Our annual summer school gives students an in-depth look at dynamic field theory over the course of an intense and fun week. The summer school covers everything from the basics of dynamic field theory up to our latest research projects. Students learn the theoretical background in informal lectures but the main emphasis of the summer school is hands-on work on exercises and individual projects. This gives students a lot of time to collaborate and discuss in small groups and under close supervision of our tutors.
IMPRESSIONS FROM OUR SUMMER SCHOOL 2018
VIDEO OF A STUDENT PROJECT DEMONSTRATION
INFORMAL WELCOME DINNER
We organized an informal welcome dinner on the Sunday before the summer school started. We had a lot of fun getting to know each other and will try to do this in future summer schools as well.
2018-09-09
08:00PM (UTC+2) · 11:00PM (UTC+2): Welcome dinner
2018-09-10
09:00AM (UTC+2) · 09:30AM (UTC+2): Welcome (Gregor Schöner)
09:30AM (UTC+2) · 11:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: Introduction (Gregor Schöner)
11:30AM (UTC+2) · 01:00PM (UTC+2): Lecture: Braitenberg and neural dynamics (Gregor Schöner)
01:00PM (UTC+2) · 02:00PM (UTC+2): Lunch
02:00PM (UTC+2) · 03:00PM (UTC+2): Exercise: neural dynamics (group)
03:00PM (UTC+2) · 04:30PM (UTC+2): Lecture: Dynamic field theory: basic concepts, neural grounding (Gregor Schöner)
05:00PM (UTC+2) · 06:30PM (UTC+2): Project presentation (Mathis Richter, group)
06:30PM (UTC+2) · 08:00PM (UTC+2): (Project preparation)
2018-09-11
09:00AM (UTC+2) · 11:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: Dynamic field theory: instabilities, memory trace (Gregor Schöner)
11:30AM (UTC+2) · 01:00PM (UTC+2): Exercise: dynamic field theory (group)
01:00PM (UTC+2) · 02:00PM (UTC+2): Lunch
02:00PM (UTC+2) · 03:30PM (UTC+2): Lecture: Embodied neural dynamics (Gregor Schöner)
03:30PM (UTC+2) · 04:30PM (UTC+2): Exercise: embodied neural dynamics (group)
05:00PM (UTC+2) · 06:30PM (UTC+2): Exercise: introduction to software (Mathis Richter, group)
06:30PM (UTC+2) · 08:00PM (UTC+2): (Project preparation)
2018-09-12
09:00AM (UTC+2) · 11:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: Higher dimensional fields and multi-layer fields (Gregor Schöner
11:30AM (UTC+2) · 01:00PM (UTC+2): Lecture: Sequence generation (Gregor Schöner)
01:00PM (UTC+2) · 02:00PM (UTC+2): Lunch
02:00PM (UTC+2) · 08:00PM (UTC+2): Project work (free)
08:00PM (UTC+2) · 10:00PM (UTC+2): Summer school dinner
2018-09-13
09:00AM (UTC+2) · 10:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: Scene representation (Raul Grieben)
10:00AM (UTC+2) · 11:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: Higher cognition (Mathis Richter)
11:00AM (UTC+2) · 01:00PM (UTC+2): Project work (free)
01:00PM (UTC+2) · 02:00PM (UTC+2): Lunch
02:00PM (UTC+2) · 08:00PM (UTC+2): Project work (free)
2018-09-14
09:00AM (UTC+2) · 10:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: Mouse tracking to observe selection decisions (Jonas Lins)
10:00AM (UTC+2) · 11:00AM (UTC+2): Lecture: A neural dynamic architecture for movement (Jan Tekülve)
11:00AM (UTC+2) · 01:00PM (UTC+2): Project work (free)
01:00PM (UTC+2) · 02:00PM (UTC+2): Lunch
02:00PM (UTC+2) · 03:30PM (UTC+2): Project work (free)
03:30PM (UTC+2) · 06:00PM (UTC+2): Project presentations
| Lecture slides | Introduction |
| Lecture slides | Braitenberg vehicles: embodied nervous systems |
| Lecture slides | Neural Dynamics |
| Lecture slides | Dynamic Field Theory |
| Lecture slides | Dynamic Field Theory and learning |
| Lecture slides | Linking neural and behavioral dynamics |
| Lecture slides | Higher dimensional fields enable new cognitive functions |
| Lecture slides | Multi-layer fields enable richer neural dynamics |
| Lecture slides | Sequential processing in DFT |
| Lecture slides | Scene representation |
| Lecture slides | Higher cognition |
| Lecture slides | Embodied spatial language grounding |
| Lecture slides | A neural dynamic architecture for movement |
| Document | Overview of student projects |