{"id":8976,"date":"2025-04-02T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/?post_type=evenementen&#038;p=8976"},"modified":"2025-08-13T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T08:07:16","slug":"brc-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"evenementen","link":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"BRC Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are pleased to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fias.science\/en\/life-and-neurosciences\/research-groups\/jochen-triesch\/\">Jochen Triesch<\/a> PhD, will speak at our next BRC Colloquium on May 27th Jochen is professor and scientist at the Goethe University Frankfurt and studies Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Computational Neuroscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract talk<\/strong><br>What are the origins of abstract knowledge about objects? Infants and toddlers learn about objects quite differently from today\u2019s artificial intelligence systems. To better understand these processes we develop computational models of how infants and toddlers acquire abstract object representations and the ability to recognize objects and object categories independent of viewpoint and other sources of variability. These models employ novel learning approaches for deep neural networks that exploit the temporal and\/or multimodal structure of sensory information during extended interactions with objects. We harness head-mounted eye tracking data from toddlers to train these computational models with toddlers\u2019 first person visual input, demonstrating that strong object representations can result from just minutes of such experience. In particular, we highlight the benefits of toddlers\u2019 gaze behavior for successful learning. In a complementary approach, we consider learning in models receiving computer rendered visual inputs, where we can precisely control the visual or multimodal input statistics. Concretely, we show how additional linguistic input, even if rare and noisy, promotes the formation of abstract object categories. Furthermore, we demonstrate how our time-based learning approach can lead to the emergence of very abstract concepts such as \u201ekitchen object\u201c or \u201egarden object\u201c. Finally, we study the role of behavior and knowledge of executed manipulation actions (e.g. how an object was turned) and demonstrate how exploiting this additional information can enrich the learned representations. Overall, we elucidate what computational principles seem to underly the emergence of abstract object representations in infants and toddlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Infoschermen-geen-QR-code.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8995\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hybrid meeting<\/strong><br>This meeting will be a <strong>hybrid meeting<\/strong>. We encourage everyone to join us in person at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (room 163) or join via the zoom link below (<em>Meeting ID: 268 487 1397; passcode: 85463<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mpi-nl.zoom-x.de\/j\/2684871397?pwd=ck95U3hIajJ1OWFSOVl1ZWxEZlZTUT09&amp;omn=62156875263\">Join online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":8977,"template":"","events_status":[28],"class_list":["post-8976","evenementen","type-evenementen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","events_status-afgelopen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BRC Colloquium - Baby &amp; Child Research Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Next BRC Colloquium Jochen Triesch, PhD will tell us about Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BRC Colloquium - Baby &amp; Child Research Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Next BRC Colloquium Jochen Triesch, PhD will tell us about Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baby &amp; Child Research Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T08:07:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/\",\"name\":\"BRC Colloquium - Baby &amp; Child Research Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Uitgelichte-afbeelding-Website.svg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-02T14:39:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T08:07:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Next BRC Colloquium Jochen Triesch, PhD will tell us about Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Uitgelichte-afbeelding-Website.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Uitgelichte-afbeelding-Website.svg\",\"width\":378,\"height\":378},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/evenementen\\\/brc-colloquium\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BRC Colloquium\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Baby &amp; Child Research Center\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Baby &amp; Child Research Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/babyandchild-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/babyandchild-logo.svg\",\"caption\":\"Baby &amp; Child Research Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/babyandchild.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BRC Colloquium - Baby &amp; Child Research Center","description":"Next BRC Colloquium Jochen Triesch, PhD will tell us about Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"BRC Colloquium - Baby &amp; Child Research Center","og_description":"Next BRC Colloquium Jochen Triesch, PhD will tell us about Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations.","og_url":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/","og_site_name":"Baby &amp; Child Research Center","article_modified_time":"2025-08-13T08:07:16+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/","url":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/","name":"BRC Colloquium - Baby &amp; Child Research Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uitgelichte-afbeelding-Website.svg","datePublished":"2025-04-02T14:39:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-13T08:07:16+00:00","description":"Next BRC Colloquium Jochen Triesch, PhD will tell us about Computational Modeling of the Development of Abstract Object Representations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uitgelichte-afbeelding-Website.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Uitgelichte-afbeelding-Website.svg","width":378,"height":378},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/evenementen\/brc-colloquium\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BRC Colloquium"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/","name":"Baby &amp; Child Research Center","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/#organization","name":"Baby &amp; Child Research Center","url":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/babyandchild-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/babyandchild-logo.svg","caption":"Baby &amp; Child Research Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/evenementen\/8976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/evenementen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/evenementen"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"events_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babyandchild.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events_status?post=8976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}