Cognitive technical systems require sensory devices to measure specific properties of the physical world and to interact successfully with their environment. For autonomous systems such information processing capabilities are constrained by, e.g., efficiency and storage requirements. Sparse and energy efficient representations and processing architectures can solve such problems. For example, event-based cameras build part of a sensory front-end while sparse representations in neuromorphic architectures define the basis for later interpretation of the data. New approaches to the learning of sparse event-based sensory representations will be investigated to allow learning and adaptation of sensory representations for task specific sensory control.
In this dissertation project algorithms for sensory cognition will be investigated to support tasks like object recognition or spatial navigation. Such mechanisms will be specified, implemented and evaluated in scenarios of efficient computation and un-der limited energy resources. A special focus will be placed on learning and adaptation to complex real-world conditions as in, e.g., scenarios of robotic sensing and interaction. Energy restrictions will be taken into account by utilizing suitable plat-forms for neuromorphic computing.
Supervisor and assignment
Direct supervisor
Prof. Dr. Heiko Neumann, Institute of Neural Information Processing, Ulm University
Tandem partner
Prof. Dr. Christian Schlegel, Institute of Computer Science (real-time systems, service robotics), Ulm University of Applied Sciences
Expert advisors
Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert, Institute of Databases and Information Systems, Ulm University
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Bartneck, Production Engineering and Production Economics Department, Ulm University of Applied Sciences
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Applications:
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service robotics
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For questions regarding the Post Graduate School of Ulm University and Ulm University of Applied Sciences, "Cognitive Computing in Socio-Technical Systems", please contact the project leaders Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert and Prof. Dr. Christian Schlegel.
Project leaders
Prof. Dr. Christian Schlegel
Ulm University of Applied Sciences
Department of Computer Science
Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert
Ulm University
Institute of Databases and Information Systems
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