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Parallel and functionally segregated processing of task phase and conscious content in the prefrontal cortex

Kapoor, V., Besserve, M., Logothetis, N. K., Panagiotaropoulos, T. I.

Communications Biology, 1(215):1-12, December 2018 (article)

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Kapoor, V., Besserve, M., Logothetis, N. K., Panagiotaropoulos, T. I. Parallel and functionally segregated processing of task phase and conscious content in the prefrontal cortex Communications Biology, 1(215):1-12, December 2018 (article)

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Control of Musculoskeletal Systems using Learned Dynamics Models

Büchler, D., Calandra, R., Schölkopf, B., Peters, J.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4):3161-3168, IEEE, 2018 (article)

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Controlling musculoskeletal systems, especially robots actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles, is a challenging task due to nonlinearities, hysteresis effects, massive actuator de- lay and unobservable dependencies such as temperature. Despite such difficulties, muscular systems offer many beneficial prop- erties to achieve human-comparable performance in uncertain and fast-changing tasks. For example, muscles are backdrivable and provide variable stiffness while offering high forces to reach high accelerations. In addition, the embodied intelligence deriving from the compliance might reduce the control demands for specific tasks. In this paper, we address the problem of how to accurately control musculoskeletal robots. To address this issue, we propose to learn probabilistic forward dynamics models using Gaussian processes and, subsequently, to employ these models for control. However, Gaussian processes dynamics models cannot be set-up for our musculoskeletal robot as for traditional motor- driven robots because of unclear state composition etc. We hence empirically study and discuss in detail how to tune these approaches to complex musculoskeletal robots and their specific challenges. Moreover, we show that our model can be used to accurately control an antagonistic pair of pneumatic artificial muscles for a trajectory tracking task while considering only one- step-ahead predictions of the forward model and incorporating model uncertainty.

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Büchler, D., Calandra, R., Schölkopf, B., Peters, J. Control of Musculoskeletal Systems using Learned Dynamics Models IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4):3161-3168, IEEE, 2018 (article)

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PET/MRI Hybrid Systems

Mannheim, G. J., Schmid, A. M., Schwenck, J., Katiyar, P., Herfert, K., Pichler, B. J., Disselhorst, J. A.

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 48(4):332-347, July 2018 (article)

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Mannheim, G. J., Schmid, A. M., Schwenck, J., Katiyar, P., Herfert, K., Pichler, B. J., Disselhorst, J. A. PET/MRI Hybrid Systems Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 48(4):332-347, July 2018 (article)

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Infinite Factorial Finite State Machine for Blind Multiuser Channel Estimation

Ruiz, F. J. R., Valera, I., Svensson, L., Perez-Cruz, F.

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 4(2):177-191, June 2018 (article)

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Ruiz, F. J. R., Valera, I., Svensson, L., Perez-Cruz, F. Infinite Factorial Finite State Machine for Blind Multiuser Channel Estimation IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 4(2):177-191, June 2018 (article)

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Assisting Movement Training and Execution With Visual and Haptic Feedback

Ewerton, M., Rother, D., Weimar, J., Kollegger, G., Wiemeyer, J., Peters, J., Maeda, G.

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 12, May 2018 (article)

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Ewerton, M., Rother, D., Weimar, J., Kollegger, G., Wiemeyer, J., Peters, J., Maeda, G. Assisting Movement Training and Execution With Visual and Haptic Feedback Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 12, May 2018 (article)

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Mixture of Attractors: A Novel Movement Primitive Representation for Learning Motor Skills From Demonstrations

Manschitz, S., Gienger, M., Kober, J., Peters, J.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2):926-933, April 2018 (article)

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Manschitz, S., Gienger, M., Kober, J., Peters, J. Mixture of Attractors: A Novel Movement Primitive Representation for Learning Motor Skills From Demonstrations IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2):926-933, April 2018 (article)

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Probabilistic movement primitives under unknown system dynamics

Paraschos, A., Rueckert, E., Peters, J., Neumann, G.

Advanced Robotics, 32(6):297-310, April 2018 (article)

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Paraschos, A., Rueckert, E., Peters, J., Neumann, G. Probabilistic movement primitives under unknown system dynamics Advanced Robotics, 32(6):297-310, April 2018 (article)

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An Algorithmic Perspective on Imitation Learning

Osa, T., Pajarinen, J., Neumann, G., Bagnell, J., Abbeel, P., Peters, J.

Foundations and Trends in Robotics, 7(1-2):1-179, March 2018 (article)

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Osa, T., Pajarinen, J., Neumann, G., Bagnell, J., Abbeel, P., Peters, J. An Algorithmic Perspective on Imitation Learning Foundations and Trends in Robotics, 7(1-2):1-179, March 2018 (article)

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Using Probabilistic Movement Primitives in Robotics

Paraschos, A., Daniel, C., Peters, J., Neumann, G.

Autonomous Robots, 42(3):529-551, March 2018 (article)

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Paraschos, A., Daniel, C., Peters, J., Neumann, G. Using Probabilistic Movement Primitives in Robotics Autonomous Robots, 42(3):529-551, March 2018 (article)

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A kernel-based approach to learning contact distributions for robot manipulation tasks

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

Autonomous Robots, 42(3):581-600, March 2018 (article)

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Kroemer, O., Leischnig, S., Luettgen, S., Peters, J. A kernel-based approach to learning contact distributions for robot manipulation tasks Autonomous Robots, 42(3):581-600, March 2018 (article)

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Approximate Value Iteration Based on Numerical Quadrature

Vinogradska, J., Bischoff, B., Peters, J.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2):1330-1337, January 2018 (article)

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Vinogradska, J., Bischoff, B., Peters, J. Approximate Value Iteration Based on Numerical Quadrature IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2):1330-1337, January 2018 (article)

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Biomimetic Tactile Sensors and Signal Processing with Spike Trains: A Review

Yi, Z., Zhang, Y., Peters, J.

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 269, pages: 41-52, January 2018 (article)

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Yi, Z., Zhang, Y., Peters, J. Biomimetic Tactile Sensors and Signal Processing with Spike Trains: A Review Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 269, pages: 41-52, January 2018 (article)

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Impact of the AIF Recording Method on Kinetic Parameters in Small Animal PET

Napieczynska, H., Kolb, A., Katiyar, P., Tonietto, M., Ud-Dean, M., Stumm, R., Herfert, K., Calaminus, C., Pichler, B.

Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2018 (article)

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Napieczynska, H., Kolb, A., Katiyar, P., Tonietto, M., Ud-Dean, M., Stumm, R., Herfert, K., Calaminus, C., Pichler, B. Impact of the AIF Recording Method on Kinetic Parameters in Small Animal PET Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2018 (article)

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Nonclassical states of light with a smooth P function

Damanet, F., Kübler, J. M., Martin, J., Braun, D.

Physical Review A, 97(2):023832, 2018 (article)

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Damanet, F., Kübler, J. M., Martin, J., Braun, D. Nonclassical states of light with a smooth P function Physical Review A, 97(2):023832, 2018 (article)

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Design and Analysis of the NIPS 2016 Review Process

Shah*, N., Tabibian*, B., Muandet, K., Guyon, I., von Luxburg, U.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 19(49):1-34, 2018, *equal contribution (article)

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Shah*, N., Tabibian*, B., Muandet, K., Guyon, I., von Luxburg, U. Design and Analysis of the NIPS 2016 Review Process Journal of Machine Learning Research, 19(49):1-34, 2018, *equal contribution (article)

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A Flexible Approach for Fair Classification

Zafar, M. B., Valera, I., Gomez Rodriguez, M., Gummadi, K.

Journal of Machine Learning, 2018 (article) Accepted

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Zafar, M. B., Valera, I., Gomez Rodriguez, M., Gummadi, K. A Flexible Approach for Fair Classification Journal of Machine Learning, 2018 (article) Accepted

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Does universal controllability of physical systems prohibit thermodynamic cycles?

Janzing, D., Wocjan, P.

Open Systems and Information Dynamics, 25(3):1850016, 2018 (article)

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Janzing, D., Wocjan, P. Does universal controllability of physical systems prohibit thermodynamic cycles? Open Systems and Information Dynamics, 25(3):1850016, 2018 (article)

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Pathway-based subnetworks enable cross-disease biomarker discovery

Haider, S., Yao, C., Sabine, V., Grzadkowski, M., Stimper, V., Starmans, M., Wang, J., Nguyen, F., Moon, N., Lin, X., Drake, C., Crozier, C., Brookes, C., van de Velde, C., Hasenburg, A., Kieback, D., Markopoulos, C., Dirix, L., Seynaeve, C., Rea, D., Kasprzyk, A., Lambin, P., Lio’, P., Bartlett, J., Boutros, P.

Nature Communications, 9, 2018, Article number: 4746 (article)

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Haider, S., Yao, C., Sabine, V., Grzadkowski, M., Stimper, V., Starmans, M., Wang, J., Nguyen, F., Moon, N., Lin, X., Drake, C., Crozier, C., Brookes, C., van de Velde, C., Hasenburg, A., Kieback, D., Markopoulos, C., Dirix, L., Seynaeve, C., Rea, D., Kasprzyk, A., Lambin, P., Lio’, P., Bartlett, J., Boutros, P. Pathway-based subnetworks enable cross-disease biomarker discovery Nature Communications, 9, 2018, Article number: 4746 (article)

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Learning Causality and Causality-Related Learning: Some Recent Progress

Zhang, K., Schölkopf, B., Spirtes, P., Glymour, C.

National Science Review, 5(1):26-29, 2018 (article)

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Zhang, K., Schölkopf, B., Spirtes, P., Glymour, C. Learning Causality and Causality-Related Learning: Some Recent Progress National Science Review, 5(1):26-29, 2018 (article)

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Online optimal trajectory generation for robot table tennis

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

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 105, pages: 121-137, 2018 (article)

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Koc, O., Maeda, G., Peters, J. Online optimal trajectory generation for robot table tennis Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 105, pages: 121-137, 2018 (article)

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Counterfactual Mean Embedding: A Kernel Method for Nonparametric Causal Inference

Muandet, K., Kanagawa, M., Saengkyongam, S., Marukata, S.

Arxiv e-prints, arXiv:1805.08845v1 [stat.ML], 2018 (article)

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This paper introduces a novel Hilbert space representation of a counterfactual distribution---called counterfactual mean embedding (CME)---with applications in nonparametric causal inference. Counterfactual prediction has become an ubiquitous tool in machine learning applications, such as online advertisement, recommendation systems, and medical diagnosis, whose performance relies on certain interventions. To infer the outcomes of such interventions, we propose to embed the associated counterfactual distribution into a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) endowed with a positive definite kernel. Under appropriate assumptions, the CME allows us to perform causal inference over the entire landscape of the counterfactual distribution. The CME can be estimated consistently from observational data without requiring any parametric assumption about the underlying distributions. We also derive a rate of convergence which depends on the smoothness of the conditional mean and the Radon-Nikodym derivative of the underlying marginal distributions. Our framework can deal with not only real-valued outcome, but potentially also more complex and structured outcomes such as images, sequences, and graphs. Lastly, our experimental results on off-policy evaluation tasks demonstrate the advantages of the proposed estimator.

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Muandet, K., Kanagawa, M., Saengkyongam, S., Marukata, S. Counterfactual Mean Embedding: A Kernel Method for Nonparametric Causal Inference Arxiv e-prints, arXiv:1805.08845v1 [stat.ML], 2018 (article)

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Autofocusing-based phase correction

Loktyushin, A., Ehses, P., Schölkopf, B., Scheffler, K.

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 80(3):958-968, 2018 (article)

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Loktyushin, A., Ehses, P., Schölkopf, B., Scheffler, K. Autofocusing-based phase correction Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 80(3):958-968, 2018 (article)

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Case series: Slowing alpha rhythm in late-stage ALS patients

Hohmann, M. R., Fomina, T., Jayaram, V., Emde, T., Just, J., Synofzik, M., Schölkopf, B., Schöls, L., Grosse-Wentrup, M.

Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(2):406-408, 2018 (article)

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Hohmann, M. R., Fomina, T., Jayaram, V., Emde, T., Just, J., Synofzik, M., Schölkopf, B., Schöls, L., Grosse-Wentrup, M. Case series: Slowing alpha rhythm in late-stage ALS patients Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(2):406-408, 2018 (article)

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Inverse Reinforcement Learning via Nonparametric Spatio-Temporal Subgoal Modeling

Šošić, A., Rueckert, E., Peters, J., Zoubir, A., Koeppl, H.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 19(69):1-45, 2018 (article)

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Šošić, A., Rueckert, E., Peters, J., Zoubir, A., Koeppl, H. Inverse Reinforcement Learning via Nonparametric Spatio-Temporal Subgoal Modeling Journal of Machine Learning Research, 19(69):1-45, 2018 (article)

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Grip Stabilization of Novel Objects using Slip Prediction

Veiga, F., Peters, J., Hermans, T.

IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2018 (article) In press

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Veiga, F., Peters, J., Hermans, T. Grip Stabilization of Novel Objects using Slip Prediction IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2018 (article) In press

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Electrophysiological correlates of neurodegeneration in motor and non-motor brain regions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—implications for brain–computer interfacing

Kellmeyer, P., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Schulze-Bonhage, A., Ziemann, U., Ball, T.

Journal of Neural Engineering, 15(4):041003, IOP Publishing, 2018 (article)

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Kellmeyer, P., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Schulze-Bonhage, A., Ziemann, U., Ball, T. Electrophysiological correlates of neurodegeneration in motor and non-motor brain regions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—implications for brain–computer interfacing Journal of Neural Engineering, 15(4):041003, IOP Publishing, 2018 (article)

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Quantum machine learning: a classical perspective

Ciliberto, C., Herbster, M., Ialongo, A. D., Pontil, M., Rocchetto, A., Severini, S., Wossnig, L.

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2209):20170551, 2018 (article)

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Ciliberto, C., Herbster, M., Ialongo, A. D., Pontil, M., Rocchetto, A., Severini, S., Wossnig, L. Quantum machine learning: a classical perspective Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 474(2209):20170551, 2018 (article)

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Kernel-based tests for joint independence

Pfister, N., Bühlmann, P., Schölkopf, B., Peters, J.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 80(1):5-31, 2018 (article)

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Pfister, N., Bühlmann, P., Schölkopf, B., Peters, J. Kernel-based tests for joint independence Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 80(1):5-31, 2018 (article)

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Prediction of Glucose Tolerance without an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Babbar, R., Heni, M., Peter, A., Hrabě de Angelis, M., Häring, H., Fritsche, A., Preissl, H., Schölkopf, B., Wagner, R.

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 9, pages: 82, 2018 (article)

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Babbar, R., Heni, M., Peter, A., Hrabě de Angelis, M., Häring, H., Fritsche, A., Preissl, H., Schölkopf, B., Wagner, R. Prediction of Glucose Tolerance without an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Frontiers in Endocrinology, 9, pages: 82, 2018 (article)

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Invariant Models for Causal Transfer Learning

Rojas-Carulla, M., Schölkopf, B., Turner, R., Peters, J.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 19(36):1-34, 2018 (article)

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Rojas-Carulla, M., Schölkopf, B., Turner, R., Peters, J. Invariant Models for Causal Transfer Learning Journal of Machine Learning Research, 19(36):1-34, 2018 (article)

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MOABB: Trustworthy algorithm benchmarking for BCIs

Jayaram, V., Barachant, A.

Journal of Neural Engineering, 15(6):066011, 2018 (article)

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Jayaram, V., Barachant, A. MOABB: Trustworthy algorithm benchmarking for BCIs Journal of Neural Engineering, 15(6):066011, 2018 (article)

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f-Divergence constrained policy improvement

Belousov, B., Peters, J.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2018 (article) Submitted

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Belousov, B., Peters, J. f-Divergence constrained policy improvement Journal of Machine Learning Research, 2018 (article) Submitted

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Phylogenetic convolutional neural networks in metagenomics

Fioravanti*, D., Giarratano*, Y., Maggio*, V., Agostinelli, C., Chierici, M., Jurman, G., Furlanello, C.

BMC Bioinformatics, 19(2):49 pages, 2018, *equal contribution (article)

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Fioravanti*, D., Giarratano*, Y., Maggio*, V., Agostinelli, C., Chierici, M., Jurman, G., Furlanello, C. Phylogenetic convolutional neural networks in metagenomics BMC Bioinformatics, 19(2):49 pages, 2018, *equal contribution (article)

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Food specific inhibitory control under negative mood in binge-eating disorder: Evidence from a multimethod approach

Leehr, E. J., Schag, K., Dresler, T., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Hautzinger, M., Fallgatter, A. J., Zipfel, S., Giel, K. E., Ehlis, A.

International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51(2):112-123, Wiley Online Library, 2018 (article)

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Leehr, E. J., Schag, K., Dresler, T., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Hautzinger, M., Fallgatter, A. J., Zipfel, S., Giel, K. E., Ehlis, A. Food specific inhibitory control under negative mood in binge-eating disorder: Evidence from a multimethod approach International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51(2):112-123, Wiley Online Library, 2018 (article)

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Linking imaging to omics utilizing image-guided tissue extraction

Disselhorst, J. A., Krueger, M. A., Ud-Dean, S. M. M., Bezrukov, I., Jarboui, M. A., Trautwein, C., Traube, A., Spindler, C., Cotton, J. M., Leibfritz, D., Pichler, B. J.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(13):E2980-E2987, 2018 (article)

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Disselhorst, J. A., Krueger, M. A., Ud-Dean, S. M. M., Bezrukov, I., Jarboui, M. A., Trautwein, C., Traube, A., Spindler, C., Cotton, J. M., Leibfritz, D., Pichler, B. J. Linking imaging to omics utilizing image-guided tissue extraction Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(13):E2980-E2987, 2018 (article)

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Discriminative Transfer Learning for General Image Restoration

Xiao, L., Heide, F., Heidrich, W., Schölkopf, B., Hirsch, M.

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 27(8):4091-4104, 2018 (article)

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Xiao, L., Heide, F., Heidrich, W., Schölkopf, B., Hirsch, M. Discriminative Transfer Learning for General Image Restoration IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 27(8):4091-4104, 2018 (article)

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Dissecting the synapse- and frequency-dependent network mechanisms of in vivo hippocampal sharp wave-ripples

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

Neuron, 100(5):1224-1240, 2018 (article)

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Ramirez-Villegas, J. F., Willeke, K. F., Logothetis, N. K., Besserve, M. Dissecting the synapse- and frequency-dependent network mechanisms of in vivo hippocampal sharp wave-ripples Neuron, 100(5):1224-1240, 2018 (article)

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Two-qubit causal structures and the geometry of positive qubit-maps

Kübler, J. M., Braun, D.

New Journal of Physics, 20(8):083015, 2018 (article)

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Kübler, J. M., Braun, D. Two-qubit causal structures and the geometry of positive qubit-maps New Journal of Physics, 20(8):083015, 2018 (article)

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In-Hand Object Stabilization by Independent Finger Control

Veiga, F. F., Edin, B. B., Peters, J.

IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2018 (article) Submitted

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Veiga, F. F., Edin, B. B., Peters, J. In-Hand Object Stabilization by Independent Finger Control IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2018 (article) Submitted

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Visualizing and understanding Sum-Product Networks

Vergari, A., Di Mauro, N., Esposito, F.

Machine Learning, 2018 (article)

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Vergari, A., Di Mauro, N., Esposito, F. Visualizing and understanding Sum-Product Networks Machine Learning, 2018 (article)

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Non-Equilibrium Relations for Bounded Rational Decision-Making in Changing Environments

Grau-Moya, J, Krüger, M, Braun, DA

Entropy, 20(1:1):1-28, January 2018 (article)

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Living organisms from single cells to humans need to adapt continuously to respond to changes in their environment. The process of behavioural adaptation can be thought of as improving decision-making performance according to some utility function. Here, we consider an abstract model of organisms as decision-makers with limited information-processing resources that trade off between maximization of utility and computational costs measured by a relative entropy, in a similar fashion to thermodynamic systems undergoing isothermal transformations. Such systems minimize the free energy to reach equilibrium states that balance internal energy and entropic cost. When there is a fast change in the environment, these systems evolve in a non-equilibrium fashion because they are unable to follow the path of equilibrium distributions. Here, we apply concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to characterize decision-makers that adapt to changing environments under the assumption that the temporal evolution of the utility function is externally driven and does not depend on the decision-maker’s action. This allows one to quantify performance loss due to imperfect adaptation in a general manner and, additionally, to find relations for decision-making similar to Crooks’ fluctuation theorem and Jarzynski’s equality. We provide simulations of several exemplary decision and inference problems in the discrete and continuous domains to illustrate the new relations.

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Grau-Moya, J, Krüger, M, Braun, DA Non-Equilibrium Relations for Bounded Rational Decision-Making in Changing Environments Entropy, 20(1:1):1-28, January 2018 (article)

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Juggling revisited — A voxel based morphometry study with expert jugglers

Gerber, P., Schlaffke, L., Heba, S., Greenlee, M., Schultz, T., Schmidt-Wilcke, T.

NeuroImage, 95, pages: 320-325, 2014 (article)

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Gerber, P., Schlaffke, L., Heba, S., Greenlee, M., Schultz, T., Schmidt-Wilcke, T. Juggling revisited — A voxel based morphometry study with expert jugglers NeuroImage, 95, pages: 320-325, 2014 (article)

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Assessing attention and cognitive function in completely locked-in state with event-related brain potentials and epidural electrocorticography

Bensch, M., Martens, S., Halder, S., Hill, J., Nijboer, F., Ramos, A., Birbaumer, N., Bodgan, M., Kotchoubey, B., Rosenstiel, W., Schölkopf, B., Gharabaghi, A.

Journal of Neural Engineering, 11(2):026006, 2014 (article)

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Objective. Patients in the completely locked-in state (CLIS), due to, for example, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), no longer possess voluntary muscle control. Assessing attention and cognitive function in these patients during the course of the disease is a challenging but essential task for both nursing staff and physicians. Approach. An electrophysiological cognition test battery, including auditory and semantic stimuli, was applied in a late-stage ALS patient at four different time points during a six-month epidural electrocorticography (ECoG) recording period. Event-related cortical potentials (ERP), together with changes in the ECoG signal spectrum, were recorded via 128 channels that partially covered the left frontal, temporal and parietal cortex. Main results. Auditory but not semantic stimuli induced significant and reproducible ERP projecting to specific temporal and parietal cortical areas. N1/P2 responses could be detected throughout the whole study period. The highest P3 ERP was measured immediately after the patient's last communication through voluntary muscle control, which was paralleled by low theta and high gamma spectral power. Three months after the patient's last communication, i.e., in the CLIS, P3 responses could no longer be detected. At the same time, increased activity in low-frequency bands and a sharp drop of gamma spectral power were recorded. Significance. Cortical electrophysiological measures indicate at least partially intact attention and cognitive function during sparse volitional motor control for communication. Although the P3 ERP and frequency-specific changes in the ECoG spectrum may serve as indicators for CLIS, a close-meshed monitoring will be required to define the exact time point of the transition.

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Bensch, M., Martens, S., Halder, S., Hill, J., Nijboer, F., Ramos, A., Birbaumer, N., Bodgan, M., Kotchoubey, B., Rosenstiel, W., Schölkopf, B., Gharabaghi, A. Assessing attention and cognitive function in completely locked-in state with event-related brain potentials and epidural electrocorticography Journal of Neural Engineering, 11(2):026006, 2014 (article)

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Identifiability of Gaussian Structural Equation Models with Equal Error Variances

Peters, J., Bühlman, P.

Biometrika, 101(1):219-228, 2014 (article)

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Quantifying the effect of intertrial dependence on perceptual decisions

Fründ, I., Wichmann, F., Macke, J.

Journal of Vision, 14(7):1-16, 2014 (article)

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