New Challenges in Neural Computation (NC2)

Workshop of the GI-Arbeitskreis Neuronale Netze and the German Neural Network Society in connection to DAGM 2011, Frankfurt

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The workshop takes place at DAGM 2011 on 30.8.2011 in room HZ9 at Campus Westend, Frankfurt University (venue). Registration to the workshop is available via the DAGM 2011 webpage or can be done on site. The registration fee is EUR 60.

Workshop program

The duration of the regular talks is about 15 min each to allow time for discussions.
9:00-9:10 Opening
9:10-10:30 Sparse representation of data
Sven Hellbach1, Christian Vollmer1, Julian P. Eggert2, Horst-Michael Groß1 (1-Ilmenau University of Technology, 2-Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH): Learning Motion Primitives using Spatio-Temporal NMF
Jens Hocke, Thomas Martinetz, Erhardt Barth (University of Lübeck): Image Deconvolution with Sparse Priors
Xibin Zhu, Frank-Michael Schleif, Barbara Hammer (Bielefeld University): Relational Extensions of Learning Vector Quantization
Marika Kästner, Thomas Villmann (University of Applied Sciences Mittweida): Fuzzy Supervised Neural Gas with Sparsity Constraint
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Clustering, Grouping, and Visualization
Oliver Beyer, Philipp Cimiano (Bielefeld University): Online Semi-Supervised Growing Neural Gas
Martin Meier, Robert Haschke, Helge Ritter (Bielefeld University): Hallucinating Image Features to Supplement Perceptual Groups
Wouter Lueks1, Bassam Mokbel2, Michael Biehl1, Barbara Hammer2 (1-University of Groningen, 2-Bielefeld University): How to evaluate Dimensionality Reduction?
12:00-13:00 Keynote talk: Prof. Dr. Marc Toussaint (Machine Learning and Robotics Lab, FU Berlin): Challenges of exploration, learning and goal-directed behavior in relational worlds
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Keynote talk: Prof. Dr. Jochen J. Steil (COR-Lab Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics, Bielefeld University): Neurons Driving Cognitive Robots
15:00-16:00 Dynamic Patterns and Robotics
Michael Glodek, Lutz Bigalke, Günther Palm, Friedhelm Schwenker (University of Ulm): Recognizing Human Activities using a Layered HMM Architecture
Alexandra Barchunova, Jan Moringen, Ulf Grossekathoefer, Robert Haschke, Sven Wachsmuth, Herbert Janssen, Helge Ritter (Bielefeld University): Unsupervised Identification of Object Manipulation Operations from Multimodal Input
Matthias Rolf, Jochen Steil (Bielefeld University): Online Learning in the Loop: Fast Explorative Learning of Inverse Models in High Dimensions
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30 Vision
Johannes Lohmann, Martin V. Butz (University of Würzburg): Learning a Neural Multimodal Body Schema: Linking Vision with Proprioception
Hannes Schulz, Sven Behnke (University of Bonn): Object-Class Segmentation using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
Marco K. Müller, Michael Tremer, Christian Bodenstein, Rolf P. Würtz (University of Bochum): A Spiking Neural Network for Situation-independent Face Recognition
17:30-17:40 Nomination of the best presentation award and closing.
starting from 18:00 Meeting of the German Neural Network Society and the GI Arbeitskreis Neuronale Netze

Proceedings

The workshop proceedings are available online in the series Machine Learning Reports as report 05/11.

Venue

The workshop will take place in room HZ9 at Campus Westend, Frankfurt University (venue). Registration to the workshop is available via the DAGM 2011 webpage or can be done on site. The registration fee is EUR 60.

ENNS The workshop is sponsored by the European Neural Networks Society
Barbara Hammer