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Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems News 16-05-2018 Best of luck – start at IIT Pisa Dr. Stefano Palagi moves back to Italy and joins the Bioinspired Soft Robotics research team at the IIT and the Center for Micro-BioRobotics in Pisa. Best of luck and lots of success! Stefano Palagi Peer Fischer
Dynamic Locomotion News 14-05-2018 SIMPAR2018: Learning from Outside the Viability Kernel Our paper 'Learning from Outside the Viability Kernel: Why we Should Build Robots that can Fail with Grace ' was accepted for SIMPAR2018. Steve Heim will present his work in May 2018 in Brisbane (SIMPAR: Brisbane, Australia, 16-19 May 2018). Steve Heim Alexander Badri-Spröwitz
Autonomous Learning News 01-05-2018 ALIFE 2018 paper accepted Our paper 'Systematic self-exploration of behaviors for robots in a dynamical systems framework' was accepted for ALIFE 2018 and will be presented in Tokyo, July 2018. Cristina Pinneri Georg Martius
Haptic Intelligence Award 01-05-2018 Visiting Professor Brent Gillespie receives a Humbold Research Award Brent Gillespie
Dynamic Locomotion News 27-04-2018 Alexander Spröwitz presents research at final meeting of DFG project 'Das verdatete Tier' Alexander Spröwitz gives an invited talk at the final DFG project meeting 'Das verdatete Tier' at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. This DFG project final meeting is organized by Prof. Dr. Stefan Rieger and Ina Bolinski, M.A. . Alexander Badri-Spröwitz
Physical Intelligence News 26-04-2018 Multifunctional bacterial microswimmer able to deliver cargo and destroy itself The untethered biohybrid microswimmer is able to transport and deliver cargo encapsulated into a guidable red blood cell, while an attached bacterium, one of the most efficient swimmers in nature, acts as a propeller to move it forward. Once it has reached its destination and delivered its cargo, the scientists can destroy the microswimmer using infrared light. Yunus Alapan Oncay Yasa Metin Sitti
Autonomous Motion Award 25-04-2018 Best Paper of RA-L 2017, Finalist of Best Robotic Vision Paper Award of ICRA 2017
Autonomous Motion News 25-04-2018 Best paper award in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters "Probabilistic Articulated Real-Time Tracking for Robot Manipulation" The paper has been published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 577-584, April 2017. It has been considered the best paper published on IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters in 2017. IEEE RA-L published 305 papers in 2017. Cristina Garcia Cifuentes Manuel Wüthrich Stefan Schaal Jeannette Bohg Jan Issac
Empirical Inference News 24-04-2018 Initiative to establish a European Lab for Learning & Intelligent Systems Warnung vor der Konkurrenz aus USA und China Warning about the competition from the USA and China - appeal to politics Bernhard Schölkopf
Haptic Intelligence Award 21-04-2018 Postdoc Hyosang Lee is selected to participate in the RSS Pioneers 2018 Workshop Hyosang Lee
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems Award 20-04-2018 Peer Fischer wins an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (2,5 M€).
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems News 20-04-2018 Peer Fischer receives ERC Advanced Grant The head of the Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart receives 2.5 Mio Euro from the European Research Council (ERC), which funds cutting-edge research in all disciplines. Peer Fischer
Perceiving Systems Award 19-04-2018 CVPR 2018 Outstanding Reviewer awards for current and former PS members Varun Jampani, Christoph Lassner, Juergen Gall, Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Julietta Martinez, Fatma Güney, Lars Mascheder, Gernot Riegler, Deqing Sun.
Autonomous Vision News 16-04-2018 Eshed Ohn-Bar receives Humboldt Fellowship Eshed Ohn-Bar from CMU receives Humboldt Fellowship and will join AVG in December as a post-doctoral researcher!
Haptic Intelligence News 16-04-2018 Hyosang Lee receives fellowship from South Korean Government Another prestigious fellowship for one of the Postdocs of the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Hyosang Lee Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Haptic Intelligence Award 16-04-2018 Postdoc Hyosang Lee receives a fellowship from the South Korean National Research Foundation to support his postdoctoral research in the HI Department Hyosang Lee
Smart Nanoplasmonics News 13-04-2018 Mimicking nanoscale natural movements with the help of DNA Origami Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems together with researchers at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Stuttgart use a technique called DNA origami to mimic a multitude of vital movements seen in nature, such as the sliding motion exerted by protein motors during cell division. Their invention, which is a thousand times smaller than a human hair, features a preliminary attempt to construct nanoscale analogues of the mysterious natural machines in living cells. Laura Na Liu Maximilian Urban Chao Zhou
News 06-04-2018 Cyber Valley video: "Artificial Intelligence finds a center" Kurzes Video Cyber Valley is featured in a video produced by the Digital BW platform, featuring the initiative as an important part of Baden-Württemberg´s digitization strategy. Claudia Daefler
Autonomous Motion Award 03-04-2018 Best paper finalist at ICRA 2018
Autonomous Motion News 03-04-2018 Best paper finalist at ICRA 2018 This paper is among the 5 best of about 2500 submissions. The 2018 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) will take place from 21 until 25 May 2018 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Franzi Meier Daniel Kappler Stefan Schaal
Haptic Intelligence Award 01-04-2018 Postdoc Hasti Seifi receives a two-year fellowship from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada to support her postdoctoral research in the HI Department Hasti Seifi
Haptic Intelligence News 27-03-2018 Katherine J. Kuchenbecker at the IEEE Haptics Symposium 2018 The Director of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems leads the team that is organizing this vibrant forum for haptics researchers. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Perceiving Systems Award 24-03-2018 Best Poster Award, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Essstörungen (DGESS), 2018, Körper Sprache: Sprachliche Repräsentation von Körpern bei Patientinnen und Patienten mit Essstörungen, by Walder L., Quiros-Ramirez M.A., Mohler B., Black M.J., Keizer A., Zipfel S., Giel K., Mölbert S.
Empirical Inference Award 19-03-2018 Bernhard Schölkopf: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2018, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsschaft (DFG).
Empirical Inference News 19-03-2018 Award Ceremony of 2018 Leibniz Prize Bernhard Schölkopf receives one of the Leibniz Prizes in Berlin - short video about his and his team´s research on machine learning (in German) "I am very pleased about the Leibniz Prize", says Director Bernhard Schölkopf. "I see it as an award for all my employees and for the research field of machine learning, and it should benefit both in the future. We are only at the beginning, and want to investigate further how computers and living beings can learn to better understand the organizational principles of intelligent behavior." Bernhard Schölkopf
Empirical Inference News 16-03-2018 Süddeutsche Zeitung publiziert Meinungsbeitrag von Bernhard Schölkopf Der Direktor der Abteilung für Empirische Inferenz veröffentlicht einen Gastbeitrag über Künstliche Intelligenz auf Seite 2 der Süddeutschen Zeitung. Thema ist die Kybernetische Revolution und dass Europa dafür die besten Köpfe braucht. Bernhard Schölkopf Claudia Daefler
Physical Intelligence News 12-03-2018 Yunus Alapan to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings The postdoctoral researcher from the Physical Intelligence Department at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart is one of the 600 young scientists who is given the opportunity for a week of scientific exchange with the greatest minds in medical research. Yunus Alapan Metin Sitti
Dynamic Locomotion Award 09-03-2018 Steve Heim receives an ICRA 2018 RAS Travel Grant. Congratulations.
Haptic Intelligence Award 05-03-2018 Alexis E. Block is elected as co-general chair of the HRI Pioneers 2019 Workshop Alexis Block
Haptic Intelligence Award 05-03-2018 Rachael L'Orsa receives a four-month DAAD scholarship to visit the HI Department Rachael Lorsa
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems News 02-03-2018 Best of luck - Move to Cambridge Dr. Hyeon-Ho Jeong starts his Postdoc at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. We wish him lots of success.  Jeong Hyeon-Ho Peer Fischer
Autonomous Vision Perceiving Systems News 01-03-2018 Andreas Geiger zum ordentlichen Professor an der Universität Tübingen berufen Am 1. März begann Geiger die Professur für "Learning-based Computer Vision" an der über 500 Jahre alten, renommierten Universität Tübingen. Geiger leitet weiterhin eine Forschungsgruppe am MPI-IS in Tübingen. Andreas Geiger
Dynamic Locomotion News 26-02-2018 Viktoriia Kamska joins DLG Viktoriia Kamska is joining DLG as a phd candidate researcher. Welcome! Viktoriia Kamska
Physical Intelligence News 22-02-2018 Four Postdoc researchers join the Physical Intelligence Department thanks to a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Each year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants approximately 500 fellowships to Postdoctoral Researchers of all nationalities and disciplines from abroad to continue their research in Germany. Four AvH fellows join the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. Zoey Davidson Ville Liimatainen Utku Culha Metin Sitti Abdon Pena-Francesch
Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems News 14-02-2018 Best of luck - Start at Caltech Humboldt Fellow Dr. Zhiguang Wu leaves the group for Caltech and we wish him lots of success. He has already located the case that holds the micromotor that won Richard Feynman’s famous challenge. Zhiguang Wu Peer Fischer
Haptic Intelligence News 09-02-2018 NSERC Postdoc Fellowship for Hasti Seifi Dr. Hasti Seifi receives a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the country´s federal funding agency for university-based research and student training in natural sciences and engineering. Hasti Seifi Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
Physical Intelligence Award 01-02-2018 Abdon Pena-Francesch, Zoey Davidson, Ville Liimatainen, Xinghao Hu, Yubing Guo, and Utku Culha received the Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
Physical Intelligence News 25-01-2018 Millirobot with a talent for versatility of movement A magnetic drive allows a tiny untethered vehicle to walk, crawl, jump and swim through a complex environment Tiny robots need not fear obstacle courses in the future: Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a minuscule, flexible robot that can master a variety of forms of movement. Its magnetic drive allows it to walk, crawl and roll through difficult terrain. Moreover, it can transport small loads and swim on and in liquids. In future, tiny robots moving in this way could transport medication specifically to where it is needed. Wenqi Hu Guo Zhan Lum Massimo Mastrangeli Metin Sitti
Physical Intelligence News 24-01-2018 Nature-inspired soft millirobot makes its way through enclosed spaces Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems invented a magnetically controlled soft robot only four millimeters in size, that can walk, crawl or roll through uneven terrain, carry cargo, climb onto the water surface, and even swim in it. The inspiration comes from soft-bodied beetle larvae and caterpillars, and even jellyfishes posed as biological models. One day, this small-scale robot may enable targeted drug delivery or minimally invasive surgery, the researchers hope. Its multiple locomotion capability in complex environments is so unique that science journal Nature will publish the researchers´ findings in its February edition. Metin Sitti Guo Zhan Lum Massimo Mastrangeli
Physical Intelligence Award 01-01-2018 Chang-Kyu Yoon joined Ewha Womans University as an assistant professor in S. Korea.
Physical Intelligence Award 01-01-2018 David Gracias received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel award from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation.
Physical Intelligence Award 01-01-2018 Guo Zhan Lum joined Nanyang Technological University as an assistant professor in Singapore.
Physical Intelligence Award 01-01-2018 Hakan Ceylan, Immihan Ceren Yasa and Metin Sitti received the Science as Art Award of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in the Fall Meeting, Boston, USA.
Physical Intelligence Award 01-01-2018 Pelin Erkoç joined Bahcesehir University as an assistant professor in Turkey.
Physical Intelligence Award 01-01-2018 Sinan Özgün Demir received the Ministry of Education PhD fellowship from Turkey.
Award 22-12-2017 Samuel Sánchez: wins Catalan Research Award for Young Talent.
Haptic Intelligence Award 22-12-2017 Alexis E. Block is selected to participate in the HRI Pioneers 2018 Workshop Alexis Block
Empirical Inference News 19-12-2017 The Question is Why Algorithms learn a Sense of Fairness Only if Artificial Intelligence interprets and applies fairness in the same way as humans do, will society accept it. That is why scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen look at the causal reasoning behind data – because it matters how data comes about. Only when self-learning machines satisfy our ethical and legal requirements will the public accept them as just and fair. Niki Kilbertus
Empirical Inference News 14-12-2017 Bernhard Schölkopf receives Leibniz Prize 2018 Germany's most prestigious research funding prize - €2.5 million each for outstanding research work The latest recipients of Germany's most prestigious research funding prize have been announced. The Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) chose ten researchers, three women and seven men, to receive the 2018 Leibniz Prize. The prizes will be awarded on 19th March 2018 in Berlin. Bernhard Schölkopf Claudia Daefler
News 14-12-2017 MPI-IS and Carnegie Mellon University form joint PhD Program The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems together with the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, USA, initiate a joint PhD program starting in Spring 2018, aiming to strengthen the ties between these two leading research institutions in the field of Intelligent Systems. Already there is a strong collaboration between the MPI-IS and the CMU, as Dr. Metin Sitti, who initiated the partnership, is both a Director at the MPI-IS and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CMU. Metin Sitti