Cognitive Sciences Brown Bags

The Cognitive Sciences Brown Bags are a colloquium series that deal with aspects of cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence. They are organized by the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich. The atmosphere is meant to be informal to stimulate discussion and we often serve food and drinks after the talks.
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Contact: Marc Ziegler: mziegler at ifi.unizh.ch
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This is an outlook for the 2007 schedule. Please check this page frequently, as many talks will be announced on short term notice.
Date Time Speaker Title Place Host

09.01. 5.15pm

Prof. Dr. Marcelo Stamm

University of Tasmania, Australia

Intelligence, Mind and Cognition: Topology meets Morphology
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

24.01. 5.15pm

Dr. Uwe Tangen

Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany

From Evolving Software Towards Models of Dynamically Assembled Macro-Molecules
Abstract

AND 2.44


Marc Ziegler

06.02. 5.15pm

Prof. Dr. Riccardo Manzotti

IULM University, Milan, Italy

Externalist Approaches to the Conscious Mind
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

21.03. 5.15pm

Prof. Koh Hosoda

Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University

Anthropomorphic Biped Robots Driven by Antagonistic Artificial Muscles
Abstract

AND 2.06


Gabriel Gomez

30.03. 5.15pm

Dr. Fumiya Iida

Robot Locomotion Group, CSAIL, MIT

Toward Fast, Cheap, and "Under" Control: Dynamic Locomotion of Under-Actuated Systems
Abstract

AND 2.46


Marc Ziegler

02.04. 5.15pm

Prof. Satoshi Murata

Autonomous Decentralized Control Group, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Locomotion of Closed Link Robot with Mechanical Softness
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Shuhei Myashita

03.04. 5.15pm

Prof. Dr. Frank Pasemann

Institut Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme, Germany

Neurodynamics in the Sensory-Motor Loop
Abstract

BIN 2.A.01


Marc Ziegler

17.04. 5.15pm

Prof. Marc Böhlen

University of Buffalo

New Practices for New AI
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

08.05. 5.15pm

Dr. Etienne Collomb

Ishizuka Laboratory, University of Tokyo

Behavior Representation For Autonomous Embodied Agent
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

15.05. 5.15pm

Dr. Peter Brugger

Neuropsychology Unit, Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich

Virtual Realities of Corporeal Awareness: Phantom Limbs and Phantom Bodies
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BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

22.05.

POSTPONED
Prof. Rafael Nunez

Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, USA

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BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

29.05. 5.15pm

Dr. Manfred Hild

Informatik HU-Berlin, Germany

How to get from Interpolated Keyframes to Neural Attractor Landscapes – and why
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

05.06. 5.15pm

Dr. Anil K. Seth

University of Sussex, UK

Causal Networks in Neural Systems: Lessons from Brain-Based Devices
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

13.06. 5.15pm

Prof. Christopher Lueg

University of Tasmania

Towards Understanding the Informational Capacity of Online Communities
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

21.06. 5.15pm

Prof. Alex Waibel

Interactive Systems Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University and Karlsruhe Universität

Computer Enhanced Human-Human Communication and Overcoming the Language Divide
Abstract

BIN 2.A.01


Marc Ziegler

27.06. 5.15pm
Prof. Rafael Nunez
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, USA

The Empirical Study of Spatial Construals of Time
Abstract

BIN 2.A.10


Marc Ziegler

03.07. 5.15pm

Dr. Max Lungarella

University of Tokyo, Japan

On Robotics, Sensorimotor Networks, and Information Structure

AND 2.46


Marc Ziegler

11.07. 5.15pm
Prof. Tatsuo Unemi
Soka University, Japan

Flocking Messengers - A New Communication Tool via Flocking Agents in a Virtual Space
Abstract

AND 2.46


Daniel Bisig

03.09. 5.15pm
Satoshi Kagami, Ph.D.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Bottom-up Approach Towards Humanoid Autonomy
Abstract

AND 2.46


Shuhei Miyashita

07.09. 5.15pm
Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro
Osaka University, Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Japan

From Human likeness to Humanlike presence
Abstract

AND 2.46


Nathan Labhart

13.09. 5.15pm
Masahiro Fujita and Kohtaro Sabe
Intelligent Dynamics Laboratory, Sony Corp.

(1) Introduction and overview of Intelligence Dynamics, (2) Computational Model of Open-ended Learning System : MINDY
Abstract

AND 5.29


Max Lungarella

30.10. 5.15pm
Yon Visell
McGill University, Centre for Intelligent Machines, CIRMMT and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Sensory Interaction Group

Methods for Sensorimotor Human Computer Interaction Design
Abstract

AND 3.46


Marc Ziegler

06.11. 5.15pm
Prof. Helge Ritter
Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Germany

Manual Intelligence - A Basis for Cognitive Interaction?
Abstract

AND 3.46


Marc Ziegler

04.12. 5.15pm
Dr. Martin Hanczyc
European Center for Living Technology, ProtoLife Srl, Italy

Soft Robotics: Autonomous Movement in a Simple Chemical System
Abstract

AND 3.46


Rudolf Füchslin

11.12. 5.15pm
Prof. Tony Prescott
University of Sheffield, Department of Psychology, UK

Computational Ethology of an Active Sense System: Biological and Robotic Investigations of Tactile Perception in the Rat
Abstract

AND 3.46


Marc Ziegler

18.12. 4.15pm
Dr. Rudolf Füchslin
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Biomolecular Information Processing (BioMIP), Germany

Evolving Self-Assembling Scalable Digital Circuitry by Inductive Generalization: Towards Realistic Models
Abstract

AND 3.46


Marc Ziegler

To get an impression of talks held here previously, check out schedules of past semester.