Modelling of Learning
NEUROCYBERNETICS
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 14 permanent members, 1 postdoctoral fellow and 13 PhD students.
News and upcoming events of our team
- LASSO platform – exploring the role of soundscapes in shaping the environment. Collaborative project between the CY Cergy Paris Univrsity and Gustave Eiffel University.
- Chimin Oh (Go instructor and international player, Seoul National University) is giving a seminar entitled “8 Years After the Victory of AlphaGo: Impacts of Artificial Intelligence in the Posthuman Baduk Community“, 28 March 2024.
- New article by Ghiles Mostafaoui (“Quand des robots humanoïdes permettent de mieux comprendre les patients schizophrènes”, ) in the symposium “IA et Santé mentale” (Science et Avenir) & interview video.
- Juliette Lavander is joining our team as part of the ANR NIRVANA project to build the bird robot.
- WorkshopNeuroDevRob23 : developmental AI, Cognitive Robotics, Cognitive Sciences and Neurosciences, 6 Dec 2023 Cergy (France)
Open Jobs /PhD / Internships at NEUROCYBER team
- PhD position in experimental and computational neuroscience (Application Deadline: 6 May 2024)
- PhD position in Collaborative Robotics (Application Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- PhD position: Médiations Robotiques en Soins de Santé (contact person: Joffrey Becker, email: joffrey.becker@ensea.fr (for details). Application deadline: 01 June 2024)
- CNRS Junior Professor Chair in Telecommunications and Future Networks
- Assistant professor position in Robotics and AI
- 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)
Team
PhD student in the NeuroCyber team
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD student
PhD Student
PhD Student
Post-doctoral researcher
PhD student
PhD student
Enseignant-chercheur contractuel
Junior Professor Chair, ENSEA
Junior Professor Chair, CY Cergy Paris University
Associate Professor (HDR), CY Cergy Paris University
Doctorant
Doctorant
PU, ENSEA, Neuro Group Leader
Full Professor, CYU INEX Chair Neuroscience and Robotics, Director of ETIS
MCF, CY Cergy Paris Université
PU, CY Cergy Paris Université
PU, CY Cergy Paris Université
Latest publications
- Assessing the sense of control during affective physical Human Robot Interaction
- Impaired perception of a partner's synchronizing behavior reduces positive attitude toward humanoid robot in schizophrenia patients
- Listener perception of changes in historically informed performance of solo baroque music due to room acoustics
See also
Current projects
Current projects
Towards characterising and extending the operating domain of autonomous vehicles: a neurorobotic approach
- Supervisors: O. Romain, N. Cuperlier (S. Pechberti/VEDECOM)
- Funding: phD Student M. Thabet
MPNAV: visual neurorobotic architecture for the control of an autonomous vehicle
- Funding: Engineer Damien Frechou
Sensorimotor integration of variability during the learning of birdsong
- PI: Sébastien Derégnaucourt (Ethologie Cognition Développement laboratory
- Project member at ETIS: Alexandre Pitti and Sofiane Boucenna
- Other Partners: PRC CNRS NLECD, Neuro_PSI and LS2N laboratories
Autism, a robot to encourage and develop skills
- PI: Sofiane Boucenna
- Other Partners: David Cohen (APHP, Pitié Salpêtrière), Mohamed Chetaouni (Sorbonne universtité, ISIR), Charline Grossard (Université de Lorraine) and Annie Gentes (CY ecole de design).
SOCIAL BAT DRONE
- Supervisors: P. Gaussier, N. CuperlierFunding: PhD student Aëlien Moubèc
Computational modelling of language learning in robots: the development of meaning potentials in social and emotional contexts
- Supervisors: Lola Cañamero, Laura Cohen
- Co-host team: Ann Nowé ( Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB)
- Funding: PhD student Z. Lemhaouri
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)
Space-SNN (IPAL: NUS/CNRS/CY)
- PI: B. Cotterau (Cerco) and Robby Tan (NUS)
- Project member at ETIS: Nicolas Cuperlier
- Funding: PhD Student Geoffroy Keime (co-supervised with B. Cottereau)
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
- PI: Stéphane Raffard (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)
- Project member at ETIS: Ghiles Mostafaoui
- Other partners: les laboratoires Euromov (Ludovic Marin), Epsylone (Stephane Raffard) et l’ISIR (Catherine Pelachaud), ainsi que le CHU de Montpellier
- Funding: PhD student Quitterie Pilon (co-supervised with C. Pelachaud),Tifenn Fauviaux
Embodied intelligence in robotic arms: leveraging human-inspired morphology for intra- and interpersonal coordination
- Primary supervisor: Ghiles Mostafaoui
- Co-host team: Tom Verstraten (Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB)
- Funding: PhD student Maxime Marchal
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
Bio-inspired algorithms for robotic control (Cobot)
- PI: Philippe Gaussier– with the startup Robocolle
- Funding: Engineern Mingda Ju
Embodied intelligence in robotic arms: leveraging human-inspired morphology for intra- and interpersonal coordinationepileptic seizures
- Partners: CY Cergy Paris University, France and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
- Primary supervisor: :Ghiles Mostafaoui
- Co-host team: Tom Verstraten (Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB)* 2022-2026:ANR Project Enhancer
- Funding: PhD student Engineern Mingda Ju
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
