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M. Sc. Taubert, Nick
PhD Student
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Room: 5.523a
Section for Computational Sensomotorics
Department of Cognitive Neurology
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research
Centre for Integrative Neuroscience
University Clinic Tübingen
Otfried-Müller-Str. 25
72076 Tübingen, Germany
+497071 2989135
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Reseach Interests
- Machine learning algorithms for human body movements
- Interactions between humans and virtual characters in VR
- Computer graphics and computer animation
Projects
- RELEVANCE: How body relevance drives brain organization
- Neural mechanisms underlying the visual analysis of intent
- Modeling of human robot interaction and use of humanoid robots for rehabilitation training
- Development of a Neurally Controlled Hand-Exoskeleton for Functional Restoration Following Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
- Probabilistic models for the online-synthesis of emotional and interactive full-body motion
Reviewed Publications
Taubert, N., St-Amand, J., Kumar, P., Gizzi, L. & Giese, M. A. (2020). Reactive Hand Movements from Arm Kinematics and EMG Signals Based on Hierarchical Gaussian Process Dynamical Models. Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2020 29th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 15–18, 2020, Proceedings, Part I. Springer, Berlin(127-140). [More]
Stettler, M., Taubert, N., Azizpour, T., Siebert, R., Spadacenta, S., Dicke, P. et al. (2020). Physiologically-inspired Neural Circuits for the Recognition of Dynamic Faces. Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2020 29th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 15–18, 2020, Proceedings, Part I. Springer, Berlin(168-179). [More]
Taubert, N., Stettler, M., Sting, L., Siebert, R., Spadacenta, S., Dicke, P. et al (2020). Cross-species diferences in the perception of dynamic facial expressions. VSS 2020, 19-24 Jun . [More]
Siebert, R., Taubert, N., Spadacenta, S., Dicke, P. W., Giese, M. A. & Thier, P. (2020). A naturalistic dynamic monkey head avatar elicits species-typical reactions and overcomes the uncanny valley. ENEURO.0524-19.2020. [More]
Stettler, M., Taubert, N., Sting, L., Siebert, R., Spadacenta, S., Dicke, P. et al (2019). Cross-species differences in the perception of dynamic facial expressions. Talk at ECVP Conference 2019, Perception 48(2S),63 . [More]
Unreviewed Publications
Taubert, N., Markanday, A., Spadacenta, S., Dicke, P., Thier, P. & Giese, M. A (2016). Monkey Head: Highly-realistic Computer-animation Model for Macaque Facial Expressions. VECTOR Conference 27-29 Juli, Tübingen, Germany . [More]
Taubert, N., Li, J., Endres, D., Christensen, A., de Gelder, B. & Giese, M. A (2016). Probabilistic model for the online synthesis of stylized reactive movements in Virtual Reality. VECTOR Conference 27-29 Juli, Tübingen, Germany . [More]
Kodl, J., Taubert, N. & Giese, M. A (2016). Detecting Body Movement Patterns Resulting in Deceptive Behaviour in a Virtual Reality Throwing Task. VECTOR Conference 27-29 Juli, Tübingen, Germany . [More]
Taubert, N., Li, J., Endres, D. & Giese, M. A (2015). Perception of emotional body expressions depends on concurrent involvement in social interaction. ECVP 2015, Perception , 27-28. [More]
Taubert, N., Li, J., Endres, D. & Giese, M. A (2015). Dependence of the perception of emotional body movements on concurrent social motor behavior Abstract submitted for VSS 2015, 15-20 Mai, Florida. Journal of Vision September 2015, Vol.15, 505. [More]