Cog­nit­ive Sys­tems En­gin­eer­ing A - Visu­al At­ten­tion

The course presents cutting-edge topics of today‘s research on technical cognitive systems.

This module is offered in two parts. Students have to choose two out of three. Each part lasts two hours per week and yields three credits.

• Cognitive Systems Engineering A - Visual Attention (L.048.90701 für MS ESE)
  In the winter semester a project seminar takes place which introduces students to the modeling and experimental research of visual attention, and thus to current research at the chairs of GET Lab and Cognitive Psychology. It is also intended to demonstrate the possibility of joint research across boundaries of different disciplines. The current focus lies on salience.
• Cognitive Systems Engineering B (L.048.90702 für MS ESE)
  In the summer semester a second project seminar with varying topics from current research projects is offered.
• Cognitive Systems Engineering C - GET Research Seminar (L.048.62008 for MS ESE)
  In summer semester and winter semester various presentations take place: current
  interim reports and results of seminar papers and diploma theses in progress,
  research projects and third-party funded projects focusing on research in the field of
  technical cognitive systems; lectures by guests of the GET Lab.

Hint: The course numbers here are extraneous for the German 'Master Elektrotechnik'. Studends of this degree course choose (independent of the desired course) the course number L.048.23019.

Domain competence:

The students

• are able to name basic research topics related to the the design and the implementation of technical cognitive systems,
• can apply and evaluate technical cognitive systems and
• are able to design, implement and evaluate basic psychovisual experiments.

Key qualifications:

The students

• are able to research and evaluate (English) technical literature,
• have developed an understanding of the discipline-related research approaches (computer science, electrical engineering, psychology).

CSE A:

• Presentations and discussions by the participants; small programming examples,
  development and realization of psychophysical experiments

CSE C:

• Presentations and discussions by the participants

None - but interest in the subject-matter and interdisciplinary work

None

The module grade is calculated based on the partial performance in two of the three courses.

German or English (depending on demand)

Excerpt

• Backer, G. (2003) Modellierung visueller Aufmerksamkeit im Computer Sehen: Ein zweistufiges Selektionsmodell für ein Aktives Sehsystem. Dissertation U Hamburg [http://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/volltexte/2004/2226/index.html]. (Letzter Zugriff: 07.02.2013).
• Itti, L., Rees, G. & Tsotsos (2005): Neurobiology of Attention (sections Foundations and Systems). Amsterdam (Elsevier) 3-196 resp. 547-676.

• Electrical engineering students and computer science students with a psychology minor are favored for the allocation of seats.