challenges"
DESCRIPTION:Aiming to understand human psychology and what makes humans “unique” benefits from a frame of reference against which to assess it. Comparing human psychology with that of other animals\, particularly our closest relatives\, nonhuman primates\, can provide such a frame of reference and thereby contribute to identifying the defining characteristics of the human species. Studying cognitive skills in nonhuman species\, however\, presents a variety of methodological and ethical challenges\, which I will address in my talk. After introducing the rationale of a comparative approach and highlighting some “hot topics” in current research with primates\, I will discuss some of the challenges of comparative research\, such as the impact of anthropomorphism and speciesism\, the difficulty of developing appropriate methods to study cognitive skills in non-linguistic species\, and the ethical boundaries of conducting such research with highly endangered species. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and on Zoom. \nPhoto by taopaodao on Unsplash.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/katja-liebaluniversitat-leipzig-comparative-approach-to-human-cognition-possibilities-and-challenges/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240627T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240627T233000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240530T135142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T083647Z
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SUMMARY:Ralph Hertwig (Science of Intelligence)\, “How intelligent is deliberate ignorance?”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/ralph-hertwig-science-of-intelligence-how-intelligent-is-deliberate-ignorance/
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240622T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240622T230000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20250120T122322Z
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SUMMARY:Excellent Pub Quiz - LNDW 2024
DESCRIPTION:Once again\, the motto for the Long Night of the Sciences 2024 is: Invite friends for a team (2-4 people)\, find a creative team name and take part in the “Excellent Pub Quiz” of the seven Berlin Clusters of Excellence at TU Berlin and win great prizes! Find answers for exciting and surprising questions from the clusters’ research areas. \nThere will be two rounds of quizzes (in German)\, each lasting an hour and each with different questions from the clusters’ research projects. You can choose to leave after the first round or come for the second round. All hardcore science enthusiasts and quiz lovers are of course welcome to take part in both quiz rounds and try their luck twice: \n6pm-7pm: Registration opens\n7pm-8pm: 1st quiz round\n8pm-8:30pm: Poster session with information on the research areas of all seven Berlin Clusters of Excellence\n8:30pm-9:30pm: 2nd quiz round \n  \nTickets for the Long Night of Science are available here.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/excellent-pub-quiz-lndw-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240620T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240620T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240530T140328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T094751Z
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SUMMARY:Brian Scholl (Yale University)\, "Visual Intelligence: On the Unexpected Sophistication of Perception "
DESCRIPTION:It is natural to think of vision as relatively primitive\, compared to the richness of higher-level cognition. But recent work has revealed how perception is unexpectedly sophisticated along several related dimensions.  First\, recent work suggests that visual processing spontaneously extracts not only simple features such as color\, shape\, and motion\, but also properties more associated with higher-level thought — such as agency\, causal history\, and intuitive physics.  (Appreciating that a tower is about to fall\, for example — or that an object looks the way it does because it was crushed\, or that another agent is attending to us — seems more like perceiving a shape than proving a theorem.)  Second\, vision turns out to be selective in various sophisticated ways\, automatically discounting some information while highlighting properties of special import — such as information that categorically distinguishes different dynamic “event types” (e.g. bouncing\, rolling\, scooping\, and pouring).  Third\, the acuity of perception is specially tuned to provide high-resolution representations about high-importance information — such as the degree of pupil dilation in other people.  Here I’ll review recent work from our lab supporting each of these three related dimensions of “visual intelligence”.  This presentation will involve some results and some statistics\, but the key claims will also be illustrated with phenomenologically vivid demonstrations in which you’ll be able to directly experience the effects.  Collectively\, this work presents a new way to think about how perception delivers a rich interpretation of the world to the mind at large. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and on Zoom. \nPhoto by v2osk on Unsplash.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/brian-scholl-yale-university-visual-intelligence/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240614T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240614T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240608T044527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240608T044527Z
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SUMMARY:Oren Forkosh (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)\, " Behavior\, Personality\, Social Structure\, and Emotions in Freely Behaving Groups of Mice and Other Animals"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nIn recent years\, the study of animal behavior in neuroscience has seen a significant shift towards more naturalistic and less intrusive methods. It is under these conditions that the true spectrum of animal behavior can be exhibited\, free from the artificial constraints and stressful conditions often imposed by traditional laboratory settings. In this talk\, I will focus on the interplay between behavior\, personality\, hierarchy\, and affective states as measured in our “social boxes”. These systems allow for the continuous and unattended tracking of groups of mice over extended periods and can automatically recognize and catalog over 100 distinct behaviors. A four-day experiment\, for example\, can potentially replace a myriad of classical tests typically used in neuroscience. Our system can also discern and record a ‘behavioral fingerprint’ for each mouse. These fingerprints reveal consistent traits—personalities—that are not only distinct between individuals but also persist over time. These behavioral fingerprints are also reflected in each animal’s gene expression. In addition\, by examining the interplay between behavior and personality across multiple timescales – from seconds to days – we can gain insights into the affective states of these animals. Finally\, expanding our research to other species\, including bats\, cows\, flies\, as well as humans\, allows us to develop a general understanding of behavior and personality. This comparative strategy holds promise for developing a ‘universal translator’ of behavioral and personality patterns\, paving the way for new comparative studies. These insights into the personalities and emotions of both humans and animals have the potential to significantly enhance our knowledge of the neurobiological underpinnings of behavior.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/oren-forkosh-the-hebrew-university-of-jerusalem-behavior-personality-social-structure-and-emotions-in-freely-behaving-groups-of-mice-and-other-animals/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240613T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240613T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240530T135621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T093406Z
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SUMMARY:Christof Koch (Allen Institute for Brain Sciences)\, "Integrated Information Theory – Or Why Consciousness is Fundamentally Distinct from Intelligence"
DESCRIPTION:Humans not only can act intelligently in the world but consciously experience it\, such as the delectable taste of Nutella\, the sharp sting of an infected tooth\, or the terror and ecstasy of a near-death experience. I will discuss progress achieved in tracking the footprints of conscious experiences to the posterior regions of the cerebral cortex\, the outermost layer of the brain. I shall introduce the Integrated Information Theory (IIT). It explains in a principled manner which systems\, based on their structure\, are conscious and has been used to build devices to detect consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness. The theory asserts the existence of free will and predicts that consciousness is much more widespread than commonly assumed. On the other hand\, present digital computers using a von Neumann-like architectures\, though they may approach\, or even exceed\, human-level general intelligence\, will never be conscious. Consciousness is ultimately about being\, not about doing. \nChristof Koch is best known for his work exploring the physical basis of consciousness in humans\, animals\, and machines. A physicist and neurobiologist\, he was for more than a quarter of a century a professor of biology and engineering at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. He remains at the Allen Institute as a Meritorious Investigator. He is also the Chief Scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation in Santa Monica\, seeking to understand consciousness\, its place in nature\, and how this knowledge can benefit all of humanity. He latest book\, Then I am Myself the World\, was just published. A vegetarian\, cyclist and dog lover\, Christof lives on a small island in the Pacific Northwest. For more information\, see www.christofkoch.com \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/christof-koch-allen-institute-for-brain-sciences-integrated-information-theory-or-why-consciousness-is-fundamentally-distinct-from-intelligence/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240613T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240613T113000
DTSTAMP:20260405T203718
CREATED:20240530T134836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124915Z
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SUMMARY:Aravind Battaje (Science of Intelligence)\, “A Study on Human and Robot Perception and the Architecture of Perceptual Information Processing”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/aravind-battaje-a-study-on-human-and-robot-perception-and-the-architecture-of-perceptual-information-processing/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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