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PI Lecture Series Models for Feedback -- Cost and Benefits of Simplicity Joerg Raisch, Control Systems Group, TU Berlin Abstract: We'll start with a short introduction to feedback control. I'll emphasise that the systematic design of feedback requires a formal model of the system to be controlled, and that the choice of such a model

PI Lecture Series Marianne Maertens: "How we perceive surfaces"

PI Lecture Series -  "Spatial AI and Event-based Vision" Prof. Dr. Guillermo Gallego Robotic Interactive Perception Group, TU Berlin

PI Lecture Series Abstract: The biological perspective on intelligence is well represented by the following quotes: “Is it not reasonable to anticipate that our understanding of the human mind would be aided greatly by knowing the purpose for which it was designed?” (George Williams) and “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish

The concept of intelligence in cognitive science has been highly elusive. One pragmatic approach to understanding intelligence is to use classical intelligence tests, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). In such tests, performance is assessed in a number of specific subtask items, and the performance across these items is then integrated to an

Henry Shevlin is a research associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (Cambridge). He did his PhD at CUNY Graduate Center in New York with a thesis on "Consciousness, Perception and Short-Term Memory". Link to CV here ABSTRACT: The science of consciousness has made great strides in recent decades, both in the

Winter School Keynote Lecture: Oliver Brock (Cluster Science of Intelligence, TU Berlin) Cluster Speaker Prof. Dr. Oliver Brock will deliver the keynote lecture at this year's Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience. The 9th Winter School "Ethics and Neuroscience is organized by the BCCN Berlin/ICCN and the Berlin School of Mind and Brain. The event is