Research Training Group - Research Programme

The Research Training Group Adaptivity is a particular research programme within the PhD programme focusing on the question of adaptivity of cognitive systems, i.e. the ability to cope with new and previously unexperienced situations and develop new skills in the course of this process.

The adaptivity in the external behaviour of cognitive systems seems to correlate systematically with an internal architecture in which sub-symbolic and symbolic data structures interact. The core research target of the Research Training Group is the understanding of the exact relationship between the hybrid structure of cognitive systems and their adaptive behaviour, and the central question is to what extend the adaptivity of cognitive systems can be explained by their hybrid structure. The aim of the programme thus is the interaction of classic models of cognition that rely on the processing of symbolic structures, and more recent approaches that are based on signal processing. (For details see GK_GeneralQuestions.pdf)

Artificial Intelligence

Kai Uwe Kühnberger, Helmar Gust,
Ulf Krumnack

AI 1: Development of a Module for the Modeling of Logical Theories with Neural Networks GK_AI.pdf
AI 2: The Modeling of Non-Classical Logical Theories with Neural Networks
Linguistics

Peter Bosch, Stefan Evert, Alexander Alexejenko, Maria Cieschinger

LIN 1: Polysemy in lexical mental representation GK_LIN.pdf
LIN 2: Definite reference
Neurobiopsychology

Peter König, Ulrich Ansorge, Torsten Betz, Tim Kietzmann

NBP 1:Selection of fixation points under natural conditions GK_NBP.pdf
NBP 2:Interaction of visual attention and linguistic processing
NBP 3: Emergence and adaptation of symbolic representations
Master Project: Selection of fixation points under natural conditions
Philosophy

Achim Stephan, Sven Walter, Miriam Kyselo

PHIL 1:Emotional Adaptations GK_PHIL.pdf
PHIL 2: Affective Intentionality
Psychology

Julius Kuhl, Rainer Düsing, Lucas Eggert

PSY 1: Cognitive correlates of affect-induced alpha-asymmetry GK_PSY.pdf
PSY 2: PDP-Modelling of the measurement of motivation and personality functioning
Master Project: Neural Correlates of Impaired Behavioral Adaptation
Robotics

Joachim Hertzberg,
Jochen Sprickerhof, Martin Günther

ROB 1: Interpretation of Scenes from Sensor Data Based on a Domain Model in Descriptive Logic GK_ROB.pdf
ROB 2: Reinforcement Learning on Abstract State Spaces