Kommentierter Veranstaltungshinweis
English version under constructionProf. Dr.-Ing. Bärbel Mertsching, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Scharlau and staff
Preliminary discussion: Oct. 17, 2007, 01:15 pm, P 1.6.02.1
| S | Date | ... to ... | Place | Mertsching / Scharlau | |
| S | Dec. 12, 2007 | 06:00 to 08:00 pm | P 1.6.02.1 | ||
| S | Dec. 11, 2007 | 06:00 to 08:00 pm | P 1.6.02.1 |
The dates (M and E) for January and February 2008 are located under current announcements.
(S: Seminar, M: Modeling Lab, E: Experimental Psychology)
- Attendance of the first meeting is mandatory.
- Electrical engineering students and computer science students with a psychology minor are favored for the allocation of seats.
- Computer science students (B.Sc., M.Sc., Diplom) with a psychology or linguistics minor need to register at the azuv (Institute of Educational Science) for this course. The option to specify these study programs at the azuv will be activated soon.
- Ms. Mertsching's office hours are by appointment only, Ms. Scharlau's are from 2:00 to 3:00 pm on Wednesdays.
- Becoming acquainted with different paradigms for the description of visual-spatial attention
- Understanding of mechanical models of attention
- Collecting experiences in a interdisciplinary field of research
This seminar introduces students to the modelling and experimental research of visual attention, and thus to current research at the chairs of Basic Principles of Electrical Engineering and Cognitive Psychology. It is also intended to show the possibility of joint research across boundaries of different disciplines.
- The assignments will be carried out in three stages. The introduction on Oct. 17, 2007 is followed by a block lecture at the beginning of December during which students present 6 different psychological approaches and experiments to investigate visual-spatial attention.
- During the first block lecture at the beginning of December students can earn an attestation by giving a presentation. Students of the technical study programs can replace their exam by regular attendance and an elaborate presentation. Staff members of both chairs will assist students in preparing their presentations.
- The second and third block lecture will be held in January and February. First, computational modelling of attention of Prof. Mertsching's team is introduced.
- During the final sessions, students can conduct a psychological experiment on the detection of attention at Ms. Scharlau's laboratory.
| Study programs | Degrees | Semester | Work load | |
| Electrical engineering (e/ ee) | M.Sc./ Dipl. | as of 1st &/or 5th | 2S (3 CP) | |
| Information engineering (eit) | Dipl. | as of 5th | 2S (3 CP) | |
| Ingenieurinformatik (ie) | Dipl. | as of 5th | 2S (3 CP) | |
| Computer science, minor subject psychology (ba inf 5/6, ma inf) | B.Sc./ M.Sc./ Dipl. | as of 1st &/or 5th ??? | 2S (3 CP) | |
| Linguistics (Cognitive research) | M.A. | 2S | ||
| Linguistics (Classification: cognitive research, supplementary module) | B.A. | 2S | ||
| Graduate programs | M | 2S+MCA |
(S: seminar, E: exam, MCA: major course assemssment)
Upon application, this course is an elective for other study programs.
Interest in the subject-matter and interdisciplinary work
For the time being, this seminar is offered only once.