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Seminar: Spatial Cognition - Topics

 

Vortragsthemen

  1. Spatial deduction in humans

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Marco Ragni
    Literatur:
    J.-B. van der Henst: Mental model theory versus the inference rule approach in relational reasoning. Thinking and Reasoning, 8: 193-205, 2002 (Pdf)
    R.M.J. Byrne and P.N. Johnson-Laird: Spatial Reasoning. Journal of Memory and Language, 28: 564-575, 1989 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Edgar Oswald
    Kommentator:Melanie Niemann


  2. Neurocognitive basis of spatial deduction

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Marco Ragni
    Literatur:
    M. Ragni, T. Fangmeier, and S. Brüssow: Deductive spatial reasoning: From neurological evidence to a cognitive model. Proc. of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM 2010), 2010 (Pdf)
    T. Fangmeier, M. Knauff, Ch. Ruff, and V. Sloutsky: FMRI evidence for a three-stage model of deductive reasoning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(3): 320-334, 2006. (Pdf)
    J. Prado, J.-B. van der Henst , I.A. Noveck: Recomposing a fragmented literature: how conditional and relational arguments engage different neural systems for deductive reasoning. Neuroimage, 51(3):1213-21, 2010. (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Isabel Leonhardt
    Kommentator:Alexander Schneider


  3. Revision of mental models and relational complexity

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Marco Ragni
    Literatur:
    G.P. Goodwin and P.N. Johnson-Laird: Reasoning about relations. Psychological Review, 112(2): 468-493, 2005 (Pdf)
    R. Rauh, C. Hagen, M. Knauff, T. Kuß, C. Schlieder, and G. Strube: From preferred to alternative mental models in spatial reasoning. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 5: 239-269, 2005 (Pdf)
    G. Jahn, M. Knauff, and P.N. Johnson-Laird: Preferred mental models in spatial reasoning. Proc. of the 27th Annual Cognitive Science Conference, 2005 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Alexander Schneider
    Kommentator:Edgar Oswald


  4. Planning in spatial puzzles

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Marco Ragni
    Literatur:
    J.R. Anderson, M.V. Albert, and J.M. Fincham: Tracing Problem Solving in Real Time: fMRI Analysis of the subject-paced Tower of Hanoi. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17(8): 1261-1274, 2005 (Pdf)
    E. Fimbel, S. Lauzon, and C. Rainville: Performance of Humans vs. Exploration Algorithms on the Tower of London Test. PLoS ONE 4(9), 2009 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Melanie Niemann
    Kommentator:Philip Stahl


  5. Desert ant navigation: A case study

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Marco Ragni
    Literatur:
    R. Wehner: Desert ant navigation: How miniature brains solve complex tasks. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2003 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Jonas Sternisko
    Kommentator:Denis Stier


  6. Cognitive maps

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Marco Ragni
    Literatur:
    E.C. Tolman, Cognitive maps in rats and men. The Psychological Review, 55(4): 189-208, 1948 (Pdf)
    R. G. M. Morris, P. Garrud, J.N.P. Rawlins, and J. O'Keefe: Place navigation impaired in rats with hippocampal lesions. Nature, 297: 681-683, 1982 (Pdf)
    S. Talwar, S. Xu, E. Hawley, S. Weiss, K. Moxont, and J. Chapin Rat navigation guided by remote control. Brief Communications, Nature, 417: 37-38, 2002 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Christopher Dorner
    Kommentator:Matthias Frorath


  7. Path selection behavior in rats

    Betreuer: Dr. Stefan Wölfl
    Literatur:
    L. Gerstmayr, H.A. Mallot, and J.M. Wiener: A minimalistic model of visually guided obstacle avoidance and path selection behavior. In C. Freksa et al. (eds.): Spatial Cognition VI, pp. 87-103, 2008 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Sabine Frauenhoffer
    Kommentator:Andreas Hertle


  8. Qualitative spatial reasoning

    Betreuer: Dr. Stefan Wölfl
    Literatur:
    A.G. Cohn and J. Renz: Qualitative spatial representation and reasoning. In: F. Harmelen, V. Lifschitz and B. Porter (eds.), Handbook of Knowledge Representation, Elsevier, 2007 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):NN
    Kommentator:NN


  9. Learning activities from video

    Betreuer: Dr. Stefan Wölfl
    Literatur:
    M. Sridhar, A.G. Cohn, and D.C. Hogg: Unsupervised learning of event classes from video. Proc. of AAAI 2010, pp. 1631-1638, 2010. (Pdf)
    M. Sridhar, A.G. Cohn, and D.C. Hogg: Learning functional object-categories from a relational spatio-temporal representation. Proc. of ECAI 2008, pp. 606-610, 2008 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Denis Stier
    Kommentator:Andreas Bühl


  10. Spatial information in shadows

    Betreuer: Dr. Stefan Wölfl
    Literatur:
    P. Santos, H.M. Dee, and V. Fenelon: Qualitative robot localisation using information from cast shadows. Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 220-225, 2009 Proc. of ECAI 2008, pp. 606-610, 2008 (Pdf)
    R. Casati: The shadow knows. A primer on the informational structure of cast shadows. Perception, 33(11): 1385-1396, 2004 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Daniel Frey
    Kommentator:Sabine Frauenhoffer


  11. Turn directions in navigation

    Betreuer: Dr. Stefan Wölfl
    Literatur:
    A. Klippel and D.R. Montello: Linguistic and nonlinguistic turn direction concepts. Proc. of COSIT '07, pp. 354-372, 2007 (Pdf)
    D.R. Montello: Navigation. In: P. Shah and A. Miyake, The Cambridge Handbook of Visuospatial Thinking, pp. 257-294, 2005 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Matthias Frorath
    Kommentator:Christopher Dorner


  12. Landmarks in routing instructions

    Betreuer: Dr. Stefan Wölfl
    Literatur:
    M. Duckham, S. Winter, and M. Robinson: Including landmarks in routing instructions. Journal of Location-Based Services, 4(1), 28-52, 2010 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Jendrik Seipp
    Kommentator:Stefan Osswald


  13. Multi-modal semantic place classification

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard
    Literatur:
    A. Pronobis, O. M. Mozos, B. Caputo, and P. Jensfelt: Multi-modal semantic place classification. The International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on Robotic Vision, 29(2-3): 298-320, 2010 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Jan Wülfing
    Kommentator:Mario Schommer


  14. From images to human concepts of rooms

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard
    Literatur:
    Z. Zivkovic, O. Booij , and B. Kröse: From images to rooms. Robotic and Autonomous Systems, 55(5): 411-418, 2007 (Pdf)
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    Referent(-in):Stefan Osswald
    Kommentator:Jendrik Seipp


  15. Scene descriptions in urban environments

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard
    Literatur:
    I. Posner, D. Schröter, and P. Newman: Online generation of scene descriptions in urban environments. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 56(11): 901-914, 2008 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Andreas Bühl
    Kommentator:Jan Wülfing


  16. Philosophical Robotics

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard
    Literatur:
    A. Sloman: Cross-disciplinary reflections: Philosophical robotics. In: H.I. Christensen, A. Sloman, G-J. Kruijff & J. Wyatt (eds.), Cognitive Systems, pp. 447-492, 2010 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Philip Stahl
    Kommentator:Isabel Leonhardt


  17. A decision-theoretic model for human-robot interaction

    Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard
    Literatur:
    F. Doshi and N. Roy: Spoken language interaction with model uncertainty: An adaptive human-robot interaction system. Connection Science, 20(4): 299-319, 2008 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Mario Schommer
    Kommentator:Jost Tobias Springenberg


  18. In what space do humans learn how to reach?

    Betreuer: Dr. Jan Peters
    Literatur:
    M. Mistry: Resolving kinematic redundancy in human reaching. Chapter 2 of The Representation, Learning, and Control of Dexterous Motor Skills in Humans and Humanoid Robots. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Southern California, 2009 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Andreas Hertle
    Kommentator:Daniel Frey


  19. How can robots operate in many different task spaces?

    Betreuer: Dr. Jan Peters
    Literatur:
    L. Sentis: Compliant control of whole-body multi-contact behaviors in humanoid robots. In Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots, 2009 (Pdf)
    L. Sentis and O. Khatib: Control of free-floating humanoid robots through task prioritization. Proc. of the International Conference in Robotics and Automation, 2005 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):Jost Tobias Springenberg
    Kommentator:Jonas Sternisko


  20. Robotics-based synthesis of human motion

    Betreuer: Dr. Jan Peters
    Literatur:
    O. Khatib, E. Demircan, V. DeSapio, L. Sentis, T. Besier, and S. Delp: Robotics-based synthesis of human motion. Journal of Biomechanics, 2009 (Pdf)
    Referent(-in):NN
    Kommentator:NN