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Gregor Schöner is the Director of the Institut für Neuroinformatik at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and holds the chair for Theoretical Biology there. For the last 20 years, Gregor Schöner has brought to bear his background in nonlinear dynamics on problems in motor control, perception, embodied cognition as well as motor and cognitive development.

Working closely with experimental psychologists and neuroscientists, he has has developed theoretical concepts and models to understand multi-degree of freedom systems, the preparation of movement and its representation in neuronal populations, the development of motor decision making, as well as simple forms of cognition like metric working memory, change detection, or sequential action. These theoretical principles are also used to embody simple cognitive systems in autonomous robots that range from low-level vehicles to high-level assistance robots that interact with human users. Applications flowing from this work include driver assistance systems and driver modelling.

Gregor Schöner has held academic positions in the US, in France, and in Germany, has published over 150 scientific articles and frequently lectures all over the world.

More information about Schöner: www.neuroinformatik.rub.de/thbio/members/profil/Schoener/index.html

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