Speech, Language and Cognition in
Brains, Minds and Machines

Talks and presentations

2025

invited seminar talk: Auditory Perception and Language Processing in Brains, Minds and Machines
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Suisse

invited seminar talk: Neurocognitive mechanisms of perception and their clinical relevance
Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany

popular science talk: Künstliche Intelligenz und Hirnforschung - Neuronale Netze, Deep Learning und die Zukunft der Kognition
Leipziger Buchmesse (Leipzig Book Fair), Leipzig, Germany

invited panel discussion: Wie unterscheiden sich Mensch und KI im Hinblick auf Lernen und Handeln?
Leipziger Buchmesse (Leipzig Book Fair), Leipzig, Germany

invited guest lecture: Artificial intelligence and machine consciousness.
FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

invited popular science lecture: What AI can learn from humans – and vice versa I.
Katholisches Schulwerk Bayern, Nürnberg, Germany

invited popular science lecture: What AI can learn from humans – and vice versa II.
Katholisches Schulwerk Bayern, Nürnberg, Germany

invited seminar talk: Artificial Intelligence in Finance
DEKA Investment Fonds, online

invited seminar talk: Neuroscience meets AI - Advancing Brain Research and Neuroscience-Inspired AI through Interdisciplinary Innovation
University of Technology Nurenberg, Nurenberg, Germany

2024

invited keynote lecture: AI and brain research.
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law, Winterthur, Suisse

invited keynote lecture: AI and brain research.
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt, Germany

invited guest lecture: Large Language Models (LLMs) as tools to investigate language processing.
Brain Language Laboratory, Freie Universität Berlin , Germany

invited conference talk: Multimodal Cognitive Maps based on Neural Successor Representation Networks.
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference 2024, Berlin

invited conference talk: Analysis of linguistic constructions in Large Language Models (LLMs).
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference 2024, Berlin

invited conference presentation: Syntax rule representations spontaneously emerge in Recurrent Language Models
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference 2024, Berlin

invited conference presentation: Representation of Verb-Particle Constructions in Large Language Models (LLMs)
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference 2024, Berlin

invited conference presentation: Analyzing Narrative Processing in Large Language Models (LLMs)
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference 2024, Berlin

invited conference presentation: Brain Activity During Continuous Speech Comprehension
Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference 2024, Berlin

invited guest lecture: Natural and Artificial Intelligence.
Opening lecture for the new B.Sc. degree program in AI at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

invited popular science lecture: NeuroAI - At the interface between brain, mind and machine.
Collegium Alexandrinum, Erlangen, Germany
www.fau.tv/clip/id/53832 

invited lecture: How to use Large Language Models as tools for research.
Research Training Group Seminar, Erlangen, Germany

invited popular science lecture: How does ChatGPT work, and what does it tell us about our brains?
Fall school for extraordinary talented pupils, Schoeneck, Germany

invited lecture: Language processing in AI systems and the brain.
Research Training Group Seminar, Erlangen, Germany

lecture: Language processing in Artificial Neural Networks and the Human Brain.
Research Day of the Faculty of Humanities, Erlangen, Germany

invited popular science lecture: How does ChatGPT work, and what does it tell us about our brains? (1/2)
Adult Education Center (VHS), Herzogenaurach, Germany

invited popular science lecture: How does ChatGPT work, and what does it tell us about our brains? (2/2)
Adult Education Center (VHS), Herzogenaurach, Germany

invited talk: NeuroAI - At the interface between brain, mind and machine.
ELINAS lecture series, Erlangen, Germany

invited talk: Unlocking the Mysteries of Auditory Phantom Perception through Stochastic Resonance.
International Seminar of the Tinnitus Research Initiative, online

invited lecture: A new model of tinnitus.
ENT physicians' advanced training course, Erlangen, Germany

2023

invited lecture: Language Processing in Artificial Neural Networks and the Human Brain
Sensory Science Lectures, Erlangen, Germany

conference presentation: Extracting continuous sleep depth from EEG data without machine learning,
31st Annual Meeting of the German Society for Sleep Research and Medicine (DGSM), Berlin, Germany
awarded with the best poster award

invited lecture: Investigating Speech and Language Processing in Artificial Neural Networks and the Brain to Enhance Intelligent Speech Interfaces
Department of Computer Science, University of Erlangen, Germany

invited lecture: Fast Fourier Transformation for Speech Processing
Department of Computer Science, University of Erlangen, Germany

2022

invited popular science lecture: Language in Neural Networks and the Brain (1/2)
Adult Education Center (VHS), Herzogenaurach, Germany

invited popular science lecture: Language in Neural Networks and the Brain (2/2)
Adult Education Center (VHS), Herzogenaurach, Germany

invited guest lecture: Language processing in artificial neural networks and the human brain.
Brain Language Laboratory, Freie Universität Berlin , Germany

conference talk: Stochastic resonance and predictive coding as fundamental principles of auditory perception.
7th International Conference on Auditory Cortex, Magdeburg, Germany

conference presentation: Sleep as a random walk – Superstatistical analysis of EEG data across sleep stages.
30th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Sleep Research and Medicine (DGSM), Wiesbaden, Germany

popular science talk: The mind in the machine – Will we ever have conscious machines?
#WissenWollen, Erlangen, Germany
www.fau.tv/clip/id/42724 

popular science talk: The mind in the machine - Can computers ever become conscious?
Long night of sciences, Erlangen, Germany

invited popular science lecture: Conscious machines (1/2)
Adult Education Center (VHS), Herzogenaurach, Germany

invited popular science lecture: Conscious machines (2/2)
Adult Education Center (VHS), Herzogenaurach, Germany

invited seminar talk: The stochastic resonance model of auditory (phantom) perception.
Theoretical Neurobiology Seminar, Prof. Karl Friston, University College London, UK

invited seminar talk: The stochastic resonance model of auditory (phantom) perception.
Pathological Speech Seminar, Prof. Fan-Gang Zeng, University of California Irvine, USA

conference talk: Building deep learning models to understand language processing in the human brain.
9th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Erfurt, Germany

2021

invited popular science lecture: The mind in the machine - can computers ever become conscious?
Humanities Festival, International College for Humanities Research (IKGF), Erlangen, Germany
youtu.be/ziLdOToIQYk 

invited seminar talk: Analysis of language processing in artificial neural networks and the human brain.
Seminar of the FAU Linguistics Lab, University of Erlangen, Germany

2020

invited talk: AI and neuroscience - two sides of the same coin?
Pattern Recognition Symposium, Chair of Machine Intelligence, University of Erlangen, Germany

guest lecture: Will there ever be Consciousness in the Machine?
Deep learning lecture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Erlangen, Germany

invited popular science lecture: Artificial intelligence and brain research - two sides of the same coin?
Vocational school for geriatric and social care, Forchheim, Germany

conference presentation: Stochastic Resonance improved hearing and speech recognition provides a mechanistic explanation of subjective tinnitus.
13th International Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference, Vancouver, Canada

conference presentation: The Stochastic Resonance model of auditory perception: a unified explanation of tinnitus and Zwicker tone.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2020 Annual Meeting, Boston, USA

2019

invited seminar talk: Investigation of successor representation in language processing in artificial neural networks and the brain.
Seminar of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

lecture: Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, and Consciousness in the Machine
Summer course of the Board of European Students of Technology, Erlangen, Germany

invited conference talk: Cross-modal Stochastic resonance as a cause of subjective tinnitus.
12th International Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference, Taipei, Taiwan

invited seminar talk: Analysis of language processing in artificial neural networks and the human brain.
Seminar of the Brain Language Laboratory at Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Freie Universität Berlin , Germany

invited keynote lecture: Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience.
TIN-ACT Meeting, Erlangen, Germany

guest lecture: Artificial Neural Networks as models for language processing in the human brain.
Seminar of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, University of Erlangen, Germany

guest lecture: Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience.
Seminar of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, University of Erlangen, Germany

popular science talk: The mind in the machine - can computers ever become conscious?
Long night of sciences, Erlangen, Germany

invited popular science lecture: Artificial intelligence and brain research - two sides of the same coin?
Fall school for extraordinary talented pupils, Auerbach, Germany

conference presentation: Neural correlates of auditory perception.
10th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience 2019, Daegu, Korea

conference presentation: Neural correlates of auditory perception.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2019 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA

2018

invited conference talk: Artificial Intelligence in sleep research.
26th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Sleep Research and Medicine (DGSM), Nürnberg, Germany

invited conference talk: Stochastic resonance controlled upregulation of internal noise after hearing loss as a putative cause of tinnitus-relatedneuronal hyperactivity.
11th International Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference and 2nd EU Cost Action (Tinnet) Conference, Regensburg, Germany

invited conference talk: A new statistical approach for the evaluation of gap-prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex (GPIAS) for tinnitus assessment.
11th International Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference and 2nd EU Cost Action (Tinnet) Conference, Regensburg, Germany

invited conference talk: Stochastic Resonance as a putative cause of subjective tinnitus.
45th Erlanger Kolloquium for Audiological Research and Development, Erlangen, Germany

conference presentation: EEG patterns reveal internal dynamics of sleep stage N3.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2018 Annual Meeting, Boston, USA

conference presentation: Stochastic resonance-like cross-modal enhancement as a universal neural computation and cognitive processing principle.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2018 Annual Meeting, Boston, USA

conference presentation: A possible new tinnitus therapy based on Stochastic Resonance phenomena.
Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie 97 (S02), 10185. 2018

2017

invited seminar talk: Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?
Deep Learning Colloquium at Pattern Recognition Lab, University of Erlangen, Germany

invited seminar talk: Stochastic Resonance as a putative cause of subjective tinnitus.
Neurobiology Seminar at Division of Animal Physiology, University of Erlangen, Germany

invited seminar talk: Stochastic Resonance: a new model for tinnitus development.
EU Cost Action (Tinnet) Neuroimaging Workgroup Meeting, Marseille, France

invited conference talk: Automated Realtime Sleep Stage Classification.
25th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Sleep Research and Medicine (DGSM), Münster, Germany

invited conference talk: Tinnitus-related neuronal hyperactivity caused by stochastic resonance.
12th International Tinnitus Seminar and 1st World Tinnitus Congress, Warsaw, Poland

conference presentation: Stochastic resonance controlled upregulation of internal noise after hearing loss as a putative cause of tinnitus-related neuronal hyperactivity.
Society for Neuroscience 47th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., USA

conference presentation: A statistical method for analyzing and comparing spatiotemporal cortical steady state activity.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2017 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA

2016

invited seminar talk: A statistical method for analyzing and comparing spatiotemporal cortical activation patterns.
Institute for Experimental Pharmacology, University Erlangen, Germany

conference presentation: A statistical method for analyzing and comparing spatiotemporal cortical steady state activity.
Society for Neuroscience 46th Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA

conference presentation: Therapeutic value of Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761® for noise trauma induced hearing loss and tinnitus.
10th International Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference and 1st EU Cost Action (Tinnet) Conference, Nottingham, UK

2015

conference presentation: Does ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761® have a therapeutic effect on noise induced hearing loss and subjective tinnitus?
11th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG), Göttingen, Germany

presentation: Detection of small signals in (neural) sensory systems - Adaptive stochastic resonance based on output autocorrelations.
Symposium Physics and Medicine of Max Planck Society, Erlangen, Germany

2013

conference presentation: Emergence of cell colony dynamics from proliferating particles with Lennard-Jones like interactions.
Conference on Physics of Emergent Behaviour – From single cells to individuals, IOP Biological Physics Group, Brighton, UK

conference presentation: Persistent motion in the crowd - The role of superdiffusivity in cell colony dynamics.
Annual Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG), Regensburg, Germany