| Details of undergraduate studies |
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I have completed a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrueck.
If you wonder what Cognitive Science is about, Wikipedia has good articles in English as well as German.
While maintaining a strong focus on information sciences it was very good to gain insights in the areas of Neurobiology, Philosophy and Psychology as well. Beside working as a teaching assistent twice I have participated in several research projects. There was SpamStop, utilizing SVMs to categorize mails. Later I worked in the Neuroinformatics Group, first on the multi-agent reinforcement learning capabilities of the Brainstormers 2D Robocup team
and then on getting Robosapien robots to play soccer.
The overall grade, a weighted sum of collateral examintion and thesis results, was excellent with distinction. Two work experiences as a teaching assistant ("Tutor") are listed in the corresponding section of my general CV. Apart from all this there were excellent fellow students as well as friends and it was a pleasure to study with them which might be partially visible from my activities in the students union. Here you can find: |
| Bachelor's thesis |
Topic |
Kooperatives Reinforcement Lernen in Multiagentensystemen (Cooperative Reinforcement Learning in Multiagent Systems) |
Source code |
The source code is available at http://www.ni.uos.de/index.php?id=880, along with the full Brainstormers 2D RoboCup code (look for Score04 and related files!). |
Grade |
excellent |
1. Examiner |
Prof. Dr. M. Riedmiller |
2. Examiner |
Prof. Dr. V. Sperschneider |
| Areas of emphasis (Collateral examinations) |
| Field | Grade (Examiner) |
|---|---|
Mathematics |
very good (Prof Dr. R. Vogt) |
Artificial Intelligence |
excellent (Dr. H. Gust) |
Neuroinformatics |
excellent (Prof. Dr. V. Sperschneider) |
Computational Linguistics |
excellent (Prof. Dr. P. Bosch) |
Computer Science |
very good (Prof Dr. O. Vornberger) |
| Courses taken in Osnabrueck, 2001 till 2005 (chronological order) |
| Course | Teacher | Result (ECTS grade, ECTS credit points) |
|---|---|---|
Statistics I and Psychological Methodology
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Prof. Dr. R. Suck
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(B, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Algorithms
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Prof. Dr. O. Vornberger
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(B, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Introduction to Linguistics
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Prof. Dr. P. Bosch
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Introduction to Epistemology
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Dr. U. Meyer
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Foundations of Logic I
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PD Dr. A Stephan
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(C, 8 ECTS-pts)
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Introduction to Neurobiology
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Prof. Dr. G. Jeserich
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Foundations of Cognitive Science
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Prof. Dr. P. Bosch, Prof. Dr. F. Schmalhofer
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Programming in Logic
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PD Dr. H. Gust
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(A, 8 ECTS-pts)
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Object Oriented Programming
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Dr. U. Schmid
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(B, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Cognitive Psychology
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Prof Dr. F. Schmalhofer
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Sensory Physiology
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Prof. Dr. G. Jeserich
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Philosophy of Mind
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PD Dr. A Stephan
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(B, 8 ECTS-pts)
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Computational Linguistics
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Prof. Dr. P. Bosch, Dr. S. Reinhard
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(B, 8 ECTS-pts)
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Morphology and Syntax
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Dr. J. Trommer
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Learning Algorithms
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Dr. B. Hammer
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(A, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Functional Programing
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Dr. U. Schmid
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(A,12 ECTS-pts)
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Linear Algebra
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Prof. Dr. Vogt
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(C, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Applied NLP
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Dr. G. Katz
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(C, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Neurobiopsychology
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Dr. M. Herzog
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Theoretical Neuroscience
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Dr. M. Schmitt
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(A, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Methods of AI
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Dr. U. Schmid
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(B, 8 ECTS-pts)
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Logic II
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PD. Dr. A. Stephan
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Analysis I (Calculus)
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Prof. Dr. W. Bruns
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(B, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Neural Networks
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Prof. Dr. V. Sperschneider
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(A, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Theoretical Computer Science
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Prof. Dr. V. Sperschneider
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(A, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Complex Adaptive Systems
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Prof. Dr. C. Pahl-Wostl
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(B, 8 ECTS-pts)
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AI Perspectives on Learning
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Prof. Dr. K.-U. Kuehnberger, Dr. H. Gust
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(B, 4 ECTS pts)
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Applied Computer Science
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Dr. M. Gieseking
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(B, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Modular Neurodynamics
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Prof. Dr. F. Pasemann
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(B, 4 ECTS-pts)
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Autonomous Robots
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Prof. Dr. M. Riedmiller
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(A, 8 ECTS-pts)
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(Total: 228 ECTS-pts)
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| Courses (taken in Osnabrueck, but outside the Cognitive Science course of studies), Mathematics Faculty |
Analysis II
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Prof. Dr. W. Bruns
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(pass, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Probability Theory and Statistics
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Prof. Dr. P. Meyer-Nieberg
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(pass, 12 ECTS-pts)
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Formalization of Knowledge
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Prof. Dr. E. Cohors-Fresenborg
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(pass, 12 ECTS-pts)
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| Courses taken during my semester abroad in Trondheim, Norway, Winter 2003 |
Knowledge Representation
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Prof. P. Oezturk
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(C, 7.5 ECTS-pts)
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Intelligent User Interfaces
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Prof. A. Thomassen
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(B, 7.5 ECTS-pts)
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Cooperation Technology
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Prof. M. Divitini
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(C, 7.5 ECTS-pts)
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| Student self-organization |
Summer 2004 |
Organisation of a canoe tour for CogScis on the Ems river (Photos). |
Summer 2003 |
Organisation of a canoe tour for CogScis on the Hase river (Photos). |
October 2002 |
Organisation of a trip for the CogSci freshmen to Lutter Castle (Photos). |
Spring 2002 |
Design of an interactive internet portal for the Cognitive Science students (has changed a lot since then). |