22/09/2025
Curious where your MEi:CogSci journey might take you? 🌍🔬
Our alum Peter Šebáň began his research on kea parrots while studying in the Cognitive Science programme in Bratislava, during his Erasmus mobility semester in Vienna. This study, done in collaboration with an Austrian research team, has now led to a publication in the journal Behavioural Processes!
🦜 In the study, Peter explored how kea learn and solve problems by testing them in two different tasks with both visible and hidden rewards. His findings show how task design can strongly influence animal learning and decision-making.
Peter is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and he had the opportunity to continue his research on kea parrots thanks to an Ernst Mach scholarship. For current and future MEi:CogSci students, this is a great example of how your mobility experience and interdisciplinary training can grow into a larger project — and even lead to an international publication. ✨
📖 You can read and download the full paper here (free for the next three days):
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lZFF1LenMcJ5W
🦜 Náš kolega Peťo skúmal učenie u papagájov kea! 🦜
Počas Ernst Mach štipendia na výskumnej stanici Haidlhof (Rakúsko) sa Peter Šebáň namiesto výskumu učenia u ľudí venoval fascinujúcim papagájom kea. Testoval ich v dvoch úlohách – Ephemeral Reward Task a Úlohe rozlišovania množstva – v prostrediach s viditeľnými aj skrytými odmenami.
✅ Hlavné zistenia:
- Kea boli úspešnejšie pri viditeľných odmenách.
- Jednoduchšiu úlohu (viac vs. menej odmien) zvládali lepšie než náročnejšiu Ephemeral Reward Task.
- Dizajn úlohy – najmä viditeľnosť a priestorové usporiadanie – výrazne ovplyvnil ich úspech.
Výsledky tohto výskumu boli teraz publikované v časopise Behavioural Processes.
📖 Článok si môžete bezplatne stiahnuť a prečítať ešte tri dni tu:
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1lZFF1LenMcJ5W
08/04/2025
Dear coxies and cogsci fans, let us invite you to an interesting hybrid seminar on Shared Perception and Explainable AI in HRI by two invited speakers, Dr. Omar Eldardeer and Dr. Marco Matarese from the TERAIS project partner IIT. Connection link and more information at:
Seminar on Shared Perception and Explainable AI in HRI | TERAIS
Let us cordially invite you to a hybrid seminar on shared perception and explainable AI in HRI with two speakers, Dr. Omar Eldardeer and Dr. Marco Matarese from the TERAIS’ partner institution Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy will give lectures on their research.
20/03/2025
Last day to register your abstract with this year's Cognition and Artificial Life KUZ / CAL 2025 Check out our international interdisciplinary conference in lovely town of Piešťany coming soon in May 21 - 23.
KUZ / CAL 2025
Konferencia kognícia a umelý život
06/02/2025
The traditional Cognition and Artificial Life (Kognícia a umelý život) or KUZ/CAL conference announced: this year in May in Piešťany, more to follow at: https://cogsci.fmph.uniba.sk/kuz2025/
Cognition and Artificial Life KUZ / CAL 2025 | TERAIS
We cordially invite you to the 23rd Cognition and Artificial Life Conference a.k.a KUŽ/CAL2025, which will take place on 21-23 May 2025 at the Park Hotel in Piešťany. Piešťany is an attractive spa town with good transport accessibility from Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
24/11/2024
Medzinárodný Horizont Europe projekt TERAIS na našej fakulte!
Na Katedre aplikovanej informatiky aktuálne prebieha medzinárodný Horizont Europe projekt s názvom Towards Excellent Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at a Slovak University (TERAIS) 🤖
Projekt spája expertov z:
🇩🇪 University of Hamburg
🇮🇹 Italian Institute of Technology
🇸🇰 Comenius University in Bratislava
Cieľom tohto projektu je rozvoj ľudí, budovanie medzinárodných sietí, celková podpora výskumu a excelentnosti vo výskume.
Viac info na terais.eu
21/06/2024
A ešte tipy na víkendové počúvanie 🎧
Igor Farkaš bol hosťom v podcaste Veda na dosah a zároveň v Nočnej pyramíde na Rádiu Slovensko, kde diskutoval o kognitívnej robotike, umelej inteligencii a neurónových sieťach. 🤖
Podcast Veda na dosah:
https://vedanadosah.cvtisr.sk/technika/informacne-a-komunikacne-technologie/podcast-stanu-sa-roboty-doveryhodnejsimi/
Nočná pyramída:
https://www.rtvs.sk/radio/archiv/11436/2331024
PODCAST: Stanú sa roboty dôveryhodnejšími? - VEDA NA DOSAH
S profesorom Igorom Farkašom sme sa rozprávali o kognitívnej robotike, umelej inteligencii a neurónových sieťach.
21/06/2024
Prečítajte si rozhovor s našim koordinátorom Igorom Farkašom k získaniu ocenenia Vedec roka SR 2023 v kategórii Osobnosť medzinárodnej spolupráce 👇
Vedec roka Igor Farkaš: Neurónová sieť rozpozná tvár či objekt, no nemusí im rozumieť
Profesor Igor Farkaš z Katedry aplikovanej informatiky FMFI UK získal ocenenie Vedec roka SR 2023 v kategórii Osobnosť medzinárodnej spolupráce za významné výsledky v oblasti umelej inteligencie, za...
12/06/2024
Welcome to the MEi:CogSci Conference, June 13 – June 15, 2024
Cognitive science at Comenius University in Bratislava
MEi:CogSci Conference 2024 June 13 – June 15, 2024, Bratislava The MEi:CogSci Conference 2024 has the primary purpose to allow students of cognitive science to present their work to an international and interdisciplinary audience. It gives the opportunity to meet students as well as teachers from ...
08/06/2024
Dear past, present or potential conference participants,
the conference Cognition and Artificial Life (CAL) has 20+ years tradition (see e.g. https://www.cal-cece.eu or https://cogsci.fmph.uniba.sk/kuz2023/minulerocniky), but we want to keep it alive, modern and tailored to your preferences. In this survey we would like to know your preferences about the conference: https://forms.gle/NkyBqZwPvydAnLBc7.
Please let us know! The survey is anonymous and takes approx. 5 min.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Bratislava team - organizers of CAL 2025