Modelling of Learning
NEUROCYBER
Our group pushes forward embodiment and bio-inspiration toward cognitive and social robots, autonomous and embodied AI. We investigate biological models for human-level cognition and interact with developmental psychologists and neuroscientists.
Cognitive and Bio-inspired AI&Robotics
Our research is organized around five themes: BRAIN modeling, AUTONOMOUS control, COGnitive robotics, HEALTH robot caregiver and modeling, BODY bio-inspiration for robotics & AI.
Our group currently comprises 12 permanent members and 8 PhD students.
Team
Junior Professor Chair, ENSEA
Junior Professor Chair, CY Cergy Paris University
Associate Professor (HDR), CY Cergy Paris University
Doctorant
Doctorant
MCF HDR, CYU, Neuro Group Leader
Full Professor, CYU INEX Chair Neuroscience and Robotics, Acting Director of ETIS
MCF, CY Cergy Paris Université
PU, CY Cergy Paris Université
PU, CY Cergy Paris Université
Research areas
BRAIN
Neural architectures and brain models
COG&PERCEPTION
Developmental, cognitive, affective / social robotics
AUTONOMOUS
Autonomous control for robots, drones and vehicles
HEALTH
HMI and models of physical and mental health conditions
BODY
Embodied, soft and bio-inspired robotics
Open Jobs /PhD / Internships at NEUROCYBER team
- Fully funded PhD position in the field of neuro-inspired robotics (PhD position)
- Brain-inspired Neural Networks using Information Maximization for Efficient Coding during Continual Learning (PhD position)
- Modeling Affective Cognition in Bio-Inspired Social Robotics (PhD position)
- Ingénieur.e de recherche en mécatronique et robotique bio-inspirée (Ingénieur, Poste à pourvoir au 1er janvier 2024)
Current projects
Hybrid Neural Networks: combining artificial and spiking neural networks to enhance life-long continuous learning in autonomous agents and robots
- Funding Postodoc Fellow: Dr. Cristian Jimenez-Romero
- Primary supervisor: Thanos Manos
- Co-host team: Yulia Timofeeva & Hongkai Wen (University of Warwick, UK)
- Project collaborators at NEUROCYBER team: Mathias Quoy, Nicolas Cuperlier, Philippe Gaussier
- Brazilian PIs: Vitor Nascimento (USP), Cintia Borges Margi (USP), Rodrigo C. Delamare (PUC-Rio)
Slow and low dimensional dynamics in the brain
- PI: Alessandro Torcini (LTPM)
- Project members at ETIS: Thanos Manos & Mathias Quoy
- Other partners: G. Mongilllo, A. Ferrara (Institut de la Vision, Paris), A. Bacci, A. Aguirre and J. Zorrilla de San Martin (Institut du Cerveau, Paris), S. Olmi (Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi CNR (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy), F. Tixidre (LPTM)
- Funding: PhD candidate Alejandro Calleja Carballosa (LPTM)
Leveraging neurocomputational models to extract the intracerebral conduction velocity as a novel non-invasive marker of information processing speed in multiple sclerosis
- Partners: CY Cergy Paris University, France and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Supervisors: Thanos Manos (ETIS) & Van.Schependom (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
- Funding: PhD student Gaia Zin
Neural network structure, onset and propagation of epileptic seizures
- Partners: CY Cergy Paris University, France and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Supervisors: Thanos Manos, Mathias Quoy (ETIS) & Yulia Timofeeva (University of Warwick)
- Funding: PhD student Juliette Courson
News and upcoming events of our team
- WorkshopNeuroDevRob23 : developmental AI, Cognitive Robotics, Cognitive Sciences and Neurosciences, 6 Dec 2023 Cergy (France)
