MINDS - Modeling Intelligent Dynamical Systems

The MINDS research group at Jacobs University Bremen, headed by Herbert Jaeger, develops mathematical tools for analysing cognitive dynamics, and designs artificial information processing systems and theoretically well-founded learning algorithms. The main original contributions from MINDS arise in the fields of recurrent neural networks (Echo State Networks) and stochastic processes (Observable Operator Models).

Topics of current research: Hierarchical architectures based on recurrent neural networks for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, and robot motor control Dynamical mechanisms for neural working memory Mathematical theory of input-driven dynamical systems Agent architectures for optimal action selection in stochastic environments Mathematical theory of interacting stochastic processes, with applications in multichannel signal analysis

In their graduate teaching in machine learning as well as undergraduate teaching in theoretical computer science, Herbert Jaeger and his crew aim at a high level of formal rigor, since they believe in a true friendship with mathematical formalism.