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Independence of cause and mechanism in brain networks

Besserve, M.

DALI workshop on Networks: Processes and Causality, April 2015 (talk)

ei Besserve, M. Independence of cause and mechanism in brain networks DALI workshop on Networks: Processes and Causality, April 2015 (talk)

Haptic Textures for Online Shopping

Culbertson, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Interactive demonstrations in The Retail Collective exhibit, presented at the Dx3 Conference in Toronto, Canada, March 2015 (misc)

hi Culbertson, H., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Haptic Textures for Online Shopping Interactive demonstrations in The Retail Collective exhibit, presented at the Dx3 Conference in Toronto, Canada, March 2015 (misc)

Information-Theoretic Implications of Classical and Quantum Causal Structures

Chaves, R., Majenz, C., Luft, L., Maciel, T., Janzing, D., Schölkopf, B., Gross, D.

18th Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP), 2015 (talk)

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ei Chaves, R., Majenz, C., Luft, L., Maciel, T., Janzing, D., Schölkopf, B., Gross, D. Information-Theoretic Implications of Classical and Quantum Causal Structures 18th Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP), 2015 (talk)

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Assessment of brain tissue damage in the Sub-Acute Stroke Region by Multiparametric Imaging using [89-Zr]-Desferal-EPO-PET/MRI

Castaneda, S. G., Katiyar, P., Russo, F., Disselhorst, J. A., Calaminus, C., Poli, S., Maurer, A., Ziemann, U., Pichler, B. J.

World Molecular Imaging Conference, 2015 (talk)

ei Castaneda, S. G., Katiyar, P., Russo, F., Disselhorst, J. A., Calaminus, C., Poli, S., Maurer, A., Ziemann, U., Pichler, B. J. Assessment of brain tissue damage in the Sub-Acute Stroke Region by Multiparametric Imaging using [89-Zr]-Desferal-EPO-PET/MRI World Molecular Imaging Conference, 2015 (talk)

Early time point in vivo PET/MR is a promising biomarker for determining efficacy of a novel Db(\alphaEGFR)-scTRAIL fusion protein therapy in a colon cancer model

Divine, M. R., Harant, M., Katiyar, P., Disselhorst, J. A., Bukala, D., Aidone, S., Siegemund, M., Pfizenmaier, K., Kontermann, R., Pichler, B. J.

World Molecular Imaging Conference, 2015 (talk)

ei Divine, M. R., Harant, M., Katiyar, P., Disselhorst, J. A., Bukala, D., Aidone, S., Siegemund, M., Pfizenmaier, K., Kontermann, R., Pichler, B. J. Early time point in vivo PET/MR is a promising biomarker for determining efficacy of a novel Db(\alphaEGFR)-scTRAIL fusion protein therapy in a colon cancer model World Molecular Imaging Conference, 2015 (talk)

The search for single exoplanet transits in the Kepler light curves

Foreman-Mackey, D., Hogg, D. W., Schölkopf, B.

IAU General Assembly, 22, pages: 2258352, 2015 (talk)

ei Foreman-Mackey, D., Hogg, D. W., Schölkopf, B. The search for single exoplanet transits in the Kepler light curves IAU General Assembly, 22, pages: 2258352, 2015 (talk)

Derivation of phenomenological expressions for transition matrix elements for electron-phonon scattering

Illg, C., Haag, M., Müller, B. Y., Czycholl, G., Fähnle, M.

2015 (misc)

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mms Illg, C., Haag, M., Müller, B. Y., Czycholl, G., Fähnle, M. Derivation of phenomenological expressions for transition matrix elements for electron-phonon scattering 2015 (misc)

2010

Comparative Quantitative Evaluation of MR-Based Attenuation Correction Methods in Combined Brain PET/MR

Mantlik, F., Hofmann, M., Bezrukov, I., Kolb, A., Beyer, T., Reimold, M., Pichler, B., Schölkopf, B.

2010(M08-4), 2010 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS-MIC), November 2010 (talk)

Abstract

Combined PET/MR provides at the same time molecular and functional imaging as well as excellent soft tissue contrast. It does not allow one to directly measure the attenuation properties of scanned tissues, despite the fact that accurate attenuation maps are necessary for quantitative PET imaging. Several methods have therefore been proposed for MR-based attenuation correction (MR-AC). So far, they have only been evaluated on data acquired from separate MR and PET scanners. We evaluated several MR-AC methods on data from 10 patients acquired on a combined BrainPET/MR scanner. This allowed the consideration of specific PET/MR issues, such as the RF coil that attenuates and scatters 511 keV gammas. We evaluated simple MR thresholding methods as well as atlas and machine learning-based MR-AC. CT-based AC served as gold standard reference. To comprehensively evaluate the MR-AC accuracy, we used RoIs from 2 anatomic brain atlases with different levels of detail. Visual inspection of the PET images indicated that even the basic FLASH threshold MR-AC may be sufficient for several applications. Using a UTE sequence for bone prediction in MR-based thresholding occasionally led to false prediction of bone tissue inside the brain, causing a significant overestimation of PET activity. Although it yielded a lower mean underestimation of activity, it exhibited the highest variance of all methods. The atlas averaging approach had a smaller mean error, but showed high maximum overestimation on the RoIs of the more detailed atlas. The Nave Bayes and Atlas-Patch MR-AC yielded the smallest variance, and the Atlas-Patch also showed the smallest mean error. In conclusion, Atlas-based AC using only MR information on the BrainPET/MR yields a high level of accuracy that is sufficient for clinical quantitative imaging requirements. The Atlas-Patch approach was superior to alternative atlas-based methods, yielding a quantification error below 10% for all RoIs except very small ones.

2010

ei Mantlik, F., Hofmann, M., Bezrukov, I., Kolb, A., Beyer, T., Reimold, M., Pichler, B., Schölkopf, B. Comparative Quantitative Evaluation of MR-Based Attenuation Correction Methods in Combined Brain PET/MR 2010(M08-4), 2010 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS-MIC), November 2010 (talk)

Statistical image analysis and percolation theory

Davies, P., Langovoy, M., Wittich, O.

73rd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), August 2010 (talk)

Abstract

We develop a novel method for detection of signals and reconstruction of images in the presence of random noise. The method uses results from percolation theory. We specifically address the problem of detection of objects of unknown shapes in the case of nonparametric noise. The noise density is unknown and can be heavy-tailed. We view the object detection problem as hypothesis testing for discrete statistical inverse problems. We present an algorithm that allows to detect objects of various shapes in noisy images. We prove results on consistency and algorithmic complexity of our procedures.

ei Davies, P., Langovoy, M., Wittich, O. Statistical image analysis and percolation theory 73rd Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), August 2010 (talk)

Statistical image analysis and percolation theory

Langovoy, M., Wittich, O.

28th European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS), August 2010 (talk)

ei Langovoy, M., Wittich, O. Statistical image analysis and percolation theory 28th European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS), August 2010 (talk)

Cooperative Cuts: Graph Cuts with Submodular Edge Weights

Jegelka, S., Bilmes, J.

24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV), July 2010 (talk)

Abstract

We introduce cooperative cut, a minimum cut problem whose cost is a submodular function on sets of edges: the cost of an edge that is added to a cut set depends on the edges in the set. Applications are e.g. in probabilistic graphical models and image processing. We prove NP hardness and a polynomial lower bound on the approximation factor, and upper bounds via four approximation algorithms based on different techniques. Our additional heuristics have attractive practical properties, e.g., to rely only on standard min-cut. Both our algorithms and heuristics appear to do well in practice.

ei Jegelka, S., Bilmes, J. Cooperative Cuts: Graph Cuts with Submodular Edge Weights 24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV), July 2010 (talk)

VerroTouch: High-Frequency Acceleration Feedback for Telerobotic Surgery

Kuchenbecker, K. J., Gewirtz, J., McMahan, W., Standish, D., Martin, P., Bohren, J., Mendoza, P. J., Lee, D. I.

Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2010 (misc)

hi Kuchenbecker, K. J., Gewirtz, J., McMahan, W., Standish, D., Martin, P., Bohren, J., Mendoza, P. J., Lee, D. I. VerroTouch: High-Frequency Acceleration Feedback for Telerobotic Surgery Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2010 (misc)

TexturePad: Realistic Rendering of Haptic Textures

Romano, J. M., Landin, N., McMahan, W., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2010 (misc)

hi Romano, J. M., Landin, N., McMahan, W., Kuchenbecker, K. J. TexturePad: Realistic Rendering of Haptic Textures Hands-on demonstration presented at EuroHaptics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2010 (misc)

BCI and robotics framework for stroke rehabilitation

Gomez Rodriguez, M., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Hill, J., Peters, J., Schölkopf, B., Gharabaghi, A.

4th International BCI Meeting, June 2010 (talk)

ei Gomez Rodriguez, M., Grosse-Wentrup, M., Hill, J., Peters, J., Schölkopf, B., Gharabaghi, A. BCI and robotics framework for stroke rehabilitation 4th International BCI Meeting, June 2010 (talk)

Solving Large-Scale Nonnegative Least Squares

Sra, S.

16th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS), June 2010 (talk)

Abstract

We study the fundamental problem of nonnegative least squares. This problem was apparently introduced by Lawson and Hanson [1] under the name NNLS. As is evident from its name, NNLS seeks least-squares solutions that are also nonnegative. Owing to its wide-applicability numerous algorithms have been derived for NNLS, beginning from the active-set approach of Lawson and Han- son [1] leading up to the sophisticated interior-point method of Bellavia et al. [2]. We present a new algorithm for NNLS that combines projected subgradients with the non-monotonic gradient descent idea of Barzilai and Borwein [3]. Our resulting algorithm is called BBSG, and we guarantee its convergence by ex- ploiting properties of NNLS in conjunction with projected subgradients. BBSG is surprisingly simple and scales well to large problems. We substantiate our claims by empirically evaluating BBSG and comparing it with established con- vex solvers and specialized NNLS algorithms. The numerical results suggest that BBSG is a practical method for solving large-scale NNLS problems.

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ei Sra, S. Solving Large-Scale Nonnegative Least Squares 16th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS), June 2010 (talk)

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Matrix Approximation Problems

Sra, S.

EU Regional School: Rheinisch-Westf{\"a}lische Technische Hochschule Aachen, May 2010 (talk)

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ei Sra, S. Matrix Approximation Problems EU Regional School: Rheinisch-Westf{\"a}lische Technische Hochschule Aachen, May 2010 (talk)

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BCI2000 and Python

Hill, NJ.

Invited lecture at the 7th International BCI2000 Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, May 2010 (talk)

Abstract

A tutorial, with exercises, on how to integrate your own Python code with the BCI2000 realtime software package.

ei Hill, NJ. BCI2000 and Python Invited lecture at the 7th International BCI2000 Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, May 2010 (talk)

Extending BCI2000 Functionality with Your Own C++ Code

Hill, NJ.

Invited lecture at the 7th International BCI2000 Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, May 2010 (talk)

Abstract

A tutorial, with exercises, on how to use BCI2000 C++ framework to write your own real-time signal-processing modules.

ei Hill, NJ. Extending BCI2000 Functionality with Your Own C++ Code Invited lecture at the 7th International BCI2000 Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, May 2010 (talk)

Realistic Haptic Contacts and Textures for Tablet Computing

Romano, J. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at the Stanford Medical Innovation Conference on Medical Robotics, Stanford, California, April 2010 (misc)

hi Romano, J. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Realistic Haptic Contacts and Textures for Tablet Computing Hands-on demonstration presented at the Stanford Medical Innovation Conference on Medical Robotics, Stanford, California, April 2010 (misc)

High-Frequency Tactile Feedback for the da Vinci Surgical System

Standish, D., Gewirtz, J., McMahan, W., Martin, P., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at the Stanford Medical Innovation Conference on Medical Robotics, April 2010 (misc)

hi Standish, D., Gewirtz, J., McMahan, W., Martin, P., Kuchenbecker, K. J. High-Frequency Tactile Feedback for the da Vinci Surgical System Hands-on demonstration presented at the Stanford Medical Innovation Conference on Medical Robotics, April 2010 (misc)

Machine-Learning Methods for Decoding Intentional Brain States

Hill, NJ.

Symposium "Non-Invasive Brain Computer Interfaces: Current Developments and Applications" (BIOMAG), March 2010 (talk)

Abstract

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) work by making the user perform a specific mental task, such as imagining moving body parts or performing some other covert mental activity, or attending to a particular stimulus out of an array of options, in order to encode their intention into a measurable brain signal. Signal-processing and machine-learning techniques are then used to decode the measured signal to identify the encoded mental state and hence extract the user&amp;lsquo;s initial intention. The high-noise high-dimensional nature of brain-signals make robust decoding techniques a necessity. Generally, the approach has been to use relatively simple feature extraction techniques, such as template matching and band-power estimation, coupled to simple linear classifiers. This has led to a prevailing view among applied BCI researchers that (sophisticated) machine-learning is irrelevant since it doesn&amp;lsquo;t matter what classifier you use once your features are extracted. Using examples from our own MEG and EEG experiments, I&amp;lsquo;ll demonstrate how machine-learning principles can be applied in order to improve BCI performance, if they are formulated in a domain-specific way. The result is a type of data-driven analysis that is more than just classification, and can be used to find better feature extractors.

ei Hill, NJ. Machine-Learning Methods for Decoding Intentional Brain States Symposium "Non-Invasive Brain Computer Interfaces: Current Developments and Applications" (BIOMAG), March 2010 (talk)

PAC-Bayesian Analysis in Unsupervised Learning

Seldin, Y.

Foundations and New Trends of PAC Bayesian Learning Workshop, March 2010 (talk)

ei Seldin, Y. PAC-Bayesian Analysis in Unsupervised Learning Foundations and New Trends of PAC Bayesian Learning Workshop, March 2010 (talk)

High-Frequency Tactile Feedback for the da Vinci Surgical System

Standish, D., Gewirtz, J., McMahan, W., Martin, P., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010 (misc)

hi Standish, D., Gewirtz, J., McMahan, W., Martin, P., Kuchenbecker, K. J. High-Frequency Tactile Feedback for the da Vinci Surgical System Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010 (misc)

The Haptic Board

Jiang, Z., Bhoite, M., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, March 2010 (misc)

hi Jiang, Z., Bhoite, M., Kuchenbecker, K. J. The Haptic Board Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, March 2010 (misc)

Tactile Gaming Vest (TGV)

Palan, S., Wang, R., Naukam, N., Li, E., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010 (misc)

hi Palan, S., Wang, R., Naukam, N., Li, E., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Tactile Gaming Vest (TGV) Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010 (misc)

Realistic Haptic Contacts and Textures for Tablet Computing

Romano, J. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010, {B}est Teaser Award (misc)

hi Romano, J. M., Kuchenbecker, K. J. Realistic Haptic Contacts and Textures for Tablet Computing Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010, {B}est Teaser Award (misc)

GPU-Based Haptic Rendering of 3D Smoke

Yang, M., Lu, J., Safonova, A., Kuchenbecker, K. J.

Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010 (misc)

hi Yang, M., Lu, J., Safonova, A., Kuchenbecker, K. J. GPU-Based Haptic Rendering of 3D Smoke Hands-on demonstration presented at IEEE Haptics Symposium, Waltham, Massachusetts, March 2010 (misc)

Learning Motor Primitives for Robotics

Kober, J., Peters, J.

EVENT Lab: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics and Virtual Reality, January 2010 (talk)

Abstract

The acquisition and self-improvement of novel motor skills is among the most important problems in robotics. Motor primitives offer one of the most promising frameworks for the application of machine learning techniques in this context. Employing the Dynamic Systems Motor primitives originally introduced by Ijspeert et al. (2003), appropriate learning algorithms for a concerted approach of both imitation and reinforcement learning are presented. Using these algorithms new motor skills, i.e., Ball-in-a-Cup, Ball-Paddling and Dart-Throwing, are learned.

ei Kober, J., Peters, J. Learning Motor Primitives for Robotics EVENT Lab: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics and Virtual Reality, January 2010 (talk)

\textscLpzRobots: A free and powerful robot simulator

Martius, G., Hesse, F., Güttler, F., Der, R.

\urlhttp://robot.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/software, 2010 (misc)

al Martius, G., Hesse, F., Güttler, F., Der, R. \textscLpzRobots: A free and powerful robot simulator \urlhttp://robot.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/software, 2010 (misc)

Playful Machines: Tutorial

Der, R., Martius, G.

\urlhttp://robot.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/tutorial?lang=en, 2010 (misc)

al Der, R., Martius, G. Playful Machines: Tutorial \urlhttp://robot.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/tutorial?lang=en, 2010 (misc)

2005

Spectral clustering and transductive inference for graph data

Zhou, D.

NIPS Workshop on Kernel Methods and Structured Domains, December 2005 (talk)

2005

ei Zhou, D. Spectral clustering and transductive inference for graph data NIPS Workshop on Kernel Methods and Structured Domains, December 2005 (talk)

Some thoughts about Gaussian Processes

Chapelle, O.

NIPS Workshop on Open Problems in Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning, December 2005 (talk)

ei Chapelle, O. Some thoughts about Gaussian Processes NIPS Workshop on Open Problems in Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning, December 2005 (talk)

A taxonomy of semi-supervised learning algorithms

Chapelle, O.

Yahoo!, December 2005 (talk)

ei Chapelle, O. A taxonomy of semi-supervised learning algorithms Yahoo!, December 2005 (talk)

Building Sparse Large Margin Classifiers

Wu, M., Schölkopf, B., BakIr, G.

The 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), August 2005 (talk)

ei Wu, M., Schölkopf, B., BakIr, G. Building Sparse Large Margin Classifiers The 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), August 2005 (talk)

Learning from Labeled and Unlabeled Data on a Directed Graph

Zhou, D.

The 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning, August 2005 (talk)

Abstract

We propose a general framework for learning from labeled and unlabeled data on a directed graph in which the structure of the graph including the directionality of the edges is considered. The time complexity of the algorithm derived from this framework is nearly linear due to recently developed numerical techniques. In the absence of labeled instances, this framework can be utilized as a spectral clustering method for directed graphs, which generalizes the spectral clustering approach for undirected graphs. We have applied our framework to real-world web classification problems and obtained encouraging results.

ei Zhou, D. Learning from Labeled and Unlabeled Data on a Directed Graph The 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning, August 2005 (talk)

Machine-Learning Approaches to BCI in Tübingen

Bensch, M., Bogdan, M., Hill, N., Lal, T., Rosenstiel, W., Schölkopf, B., Schröder, M.

Brain-Computer Interface Technology, June 2005, Talk given by NJH. (talk)

ei Bensch, M., Bogdan, M., Hill, N., Lal, T., Rosenstiel, W., Schölkopf, B., Schröder, M. Machine-Learning Approaches to BCI in Tübingen Brain-Computer Interface Technology, June 2005, Talk given by NJH. (talk)

Learning Motor Primitives with Reinforcement Learning

Peters, J., Schaal, S.

ROBOTICS Workshop on Modular Foundations for Control and Perception, June 2005 (talk)

ei Peters, J., Schaal, S. Learning Motor Primitives with Reinforcement Learning ROBOTICS Workshop on Modular Foundations for Control and Perception, June 2005 (talk)

Motor Skill Learning for Humanoid Robots

Peters, J.

First Conference Undergraduate Computer Sciences and Informations Sciences (CS/IS), May 2005 (talk)

ei Peters, J. Motor Skill Learning for Humanoid Robots First Conference Undergraduate Computer Sciences and Informations Sciences (CS/IS), May 2005 (talk)

Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same

Fearing, R. S., Sitti, M.

March 2005, US Patent 6,872,439 (misc)

pi Fearing, R. S., Sitti, M. Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same March 2005, US Patent 6,872,439 (misc)

Event-Based Haptic Feedback

Kuchenbecker, K. J., Fiene, J. P., Niemeyer, G.

Hands-on demonstration at IEEE World Haptics Conference, Pisa, Italy, March 2005 (misc)

hi Kuchenbecker, K. J., Fiene, J. P., Niemeyer, G. Event-Based Haptic Feedback Hands-on demonstration at IEEE World Haptics Conference, Pisa, Italy, March 2005 (misc)