Science of Intelligence
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What principles do all forms of intelligence share? How can intelligent technology benefit from them in an ethical way? Answering these questions is our aim.
Berlin, Germany
Joined October 2018
On May 22, we learned #SCIoI won’t continue as a DFG Cluster of Excellence. A turning point—but not the end. For 7 years, we explored what makes systems truly intelligent 🤖🧠 The science goes on. The vision remains. 🔗 Read more:
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On 22 May 2025, the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced its decision not to extend funding for Science of Intelligence as part of its Excellence
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🔊 Next #ThursdayMorningTalks: Elena Merdjanovska (SCIoI) on learning neural networks from noisy labels. How can models stay robust when data is imperfect? 🤖📊 🗓️ Thu 20 Nov, 10–11 AM📍 SCIoI 🔗 https://t.co/Pa4M80WlNg
#SCIoI #MachineLearning #AIResearch
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🍻 Excellent Pub Quiz is back — where science meets fun! 🧠✨ Join us for trivia that spans from AI to literature, politics to chemistry. 📅 Mon, 10 Nov | 7–9 PM 📍 Fahimi Bar, Berlin 🎤 In German | Free entry 👉 https://t.co/DCRX7NY4L1
#SCIoI #BerlinScience #ExcellentPubQuiz
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Dive into the wonderful world of research of the seven Berlin Clusters of Excellence: from literature to chemistry, from politics to AI, you and your team can
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🎤 Battle of the Brains is back! 🤯 Join #BerlinScienceWeek’s ultimate Science Slam, where researchers turn their work into fun, fast-paced performances. 🧠 Representing #SCIoI: Vito Mengers! 📅 6 Nov, 7–10 PM | Roadrunner’s Paradise 👉
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Amidst the excitement, one event stands out for its humor, heart, and energy: the Battle of the Brains: The Ultimate Science Slam Edition. This much-loved
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🎥 New in our #HotTopics series: Jacob Yates (UC Berkeley) on “The Role of Motor Signals in Visual Cortex.” 👁️🧠 How does the brain tell apart self-motion from world-motion? Yates reveals how motor & visual signals intertwine in perception. ▶️ https://t.co/uBNAWmepsf
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🎓 What happens when early-career researchers become educators? At #SCIoI, nine doctoral researchers designed & taught interdisciplinary Master’s courses — linking research & teaching across Berlin’s universities. 🧠 Read more: https://t.co/vhoEciXbmI
#Teaching #Research
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At Science of Intelligence (SCIoI), the question of what intelligence is — natural or artificial, individual, social or collective — is pursued across
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🤖 “Robotics and AI will never feel the same again.” Join Oliver Brock (#SCIoI) for the opening lecture of the Robotics Institute Germany (#RIG) series at TU Berlin — followed by an open Q&A. 🗓 Oct 30, 2:15–3:45 PM | 📍 online ℹ️
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The Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) offers weekly insights into current research work on robotics. In RIG's weekly online lectures, leading robotics
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🔊 Next #ThursdayMorningTalks with Dimitri Coelho Mollo (Umeå University): “Functional Ontologies for AI Systems.” 💡 How can philosophy help us explain what AI systems really do? 🗓 Oct 30, 10–11 AM | 📍 SCIoI, TU Berlin 👉 https://t.co/xo5SGKHbFa
#SCIoI #AI #CognitiveScience
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🚀 New research by @ValeriiChirkov (#SCIoI) shows how selective use of reliable social cues boosts group performance. 📄 “Payoff selectivity unlocks collective intelligence in naturalistic human groups” 👉 https://t.co/qDRMJnQTNC
#CollectiveIntelligence #Research
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🎥 New #HotTopics video! 👁️ Michele Rucci (Univ. of Rochester) on “Active Space-Time Encoding: The Link Between Vision & Action.” Vision isn’t passive — even tiny eye movements shape how we see. ▶️ Watch:
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📢 Next #ThursdayMorningTalks! Félicie Dhellemmes & Valerii Chirkov on “Navigating the Explore–Exploit Trade-Off in Collective Search.” 🐟🔍🤝 How do groups balance exploration & exploitation in decision-making? 🗓 Thu, 23 Oct, 10–11 AM📍 SCIoI 🔗
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🎥New video! Heiko Hamann on “From Models to Machines: A Roboticist’s View on Collective Behavior” 🤖🐝 How do simple robots solve complex problems together? From task allocation to flocking, Heiko shows how bio-inspired models drive swarm intelligence ▶️ https://t.co/PYegswJ4rL
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✨ What is Collective Intelligence? 🧠🐬🤖 From marlins to robots — how do groups learn, decide & act as one? Join us at #BerlinScienceWeek for a special #SCIoI event on the minds of collectives. 📅 6 Nov | 10:30 AM 📍SCIoI 🔗Register here:
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🎥 New video! Michael Brecht (BCCN Berlin) on “Active Touch & Large-Brain Neuroscience in Elephants” 🐘🧠 How do elephants feel the world through their trunks? From whiskers to cortical maps — a deep dive into tactile intelligence. ▶️
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🎥 New video! William Warren (@BrownUniversity) on “The Dynamics of Perception & Action: From Pedestrian Interactions to Collective Behavior” 👣🌍 How do simple visual rules shape walking, avoiding, & flocking — from individuals to human crowds? ▶️
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📢 Next #ThursdayMorningTalks: Anna Lange & Helene Ackermann on “Adaptivity in Learner–Teacher Interaction” 🧠🤖 How do humans & robots learn from each other? Discover how adaptive interaction shapes more effective learning. 🗓 16 Oct, 10:00 @ #SCIoI 🔗 https://t.co/WcKWKT2Y8B
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🤝For PI Jens Krause, #interdisciplinarity means learning to communicate, build trust & rethink collaboration — and discovering how it reshapes research itself. How was it applied at #SCIoI? 🔗 Find out here:
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When Science of Intelligence first began, not every conversation went smoothly. Jens Krause, SCIoI PI and behavioral biologist remembers preparing a talk on
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🎥 New video in our Hot Topics series: Martina Poletti (@UofR) on “Active Foveal Vision” 👁️🔍 How tiny eye movements optimize fine vision & reshape retinal processing. ▶️ https://t.co/u8h7mzlB9R
#SCIoI #VisionScience #HotTopics
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🍻 Excellent Pub Quiz is back! ✨ Science meets fun with brain-teasers from AI to politics, and literature to chemistry. 📅 Mon, 13 Oct | 19:00 📍 Fahimi Bar, Berlin 🎟 Free entry, first-come first-served Details 👉
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Dive into the wonderful world of research of the seven Berlin Clusters of Excellence: from literature to chemistry, from politics to AI, you and your team can
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🎥 New video! Andrew King (@SwanseaUni) on “Understanding Animal Collective Behavior Across Systems”🐑🕊️🐟 From sheep to pigeons to fish — what drives individuals to move & decide together? Insights from behavioral biology to bio-inspired engineering. ▶️ https://t.co/Wy6ecwkt49
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🎥 New video! John Tsotsos (@YorkUniversity) on “Attentional Mechanisms Bridge Seeing to Looking” 👀🧠 How do we go from seeing to looking? #Attention orchestrates perception, planning & action — key to purposeful vision. ▶️ https://t.co/HHGXlIQ91W
#SCIoI #HotTopics #Vision
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