Steffen Wischmann

2007
Small-scale neural networks and their versatile dynamics for communicative behavior. to be presented at: European Conference in Complex Systems (ECCS'07), Dresden, Germany, October 1, 2007. Cooperation and competition: Neural mechanisms of evolved communication systems. Workshop on the Emergence of Social Behaviour: From Cooperation to Language, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2007. Neurodynamics of cooperation and communication. Neurocybernetics lecture, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany, July 2007. Counteractive niche construction based on an evolutionary change of communication. BCCN - Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, June 2007. The simplicity of sophisticated collective behavior: A robotic perspective on neural mechanisms of communication and cooperation. BCCN - Computational Neuroscience Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, May 2007. From molecules to learning II: Autopoiesis, natural drift, and learning. BCCN - Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, Jan. 2007. From molecules to learning I: Modern theories about evolution. BCCN - Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, Jan. 2007. Darwin and beyond: Modern theories about evolution. CNS lecture, Institute for non-linear dynamics, University of Göttingen, Germany, Jan. 2007.

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2006
Neural codes and spiking models. CNS lecture, Institute for non-linear dynamics, University of Göttingen, Germany, Dec. 2006. Evolutionary development of cooperation: Mechanisms of emergent communication in artificial societies. Interdisciplinary colloquium: Complex systems in in bio- and geoscience. Theoretical Biology Department, University of Bonn, Germany, Nov. 2006. How and why neurons fire. CNS lecture, Institute for non-linear dynamics, University of Göttingen, Germany, Nov. 2006. Intelligence, cognition, and adaptive behavior. CNS lecture, Institute for non-linear dynamics, University of Göttingen, Germany, Oct. 2006. Evolution of cooperative behavior: A united methodology for the development of emergent communication in artificial societies. Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct 2006. The emergence of communication by evolving dynamical systems. 9th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'06), Rome, Italy, Sep. 2006. Synthesis and analysis of artificial life: Suitable tools for the understanding of self-organized, intelligent, and adaptive behavior? BCCN - Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, June 2006. Receptive fields, tuning curves, contrast enhancement, and all that: Classic receptive fields and spatial interactions. BCCN - Computational Neuroscience Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, May 2006. Neural dynamics of minimally cognitive collective behavior in multi-robotic systems. Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany, April 2006. Neural dynamics of minimally cognitive collective behavior in multi-robotic systems. BCCN - Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, Feb. 2006.

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2005
Behavior transitions provided by dynamical features of recurrent neural networks. 2nd European Conference in Complex Systems (ECCS'05), Paris, France, Nov. 2005. Neuronale Dynamiken kollektiven Verhaltens in Multi-Roboter Systemen. 3. Bonner Neuroforum, University of Bonn, Germany, Oct. 2005. (Co)Evolution of (de)centralized neural control for a gravitationally driven machine. 8th European Conference on Artificial Life, Canterbury, UK, Sep. 2005. Synchronization of internal neural rhythms in multi-robotic systems. Active Agents and their Environments as Dynamical Systems Workshop, Canterbury, UK, Sep. 2005. Empirical studies on the reliability of the ENS^3 selection operator and expected parent / offspring ratio for different fitness distributions. Intelligent Dynamics Group - Reflection Hours, Sankt Augustin, Germany, July 2005.

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2004
Simulation, Konstruktion und nicht-linear Kontrolle eingebetteter Systeme. Robotik Diskurs, Fraunhofer Institut for Autonomous Intelligent Systems, Sankt Augustin, Germany, Nov. 2004. From passive to active dynamic 3D bipedal walking - An evolutionary approach. 7th Int. Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR'04), Madrid, Spain, Sep. 2004. Evolution of centralized and decentralized control architectures (RNN's) for the artbot micro.eve. Intelligent Dynamics Group - Reflection Hours, Sankt Augustin, Germany, Aug. 2004. Research activities in AiS.INDY - Overview of selected projects concerning artificial neural networks for robot control. 2nd European School of Neuroengineering, Genova, Italy, Jun. 2004. Evolution of morphology and control for a bipedal walking device. IRIDIA Seminar, Universite libre de bruxelles, Belgium, Jun. 2004.

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