Distinguished Speaker Series

John Tsotsos (York University), “Attentional Mechanisms Bridge Seeing to Looking”

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

David Marr wrote 'What does it mean, to see? The plain man's answer (and Aristotle's, too) would be, to know what is where by looking'. Modern vision science has moved beyond Aristotle's view as well as Marr's, although it certainly would not have advanced without the influence of both. Seeing and Looking are different and

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Michael Brecht (BCCN Berlin) and Yasemin Vardar (Delft University of Technology), “Active Touch”

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

Moe details to follow. This talk is part of course Olga Shurygina's course "Active Sensing," a seminar on cutting-edge research on active sensory perception in humans and other mammals and realted advances in artificial agents' abilities such as seeing, grasping, and navigating in space.   Photo created with DALL-E by Maria Ott.

Distinguished Speaker Series

Dario Floreano (EPFL)

SCIoI, Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin, Room 2.057

More details to follow.   Photo created with DALL-E by Maria Ott.

For the Public

LNDW 2025/RBO & SCIoI: Hands-On with the Future: Control a Soft Robotic Hand!

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: RBO Lab (5th floor) Time: At regular intervals between 5:30 and 10pm Event Type:  Experiment By Alexander Koenig Language: English and German Suitable for kids: Yes, from 5 Website: www.tu.berlin/en/robotics Did you ever wonder what it feels like to control a robotic hand? At the Robotics and Biology Lab you can see, touch and

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LNDW 2025/SCIoI Open Labs: Smart swarms – How mathematics helps to understand swarm behavior and collective intelligence

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: SCIoI, TU MAR building Room 2.013 Time: at 5:45 and 6:45pm (duration: 30 mins) Event Type: Talk By Prof. Pawel Romanczuk Language: English and German Suitable for kids: No This exciting lecture is meant to give a short intro to collective intelligence, and can also serve as an introduction to the CoBe experiments you

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LNDW 2025/SCIoI Open Labs: Become a swordfish and chase virtual fish in a mixed reality game

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: Showroom, SCIoI, TU MAR building Room 2.034 Time: At regular intervals from 5:30 to 10pm By David Mezey and Palina Bartashevich Language: English Suitable for kids: Yes (only with parental supervision 5+) Description: Visitors can dive into the world of collective intelligence by becoming a marlin (a large swordfish) and chasing a swarm of

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LNDW 2025/SCIoI Open Labs: How group structure shapes the spread of behavior

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: Showroom, SCIoI, TU MAR building Room 2.034 Time: At regular intervals from 5:30 to 10pm By Maryam Karimian Language: English Suitable for kids: No This demo showcases simulation results that illustrate how group size and density influence the spread of behavior by systematically manipulating these factors and evaluating their impact on contagion dynamics. Check

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LNDW 2025/SCIoI Open Labs: Explore Vision Science & Create Art with Your Eyes!

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: Dark Lab (Room 2.008) Time: regular intervals between 5:30 and 10pm Event Type:  Experiment By Ole Hall, Julie Ouerfelli-Ethier, and Qu Runfeng Language: English, German, French Suitable for kids: Yes, from 5 The SCIoI Vision Lab is opening its doors to the public! Join us for a unique experience. Discover Eye Tracking – Live demonstrations will

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LNDW 2025/RBO & SCIoI: Feeling Without Seeing

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: RBO Lab (5th floor) Time: regular intervals between 5:30 and 10pm Event Type: Experiment By Furkan Davulcu Language: English Suitable for kids: Yes, from 5 Website: www.tu.berlin/en/robotics How do you recognize objects just by touch? Our amazing soft robotic hand can do it too! Fitted with special sensors in its squishy fingers, it feels

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LNDW 2025/RBO & SCIoI: Robot Plays Escape Room

SCIoI, MAR Building Marchstr. 23, Berlin

Where: RBO Lab (5th floor) Time: at regular intervals between 5:30 and 10pm Event Type:  Demonstration By Paul Xu Pu Language: English Suitable for kids: Yes, from 5 Website: www.tu.berlin/en/robotics Do you know our robot can play the escape room game? Join us to explore how we build intelligent systems by combining various abilities. Watch

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Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025, Excellent Pub Quiz

Fahimi bar Skalitzer Str. 133, Berlin, Germany

Dive into the wonderful world of research of the seven Berlin Clusters of Excellence: from literature to chemistry, from politics to AI, you and your team can find answers for exciting and surprising questions from the clusters’ research areas. So seek fellows and think of your team name! As part of the Langen Nacht der