MindTalk: Brain on the brink: Self-organization between chaos and order and the bag of tricks of physics (Prof. Dr. Stefan Bornholdt, 05.06.2023, 16:00-17:30, Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstraße 4/5, Olbers-Saal)
The nerve cells in our head are like little loaded colts: ready to "fire" at any time. Our brain consists of billions of them, connected in a dense signal network. This is stuff for nightmares, because what if the signal fire grows at lightning speed, who stops it? The everyday experience with our brains seems [...]
Science Award 2022 for Startup Ubica Robotics GmbH
The startup Ubica Robotics GmbH, which emerged from the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has received the Science Award endowed with 50,000 euros, in the category "Best Startup". The prize was awarded by the EHI Foundation on June 1, 2022 in Düsseldorf. Since their founding in 2020, Ubica has been developing autonomous scanning robots creating digital twins of [...]
Horst Hahn appointed honorary member of the German Radiological Society (DRG)
Horst Karl Hahn, Director of Fraunhofer MEVIS, was awarded honorary membership of the German Radiology Society (DRG) at the German Radiology Congress (RÖKO). The congress on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology opened with a lecture by Hahn entitled "AI as a lifesaver in the sea of uncertainty?". He discussed [...]
New LabLinking publication: "EEG Correlates of Distractions and Hesitations in Human-Robot Interaction: A LabLinking Pilot Study"
Congratulations to the team of Birte Richter, Felix Putze, Gabriel Ivucic, Mara Brandt, Christian Schütze, Rafael Reisenhofer, Britta Wrede and Tanja Schultz on their new publication on the MMM-funded LabLinking initiative entitled: "EEG Correlates of Distractions and Hesitations in Human-Robot Interaction: A LabLinking Pilot Study" In this paper, the authors provide evidence [...].
New LabLinking Publication: "EEG Correlates of Distractions and Hesitations in Human-Robot Interaction: A LabLinking Pilot Study"
Congratulations to the team of Birte Richter, Felix Putze, Gabriel Ivucic, Mara Brandt, Christian Schütze, Rafael Reisenhofer, Britta Wrede, and Tanja Schultz for their new publication describing the MMM-supported LabLinking initiative entitled: "EEG Correlates of Distractions and Hesitations in Human-Robot Interaction: A LabLinking Pilot Study" In this work, the authors provide a proof-of-concept that our [...]
Student assistant (f/m/d) wanted for the research focus Minds, Media, Machines
To support the research focus Minds, Media, Machines (MMM), we are looking for a dedicated student assistant for approx. 35 hours per month with immediate effect. You can find the job advertisement here.
BBDC 2023: Into the competition with a new structure
On 01.03.2023 the time has finally come: The "Bremen Big Data Challenge" (BBDC) is entering its eighth round! The BBDC is a programming competition on the topic of data analysis. It is sponsored by "JUST ADD AI", "neuland - Büro für Informatik" and "Die Sparkasse Bremen". The BBDC is supported by the Alfred Wegener Institute (Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research), the Science [...]
MindTalk: Aims and limits of behavioral pharmacology (Prof. Dr. Michael Koch, 16.01.2023, 16:00-17:30, Room 2030, Cognium, Hochschulring 18)
Abstract Behavioral Pharmacology takes advantage of the fact that most of the neurons in the central nervous system use chemical messengers (neurotransmitter molecules) to convey "information" in neuronal networks. One of the aims of this discipline is - by experimentally manipulating "key players" in neurotransmission, e.g. enzymes, transporters and receptors and quantifying behavioral changes - [...]
MindTalk: Intervening in the brain of the blind: Challenges and future prospects (Prof. Dr. Eduardo Jover, 12.12.2022, 16:00-17:30, Room 2030, Cognium, Hochschulring 18 )
Abstract Motivated by the success of cochlear implants for deaf patients, our group is developing a cortical visual neuroprosthesis designed to interface with the occipital cortex in order to restore a limited but useful sense of vision to profoundly blind patients. We will review the most important challenges regarding this neuroprosthetic approach and emphasize the need [...]
MindTalk: Using large scale physiology to study the functional organization and dynamics of the mouse visual cortex (Prof. Dr. Saskia de Vries, 05.12.2022, 18:00-19:30, via Zoom)
Abstract An important open question in neuroscience is how sensory information is represented and transformed by circuits in the cortex. To study this we created the Allen Brain Observatory. This open dataset is a large-scale, systematic survey of physiological activity in the awake mouse cortex recorded using 2-photon calcium imaging. It consists of over 63,000 [...]
