Speech, Language and Cognition in
Brains, Minds and Machines

Grants DFG GPRIS 

2025
EELISA (European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance)
in collaboration with Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Suisse

Interestingness Decoded: How Large Multimodal Models Mirrors Human Interests

2024  – 2027
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
Grant KR 5148/5-1 as only applicant
Project-Nr.: 542747151
Recurrent neural computing controlled by adaptive noise and regulatory feedback
gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/542747151 

2023 - 2026
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
Grant KR 5148/3-1 as applicant together with a second applicant
Project-Nr.: 510395418
Utilizing stochastic resonance phenomenons in the central auditory system for tinnitus therapy
gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/510395418 

2022 - 2027
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
Research training Group: GRK 2839 - Dimensions of Constructional Space
Project-Nr.: 468527017
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ewa Dabrowska
as co-applicant and PI in 2 projects (projects #3 and #4)    
Project #3: Form and meaning as factors in the identification and learning of constructional slots - English phrasal verbs and verb-preposition combinations
Project #4: Representation and Processing of Constructions in the Brain
gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/468527017 

2021 - 2024
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
no own share
Project-Nr.: 455908056 as co-investigator
The microstructure of cortical activity during sleep
gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/455908056 

2020 - 2024
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
Grant KR 5148/2-1 as only applicant
Project-Nr.: 436456810
Tinnitus and Stochastic Resonance
Funds for temporary position for principal investigator (Eigene Stelle) and an additional technical assistant position
gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/436456810 

2019 - 2020
Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI) of the FAU
Language processing in artificial neural networks and the human brain
www.fau.de/research/ausgezeichnete-einzelforschung/emerging-talents-initiative/#collapse_1 

2018 - 2019
NVIDIA Corporation
GPU Grant as applicant
Insights from the Black Box?  - Reverse-engineering Neural Networks