6 o’clock with SCIoI at the Berlin Science Week
With its 10 days of exciting conferences and talks, the Berlin Science Week is quickly approaching on 1–10 November. This year, SCIoI will participate with a series of five Zoom talks called 6 o’clock with SCIoI. In the first talk on 4 November, our PI Alex Kacelnik (University of Oxford) will take us on a fascinating
Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2020
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Robofish helps unravel the collective patterns of animal groups
You want to be a leader? You've got to be fast! The spectacular and complex visual patterns created by animal groups moving together have fascinated humans since the beginning of time. Think of the highly synchronized movements of a flock of starlings, or the circular motion of a school of barracudas. Using state-of-the-art robotics, a research team
The SCIoI Scientific Networking Days
SCIoI's Scientific Networking Days are coming up – and will take place online this year. Establishing scientific connections with other researchers is an important aspect of scientific research, and this year our summer retreat will be a chance for all SCIoI members not only to present their projects to the rest of the cluster, but also to
ERC Consolidator Grant for Martin Rolfs
SCIoI faculty member and PI Martin Rolfs (HU Berlin) is among the 301 outstanding researchers across Europe who were awarded one of the distinguished grants. Today, the European Research Council (ERC) published the names of the winners of the 2019 Consolidator Grants. In total, these grants are worth 600 million euro. The ERC grants are among the highest endowed
Podcast interview with Prof. Oliver Brock
This week, SCIoI cluster speaker Professor Oliver Brock guested the Soft Robotics Podcast The podcast invites guests from academia and industry who discuss their latest research and the challenges that face soft robotics in the academic and industrial worlds. Host Marwa ElDiwiny spoke to SCIoI cluster speaker Professor Oliver Brock about the hype of using AI in robotics research to reproducibility problems
Early notice: Call for applications
6 PhD and 5 Postdoc positions Cross-disciplinary research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, control, robotics, computer vision, behavioral biology, cognitive science, psychology, educational science, neuroscience, and philosophy. Starting dates: Summer / Fall 2020 Duration: 3 years Salary level: TV-L 13, 100% What are the principles of intelligence, shared by all forms of intelligence, no matter whether artificial or biological, whether robot,
Safer side by side
When in danger, fish orient themselves by the reaction of the swarm. International study on swarm intelligence By: Boris Nitzsche In the event of danger, fish schools react at lightning speed and move closer together. While the behavior of individuals under changing environmental influences has already been well researched, the reactions of schools still pose a puzzle. A recent study
Animal Welfare Award for Katharina Hohlbaum
Photo: Dr. Tobias Ripp SCIoI Postdoc Katharina Hohlbaum awarded with Dr. Wilma von Düring Research Prize 2019 On 25 June 2019, SCIoI postdoctoral researcher, Katharina Hohlbaum received the Dr. Wilma von Düring Research Prize for her doctoral thesis “Severity assessment of repeated anesthesia in mice—an objective investigation of animal-based indicators of well-being” (Beurteilung des Schweregrades von wiederholten Narkosen
Teaching Award for Christa Thöne-Reineke
Foto: Patricia Kalisch, www.patriciakalisch.de Teaching Award for SCIoI Faculty member Christa Thöne-Reineke On 6 June, Prof. Dr. Christa Thöne-Reineke was awarded the Freie Universität Teaching prize 2018 for her course "Of Pigs and People” (“Das Schwein und der Mensch”). The teaching project was conceived to raise awareness among prospective veterinarians, biologists and chemists on socially relevant issues in