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Curriculum Vitae (short)

last updated: 11.11.2008. See also:

  • pdf version of short CV (updated 24.07.2007)
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  • List of publications (html, updated 23.07.2007, or pdf, to be added soon)

Personal Background
Name Marieke Rohde
Date of Birth 31.08.1979
Place of Birth Bonn, Germany
Nationality German
Work Address Multisensory Perception and Action Group
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Spemannstr. 41
72076 Tübingen
Germany
Email marohde_att_gmail.com (replace _att_ by @)
Phone/Fax +49-7071-601 642
+49-7071-601 616
Homepage http://www.mariekerohde.com

Education
10.2004-04.2008 D.Phil. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics (CCNR), University of Sussex, UK.
10.2003 - 09.2004 MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems, University of Sussex, UK (with distinction).
10.2000 - 09.2003 BSc in Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany (with distinction).
07.2002 - 01.2003 Semester abroad, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
09.1999 - 07.2000 General Studies ("Studium Generale") at the Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen, Germany.

Research and Teaching
Since 09.2008 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Multisensory Perception and Action Group (NGW Ernst), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen.
05.2008-08.2008 JSPS Short Term Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ikegami Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan.
09.2006 - 01.2007 ERASMUS research stay at the Groupe Suppleance Perceptive (GSP) at the Technical University of Compiegne (UTC), France.
10.2004-09.2007 Teaching Assistant (GTA) at the University of Sussex.
02.2005-05.2008 Webmaster for the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics (CCNR), University of Sussex.
Since 08.2006 Research Assistant on project Minimal perceptual crossing. A kinaesthetic-tactile feedback experimental platform. (funded with an internal strategic research fund).
02.2006 Taught Unit at the ERASMUS NUCOG Seminar Cognition, Motivation, and Action 10. - 20.02.2006 in Akureyri, Iceland.
02.2003 - 09.2003 Student researcher (BSc project) at the Intelligent Dynamical Systems Group (InDy) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS) in St. Augustin, Germany.
10.2001 - 07.2003 Student Teaching Assistent at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.

Scientific Publications
Please refer to my full list of publications

Skills
Languages German (native), English (native level), Spanish, French (fluent), Japanese (beginner)
IT
  • Java, Matlab, Prolog, HTML, CSS, Latex (advanced)
  • C, C++, ML (basic)
  • Areas/methods: Neural networks, physics simulation (ODE), Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics

Awards and Grants
Since 08.2006 JSPS Short Term Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Ikegami Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan.
10.2004 - 09.2007 Teaching Assistantship for doctorate students by the School of Science and Technology, University of Sussex.
10.2003 - 09.2004 EPSRC scholarship for the MSc Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems at the University of Sussex.
01.2003 MLP-Award for Excellence in Studies, Univ. of Osnabrück.
09.2002 - 12.2003 Awarded with a Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a semester abroad in Costa Rica.

Organisational Involvement
09.2008 Organising committee of the 3. CNRS summer school Enaction and Cognitive Science, 07.09.-12.09.2008 in St. Valery sur Somme, France.
07.2008 Co-organisation of the Workshop on Agency in Natural and Artificial Systems, 11.-12.07.2008 in Kyoto, Japan.
09.2007 Organising committee of the 2. CNRS summer school Enaction and Cognitive Science, 06.09.-12.09.2007 in Fréjus, France.
06.2006 Organising committee of the 1. CNRS summer school Enaction and Cognitive Science, 29.05.-03.06.2006 on the Ile d'Oleron, France.
09.2004 - 08.2006 Organiser of the Reading Group Dynamical Structures to Understand Real Brains (DyStURB), University of Sussex.
02.2005 - 06.2005 Co-organiser of The Cyborg Experiment at the Cheltenham Festival of Science 2005.
09.2003 Student Worker at the EuroCogSci 2003 (European Cognitive Science Conference 2003) in Osnabrück.

Miscellaneous
Since 01.2008 Member of EUCognition
Since 09.2006 Member of the International Society of Adaptive Behavior ISAB.
01.2004-01.2008 Member of the German Cognitive Science Society (GK e.V.).
04.2001 - 07.2003 Active Member of Student Union, Cognitive Science Department, University of Osnabrück (incl. committee work).