News (2015)20 November 2015|ResearchDFG authorizes new collaborative research center involving Knowledge Technology groupPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe German Research Association (DFG) has authorized the new collaborative research center "Cross-modal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction" (TRR 169) involving the Knowledge Technology...7 November 2015|Event"Nacht des Wissens" (Night of Science)Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyAt the 6th "Nacht des Wissens" (Night of Science) over 50 Universities and Institutes showed their research to the public with over 1000 events. The Knowledge Technology group participated with a...29 October 2015|ResearchDoctoral Thesis Defense of Johannes BauerPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyPhD student Johannes Bauer defended his doctoral thesis "One Computer Scientist's (Deep) Superior Colliculus : Modeling, understanding, and learning from a multisensory midbrain structure"...29 September 2015|ResearchKnowledge Technology presents novel research at University of Hamburg booth at IROS 2015Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyFor the three days of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015) the Knowlegde Technology group presented, as one of two research groups from the University of...1 September 2015|ResearchSafer Service Robots: International Research Project LaunchedPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyRobots are no longer used only in industrial environments, but also increasingly in the home – such as a service robot for supporting elderly or persons in need of care. The requirements for these...20 May 2015|InternationalStudy Visit by Students from the Universidad Cartagena, ColumbiaPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyFor three days, fifteen DAAD-sponsored students visited the MIN-Faculty of the University of Hamburg. The programme included visits at the Physics and the Computer Science department. At the Knowledge...23 April 2015|EventKnowledge Technology at the GirlsDayPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe Knowledge Technology group showed results from the Ambient Living Lab where humans can communicate with helpful robots on the Girls Day 2015. This event tries to showcase interesting research to...20 April 2015|InterviewBrazilian TV at the Knowlegde Technology labPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyA team of the Brazilian TV show "Rota da Inovação" visited the Knowledge Technology lab to interview researchers and watch and record some of their work. "Rota da Inovação" reports about innovative...17 April 2015|ResearchDoctoral Thesis Defense of Joni Junpei ZhongPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyPhD student Joni Junpei Zhong defended his doctoral thesis "Artificial Neural Models for Feedback Pathways for Sensorimotor Integration" successfully. Joni was a former PhD student of the RobotDoc...16 April 2015|ResearchTalk from Prof. Cangelosi on Lecture2GoProf. Cangelosi from the University of Plymouth delivered a lecture about "Developmental Robots" at the "Informatik Kolloquium". The lecture is available on Lecture2Go. Prof. Cangelosi visited as well...25 February 2015|EventUnitag 2015Photo: UHH/Knowledge TechnologySven Magg from the Knowledge Technology group gave a talk "Von neuronalen Algorithmen im Gehirn zu helfenden, lernenden Robotern" (From Neural Algorythms in the Brain to Learning and Helping Robots)...15 January 2015|InterviewKnowledge Technology in the ZEIT newspaperPhoto: UHH/Knowledge TechnologyThe German newspaper "DIE ZEIT", one of the most relevant weekly newspapers in Germany, contained a University of Hamburg special page including an article about the Knowledge Technology group. The...