Co­gni­ti­ve Sys­tems En­gi­nee­ring B - Spe­ci­al To­pics

Module

Cognitive Systems Engineering - Special Topics

Course ID

L.048.23019 
MS ESE Students: see 'Contents' below for PAUL course numbers.

Coordinator

Module: Mertsching, Bärbel, Prof. Dr.-Ing.

CSE Part A: 
Tünnermann, Jan Dr. gemeinsam together with
Scharlau, Ingrid, Prof. Dr. (cognitive psychology)

CSE Part B:
Tünnermann, Jan Dr. ,
Mertsching, Bärbel, Prof. Dr.-Ing. 

CSE Part C: 
Mertsching, Bärbel, Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Teaching Unit

GET Lab

Type

PS

Workload

Credits

Module Homepage

http://getwww.uni-paderborn.de/teaching/cse

Semester

winter and summer semester

Part B:

Preliminary meeting: Apr. 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm in P 1.6.02.1

Part C:

Short Description

The course presents cutting-edge topics of today‘s research on technical cognitive systems. Furthermore, the fundamentals of biological sensation and perception are covered

Contents

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 - Sensation and Perception in Biological Systems (L.048.90702 für MS ESE)
  Part B (summer semester) offers a broad overview of the fundamentals of sensation and perception in biological systems and the associated intriguing phenomena. The treatment of these topics is interwoven with a critical discussion concerning the implementation of bio-inspired mechanisms in technical systems.
• 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'. Students of this degree course choose (independent of the desired course) the course number L.048.23019.

Learning outcomes and competences

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 understand, design, implement and evaluate basic psychophysical 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) and
• are able to carefully consider the potential use of bio-inspired mechanisms in technical systems.

Implementation

CSE A:

• Vorträge und Diskussionen unter den Teilnehmenden; kleine Programmierbeispiele;
  Entwicklung und Durchführung von psychophysischen Experimenten
• Presentations and discussions by the participants; small programming examples,
  development and realization of psychophysical experiments

CSE B + C:

• Vorträge und Diskussionen unter den Teilnehmenden
• Presentations and discussions by the participants

Prerequisites

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

Overlapping modules

None

Assessments

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

Teaching Language

German or English (depending on demand)

Teaching Material, Literature

CSE A: 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/]. (Letzter Zugriff: 25.02.2016).
• Itti, L., Rees, G. & Tsotsos (2005): Neurobiology of Attention (sections Foundations and Systems). Amsterdam (Elsevier) 3-196 resp. 547-676.

CSE B: Excerpt

• Foley, H., & Matlin, M. (2015). Sensation and perception. Psychology Press.
• Wolfe, J. M., Kluender, K. R., Levi, D. M., Bartoshuk, L. M., Herz, R. S., Klatzky, R. L., Lederman, S. J., Merfeld, D. M. (2015). Sensation & Perception, Fourth Edition. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.

Comments

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