MindTalks: Machine Listening (Prof. Dr. Haizhou Li)
Abstract The excellence chair Prof. Dr. Haizhou Li will present a research program that aims to design, implement, and verify a biologically inspired auditory attention model for machine listening. The research group applies an anthropomorphic approach to address the challenges of machine listening with the modern paradigm of explainable artificial intelligence. This anthropomorphic approach consists [...]
MindTalks: Towards the detection of physiological processes in neuro-degenerative diseases. (Prof. Dr. Matthias Günther)
Abstract The brain is an important and at the same time fascinating human organ. However, so-called neuro-degenerative diseases pose a massive threat to the performance of this organ. Among many other factors, blood supply plays a major role in this process, and it has been recognized that some of these neuro-degenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's [...]
MindTalks: Primary visual cortex and beyond (Prof. Dr. Dirk Jancke)
Abstract How are neuronal processing delays compensated in primary visual cortex? How are different parameters multiplexed and stimulus traces created at early steps of cortical processing? How plastic is the functional layout of this area and how are natural scenes represented across populations of neurons? I will address these questions from the viewpoint of wide-field [...]
BBDC 2022 award ceremony
We are pleased to announce the award ceremony of the BBDC 2022. This will take place on Friday, May 13, 2022 from 14:00 - 16:00 in the Rotunda in the Cartesium on the campus of the University of Bremen.
MMMIGS Workshop: Statistics
On 18.02., 23.02. and 02.03.2022, each from 14:00-16:00, the Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School (MMMIGS) is organizing a workshop on statistics for doctoral students and postdocs in the research focus Minds, Media, Machines. The workshop will take place online and in English, the software used will be introduced in a preparatory session on February 9, 14:00-15:00. A detailed description of the contents and [...]
ZeMKI PhD Workshop: Cybersecurity
On January 27th, 14:00 - 17:00, the ZeMKI doctoral program is hosting an online workshop on Digital Privacy & Security for doctoral candidates. The workshop will introduce participants to the important question of how they can make their digital environments safer and will be taught online and in English by Dr. Felix Victor Münch who [...]
MindTalks: Computation spike by spike - hardware and wetware (Prof. Dr. Klaus Pawelzik and Prof. Dr. Alberto Garcia-Ortiz)
Abstract Recent advances in machine learning with deep neural networks (DNNs) show impressive performances in solving difficult problems. However, current DNN approaches are still inefficient when compared with their biological counterparts. It appears that evolution has found solutions that are still superior to the current technical implementations. Spiking neural networks (SNN) could offer an alternative [...]
MMMIGS Workshop: Predatory Publishing
The Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School (MMMIGS) is hosting a workshop about predatory publishing for doctoral candidates. The workshop consists of two sessions with a homework assignment in between. The first session takes place online on the 31st of January, 14:00-15:30, and will be held in English. The second session will be scheduled together [...]
MMM Retreat in April 2022
Due to the ongoing pandemic, our MMM retreat has been postponed to April 2022. We hope to be able to hold this event in person. Please mark your calendars for April 22/23 for this event! We would be delighted to welcome many of you to discuss current and future research directions in MMM.
Call for proposals: MMM PI-Seed-Grants
MMM Seed Grants are intended for teams of at least two AGs in MMM. Applications from MMM teams from different disciplines are particularly welcome, but not required. The amount of the MMM Seed Grant for the current call round is up to EUR 38,000 per AG and grant. The deadline for this call for proposals is October 15, 2021. Corresponding submissions [...]
