Markus Olhofer, Thomas Bihrer, Stefan Menzel, Michael Fischer, Bernhard Sendhoff , "Evolutionary Optimisation of an Exhaust Flow Element with Free Form Deformation", Simulation for Innovative Design, Proceedings of the 4th EASC - 2009 European Automotive Simulation Conference, pp. 163-174, 2009.
Thomas Michalke , "Task-Dependent Scene Interpretation in Driver Assistance", TU Darmstadt, 2009.
Ben Jones, Yaochu Jin, Bernhard Sendhoff, Xin Yao , "The evolutionary emergence of neural organization in a hydra-like animat", The Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, 2009.
Claudius Gläser, Frank Joublin, Christian Goerick , "Intrinsically Regulated Self-Organization of Topologically Ordered Neural Maps", Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. Conference Abstract: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, 2009.
AbstractDynamic field theory models the spatio-temporal evolution of activity within the cortex and has been successfully applied in various domains. However, the development of dynamic neural fields (DNFs) is only rarely explored. This is due to the fact that DNFs are sensible to the right balance between excitation and inhibition within the fields. Small changes to this balance will result in runaway excitation or quiescence. Consequently, learning mos...
Christian Lang, Marc Hanheide, Manja Lohse, Heiko Wersing, Gerhard Sagerer , "Feedback Interpretation based on Facial Expressions in Human-Robot Interaction", Proc. IEEE RO-MAN, 2009.
AbstractIn everyday conversation besides speech people also communicate by means of nonverbal cues. Facial expressions are one important cue, as they can provide useful information about the conversation, for instance whether the interlocutor seems to understand or appears to be puzzled. Similarly, in human–robot interaction they also give feedback about the interaction situation. We present a Wizard of Oz user study in an object teaching scenario where ...
Martijn Meeter, Rob Veldkampf, Yaochu Jin , "Multiple memory stores and operant conditioning: A rationale for memory's complexity", Brain and Cognition, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 200–208, 2009.
Florian Röhrbein, Julian Eggert, Edgar Körner , "Child-friendly divorcing: Incremental Hierarchy Learning in Bayesian Networks", Proceedings of the 2009 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2009.
AbstractThe autonomous learning of concept hierarchies is still a matter of research. Here we present a learning schema for Bayesian networks which results in a nested structure of sub- and superclass relationships. It is based on so-called parent divorcing but exploits the similarity of all nodes involved as expressed by their connectivity pattern. If the procedure is applied to simple object-property pairings a nested taxonomic hierarchy emerges. We fu...
Benjamin Dittes, Alexander Gepperth, Antonello Ceravola, Jannik Fritsch, Christian Goerick , "Self-management for neural dynamics in brain-like information processing", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications, 2009.
AbstractNeural dynamics coupled by adaptive synaptic information transmission provide a very powerful tool for biologically inspired visual processing systems[4]. Currently, progress is limited by the computing time needed to evaluate the underlying equations and by the high number of parameters necessary to tune to achieve the desired system performance. In this contribution we apply Autonomic Computing techniques to overcome these limitations. We appro...
Miguel Vaz , "Developmentally inspired computational framework for embodied speech imitation", Universidade do Minho, Escola de Engenharia, 2009.
AbstractThis thesis is concerned with the autonomous acquisition of speech production skills by a robotic system. The acquisition should occur in interaction with a human tutor, making little or no assumptions on the vocabulary and language of interaction. A particular target embodiment of the acquisition framework presented in this thesis is the humanoid robot Asimo. Because of its size, and the little knowledge of the world it possesses, a child’s voic...
Yaochu Jin, Robin Gruna, Bernhard Sendhoff , "Pareto Analysis of Evolutionary and Learning Systems", Frontiers of Computer Science in China, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 4–17, 2009.