SCIoI Alumni

Alex Kacelnik

Principal Investigator

Behavioral Biology

University of Oxford

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Alex Kacelnik

Alex Kacelnik

Photo: SCIoI

Alex Kacelnik FRS is a behavioural ecologist that works on animal behaviour and its underlying psychological mechanisms. His research includes studies of decision making, learning and memory in birds, mammals, insects and other animals. In SCioI he collaborates with Oliver Brock and Alice Auersperg in research on intelligence in cockatoos and its emulation in artificial systems. He is also is a member and promotor of the Oxford-Berlin partnership.

Projects

Alex Kacelnik is member of:

• Project 04: Intelligent kinematic problem solving
• Project 49: Parrobots II

Publications +

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Scientific Talks +

PI Lecture - Alex Kacelnik (University of Oxford): What Are Minds for, and How Do They Work?

Public Engagement +

For the Public - Science of Intelligence Fair 2023

For the Public - Berlin Science Week Talk, Alex Kacelnik and Marc Toussaint: Unsolved Problems in the Study of Intelligence. Learning About Intelligence, From Crows to Robots

For the Public - Berlin Science Week Talk: Alex Kacelnik, Are WE More Like We Think THEY Are, or Are THEY More Like We Think WE Are?

Press Coverage +

Der Tagesspiegel – February 2019 - Robotik und Intelligenzforschung: Kakadus helfen beim Roboterbau

Alex Kacelnik in SCIoI News +

• Penguins in a state of ecstasy: SCIoI researchers use event cameras to shed light on a strange behavior shown by Antarctic penguins

• SCIoI joining CVPR 2024 with one main conference and one workshop paper

• 6 o’clock with SCIoI at the Berlin Science Week

• Alex Kacelnik on birds and what robots can learn from them

• SCIoI in Antarctica! SCIoI collaborated with an Oxford University expedition to observe penguin behavior

Research

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