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SUMMARY:Iain Couzin (Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior & University of Konstanz)\, “Collective Intelligence in Animals and Robots”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIn 1905 the biologist Edmund Selous wrote of his wonderment when observing a flock of starlings flying overhead “they circle; now dense like a polished roof\, now disseminated like the meshes of some vast all-heaven-sweeping net…wheeling\, rending\, darting…a madness in the sky”. He went on to speculate “They must think collectively\, all at the same time\, or at least in streaks or patches — a square yard or so of an idea\, a flash out of so many brains”. Today\, we still know relatively little about how social interactions connect brains together—and thus how sensing and information processing arises in such organismal collectives. Employing automated tracking\, computational reconstruction of sensory information\, biomimetic robotics\, and immersive ‘holographic’ virtual reality (VR) experiments\, I will explore geometric principles of collective decision-making that occur across scales of biological organization\, from neural dynamics to animal collectives. In doing so I will explain why classical models from non-linear statistical physics fail to account for collective animal behavior. I will will present several new theoretical frameworks\, including active inference and neural ring attractor networks\, that do account for key experimental findings and challenge long-held beliefs about how order can emerge from disorder within animal collectives. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI and on Zoom. \nPhoto taken by https://www.uni-konstanz.de.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/iain-couzin-max-planck-institute-of-animal-behavior-university-of-konstanz/
CATEGORIES:Hot Topics in Intelligence Research
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240530T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240530T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240110T143435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103209Z
UID:18036-1717084800-1717088400@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Asifa Majid (University of Oxford)\, "Establishing Human Universals"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nPsychology\, the “science of mental life”\, aims to provide models and theories that apply universally. However\, there is a growing concern that what we gather from studying humans in a particular place and time might not accurately reflect how humans behave in other contexts. This talk will consider how we can establish whether something is a psychological universal and provide examples of best practice\, taking examples from the cross-cultural research of percepts and concepts.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Stefano Bucciarelli on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/distinguished-speaker-series-asifa-majid-university-of-oxford/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240530T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240530T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240424T083921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103215Z
UID:19215-1717063200-1717066800@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Verena Wagner (University of Konstanz)\, “On Pause: Suspending Judgment and Abstaining in Machine Learning”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nMachine Learning (ML) systems typically yield definitive outputs\, even when the underlying probabilities do not justify a decision. This poses a significant challenge in medical applications\, where patients rely on individualized diagnoses\, treatments\, and prognoses. A recent advancement in ML research addresses this issue by introducing so-called “abstention models\,” which enable ML systems to provide neutral outputs. From the perspective of a philosopher who works on cognitive neutrality and the suspension of judgment in human agents\, this is an interesting field to explore. In this talk\, I will introduce my philosophical theory of cognitive neutrality\, which promotes various ways of suspending judgment. Against this backdrop\, I will explore different abstention models and look for similarities and differences between suspension of judgment in humans and abstention in ML systems. In particular\, I will examine whether the distinctions outlined in my cognitive neutrality framework also manifest in different models of abstention. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/verena-wagner-university-of-konstanz-on-pause-suspending-judgment-and-abstaining-in-machine-learning/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240523T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240523T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240424T114021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124944Z
UID:19227-1716458400-1716462000@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Asieh Daneshi\, “The Effect of Group Size and Group Density on Behavioral Contagion in Humans”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. \n  \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/asieh-daneshi-the-effect-of-group-size-and-group-density-on-behavioral-contagion-in-humans/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240516T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240516T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240424T113512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T124959Z
UID:19222-1715853600-1715857200@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Alicia Burns\, “Predator-Prey Interactions in the Open Ocean”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow. \nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by: Rodrigo Friscione Wyssmann. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/shepherding-behaviour-in-predator-prey-interactions-p33/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240516T040000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240424T114315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103245Z
UID:19231-1715832000-1715880600@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Alan Akbik (Science of Intelligence)\, "Evaluating the Factual Knowledge of Language Models and their Robustness to Noise: A Tale of Two SCIoI Projects"
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI (room 2.057). \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/alan-akbik-science-of-intelligence/
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240502T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240502T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20230802T122054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103255Z
UID:16300-1714665600-1714671000@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Guillermo Gallego (Science of Intelligence)\, " Beyond the Blink - New Applications and Methods for Event Cameras"
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-guillermo-gallego-3/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240502T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240502T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240424T112306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103302Z
UID:19218-1714644000-1714647600@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Joshua B. Evans\, “Creating Multi-Level Skill Hierarchies in Reinforcement Learning”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nWhat is a useful skill hierarchy for an autonomous agent? In this talk\, we will consider a possible answer based on a graphical representation of how the interaction between an agent and its environment may unfold. The proposed approach uses modularity maximisation as a central organising principle to expose the structure of the interaction graph at multiple levels of abstraction. The result is a collection of skills that operate at varying time scales\, organised into a hierarchy\, where skills that operate over longer time scales are composed of skills that operate over shorter time scales. The entire skill hierarchy is generated automatically\, with no human intervention\, including the skills themselves (their behaviour\, when they can be called\, and when they terminate) as well as the hierarchical dependency structure between them. In a wide range of environments\, this approach generates skill hierarchies that are intuitively appealing and that considerably improve the learning performance agents given access to them. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Bofu Shaw on Unsplash \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/joshua-b-evans-creating-multi-level-skill-hierarchies-in-reinforcement-learning/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240425T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240321T144331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T115602Z
UID:18055-1714050000-1714060800@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Girls' Day 2024
DESCRIPTION:This year\, SCIoI is once again delighted to be part of Girls’ Day\, an event dedicated to offering school-aged girls the opportunity to explore new experiences and gain insights into the realm of STEM related research. This time around\, our researchers Palina Bartashevich\, Asieh Daneshi\, Soledad Traverso\, Anna Lange\, and David Mezey\, with the help of our lab managers Matthis Kaiser\, Michael Brück\, and Rolf Struikmans and Diversity Manager Lujain Kretzschmar will be showing the girls around SCIoI\, offering hands-on demonstrations on topics such as Virtual Reality\, interacting with robots\, fish swarms\, and mouse lockboxes. The girls will also visit the laser cutter and get to build their own 3D puzzle robot. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPh. by Adrien Converse on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/girls-day-2024/
CATEGORIES:For the Public
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240418T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240118T144212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103441Z
UID:18052-1713456000-1713459600@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Serge Belongie (University of Copenhagen)\, "Searching for Structure in Unfalsifiable Claims"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nWhile advances in automated fact-checking are critical in the fight against the spread of misinformation in social media\, we argue that more attention is needed in the domain of unfalsifiable claims. In this talk\, we outline some promising directions for identifying the prevailing narratives in shared content (image & text) and explore how the associated learned representations can be used to identify misinformation campaigns and sources of polarization.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/distinguished-speaker-series-serge-belongie-university-of-copenhagen-searching-for-structure-in-unfalsifiable-claims/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240418T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240418T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20231113T143920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125021Z
UID:18049-1713434400-1713439800@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Pavel Němec (Charles University)\, “Two Independent Origins of Complex Brains and Intelligent Behavior in Birds and Mammals”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nOver the last 20 years\, it has been shown that birds and mammals are startlingly similar in their cognitive repertoire. Even the most intelligent taxa from each group – great apes and large corvids and parrots – match each other in most domains of cognition. This functional similarity is remarkable considering that birds and mammals shared a last common ancestor about 325 million years ago. Moreover\, avian brains are small and lack a cerebral cortex arranged in layers. My talk will focus on recent discoveries showing that birds and mammals independently evolved brains with dramatically increased neuron numbers in the telencephalon and cerebellum\, brain parts associated with higher cognition. This brain information processing capacity surge in birds and mammals is associated with the elaboration of at least partly non-homologous neural circuitry. Moreover\, similar functions are processed in different\, non-homological forebrain regions. Extreme neuron packing densities in birds partly explain why they have similar cognitive levels as mammals\, but volumetrically much smaller brains. Astoundingly\, phylogenetic analysis suggests that as few as four major changes in neuron-brain scaling in over 300 million years of evolution pave the way to intelligence in endothermic land vertebrates. \n\nPh. kindly provided by Pavel Němec. \n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-thursday-morning-talk-pavel-nemec-charles-university-two-independent-origins-of-complex-brains-and-intelligent-behavior-in-birds-and-mammals/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240411T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240411T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20231113T093715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125032Z
UID:17053-1712829600-1712833200@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Hector Garcia De Marina (University of Granada)\, “Practical Challenges in Formation Control and Mobile Robot Swarms”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nRobot swarms have the potential to assist us with simpler logistics in persistent missions involving vast scenarios. Robot swarms also promise added resilience to complete their objectives despite unforeseen difficulties. However\, current demonstrations of swarm technology in unstructured environments only count on single-digit individuals. That is farther from what one would expect from the huge scaling potential of a swarm. What are the bottlenecks then? \nIn this talk\, I will present some practical challenges that mobile robot swarms face in fundamental tasks\, e.g.\, the control of specific geometry parameters during a swarm deployment\, also known as formation control. As an application of higher-level tasks leveraging formation control\, we will see the coordination of robots while tracking paths and the source-seeking of scalar fields. \nI will also focus on onboard imperfections and how they are responsible for non-designed emergent behavior. Nevertheless\, I will show some hidden opportunities within the imperfections that could assist us with practical deployments. \n\n\nRelated articles (free links to Arxiv):\nManeuvering and robustness issues in undirected displacement-consensus-based formation control: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03544\nGuiding vector fields for the distributed motion coordination of mobile robots: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.09478v4\nResilient source seeking with robot swarms: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02937\nBehavioral-based circular formation control for robot swarms: https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09101\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Louis Reed on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-hector-garcia-de-marina/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240404T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240404T233000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240321T143812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103456Z
UID:18046-1712224800-1712273400@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Jacek Wiland\,  "Assessing the Factual Knowledge Contained in Language Models During Lifelong Learning"
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-jacek-wiland-assessing-the-factual-knowledge-contained-in-language-models-during-lifelong-learning/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240328T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240328T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240318T143711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125108Z
UID:18043-1711620000-1711625400@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Heiner Spieß (Science of Intelligence)\, “Tools to Study the Generality of Deep Neural Network Representations”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-heiner-spies-tools-to-study-the-generality-of-deep-neural-network-representations/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240321T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240321T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20231113T093422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103529Z
UID:17052-1711015200-1711018800@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Fariba Karimi (Graz University of Technology)\, "Complexity Science for Societal Good"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nSocial inequalities — structured and recurrent patterns of unequal distribution of wealth\, opportunities\, and rewards — are on the rise\, and quick-fix\, top-down approaches are failing. Structural inequality is one of the important manifestations of social inequalities in which institutions\, policies\, and societies create systems of privilege that are structural barriers to equality and inclusiveness. Structural inequalities emerge and evolve in complex multi-dimensional social networks. With the rise of artificial intelligence and algorithms in decision-making processes\, such inequalities are being reinforced and exacerbated in a non-linear\, complex manner that is difficult to comprehend and tackle. To address and mitigate such timely issues\, we need a complexity science approach and interdisciplinary teams more than ever.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Vincentiu Solomon on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-fariba-karimi/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240321T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20231220T134311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T103536Z
UID:19037-1711008000-1711040400@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:Michael Beetz (Universität Bremen)\, "Empowering Robots with Digital Mental Models: Filling the Cognitive Gap for Everyday Tasks"
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I introduce Digital Mental Models (DMMs) as a novel cognitive capability of AI-powered and cognition-enabled robots. By combining digital twin technology with symbolic knowledge representation and embodying this combination into robots\, we tackle the challenge of converting vague task requests into specific robot actions\, that is robot motions that cause desired physical effects and avoid unwanted side effects. This breakthrough enables robots to perform everyday manipulation tasks with an unprecedented level of context-sensitivity\, foresight\, generality\, and transferability. DMMs narrow the cognitive divide currently existing in robotics by equipping robots with a profound understanding of the physical world and how it works.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/distinguished-speaker-series-michael-beetz-universitat-bremen-empowering-robots-with-digital-mental-models-filling-the-cognitive-gap-for-everyday-tasks/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240307T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240307T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240110T140607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125121Z
UID:18026-1709827200-1709830800@www.scienceofintelligence.de
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)\, “The Evolution of Brain and Cognition: A Wild Hypothesis”
DESCRIPTION: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.\nHe 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 with concepts and findings from the comparative behavioral and neurosciences. Using magpies as an example\, he was able to show that birds recognize themselves in the mirror and are therefore able to develop a kind of self-concept. This finding is astonishing because they lack the cerebral cortex in their brains. This is precisely what controls this ability in primates. Building on this finding\, Güntürkün also succeeded in proving that the forebrain structures of birds and primates have converged in an evolutionary process. Despite their different structures\, they converge in their neurobiological basis and their behavioral performance.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Sammie Chaffin on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/postponed-distinguished-speaker-series-onur-gunturkun-ruhr-universitat-bochum-the-evolution-of-brain-and-cognition-a-wild-hypothesis/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240307T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240307T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240124T140430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125133Z
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SUMMARY:Christian Poth (Bielefeld University)\, “Task-Driven Phasic Alertness: How Being Ready for Action Relies on the Current Task”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nHumans often must respond quickly to events happening in their environment. To support fast perception and action\, the brain has evolved a warning system. Warning stimuli are used to elicit a transient state of readiness for perception and action (phasic alertness) that results in faster perceptual processing and faster decision-making for action. Phasic alertenss is assumed to be “unintelligent” in the sense that it is driven by the warning stimuli\, irrespective of the cognitive task set and the expectations guiding goal-directed behavior in the current task. Here\, we review recent findings that falsify this assumption. We provide evidence that phasic alertness presupposes an expectation that stimuli can serve as a warning within the current task. In addition\, we show that within a task\, phasic alertness unfolds in action-focused episodes that restrict its effects to only the next action in an action sequence. Together\, these findings reveal that phasic alertness is not entirely stimulus-based (bottom-up)\, but also relies on the cognitive mechanisms for (top-down) control of task-driven and goal-directed action and thus the “intelligent” interaction with the environment.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Kirill Pershin on Unsplash \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-christian-poth-bielefeld-university-task-driven-phasic-alertness-how-being-ready-for-action-relies-on-the-current-task/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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SUMMARY:Winter School "Ethics of Neuroscience and AI" 2024
DESCRIPTION:The 13th Winter School “Ethics of Neuroscience and AI” is taking place on Feb 26 – March 1\, 2024. It is organized by the BCCN Berlin/ICCN\, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain\, and the Excellence Cluster “Science of Intelligence”. The event is tailored for MSc and PhD students\, but covers a range of topics of potential interest to other researchers\, reflecting on the ethical and societal consequences of modern neuroscience.\nTheoretical foundations\, as well as practical and ethical aspects are addressed. Participants will benefit from a combination of lectures with group work and discussions\, where they will put the learned content into practice. \nScientific organizers: John-Dylan Haynes and Thomas Schmidt. \nFees: The Winter School is free of cost but registration is necessary. \nVenue: Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin\, Philippstr. 13 Haus 6\, 10115 Berlin.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/winter-school-ethics-of-neuroscience-and-ai-2024/
CATEGORIES:External Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240222T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240222T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240110T140221Z
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SUMMARY:Antonio Bicchi (University of Pisa)\, “What Is It Like To Be a Bot?”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe impressive evolution that artificial intelligence\, virtual reality\, and robotics have recently undergone reached a point where it is now possible to fuse these technologies and create another body for the self. This possibility poses new questions at the core of embodied intelligence. In this talk I will examine a few of the technical\, scientific\, and philosophical issues related to using robots as avatars and “being a bot.” \n\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n  \nPhoto by Owen Beard on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/distinguished-speaker-series-antonio-bicchi-university-of-pisa-what-is-it-like-to-be-a-bot/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240222T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240222T110000
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CREATED:20240205T134855Z
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SUMMARY:Tim Kietzmann (University of Osnabrück)\, “Large Language Models Offer a Rich Representational Format for Understanding the Transformation of Visual Information in the Human Brain.”
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Originating from the connectionist movement of cognitive science\, deep neural networks (DNNs) have had tremendous influence on artificial intelligence\, operating at the core of today’s most powerful applications. At the same time\, cognitive computational neuroscientists have recognised their promise to act as “Goldilocks” models of brain function: DNNs are grounded in sensory data\, can be trained to perform complex tasks in a distributed fashion\, are fully configurable/accessible to the experimenter\, and can be mapped to brain function across various levels of explanation. This has led to a fruitful research cycle in which biological aspects are integrated into network design\, and the corresponding networks are then tested for their ability to predict neural and behavioural data. This talk will present this emerging approach\, which we call neuroconnectionism\, as a cohesive large-scale research programme centered around ANNs as a computational language for expressing falsifiable theories about brain computation. As a case study\, I will focus on a collaborative effort in which we test the ability of large-language models (LLMs) to provide a good representational format for modelling human visual responses to natural scenes. By running tightly controlled model comparisons\, we demonstrate that recurrent neural networks\, trained to map from pixels to semantic LLM embedding\, provide the current best account of a large-scale\, 7T fMRI dataset (NSD)\, outperforming other supervised as well as unsupervised ANN models. These findings point towards the view that vision may not be optimised for visual categorisation alone\, but instead maps from retinal input into a high-dimensional semantic format that can be captured by contextual learning in language.\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Pietro Jeng on Unsplash. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-tim-kietzmann-university-of-osnabruck-large-language-models-offer-a-rich-representational-format-for-understanding-the-transformation-of-visual-information-in-the-human-bra/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240201T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240201T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20231113T091900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125206Z
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SUMMARY:Stefan Leutgeb\, “Hippocampal Computations in Support of Spatial Navigation and Working Memory”
DESCRIPTION:Stefan Leutgeb is Professor of Neurobiology at University of California San Diego. Currently a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin with his research on neural computations in real brains and in artificial systems. More details to follow.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-stefan-leutgeb-hippocampal-computations-in-support-of-spatial-navigation-and-working-memory/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240125T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240125T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20231209T134720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T125222Z
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SUMMARY:Verena Hafner (Science of Intelligence)\, “Tool Use and Agency in Artificial Systems”
DESCRIPTION:More details to follow.\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI (room 2.057). \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/pi-lecture-with-verena-hafner-tool-use-and-agency-in-artificial-systems/
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240125T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240125T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20240108T132410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T104537Z
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SUMMARY:Oren Forkosh (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)\, "Behavior\, Personality\, and Affective States of Freely Behaving Groups of Mice and Other Animals"
DESCRIPTION:Behavior\, Personality\, and Affective States of Freely Behaving Groups of Mice and Other Animals\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 discuss the interplay between behavior\, personality\, 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. 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\, and even 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. \n—Oren Forkosh is a PI at the Lab for Computational Neuroscience- Behavior\, Personality and Cognition at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Forkosh lab uses machine-learning to understand personality\, behaviour\, hierarchy\, communication\, social learning\, and much more\, in order to make the world happier for animals and people alike. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-oren-forkosh-the-hebrew-university-of-jerusalem-behavior-personality-and-affective-states-of-freely-behaving-groups-of-mice-and-other-animals/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240118T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240118T173000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Richard McElreath\, "The Cultural and Ecological Nature of Intelligence"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nHow do we reconcile the extraordinary success of the human species with the apparent stupidity of people and organizations? How can we understand the transformation of humans from foraging apes to urban clerks\, without any appreciable change in physiology? No one has definitive answers to these questions\, but we begin to answer them by appreciating the ways in which populations think over cultural and ecological time scales.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n  \n Photo by ALAN DE LA CRUZ on Unsplash. \n  \n***Want to attend one of our events? Sign up here.\nTo get regular updates\, subscribe to our mailing list from this page.
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/postponed-distinguished-speaker-series-richard-mcelreath-the-cultural-and-ecological-nature-of-intelligence/
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240118T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240118T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
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SUMMARY:Asieh Daneshi (Science of Intelligence)\, “Behavioral Contagion in Human and Artificial Multi-Agent Systems”
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Asieh will explore the dynamics of decision-making and risk-taking within social contexts and how everyday decisions\, often laden with potential negative outcomes\, are influenced not only by individual judgment but significantly by the surrounding social environment. Her research employs the “Balloon Analogue Risk-Taking” experiment in a controlled setting applying VR-technology in order to investigate the impact of dynamic social interactions on individual risk assessment. Various aspects\, such as the effect of peers on risk perception\, group dynamics in decision-making\, and the influence of social norms on risk-taking behaviors are part of her study. \nBy observing how individuals in a group adapt their decisions based on others’ actions and outcomes\, she aims to understand the balancing act between individual decision-making and group conformity. This research explores decision-making in a constantly changing social environment\, offering new insights into how group dynamics can lead to either more risk-taking or conservative behaviors. The findings promise to enhance our understanding of the complex interplay between personal psychology and group influence. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-asieh-daneshi-behavioral-contagion-in-human-and-artificial-multi-agent-systems/
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231214T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231214T173000
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Laxzarides (Science of Intelligence)\, “Adaptivity in Social Interaction”
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-rebecca-lazarides-2/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231214T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231214T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
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SUMMARY:Aravind Battaje and Vito Mengers\, "Principles at Play: What is Intelligence?"
DESCRIPTION:What is intelligence? We delve into the collaborative efforts at SCIoI\, where we aim to understand intelligence through the identification of commonalities. Inspired by ongoing research and historical parallels\, we present candidate principles\, inviting the audience to contribute insights and discuss their alignment with ongoing projects. This talk marks a step towards refining our understanding of intelligence\, emphasizing the pivotal role principles play in shaping our collective reflections and influencing future research trajectories.\n\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-vito-mengers-project-35-differentiable-interconnected-recursive-estimation-as-a-principle-of-intelligence/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231130T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231130T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T184109
CREATED:20230802T121634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T102810Z
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SUMMARY:Martin Rolfs (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-martin-rolfs/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:PI Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231130T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20231130T110000
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CREATED:20231020T092645Z
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SUMMARY:Eva Wiese (TU Berlin)\, “Social Perception and Attention in Human-Robot Interaction: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Influences”
DESCRIPTION:Eva Wiese is the professor for Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics at TU Berlin. More details to follow.\n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in person at SCIoI. \nPhoto by Possessed Photography on Unsplash\,  \n 
URL:https://www.scienceofintelligence.de/event/thursday-morning-talk-eva-wiese/
LOCATION:MAR 2.057
CATEGORIES:Thursday Morning Talk
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