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Action & Cognition (Visual System)

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Prof. Dr. med. Peter König

Beschreibung

In this description I try to give you a good estimate of the level of the course, what you will learn, and what it is good for. Please read it up to the end.

In one sense the course "Action & Cognition Visual System" is an advanced course. We take a deep dive into the hierarchical structure of the visual system, look at the details of concepts like receptive fields, dorsal/ventral pathway, what methods like EEG and fMRI really measure, the intricate effects of attention, object recognition and more. In case you have heard sensory physiology or courses like fundamentals of neuroscience, that's super good, but the material of this course typically goes well beyond that level. Be prepared to work hard over the whole term in order to gain a deep understanding on how the brain works.

In another sense, this course is a basic course. It provides you with the tools to join other courses like "Action & Cognition Higher cognitive functions", "Action & Cognition Motor system", and all the Action & Cognition seminars. Joining these courses without attending "Action & Cognition Visual system" before is discouraged. Further, in case you ponder the idea to work on your BSc or MSc thesis in my group, a Quest/internship, lab rotation, yes, I'll expect you to master the material of the course "Action & Cognition Visual system" and might take the freedom to check. That is, going in the direction of computational/cognitive neuroscience, this course is a very good start.

The course covers Cortical areas & V1, Beyond receptive fields, V2 & Pathways, Neurophysiological methods, Dynamics, Overt attention, Covert attention, Color & synaesthesia, Neglect & imagery, V4, Object recognition & IT. You will learn to answer questions like "What are the differences and commonalities of “binding by synchronisation” and the “communication through coherence” hypotheses?", "Give a description and interpretation of the timing of responses and attentional effects in areas V1, V2 and V4. ", and "How do category selective neurons in prefrontal cortex respond to gradual morphing suitably chosen stimuli. ". Further, I love why questions, they help to understand.

Weitere Angaben

Ort: 93/E31
Zeiten: Mo. 18:00 - 20:00 (wöchentlich)
Erster Termin: Montag, 28.10.2024 18:00 - 20:00, Ort: 93/E31
Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)

Studienbereiche

Cognitive Science > Bachelor-Programm
Cognitive Science > Master-Programm

Research Areas:

Algebraic geometry 14-XX
K-theory 19-XX
Algebraic topology 55-XX

Education and employment

Feb. 1999	Diplom in Mathematics, Universität Bonn
March 1999 - Sept. 1999	Research position in Cambridge/GB
Oct. 1999 - Nov. 1999	Research position at IAS Princeton
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2001	Assistent position Universität Bonn
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2002	Scholarship holder at MPIM Bonn
Aug. 2003	Ph.D. in Mathematics, Universität Bonn (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Günter Harder)
Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2007	Assistent position Universität Göttingen
Oct. 2007 - Sept. 2009	DFG-position Universität Regensburg with Prof. Ulrich Bunke
Oct. 2009 - March 2011	Post-Doc position University Oslo
Apr. 2011 -- Aug. 2011	W3-Substitute Professor Universität Regensburg
Sept. 2011 - Sept. 2012	Assistent position Universität Regensburg
Since Oct. 2012	Juniorprofessor at the Universität Osnabrück
Sept. 2015	positively evaluated after 3 years of Juniorprofessorship
Since Oct. 2018	Professor at the University of Osnabrück

Publications

M. Spitzweck: Motivic approach to limit sheaves; Geometric Methods in Algebra and Number Theory, Band 235 von Progr. Math., Birkhäuser, Boston, MA, 2005.
M. Spitzweck: S-modules; Rep. No. 46/2005 für Arbeitsgemeinschaft mit aktuellem Thema: Modern Foundations for Stable Homotopy Theory.
M. Spitzweck: The FHT-Theorem I; Rep. No. 46/2006 für Arbeitsgemeinschaft mit aktuellem Thema: Twisted K-Theory.
U. Bunke, T. Schick, M. Spitzweck and A. Thom: Duality for topological abelian group stacks and T-duality; Proceedings of the International Conference on K-theory and Non-commutative Geometry, Valladolid, 2006.
U. Bunke, T. Schick and M. Spitzweck: Sheaf theory for stacks in manifolds and twisted cohomology for S¹-gerbes; Alg. Geom. Topol., 7, 2007.
N. Hoffmann and M. Spitzweck: Homological algebra with locally compact abelian groups; Adv. Math., 212(2), 2007.
U. Bunke, T. Schick and M. Spitzweck: Inertia and delocalized twisted cohomology; Homology, Homotopy Appl., 10(1), 2008.
N: Naumann, M. Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: Chern classes, K-theory and Landweber exactness over nonregular base schemes; Proceedings of the conference on Motives and Algebraic Cycles: A Conference Dedicated to the Mathematical Heritage of Spencer J. Bloch (Edited by Rob de Jeu and James D. Lewis), 2008.
U. Bunke, M. Spitzweck, T. Schick: Periodic twisted cohomology and T-dualit}; Astérisque 337, 2011.
M. Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: The Bott inverted infinite projective space is homotopy algebraic K-theory; Bull. Lond. Math. Soc., 41(2), 2009.
M. Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: A Bott inverted model for equivariant unitary topological K-theory; Math. Scand. 106(2), 2010.
M. Spitzweck: Homotopy limits of model categories over inverse index categories, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 214 (2010), no. 6, 769--777.
N. Naumann, M. Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: Motivic Landweber Exactness; Doc. Math. 14 (2009), 551--593.
O. Röndigs, M: Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: Motivic strict ring models for K-theory; Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010).
M. Spitzweck: Slices of motivic Landweber spectra; Journal of K-theory, February 2012 - Volume 9, Issue 01, pp 103-117.
M. Spitzweck: Relations between slices and quotients of the algebraic cobordism spectrum; Homology, Homotopy Appl. 12(2), 2010.
M. Spitzweck, Ostvaer: Universality of mod-p cohomology; Topology Appl. 157(18), 2010.
N. Naumann, M. Spitzweck: Brown representability in A¹-homotopy theory; J. K-Theory 7(3), 2011.
M. Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: Motivic twisted K-theory; Algebraic & Geometric Topology 12 (2012) 565-599.
J. Gutiérrez, O. Röndigs, M. Spitzweck, P. A. Ostvaer: Motivic slices and coloured operads; J. Topology, 5(3):727-755, 2012.
N. Naumann, M. Spitzweck, P.A. Ostvaer: Existence and uniqueness of E_∞ structures on motivic K-theory spectra; J. Homotopy Relat. Struct. 10 (2015), no. 3, 333–-346.
O. Röndigs, M. Spitzweck, P. A. Ostvaer: Cellularity of hermitian K-theory and Witt theory; K-Theory—Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Mumbai, 2016, 35–40, Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi, 2018.
O. Röndigs, M. Spitzweck, P. A. Ostvaer: The first stable homotopy groups of motivic spheres; Ann. of Math. (2) 189 (2019), no. 1, 1–74. .
O. Röndigs, M. Spitzweck, P. A. Ostvaer: The motivic Hopf map solves the homotopy limit problem for K-theory; Doc. Math. 23 (2018), 1405–1424.
M. Spitzweck: A commutative ℙ¹-spectrum representing motivic cohomology over Dedekind domains; Mém. Soc. Math. Fr. (N.S.) No. 157 (2018), 110 pp.
M. Spitzweck: Algebraic Cobordism in mixed characteristic; arXiv:1404.2542, to appear in HHA.

Submitted articles

J. Gutiérrez, O. Röndigs, M. Spitzweck, P. A. Ostvaer: On functorial (co)localization of algebras and modules over operads s; arXiv:1812.01715.
E. Elmanto, M. Levine, M. Spitzweck, P. A. Ostvaer: Algebraic Cobordism and Étale Cohomology, arXiv:1711.06258.

Preprints

H. Heine, M. Spitzweck, P. Verdugo: Real K-theory for Waldhausen infinity categories with genuine duality; arXiv: 1911.11682.
M. Spitzweck: A Grothendieck-Witt space for stable infinity categories with duality; arXiv:1610.10044.
H. Heine, A. Lopez-Avila, M. Spitzweck: Infinity categories with duality and hermitian multiplicative infinite loop space machines; arXiv:1610.10043.
M. Spitzweck: Derived Fundamental Groups for Tate Motives; arXiv:1005.2670.
M. Spitzweck: Periodizable motivic ring spectra; arXiv:0907.1510.
M. Spitzweck: Another viewpoint on J-spaces; arXiv:1012.1264.
M. Spitzweck: Sheaves with transfers, model structures and spaces; 2000.
M. Spitzweck: Some Constructions for Voevodsky's Categories of Motives; 2000.

Grants

DFG-Sachbeihilfe "Applying motivic filtrations" (mit Marc Levine und Oliver Röndigs) im DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1786
DFG-Sachbeihilfe "Operads in algebraic geometry and their realizations" (mit Jens Hornbostel,
Oliver Röndigs und Manfred Stelzer) im DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1786
DFG Sachbeihilfe ``Operad structures in motivic homotopy theory'' im DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1786 ``Homotopy theory and algebraic geometry'' (mit Oliver Röndigs)
DFG Sachbeihilfe ``Motivic filtrations over Dedekind domains'' im DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1786 ``Homotopy theory and algebraic geometry'' (mit Marc Levine und Oliver Röndigs)
DFG Graduiertenkolleg 1916 ``Combinatorial structures in geometry''

Supervision

PhD

Peter Arndt, Titel: Abstract motivic homotopy theory
Hongyi Chu, Titel: Enriched Infinity Operads
Alejo Lopez, Titel: E_∞-ring structures in motivic hermitian K-theory
Hadrian Heine, Titel: Restricted L_∞-algebra

Master

Alexander Poddubny, Masterarbeit über ``Ring spectra and cohomology operations''
Johannes Bensmann, Masterarbeit über ``Vergleich zweier Modelkategorien von Spektren über einen topologischen Raum''

current:

Maximilian Koall

Bachelor

Carl Wanninger, Thema: Das Barr-Beck-Theorem in der Kategorientheorie
Lukas Freudenberg, Thema: The inverse Galois-Problem - discussing different partial solutions
Jan-Luca Spellmann, Thema: Lokale Klassenkörpertheorie und der Satz von Kronecker-Weber

Talks:

06.07.2001: Kolloquium Osnabrück, ``E_∞-Algebren und Limesmotive''
14.03.2002: Mathematisches Kolloquium der Universität Wien, ``Anwendungen von E_∞-Algebren inder algebraischen Geometrie''
09.04.2002: MPI Bonn, Seminar on Algebra, Geometry and Physics, ``E_∞-algebras in model categories and applications''
18.12.2003: University Miami, Winter School, Vortrag über ein ausgewähltes Thema meiner Doktorarbeit
28.05.2004: Workshop: Motivic Homotopy Theory, Institut Henri Poincaré (Paris) ``The Hodge theoretic realization of certain limit motives''
26.11.2004: Jacobs University Bremen, ``Motives and homotopy theory''
04.10.2005: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oberwolfach, ``S-modules''
06.09.2006: Topological Algebraic Geometry Workshop Oslo, ``Statements and conjectures in derived Tannakian duality''
13.09.2006: Stockholm, KTH, ``Some special cases of derived Tannakian Duality''
13.10.2006: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oberwolfach, ``The FHT-THeorem I''
08.11.2006: Topology Seminar Oslo, ``2-periodic cohomology and T-duality''
17.05.2007: Fields Institute Toronto, Workshop on Stacks in Geometry and Topology, ``Integral derived fundamental groups for Tate motives''
15.11.2007: Göttingen, Kolloquium des Graduiertenkollegs Gruppen und Geometrie, ``Das Theorem von Snaith in der stabilen A¹-Homotopietheorie''
15.04.2008: München, Oberseminar Geometrie, ``Motivic cohomology theories''
18.04.2008: München, gemeinsames Seminar Seminar München/Regensburg, ``Landweber exact spectra for motivic homotopy''
29.04.2008: Universität Bonn, ``Slices of motivic Landweber spectra''
30.07.2009: Workshop Münster ``Motivic Homotopy Theory'', ``Slices and Landweber spectra''
24.11.2009: Topology Seminar Oslo, ``The motivic slice filtration and Landwweber spectra''
10.01.2010: Copenhagen Topology Conference, ``The rational motivic operad of framed open genus 0 moduli spaces''
27.01.2010: Topology Seminar Oslo, ``The motivic spectra P(n) and applications''
23.02.2010: Workshop in Sion über T-Dualität, ``T-Dualitätstripel aus homologischer Sicht''
17.03.2010: Topology Seminar Oslo, ``Extensions in stable ^_∞-categories''
24.03.2010: Topology Seminar Oslo, ``T-duality triples from homological algebra''
11.06.2010: Topology Symposium Bergen, ``Derived motivic fundamental groups''
06.07.2010: Universität Barcelona, ``Motivic Twisted K-Theory''
02.12.2010: National Topology Symposium Fredrikstad, ``Motivic Twisted K-Theory''
27.04.2011: Kolloquium Osnabrück, ``E_∞-Structures on Motivic Spectra''
04.05.2011: Münster, ``E_∞-Strukturen auf algebraischer K-Theorie''
16.05.2011: Universität Zürich, ``Strict ring models for hermitian K-theory''
3./4.8.2011: Summer School on Rigidity and the Conjecture of Friedlander and Milnor, Regensburg, ``The unstable connectivity theorem I/II''
02.11.2011: Regensburg, ``On the motivic Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum in mixed characteristic''
15.11.2011: Universität Toulouse, ``On the motivic Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum in mixed characteristic''
25.11.2011: Topology Seminar Oslo, ``On the motivic Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum in mixed characteristic''
16./30.10.2012: Osnabrück, ``A motivic Eilenberg-MacLane Spectrum in the arithmetic case I/II''
19.12.2012: Bielefeld, Oberseminar Geometrie und Topologie, ``From homotopy theory to motives''
19.03.2013: Workshop ``Grothendieck-Teichmüller Groups, Deformation and Operads'', Isaac Newton Institute Cambridge, ``The abelian category of mixed Tate motives with integer coefficients''
02.09.2013: Regensburg Graduiertenkolleg, ``Motives for arbitrary schemes''
06.09.1013: Oslo University, ``Motives for arbitrary schemes''
19.09.2013: Purdue University, ``Motives for arbitrary schemes''
09.10.2013: UCLA, Algebra Seminar, ``Triangulated Categories of Motives over General Base Schemes''
25./26. 11. 2013: International Workshop on motives in Tokyo, 2013, Vorträge ``Triangulated Categories of Motives I/II''
25.03.2014: Workshop ``Étale and motivic homotopy theory'', Heidelberg,``Triangulated categories of motives over general base schemes''
17.04.2014: SFB-Kolloquium Regensburg, ``Motivic cohomology and algebraic cobordism in mixed characteristic''
29.04.2014: Toulouse, ``Motivic cohomology and algebraic cobordism in mixed characteristic''
04.06.2014: Workshop ``Motivic Homotopy Groups of Spheres'', Essen, ``Algebraic cobordism in mixed characteristic''
5.12.2014: Vorstellungsvortrag für eine W3-Stelle in Regensburg,``From étale to motivic cohomology''
25.09.2015: DMV-Jahrestagung in Hamburg, Minisymposium, ``Integral Tate Motives and Fundamental Groups''
04.02.2016: Universität Freiburg, ``Mixed Tate Motives''
18.03.2016: Closing Conference for the Program on Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics, MPIM Bonn, ``Hermitian multiplicative infinite loop space machines''
22.04.2016: 25th NRW Topology Meeting in Essen, ``Direct sum hermitian K-theory of infinity categories with duality''
21.06.2016: Workshop on motivic homotopy groups of spheres II, Essen,``The slice tower of the motivic sphere spectrum''
14.-16.9.2016: 3-teiliger Minikurs über ``Mixed Tate motives and fundamental groups'' auf Workshop ``Interactions between operads and motives'', HIM Bonn
10.11.2016: Vortrag ``A Grothendieck-Witt space for stable infinity categories with duality'' auf Workshop ``Hermitian K-theory and trace methods'', HIM Bonn
5.12.-9.12.2016: 3-teilige Vortragsreihe über ``Hermitian K-theory for infinity categories with duality'', Winter School on Bordism, L-theory, and Real Algebraic K-theory, Kastell Windsor
27.02.2017: Vortrag ``Hermitian K-theory for stable infinity categories with duality'', KTH Stockholm
28.02.2017: Vortrag ``Hermitian K-theory for stable infinity categories with duality'', Mittag-Leffler-Institut Stockholm
29.05.2018: Vortrag: ``Motivic Landweber exact theories and etale cohomology'', Topology Meeting at the University of Oslo
29.06.2018: Vortrag ``Hermitian K-theory for infinity categories with genuine duality'', Homotopy Theory Summer Berlin 2018
06.07.2018: Vortrag ``Hermitian K-theory for Waldhausen infinity categories with genuine duality'', Isaac Newton Institute Cambridge
26.07.2018: Vortrag ``Landweber Exact Theories and Etale Cohomology'', Workshop Motives and Algebraic Cycles, FRIAS Freiburg