After having done a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in “Electrical Engineering and Information Technology” at TUM, I specialized in robotics and AI within the "Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence" master program (TUM), a student internship at Siemens Corporate Technology, the Roboy student team and during a semester abroad at NTU in Singapore. Working in these fields raised many ethical questions about the opportunities and risks of advanced technologies in society as well as the principles of human machine interaction and the human mind. To find answers to these questions I joined the master program "Philosophy of Science and Technology" at the Munich Center for Technology in Society.After finding some answers, but even more new (research) questions - especially with respect to the role of neuroscience in AI and robotics - I've joined the “Neuroengineering” master program (TUM, supported by the Elite Network of Bavaria) where I've been a student representative for two years.
As of October 2018, I'm a PhD student at the Graduate School for Systemic Neurosciences at LMU. My thesis advisory committee consists of Prof. Dr. Gordon Cheng (primary supervisor), Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer and Prof. Dr. Hermann Müller. As of December 2018, I'm a research and teaching assistant at the Institute for Cognitive Systems at TUM.
Interests
My main interests lie in the intersections of Robotics/AI, Neuroscience/Cognitive Science and Philosophy/Ethics such as:
cognitive assistive systems
robotics, AI and neuroengineering in care and rehabilitation
educational technology and philosophy
AI ethics and humanistic socio-technical systems
systems engineering and value-sensitive design
computational and cognitive neuroscience
Recent Awards and Fellowships:
2019: Scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) and RIKEN for a 6-month research stay with Prof. Dr. Toyoaki Nishida, Human-AI communication team at RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Kyoto/Japan
2018: Best Poster Award at "Interdisciplinary College" (Spring School on AI, Neuroscience and Robotics): "VirtuousAI: An Apprenticeship Learning Approach for Building Moral Machines" - work with Prof. Klaus Diepold
2017-2018: SmartStart Fellowship by the Bernstein Network for Computational Neuroscience
2015-2018: Scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
Christopher L. Hunt, Keqin Ding, Christoph S. Wagner, Nicolas Berberich, Karahan Yilmazer, Gordon Cheng, Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, Nitish Thakor: Investigating the relationship between cue immersion and the strength of motor imagery during hand and wrist movements. 11th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering 2023, 2023 more…BibTeX
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Laura Pilger, Nicolas Berberich, Natalia Paredes-Acuna, Adrian Dendorfer, Julio Rogelio Guadarrama Olvera, Florian Bergner, Daniel Utpadel-Fischler, Gordon Cheng: Human-Centered Design of a Vibrotactile Sensory Substitution Belt for Feet Somatosensation in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis. 11th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering 2023, 2023 more…BibTeX
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Nicolas Berberich, Natalia Paredes-Acuna, Benjamin Michael Lipp, Gordon Cheng: Embedding Ethics into Neuroengineering Education: A Human-Centered Engineering Course on Neurorehabilitation. 11th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering 2023, 2023 more…BibTeX
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2022
Constantin Uhde; Nicolas Berberich; Hao Ma; Rogelio Guadarrama; Gordon Cheng: Learning Causal Relationships of Object Properties and Affordances Through Human Demonstrations and Self-Supervised Intervention for Purposeful Action in Transfer Environments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Volume 7 ( Issue 4), 2022, 11015 - 11022 more…BibTeX
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Natalia Paredes-Acuña; Nicolas Berberich; Emmanuel Dean-León; Gordon Cheng: Tactile-based Assistive Method to Support Physical Therapy Routines in a Lightweight Upper-Limb Exoskeleton. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2022 more…BibTeX
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Nicholas Tacca, John Nassour, Stefan K. Ehrlich, Nicolas Berberich, Gordon Cheng: Neuro-cognitive assessment of intentional control methods for a soft elbow exosuit using error-related potentials. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2022 more…BibTeX
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2021
Matthijs Pals, Rafael Javier Pérez Belizón, Nicolas Berberich, Stefan K. Ehrlich, John Nassour, Gordon Cheng: Demonstrating the viability of mapping deep learning-based EEG decoders to spiking networks on low-powered neuromorphic hardware. 43rd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2021, 2021 more…BibTeX
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Natalia Paredes-Acuña, Nicolas Berberich, Emmanuel Dean-Leon, Gordon Cheng: Using Robot Skin to Support Physical Therapy Routines with a Lightweight Upper-Limb Exoskeleton. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) 2021, 2021 more…BibTeX
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Paula Villa Fulton, Simone Löhlein, Natalia Paredes-Acuña, Nicolas Berberich, Gordon Cheng: Wrist Exoskeleton Design for Pronation and Supination using Mirrored Movement Control. IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) 2021, 2021 more…BibTeX
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Svea Marie Meyer, Ashish Rao Mangalore, Stefan K. Ehrlich, Nicolas Berberich, John Nassour, Gordon Cheng.: A Comparative Study on ErrPs for Different Usage Conditions of an Exoskeleton with a Mobile EEG Device. 43rd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2021, 2021 more…BibTeX
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Xingying Chen, Simone Vera Löhlein, John Nassour, Stefan K. Ehrlich, Nicolas Berberich, Gordon Cheng: Visually-guided Grip Selection for Soft-Hand Exoskeleton. 43rd International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) 2021, 2021 more…BibTeX
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2020
Constantin Uhde, Nicolas Berberich, Karinne Ramirez-Amaro, and Gordon Cheng: The Robot as Scientist: Using Mental Simulation to Test Causal Hypotheses Extracted from Human Activities in Virtual Reality. IROS, 2020 more…BibTeX
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Hoxha, Isabelle; Del Duca, Fulvia; Ehrlich, Stefan K.; Bergner, Florian; Berberich, Nicolas; Cheng, Gordon: Improving user comfort in auditory-steady-state-response brain-computer interface by using a co-adaptive stimulus. FENS 2020 Virtual Forum 2020Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)more…BibTeX
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Mariia Popova, Melanie Tschiersch, Nicolas Berberich, Stefan K. Ehrlich, David Franklin, Gordon Cheng: A bump-attractor spiking neural network for motor adaptation and washout based on Norepinephrine release in primary motor cortex. CNS2020, 2020 more…BibTeX
Melanie Tschiersch, Mariia Popova, Nicolas Berberich, Stefan K. Ehrlich, David Franklin, Gordon Cheng: A bump-attractor spiking neural network for motor learning based on Norepinephrine release. FENS2020 2020Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)more…BibTeX
Nicolas Berberich, Gordon Cheng: Kognitive Systeme und Neurorobotik. In: Philosophisches Handbuch Künstliche Intelligenz. Springer Reference Geisteswissenschaften. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2020 more…BibTeX
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Nicolas Berberich, Toyoaki Nishida, Shoko Suzuki: Harmonizing Artificial Intelligence for Social good. Philosophy & Technology 33, 2020, 613–638 more…BibTeX
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Nicolas Berberich: Künstliche Intelligenz und Sicherheit. In: Wie Maschinen Lernen. Springer, Wiesbaden , 2019 more…BibTeX
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Nicolas Berberich, Christian Hölzer: Über die Mystifizierung von KI. In: Wie Maschinen Lernen. Springer, Wiesbaden , 2019 more…BibTeX
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Nicolas Berberich, Ina Kalder: Künstliche Intelligenz und Sicherheit. In: Wie Maschinen Lernen. Springer, Wiesbaden , 2019 more…BibTeX
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