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Research Unit 1: Synthesizing the principles of intelligence
Photo by Freddy Marschall on Unsplash
Object-level scene descriptions and attention in visual search
©SCIoI/Felix Noak
Capabilities and consequences of recursive, hierarchical information processing in visual systems
Photo by Katharina Hohlbaum
Mouse Lock Box
Copyright Felix Noak
Intelligent kinematic problem solving
Photo by stem.T4L on Unsplash
From understanding learners’ adaptive motivation and emotion to designing social learning companions
Photo by Franziska Süß
Knowledge-augmented face perception
Copyright Olga Wudarczyk
Multimodal Interaction and Communication
Copyright Felix Noak
Anticipation, Prediction and Behavioral Reliability in Social Interactions
Courtesy of Fritz Francisco
Dynamical Collective Adaptation & Learning
A swarm of Golden Shiners. Photo: Sean Fogenburg
Learning of intelligent swarm behavior
Photo by David Bierbach
Developing exploration behavior
Photo by nicole-y-c on Unsplash
The collective dynamics underlying personal and social information integration
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
Ecologically rational strategy selection
Photo by Javi Hoffens on Unsplash
Control models of perceptual stability in active observers
© SCIoI
Understanding learning of mice in social interaction
Matthew T Rader on Unplash
Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in distributed collective decision making
Photo by Jonathan Kemper on Unsplash
Analyzing human physical reasoning and strategy exploration on physical puzzles
Photo by Andy Kelly on Unsplash
Social responsiveness and its effects on learning in human-human and human-robot interaction
Photo by Rodrigo Friscione
Shepherding Behaviour in Predator-Prey Interactions
Photo by James Wainscoat on Unsplash
Weighing personal and social information in cooperative problem solving
Big Mouse Data
Self-Organised Criticality in Animal Collectives
Behavioral contagion in human and artificial multi-agent systems
Mouse Lock Box 2
Parrobots II
Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash
Adaptivity in Learner-Teacher Interaction
Photo by Prince Patel on Unsplash
Navigating the explore-exploit trade off in collective search
Photo by Clint Bustrillos on Unsplash
Evolution of Collective Cognition Through Individual-Level Selection
Research Unit 2 -- The principles of intelligence
Copyright Felix Noak
Architectural design principles for intelligence: Modularity vs Integrity
Photo by
Possessed Photography
on
Unsplash
Differentiable Interconnected Recursive Estimation as a Principle of Intelligence
Research Unit 3 -- Advancing the synthetic components of intelligence
Photo by Nina Z on Unsplash
Efficient multi-task deep learning
Copyright Felix Noak
Dexterous and Sensorized Robotic Hands
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
Learning to manipulate from demonstration (to escape from a room)
Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash
Hierarchical modularized vision system for perception-action loops
Photo by
Steve Johnson
on
Unsplash
Active tracking using bioinspired event-based vision – Towards improving interpretability of individual and collective behavior
Courtesy of Marc Toussaint
Physical manipulation planning with differentiable closed-loop manipulation primitives
Efficient Model Learning from Data with Partially Incorrect Labels
Photo by
Steve Johnson
on
Unsplash
Active tracking using bioinspired event-based vision – Towards improving interpretability of individual and collective behavior
Courtesy of Marc Toussaint
Physical manipulation planning with differentiable closed-loop manipulation primitives
Research Unit 4 -- Sociological and philosopical framing
© scioi
Etami
Copyright Felix Noak
Methodology of the synthetic approach
Photo by Erhan Astam on Unsplash
Ethics of intelligence
Concept of intelligence