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In Brain-Computer Interfaces: Lab Experiments to Real-World Applications, 228(Supplement C):221-239, 8, Progress in Brain Research, (Editors: Damien Coyle), Elsevier, 2016 (incollection)

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ei Hohmann, M., Fomina, T., Jayaram, V., Widmann, N., Förster, C., Just, J., Synofzik, M., Schölkopf, B., Schöls, L., Grosse-Wentrup, M. A cognitive brain–computer interface for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis In Brain-Computer Interfaces: Lab Experiments to Real-World Applications, 228(Supplement C):221-239, 8, Progress in Brain Research, (Editors: Damien Coyle), Elsevier, 2016 (incollection)

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Hierarchical Relative Entropy Policy Search

Daniel, C., Neumann, G., Kroemer, O., Peters, J.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(93):1-50, 2016 (article)

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ei Daniel, C., Neumann, G., Kroemer, O., Peters, J. Hierarchical Relative Entropy Policy Search Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(93):1-50, 2016 (article)

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Tractable Structured Prediction using the Permutohedral Lattice

Kiefel, M.

ETH Zurich, 2016 (phdthesis)

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ei Kiefel, M. Tractable Structured Prediction using the Permutohedral Lattice ETH Zurich, 2016 (phdthesis)

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Kernel Mean Shrinkage Estimators

Muandet, K., Sriperumbudur, B., Fukumizu, K., Gretton, A., Schölkopf, B.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(48):1-41, 2016 (article)

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ei Muandet, K., Sriperumbudur, B., Fukumizu, K., Gretton, A., Schölkopf, B. Kernel Mean Shrinkage Estimators Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(48):1-41, 2016 (article)

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Learning to Deblur

Schuler, C. J., Hirsch, M., Harmeling, S., Schölkopf, B.

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 38(7):1439-1451, IEEE, 2016 (article)

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ei Schuler, C. J., Hirsch, M., Harmeling, S., Schölkopf, B. Learning to Deblur IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 38(7):1439-1451, IEEE, 2016 (article)

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Transfer Learning in Brain-Computer Interfaces

Jayaram, V., Alamgir, M., Altun, Y., Schölkopf, B., Grosse-Wentrup, M.

IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 11(1):20-31, 2016 (article)

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ei Jayaram, V., Alamgir, M., Altun, Y., Schölkopf, B., Grosse-Wentrup, M. Transfer Learning in Brain-Computer Interfaces IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 11(1):20-31, 2016 (article)

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MERLiN: Mixture Effect Recovery in Linear Networks

Weichwald, S., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Gretton, A.

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 10(7):1254-1266, 2016 (article)

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ei Weichwald, S., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Gretton, A. MERLiN: Mixture Effect Recovery in Linear Networks IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 10(7):1254-1266, 2016 (article)

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Causal inference using invariant prediction: identification and confidence intervals

Peters, J., Bühlmann, P., Meinshausen, N.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology), 78(5):947-1012, 2016, (with discussion) (article)

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ei Peters, J., Bühlmann, P., Meinshausen, N. Causal inference using invariant prediction: identification and confidence intervals Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology), 78(5):947-1012, 2016, (with discussion) (article)

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Causal discovery and inference: concepts and recent methodological advances

Spirtes, P., Zhang, K.

Applied Informatics, 3(3):1-28, 2016 (article)

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ei Spirtes, P., Zhang, K. Causal discovery and inference: concepts and recent methodological advances Applied Informatics, 3(3):1-28, 2016 (article)

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Self-regulation of brain rhythms in the precuneus: a novel BCI paradigm for patients with ALS

Fomina, T., Lohmann, G., Erb, M., Ethofer, T., Schölkopf, B., Grosse-Wentrup, M.

Journal of Neural Engineering, 13(6):066021, 2016 (article)

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ei Fomina, T., Lohmann, G., Erb, M., Ethofer, T., Schölkopf, B., Grosse-Wentrup, M. Self-regulation of brain rhythms in the precuneus: a novel BCI paradigm for patients with ALS Journal of Neural Engineering, 13(6):066021, 2016 (article)

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Influence Estimation and Maximization in Continuous-Time Diffusion Networks

Gomez-Rodriguez, M., Song, L., Du, N., Zha, H., Schölkopf, B.

ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 34(2):9:1-9:33, 2016 (article)

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ei Gomez-Rodriguez, M., Song, L., Du, N., Zha, H., Schölkopf, B. Influence Estimation and Maximization in Continuous-Time Diffusion Networks ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 34(2):9:1-9:33, 2016 (article)

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Can Modular Finger Control for In-Hand Object Stabilization be accomplished by Independent Tactile Feedback Control Laws?

Veiga, F., Peters, J.

2016 (misc)

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ei Veiga, F., Peters, J. Can Modular Finger Control for In-Hand Object Stabilization be accomplished by Independent Tactile Feedback Control Laws? 2016 (misc)

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Modeling Variability of Musculoskeletal Systems with Heteroscedastic Gaussian Processes

Büchler, D., Calandra, R., Peters, J.

Workshop on Neurorobotics, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2016 (conference)

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am ei Büchler, D., Calandra, R., Peters, J. Modeling Variability of Musculoskeletal Systems with Heteroscedastic Gaussian Processes Workshop on Neurorobotics, Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2016 (conference)

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The population of long-period transiting exoplanets

Foreman-Mackey, D., Morton, T. D., Hogg, D. W., Agol, E., Schölkopf, B.

The Astronomical Journal, 152(6):206, 2016 (article)

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ei Foreman-Mackey, D., Morton, T. D., Hogg, D. W., Agol, E., Schölkopf, B. The population of long-period transiting exoplanets The Astronomical Journal, 152(6):206, 2016 (article)

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Statistical source separation of rhythmic LFP patterns during sharp wave ripples in the macaque hippocampus

Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M.

47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience), 2016 (poster)

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ei Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M. Statistical source separation of rhythmic LFP patterns during sharp wave ripples in the macaque hippocampus 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience), 2016 (poster)

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Screening Rules for Convex Problems

Raj, A., Olbrich, J., Gärtner, B., Schölkopf, B., Jaggi, M.

2016 (unpublished) Submitted

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ei Raj, A., Olbrich, J., Gärtner, B., Schölkopf, B., Jaggi, M. Screening Rules for Convex Problems 2016 (unpublished) Submitted

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An overview of quantitative approaches in Gestalt perception

Jäkel, F., Singh, M., Wichmann, F. A., Herzog, M. H.

Vision Research, 126, pages: 3-8, 2016 (article)

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ei Jäkel, F., Singh, M., Wichmann, F. A., Herzog, M. H. An overview of quantitative approaches in Gestalt perception Vision Research, 126, pages: 3-8, 2016 (article)

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Causal and statistical learning

Schölkopf, B., Janzing, D., Lopez-Paz, D.

Oberwolfach Reports, 13(3):1896-1899, (Editors: A. Christmann and K. Jetter and S. Smale and D.-X. Zhou), 2016 (conference)

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ei Schölkopf, B., Janzing, D., Lopez-Paz, D. Causal and statistical learning Oberwolfach Reports, 13(3):1896-1899, (Editors: A. Christmann and K. Jetter and S. Smale and D.-X. Zhou), 2016 (conference)

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Bootstrat: Population Informed Bootstrapping for Rare Variant Tests

Huang, H., Peloso, G. M., Howrigan, D., Rakitsch, B., Simon-Gabriel, C. J., Goldstein, J. I., Daly, M. J., Borgwardt, K., Neale, B. M.

bioRxiv, 2016, preprint (article)

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ei Huang, H., Peloso, G. M., Howrigan, D., Rakitsch, B., Simon-Gabriel, C. J., Goldstein, J. I., Daly, M. J., Borgwardt, K., Neale, B. M. Bootstrat: Population Informed Bootstrapping for Rare Variant Tests bioRxiv, 2016, preprint (article)

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Probabilistic Movement Models Show that Postural Control Precedes and Predicts Volitional Motor Control

Rueckert, E., Camernik, J., Peters, J., Babic, J.

Nature PG: Scientific Reports, 6(Article number: 28455), 2016 (article)

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ei Rueckert, E., Camernik, J., Peters, J., Babic, J. Probabilistic Movement Models Show that Postural Control Precedes and Predicts Volitional Motor Control Nature PG: Scientific Reports, 6(Article number: 28455), 2016 (article)

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Distinguishing cause from effect using observational data: methods and benchmarks

Mooij, J., Peters, J., Janzing, D., Zscheischler, J., Schölkopf, B.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(32):1-102, 2016 (article)

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ei Mooij, J., Peters, J., Janzing, D., Zscheischler, J., Schölkopf, B. Distinguishing cause from effect using observational data: methods and benchmarks Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(32):1-102, 2016 (article)

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Learning Taxonomy Adaptation in Large-scale Classification

Babbar, R., Partalas, I., Gaussier, E., Amini, M., Amblard, C.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(98):1-37, 2016 (article)

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ei Babbar, R., Partalas, I., Gaussier, E., Amini, M., Amblard, C. Learning Taxonomy Adaptation in Large-scale Classification Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(98):1-37, 2016 (article)

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Algorithmic independence of initial condition and dynamical law in thermodynamics and causal inference

Janzing, D., Chaves, R., Schölkopf, B.

New Journal of Phyiscs, 18(9):093052, 2016 (article)

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ei Janzing, D., Chaves, R., Schölkopf, B. Algorithmic independence of initial condition and dynamical law in thermodynamics and causal inference New Journal of Phyiscs, 18(9):093052, 2016 (article)

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Hippocampal neural events predict ongoing brain-wide BOLD activity

Besserve, M., Logothetis, N. K.

47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience), 2016 (poster)

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ei Besserve, M., Logothetis, N. K. Hippocampal neural events predict ongoing brain-wide BOLD activity 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience), 2016 (poster)

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BOiS—Berlin Object in Scene Database: Controlled Photographic Images for Visual Search Experiments with Quantified Contextual Priors

Mohr, J., Seyfarth, J., Lueschow, A., Weber, J. E., Wichmann, F. A., Obermayer, K.

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 (article)

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ei Mohr, J., Seyfarth, J., Lueschow, A., Weber, J. E., Wichmann, F. A., Obermayer, K. BOiS—Berlin Object in Scene Database: Controlled Photographic Images for Visual Search Experiments with Quantified Contextual Priors Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 (article)

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Preface to the ACM TIST Special Issue on Causal Discovery and Inference

Zhang, K., Li, J., Bareinboim, E., Schölkopf, B., Pearl, J.

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technologies, 7(2):article no. 17, 2016 (article)

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ei Zhang, K., Li, J., Bareinboim, E., Schölkopf, B., Pearl, J. Preface to the ACM TIST Special Issue on Causal Discovery and Inference ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technologies, 7(2):article no. 17, 2016 (article)

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Recurrent Spiking Networks Solve Planning Tasks

Rueckert, E., Kappel, D., Tanneberg, D., Pecevski, D., Peters, J.

Nature PG: Scientific Reports, 6(Article number: 21142), 2016 (article)

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ei Rueckert, E., Kappel, D., Tanneberg, D., Pecevski, D., Peters, J. Recurrent Spiking Networks Solve Planning Tasks Nature PG: Scientific Reports, 6(Article number: 21142), 2016 (article)

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Bio-inspired feedback-circuit implementation of discrete, free energy optimizing, winner-take-all computations

Genewein, T, Braun, DA

Biological Cybernetics, 110(2):135–150, June 2016 (article)

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Bayesian inference and bounded rational decision-making require the accumulation of evidence or utility, respectively, to transform a prior belief or strategy into a posterior probability distribution over hypotheses or actions. Crucially, this process cannot be simply realized by independent integrators, since the different hypotheses and actions also compete with each other. In continuous time, this competitive integration process can be described by a special case of the replicator equation. Here we investigate simple analog electric circuits that implement the underlying differential equation under the constraint that we only permit a limited set of building blocks that we regard as biologically interpretable, such as capacitors, resistors, voltage-dependent conductances and voltage- or current-controlled current and voltage sources. The appeal of these circuits is that they intrinsically perform normalization without requiring an explicit divisive normalization. However, even in idealized simulations, we find that these circuits are very sensitive to internal noise as they accumulate error over time. We discuss in how far neural circuits could implement these operations that might provide a generic competitive principle underlying both perception and action.

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ei Genewein, T, Braun, DA Bio-inspired feedback-circuit implementation of discrete, free energy optimizing, winner-take-all computations Biological Cybernetics, 110(2):135–150, June 2016 (article)

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Decision-Making under Ambiguity Is Modulated by Visual Framing, but Not by Motor vs. Non-Motor Context: Experiments and an Information-Theoretic Ambiguity Model

Grau-Moya, J, Ortega, PA, Braun, DA

PLoS ONE, 11(4):1-21, April 2016 (article)

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A number of recent studies have investigated differences in human choice behavior depending on task framing, especially comparing economic decision-making to choice behavior in equivalent sensorimotor tasks. Here we test whether decision-making under ambiguity exhibits effects of task framing in motor vs. non-motor context. In a first experiment, we designed an experience-based urn task with varying degrees of ambiguity and an equivalent motor task where subjects chose between hitting partially occluded targets. In a second experiment, we controlled for the different stimulus design in the two tasks by introducing an urn task with bar stimuli matching those in the motor task. We found ambiguity attitudes to be mainly influenced by stimulus design. In particular, we found that the same subjects tended to be ambiguity-preferring when choosing between ambiguous bar stimuli, but ambiguity-avoiding when choosing between ambiguous urn sample stimuli. In contrast, subjects’ choice pattern was not affected by changing from a target hitting task to a non-motor context when keeping the stimulus design unchanged. In both tasks subjects’ choice behavior was continuously modulated by the degree of ambiguity. We show that this modulation of behavior can be explained by an information-theoretic model of ambiguity that generalizes Bayes-optimal decision-making by combining Bayesian inference with robust decision-making under model uncertainty. Our results demonstrate the benefits of information-theoretic models of decision-making under varying degrees of ambiguity for a given context, but also demonstrate the sensitivity of ambiguity attitudes across contexts that theoretical models struggle to explain.

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ei Grau-Moya, J, Ortega, PA, Braun, DA Decision-Making under Ambiguity Is Modulated by Visual Framing, but Not by Motor vs. Non-Motor Context: Experiments and an Information-Theoretic Ambiguity Model PLoS ONE, 11(4):1-21, April 2016 (article)

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2015

Untethered Magnetic Micromanipulation

Diller, E., Sitti, M.

In Micro-and Nanomanipulation Tools, 13, 10, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, November 2015 (inbook)

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This chapter discusses the methods and state of the art in microscale manipulation in remote environments using untethered microrobotic devices. It focuses on manipulation at the size scale of tens to hundreds of microns, where small size leads to a dominance of microscale physical effects and challenges in fabrication and actuation. To motivate the challenges of operating at this size scale, the chapter includes coverage of the physical forces relevant to microrobot motion and manipulation below the millimeter-size scale. It then introduces the actuation methods commonly used in untethered manipulation schemes, with particular focus on magnetic actuation due to its wide use in the field. The chapter divides these manipulation techniques into two types: contact manipulation, which relies on direct pushing or grasping of objects for motion, and noncontact manipulation, which relies indirectly on induced fluid flow from the microrobot motion to move objects without any direct contact.

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pi Diller, E., Sitti, M. Untethered Magnetic Micromanipulation In Micro-and Nanomanipulation Tools, 13, 10, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, November 2015 (inbook)

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Learning Torque Control in Presence of Contacts using Tactile Sensing from Robot Skin

Calandra, R., Ivaldi, S., Deisenroth, M., Peters, J.

In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 690-695, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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am ei Calandra, R., Ivaldi, S., Deisenroth, M., Peters, J. Learning Torque Control in Presence of Contacts using Tactile Sensing from Robot Skin In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 690-695, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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Evaluation of Interactive Object Recognition with Tactile Sensing

Hoelscher, J., Peters, J., Hermans, T.

In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 310-317, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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am ei Hoelscher, J., Peters, J., Hermans, T. Evaluation of Interactive Object Recognition with Tactile Sensing In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 310-317, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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Method and device for recovering a digital image from a sequence of observed digital images

Harmeling, S., Hirsch, M., Sra, S., Schölkopf, B., Schuler, C.

European Patent, No. 11767924.1, November 2015 (patent)

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ei Harmeling, S., Hirsch, M., Sra, S., Schölkopf, B., Schuler, C. Method and device for recovering a digital image from a sequence of observed digital images European Patent, No. 11767924.1, November 2015 (patent)

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Optimizing Robot Striking Movement Primitives with Iterative Learning Control

Koc, O., Maeda, G., Neumann, G., Peters, J.

In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 80-87, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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am ei Koc, O., Maeda, G., Neumann, G., Peters, J. Optimizing Robot Striking Movement Primitives with Iterative Learning Control In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 80-87, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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easyGWAS: An Integrated Computational Framework for Advanced Genome-Wide Association Studies

Grimm, Dominik

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, November 2015 (phdthesis)

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ei Grimm, Dominik easyGWAS: An Integrated Computational Framework for Advanced Genome-Wide Association Studies Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, November 2015 (phdthesis)

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A Comparison of Contact Distribution Representations for Learning to Predict Object Interactions

Leischnig, S., Luettgen, S., Kroemer, O., Peters, J.

In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 616-622, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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am ei Leischnig, S., Luettgen, S., Kroemer, O., Peters, J. A Comparison of Contact Distribution Representations for Learning to Predict Object Interactions In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 616-622, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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Quantifying changes in climate variability and extremes: Pitfalls and their overcoming

Sippel, S., Zscheischler, J., Heimann, M., Otto, F. E. L., Peters, J., Mahecha, M. D.

Geophysical Research Letters, 42(22):9990-9998, November 2015 (article)

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ei Sippel, S., Zscheischler, J., Heimann, M., Otto, F. E. L., Peters, J., Mahecha, M. D. Quantifying changes in climate variability and extremes: Pitfalls and their overcoming Geophysical Research Letters, 42(22):9990-9998, November 2015 (article)

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First-Person Tele-Operation of a Humanoid Robot

Fritsche, L., Unverzagt, F., Peters, J., Calandra, R.

In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 997-1002, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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am ei Fritsche, L., Unverzagt, F., Peters, J., Calandra, R. First-Person Tele-Operation of a Humanoid Robot In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 997-1002, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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Probabilistic Segmentation Applied to an Assembly Task

Lioutikov, R., Neumann, G., Maeda, G., Peters, J.

In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 533-540, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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am ei Lioutikov, R., Neumann, G., Maeda, G., Peters, J. Probabilistic Segmentation Applied to an Assembly Task In 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pages: 533-540, Humanoids, November 2015 (inproceedings)

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Diversity of sharp wave-ripple LFP signatures reveals differentiated brain-wide dynamical events

Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A, 112(46):E6379-E6387, November 2015 (article)

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ei Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M. Diversity of sharp wave-ripple LFP signatures reveals differentiated brain-wide dynamical events Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A, 112(46):E6379-E6387, November 2015 (article)

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Causal Discovery Beyond Conditional Independences

Sgouritsa, E.

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany, October 2015 (phdthesis)

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ei Sgouritsa, E. Causal Discovery Beyond Conditional Independences Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany, October 2015 (phdthesis)

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Automatic LQR Tuning Based on Gaussian Process Optimization: Early Experimental Results

Marco, A., Hennig, P., Bohg, J., Schaal, S., Trimpe, S.

Machine Learning in Planning and Control of Robot Motion Workshop at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (iROS), pages: , , Machine Learning in Planning and Control of Robot Motion Workshop, October 2015 (conference)

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This paper proposes an automatic controller tuning framework based on linear optimal control combined with Bayesian optimization. With this framework, an initial set of controller gains is automatically improved according to a pre-defined performance objective evaluated from experimental data. The underlying Bayesian optimization algorithm is Entropy Search, which represents the latent objective as a Gaussian process and constructs an explicit belief over the location of the objective minimum. This is used to maximize the information gain from each experimental evaluation. Thus, this framework shall yield improved controllers with fewer evaluations compared to alternative approaches. A seven-degree-of-freedom robot arm balancing an inverted pole is used as the experimental demonstrator. Preliminary results of a low-dimensional tuning problem highlight the method’s potential for automatic controller tuning on robotic platforms.

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am ei ics pn Marco, A., Hennig, P., Bohg, J., Schaal, S., Trimpe, S. Automatic LQR Tuning Based on Gaussian Process Optimization: Early Experimental Results Machine Learning in Planning and Control of Robot Motion Workshop at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (iROS), pages: , , Machine Learning in Planning and Control of Robot Motion Workshop, October 2015 (conference)

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Diversity of sharp wave-ripples in the CA1 of the macaque hippocampus and their brain wide signatures

Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M.

45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2015), October 2015 (poster)

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ei Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M. Diversity of sharp wave-ripples in the CA1 of the macaque hippocampus and their brain wide signatures 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2015), October 2015 (poster)

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Noise masking of White’s illusion exposes the weakness of current spatial filtering models of lightness perception

Betz, T., Shapley, R. M., Wichmann, F. A., Maertens, M.

Journal of Vision, 15(14):1-17, October 2015 (article)

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ei Betz, T., Shapley, R. M., Wichmann, F. A., Maertens, M. Noise masking of White’s illusion exposes the weakness of current spatial filtering models of lightness perception Journal of Vision, 15(14):1-17, October 2015 (article)

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Permutational Rademacher Complexity: a New Complexity Measure for Transductive Learning

Tolstikhin, I., Zhivotovskiy, N., Blanchard, G.

In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, 9355, pages: 209-223, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: K. Chaudhuri, C. Gentile and S. Zilles), Springer, ALT, October 2015 (inproceedings)

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ei Tolstikhin, I., Zhivotovskiy, N., Blanchard, G. Permutational Rademacher Complexity: a New Complexity Measure for Transductive Learning In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, 9355, pages: 209-223, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Editors: K. Chaudhuri, C. Gentile and S. Zilles), Springer, ALT, October 2015 (inproceedings)

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