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Artificial Intelligence (Master of Science) >>

  Cognitive Neuroscience for AI Developers (CNAID)

Lecturers
Dr. rer. nat. Patrick Krauß, Prof. Dr. Andreas Kist, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Maier

Details
Vorlesung
Präsenz
4 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
nur Fachstudium, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Tue 12:15 - 13:45, H8; Thu 8:15 - 9:45, H11

Fields of study
WPF MT-BA ab 5
WF IuK-MA-MMS-INF ab 1
WF ICT-MA ab 1
WPF INF-MA ab 1
WPF INF-BA-V-ME ab 1
WPF MT-MA-BDV ab 1
WPF AI-MA ab 1

Prerequisites / Organisational information
FAU students register for the written exam via meinCampus.
https://www.studon.fau.de/crs4053784_join.html

Contents
Neuroscience has played a key role in the history of artificial intelligence (AI), and has been an inspiration for building human-like AI, i.e. to design AI systems that emulate human intelligence.
Neuroscience provides a vast number of methods to decipher the representational and computational principles of biological neural networks, which can in turn be used to understand artificial neural networks and help to solve the so called black box problem. This endeavour is called neuroscience 2.0 or machine behaviour. In addition, transferring design and processing principles from biology to computer science promises novel solutions for contemporary challenges in the field of machine learning. This research direction is called neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence.
The course will cover the most important works which provide the cornerstone knowledge to understand the biological foundations of cognition and AI, and applications in the areas of AI-based modelling of brain function, neuroscience-inspired AI and reverse-engineering of artificial neural networks.

Recommended literature
Gazzaniga, Michael. Cognitive Neuroscience - The Biology of the Mind. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Ward, Jamie. The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience. Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2019.
Bermúdez, José Luis. Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Friedenberg, Jay D., and Silverman, Gordon W. Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind. SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015.
Gerstner, Wulfram, et al. Neuronal dynamics: From single neurons to networks and models of cognition. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

ECTS information:
Credits: 5

Additional information
Expected participants: 200, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 200

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester SS 2022:
Cognitive Neuroscience for AI Developers (CNAID)

Department: Chair of Computer Science 5 (Pattern Recognition)
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