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Sven Magg

	Contact Info
	Address:	University of Hamburg Department of Informatics Vogt Koelln Str. 30 22527 Hamburg, Germany
	Office:	F-210
	Phone:	+49 40 428 83 2518
	Fax:	+49 40 428 83 2515
	Secretary:	+49 40 428 83 2433
	Email:	magg at informatik.uni-hamburg.de
	Office hour:	by arrangement (email)

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Research Interests

• Neural Networks (Neuromodulation in artificial neural networks, evolution of neural network controllers for artificial agents)
• Evolution (Evolution of artificial agents and agent controllers, especially evolution of neural networks and body plans)
• Self-Organisation in Biological and Bio-Inspired Systems (Task Differentiation, emergent behaviour, specialisation, collective/swarm robotics)

Teaching

• Winter 2012/13
  • Integrated Seminar: Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence
  • Proseminar: Künstliche Intelligenz /Artificial Intelligence
• Summer 2012
  • Project: Evolution von Interaktiven Agenten/Evolution of interactive agents

For Bachelor or Master theses:
Please contact me for possible projects in the field of neural networks for robot controllers, evolution of neural networks, or neuromodulation in neural networks.

Research Projects

• Neuro-inspired Human-Robot Interaction

Short Curriculum Vitae

since June 2011	Postdoctoral Teaching Associate, Knowledge Technology Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Hamburg, Germany
April 2012	PhD in Computer Science, Thesis: "Self-Organised Task Differentiation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups of Autonomous Agents", Adaptive System Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
July 2005	Postgraduate Certificate in "Learning and Teaching in Higher Education", University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
September 2005	MSc "Intelligent Systems", University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom. Thesis "CTRNNs and GasNets: A Comparison in Terms of Evolvability"
September 2003	BSc "Computational Engineering", University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. Thesis "FFPop: Forward Chaining and Partial-Order Planning Combined"

Publications

Magg, Sven (2012) "Self-Organised Task Differentiation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups of Autonomous Agents" PhD Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Magg, Sven & René te Boekhorst. (2008) "Task Allocation by Dynamic Specialisation" in Proceedings of the German Workshop on Artificial Life (GWAL 2008), Leipzig, 2008
Magg, Sven & René te Boekhorst. (2007) "Pattern Formation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Swarms: Differences Between Versatile and Specialized Agents" in Proceedings of ALIFE '07. IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, 2007, 311-316
Magg, Sven & René te Boekhorst. (2006) "Interaction and emergent behaviour in heterogeneous groups of artificial agents" in Explorations in the Complexity of Possible Life, Proceedings of GWAL 2006, IOSPress, 2006
Magg, Sven & Andrew Philippides. (2006) "GasNets and CTRNNs – A Comparison in Terms of Evolvability" in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4095/2006, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg