Cybernetics Seminar Series

Internationally known scientific guests present topics that are of general interest - also for colleagues from other research fields. Each seminar is followed by a reception, which provides direct access to the speakers in an informal setting.

Time: Every Friday at 11:00 a.m.
Place: TBA

To receive the talk announcements, please send an Email to the contact persons to the left.

Discovering reward-guided learning strategies from large-scale datasets

• Date: Jun 2, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Kim Stachenfeld
• Google DeepMind NYC and Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Peter Dayan
• Contact: azadeh.nazemorroaya@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Brain mechanisms for stabilization and development of acquired skills

• Date: May 30, 2025
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Kazuhisa Shibata
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Room 203 + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Peter Dayan
• Contact: wenting.wang@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Semantic real-time fMRI neurofeedback of emotions at 7 Tesla: from computational principles to clinical applications

• Date: May 23, 2025
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Rainer Goebel
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Ivan de Araujo
• Contact: nidhi.manojkumar@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Cortical basis for continuous speech comprehension

• Date: May 16, 2025
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Yulia Oganian
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Room 203 + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Assaf Breska
• Contact: chiara.zanonato@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Dr. Peter Dayan Group Talk

• Date: May 9, 2025
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Tianyuan Teng, Sahiti Chebolu, Azadeh Nazemorroaya
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Room 203 + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Peter Dayan
• Contact: wenting.wang@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Mathematical regularities of irregular neural codes for space

• Date: Feb 21, 2025
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Yoram Burak
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Jennifer Li/Dr. Drew Robson
• Contact: jennifer.li@tuebingen.mpg.de

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A Model for Modulation of Hebbian Plasticity and Its Potential Role in Regulating Attention in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

• Date: Oct 11, 2024
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Brian H Smith
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Peter Dayan
• Contact: peter.dayan@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Decoding the sensory bases of navigation and settlement behaviours in a zooplanktonic marine chordate.

• Date: May 24, 2024
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Oleg Tolstenkov, Marios Chatzigeorgiou
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Jennifer Li/Drew Robson (Lílian de Sardenberg Schmid)
• Contact: jennifer.li@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Dynamic cognition: moments into the future

• Date: May 17, 2024
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Assaf Breska's Lab
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Peter Dayan
• Contact: wenting.wang@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Dynamic representations for behavioral flexibility

• Date: May 3, 2024
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Ass. Prof. Matt Nassar
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Prof. Peter Dayan(Xin Sui & Kevin Tingke Shen)
• Contact: wenting.wang@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Hippocampal and cortical memory indexing, efficient extraction of knowledge from episodes, and functional synaptic connectivity changes

• Date: Apr 26, 2024
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Bruce L. McNaughton
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Dr. Jennifer Li/Dr. Drew Robson
• Contact: jennifer.li@tuebingen.mpg.de

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Introducing the “Cognitive Neuroscience & Neurotechnology” group: Advancing insights into human high-level cognition

• Date: Apr 5, 2024
• Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Romy Lorenz, Cognitive Neuroscience & Neurotechnology, MPI for Biological Cybernetics
• Location: MPI for Intelligent Systems, Max-Planck-Ring 4
• Room: Seminar Room + Zoom
• Host: Peter Dayan (Wenting Wang & Kevin Shen)
• Contact: wenting.wang@tuebingen.mpg.de

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