Madrid Summer School

NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS AND ROBOTS:

FROM NEURONS TO COGNITION

Director:

  • Manuel García VELARDE, Instituto Pluridisciplinar, UCM Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, Madrid 28040
    Tel: (34) 91 394 3242, Fax: (34) 91 394 3243
    E-mail: mvelarde@pluri.ucm.es, http://www.ucm.es/info/fluidos
  • Paolo ARENA, University of Catania DIEES, Coordinator SPARK II
    E-mail: parena@diees.unict.it

Secretary:

Valeri Makarov, Dep. of Applied Mathematics, School of Optics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Luca Patanè,University of Catania DIEES

Materials for students

Paolo Arena,

Department of Electric, Electronic and Automation Engeneering (DIEES), University of Catania, Italy

Spatial-temporal patterns and perception in Bio-inspired-robots

Giacomo Rizzolatti,

University of Parma, Italia

Cognition and motor systems

Alberto Ferrús,

Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid

Inhibition in sensory inputs

Pablo Varona,

Dpto. de Ingeniería Informática, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid

From single cells to neural systems (complex information processing)

Rafael Levi,

Escuela Politechnica Superior, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Dynamical Origin of search behavior in Clione

Luca Patané,

Department of Electric, Electronic and Automation Engeneering (DIEES), University of Catania, Italy

Rovers and legged robots: architectures and bio-inspired control algorithms

Valeri A. Makarov,

Dep. of Applied Mathematics, School of Optics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Recurrent neural networks (RNN), memory and learning
Processing neurodata (alternative methodologies)

Roland Strauss,

University of Mainz, Germany

Neurogenetics and cognitive capabilities in Drosophyla Melanogaster

Holk Cruse,

University of Bielefeld, Germany

Getting cognitive: from 1st order embodiment to 2nd order embodiment (and beyond)

Joseph Schmitz,

University of Bielefeld, Germany

Neurobiological foundations of hexapod locomotion in insects and robots

Pablo González de Santos,

Instituto de Automática, CSIC, Madrid

Engineering-inspired robots

Ezequiel del Río,

ETSI Aeronáuticos, Universidad Politécnica, e Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

A prototype six-legged (insect-like) robot

José Antonio Martín-Pereda,

ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica, Madrid

Connections between visual perception and nonlinear photonic structures