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Emperical Interference

Haptic Intelligence

Modern Magnetic Systems

Perceiving Systems

Physical Intelligence

Robotic Materials

Social Foundations of Computation


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Autonomous Vision

Autonomous Learning

Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots

Dynamic Locomotion

Embodied Vision

Human Aspects of Machine Learning

Intelligent Control Systems

Learning and Dynamical Systems

Locomotion in Biorobotic and Somatic Systems

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems

Movement Generation and Control

Neural Capture and Synthesis

Physics for Inference and Optimization

Organizational Leadership and Diversity

Probabilistic Learning Group


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Robot Learning

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Autonomous Learning

Robotics

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Rationality Enhancement Software Workshop Article Optimal feedback improves behavioral focus during self-regulated computer-based work. Wirzberger, M., Lado, A., Prentice, M., Oreshnikov, I., Passy, J., Stock, A., Lieder, F. Scientific Reports, 14:3134-, February 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Ph.D. Thesis Creating a Haptic Empathetic Robot Animal That Feels Touch and Emotion Burns, R. B. University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, February 2024, Department of Computer Science (Published) BibTeX

Empirical Inference Ph.D. Thesis Identifiable Causal Representation Learning: Unsupervised, Multi-View, and Multi-Environment von Kügelgen, J. University of Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, February 2024, (Cambridge-Tübingen-Fellowship) (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Inferring Atmospheric Properties of Exoplanets with Flow Matching and Neural Importance Sampling Gebhard, T. D., Wildberger, J., Dax, M., Angerhausen, D., Quanz, S. P., Schölkopf, B. 3rd Annual AAAI Workshop on AI to Accelerate Science and Engineering (AI2ASE), February 2024 (Published) arXiv URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Ph.D. Thesis Methods for Generative Modeling and Interpretable Classification with Strong Differential Privacy Harder, F. University of Tübingen, Germany, February 2024, IMPRS-PhD-Program (Published) URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Network propagation for GWAS analysis: a practical guide to leveraging molecular networks for disease gene discovery Visonà, G., Bouzigon, E., Demenais, F., Schweikert, G. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 25(2), January 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Trained recurrent neural networks develop phase-locked limit cycles in a working memory task Pals, M., Macke, J. H., Barak, O. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(2), February 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article IMU-Based Kinematics Estimation Accuracy Affects Gait Retraining Using Vibrotactile Cues Rokhmanova, N., Pearl, O., Kuchenbecker, K. J., Halilaj, E. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 32:1005-1012, February 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Adapting a High-Fidelity Simulation of Human Skin for Comparative Touch Sensing in the Elephant Trunk Schulz, A., Serhat, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Abstract presented at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (SICB), Seattle, USA, January 2024 (Published) BibTeX

Perceiving Systems Conference Paper Adversarial Likelihood Estimation With One-Way Flows Ben-Dov, O., Gupta, P. S., Abrevaya, V., Black, M. J., Ghosh, P. In Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), :3779-3788, January 2024 (Published) pdf arXiv BibTeX

Social Foundations of Computation Algorithms and Society Conference Paper Causal Inference out of Control: Estimating Performativity without Treatment Randomization Cheng, G., Hardt, M., Mendler-Dünner, C. In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2024), PMLR, The Forty-First International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), January 2024 (Published) ArXiv URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article How Should Robots Exercise with People? Robot-Mediated Exergames Win with Music, Social Analogues, and Gameplay Clarity Fitter, N. T., Mohan, M., Preston, R. C., Johnson, M. J., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 10(1155837):1-18, January 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Perceiving Systems Conference Paper Human Hair Reconstruction with Strand-Aligned 3D Gaussians Zakharov, E., Sklyarova, V., Black, M. J., Nam, G., Thies, J., Hilliges, O. In European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2024), LNCS, Springer Cham, January 2024 (Published) pdf project code video arXiv DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Conference Paper Multi-channel free space optical convolutions with incoherent light Song, A., Kottapalli, S. N. M., Schölkopf, B., Fischer, P. AI and Optical Data Sciences V, PC12903:PC129030I, (Editors: Ken-ichi Kitayama and Volker J. Sorger), SPIE, January 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Optics and Sensing Laboratory Conference Paper Polarization-based non-linear deep diffractive neural networks Kottapalli, S. N. M., Schlieder, L., Song, A., Volchkov, V., Schölkopf, B., Fischer, P. AI and Optical Data Sciences V, PC12903:PC129030B, (Editors: Ken-ichi Kitayama and Volker J. Sorger), SPIE, January 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Pre-treatment 18F-FDG-PET/CT parameters as biomarkers for progression free survival, best overall response and overall survival in metastatic melanoma patients undergoing first-line immunotherapy Peisen, F., Gerken, A., Dahm, I., Nikolaou, K., Eigentler, T., Amaral, T., Moltz, J. H., Othman, A. E., Gatidis, S. PLOS ONE, 19(1), January 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Article Robust Surface Recognition With the Maximum Mean Discrepancy: Degrading Haptic-Auditory Signals Through Bandwidth and Noise Khojasteh, B., Shao, Y., Kuchenbecker, K. J. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 17(1):58-65, January 2024, Presented at the IEEE Haptics Symposium (Published) DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Article Towards fully covariant machine learning Villar, S., Hogg, D. W., Yao, W., Kevrekidis, G. A., Schölkopf, B. Transactions on Machine Learning Research, January 2024 (Published) URL BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Materials Miscellaneous Whiskers That Don’t Whisk: Unique Structure From the Absence of Actuation in Elephant Whiskers Schulz, A., Kaufmann, L., Brecht, M., Richter, G., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Abstract presented at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (SICB), Seattle, USA, January 2024 (Published) BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous MPI-10: Haptic-Auditory Measurements from Tool-Surface Interactions Khojasteh, B., Shao, Y., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Dataset published as a companion to the journal article "Robust Surface Recognition with the Maximum Mean Discrepancy: Degrading Haptic-Auditory Signals through Bandwidth and Noise" in IEEE Transactions on Haptics, January 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Perceiving Systems Ph.D. Thesis Self- and Interpersonal Contact in 3D Human Mesh Reconstruction Müller, L. University of Tübingen, Tübingen, March 2024 (Published) download Thesis DOI BibTeX

Learning and Dynamical Systems Article A Pontryagin Perspective on Reinforcement Learning Eberhard, O., Vernade, C., Muehlebach, M. Learning for Dynamics and Control Conference, 2024, Submitted (Submitted) URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article A simple quantitative model of neuromodulation, Part I: Ion flow through neural ion channels Werneck, L., Han, M., Yildiz, E., Keip, M., Sitti, M., Ortiz, M. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 182:105457, 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Learning and Dynamical Systems Article Accelerated First-Order Optimization under Nonlinear Constraints Muehlebach, M., Jordan, M. I. Mathematical Programming, 2024, Submitted (Submitted) URL BibTeX

Materials Article Adsorption on Inkjet-Printable Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels Allows Refractive Index Sensing of Diclofenac and Metoprolol in Aqueous Solution Southan, A., Tan, J., Schuster, F., Rotenberger, J., Tovar, G. E. M. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6(10):6010-6021, 2024 (Published) pdf DOI URL BibTeX

Embodied Vision Conference Paper Analytical Uncertainty-Based Loss Weighting in Multi-Task Learning Kirchdorfer, L., Elich, C., Kutsche, S., Stuckenschmidt, H., Schott, L., Köhler, J. M. In Proceedings of the German Conference on Pattern Recognition (GCPR), 2024, to appear, To be published (To be published) BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Artificial-goosebump-driven microactuation Zhang, M., Pal, A., Lyu, X., Wu, Y., Sitti, M. Nature Materials, 23(23):560-569, 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Embodied Vision Article Attention Normalization Impacts Cardinality Generalization in Slot Attention Krimmel, M., Achterhold, J., Stueckler, J. In Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR), 2024 (Published) preprint video source code URL BibTeX

Learning and Dynamical Systems Article Balancing a 3D Inverted Pendulum using Remote Magnetic Manipulation Zughaibi, J., Nelson, B. J., Muehlebach, M. Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024, In revision (In revision) URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Capillary trapping of various nanomaterials on additively manufactured scaffolds for 3D micro-/nanofabrication Lyu, X., Zheng, Z., Shiva, A., Han, M., Dayan, C. B., Zhang, M., Sitti, M. Nature Communications, 15(15):6693, 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Clinical translation of wireless soft robotic medical devices Wang, T., Wu, Y., Yildiz, E., Kanyas, S., Sitti, M. Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Article Coherent magnons with giant nonreciprocity at nanoscale wavelengths Gallardo, R., Weigand, M., Schultheiss, K., Kakay, A., Mattheis, R., Raabe, J., Schütz, G., Deac, A., Lindner, J., Wintz, S. ACS Nano, 18(7):5249-5257, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2024 () DOI BibTeX

Learning and Dynamical Systems Conference Paper Conformal Performance Range Prediction for Segmentation Output Quality Control Wundram, A., Fischer, P., Muehlebach, M., Koch, L., Baumgartner, C. International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2024 (Published) BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Article Control of stripe, skyrmion and skyrmionium formation in the 2D magnet Fe3–xGeTe2 by varying composition Birch, M. T., Powalla, L., Litzius, K., Nehruji, V., Hovorka, O., Wintz, S., Schulz, F., Mayoh, D. A., Balakrishnan, G., Weigand, M., et al. 2D Materials, 11(2), IOP Publ., Bristol, 2024 () DOI BibTeX

Haptic Intelligence Miscellaneous Discrete Fourier Transform Three-to-One (DFT321): Code Landin, N., Romano, J. M., McMahan, W., Kuchenbecker, K. J. MATLAB code of discrete fourier transform three-to-one (DFT321), 2024 (Published) Code BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Article Electrical detection and nucleation of a magnetic skyrmion in a magnetic tunnel junction observed via operando magnetic microscopy Urrestarazu Larran aga, J., Sisodia, N., Guedas, R., Pham, V. T., Di Manici, I., Masseboeuf, A., Garello, K., Disdier, F., Fernandez, B., Wintz, S., et al. Nano Letters, 24(12):3557-3565, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2024 () DOI BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Article Establishing ZIF-8 as a reference material for hydrogen cryoadsorption: An interlaboratory study Villajos, J. A., Balderas-Xicohténcatl, R., Al Shakhs, A. N., Berenguer-Murcia, A., Buckley, C. E., Cazorla-Amorós, D., Charalambopoulou, G., Couturas, F., Cuevas, F., Fairen-Jimenez, D., et al. ChemPhysChem, 25(5), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2024 () DOI BibTeX

Embodied Vision Article Event-based Non-Rigid Reconstruction of Low-Rank Parametrized Deformations from Contours Xue, Y., Li, H., Leutenegger, S., Stueckler, J. International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Embodied Vision Conference Paper Examining Common Paradigms in Multi-Task Learning Elich, C., Kirchdorfer, L., M. Köhler, J., Schott, L. In Proceedings of the German Conference on Pattern Recognition (GCPR), 2024, to appear, To be published (To be published) paper BibTeX

Learning and Dynamical Systems Article Gray-box nonlinear feedback optimization He, Z., Bolognani, S., Muehlebach, M., Dörfler, F. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2024, Submitted (Submitted) URL BibTeX

Modern Magnetic Systems Article Hydrogen-stabilized ScYNdGd medium-entropy alloy for hydrogen storage Balcerzak, M., Ponsoni, J. B., Petersen, H., Menéndez, C., Ternieden, J., Zhang, L., Winkelmann, F., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hirscher, M., Felderhoff, M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(8):5283-5294, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2024 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Immune Cell‐Based Microrobots for Remote Magnetic Actuation, Antitumor Activity, and Medical Imaging Dogan, N. O., Suadiye, E., Wrede, P., Lazovic, J., Dayan, C. B., Soon, R. H., Aghakhani, A., Richter, G., Sitti, M. Advanced Healthcare Materials, :2400711, 2024 (Published) DOI URL BibTeX

Embodied Vision Technical Report Incremental Few-Shot Adaptation for Non-Prehensile Object Manipulation using Parallelizable Physics Simulators Baumeister, F., Mack, L., Stueckler, J. CoRR abs/2409.13228, CoRR, 2024, Submitted to IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2025, Submitted (Submitted) URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Janus microparticles-based targeted and spatially-controlled piezoelectric neural stimulation via low-intensity focused ultrasound Han, M., Yildiz, E., Bozuyuk, U., Aydin, A., Yu, Y., Bhargava, A., Karaz, S., Sitti, M. Nature Communications, 15(1):2013, 2024 () DOI BibTeX

Empirical Inference Miscellaneous Learning Interpretable Concepts: Unifying Causal Representation Learning and Foundation Models Rajendran, G., Buchholz, S., Aragam, B., Schölkopf, B., Ravikumar, P. 2024 (Published) arXiv BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Learning Soft Millirobot Multimodal Locomotion with Sim-to-Real Transfer Demir, S. O., Tiryaki, M. E., Karacakol, A. C., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 2024 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Embodied Vision Technical Report Learning a Terrain- and Robot-Aware Dynamics Model for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Achterhold, J., Guttikonda, S., Kreber, J. U., Li, H., Stueckler, J. CoRR abs/2409.11452, 2024, Preprint submitted to Robotics and Autonomous Systems Journal. https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11452, Submitted (Submitted) BibTeX

Autonomous Learning Article Machine learning of a density functional for anisotropic patchy particles Simon, A., Weimar, J., Martius, G., Oettel, M. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2024, Accepted (Accepted) DOI URL BibTeX

Empirical Inference Miscellaneous Multi-Armed Bandits and Quantum Channel Oracles Buchholz, S., Kübler, J. M., Schölkopf, B. 2024 (Published) arXiv BibTeX