Marc-Oliver Gewaltig

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marc-oliver.gewaltig@epfl.ch +41 21 693 18 66 http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/page-77938-en.html

Birth date: 31.07.1967

EPFL BBP-CORE
Campus Biotech
Bâtiment B1
Ch. des Mines 9
1202 Genève

+41 21 693 18 66
Office: B1 5 264.040
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Web site: Web site: https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/bluebrain/

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Fields of expertise

Neurorobotics Activity dynamics in networks of spiking neurons Closed-loop neuronal control Computational Neuroscience Large-scale network simulations Neural Simulation Tool NEST

HBP Neurorobotics Platform

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Biography

Marc-Oliver Gewaltig is the Section Manager of Neurorobotics within the Simulation Neuroscience Division. In our team we investigate the simulation-aided reconstruction of sensory-motor loops in rodents, using data-driven whole brain models and musculoskeletal body models. Of particular interest is closed-action perception loops in which an animal influences or actively controls its sensory input. Marc-Oliver is the co-author of the Neural Simulation Tool NEST (www.nest-simulator.org), a popular tool for large-scale simulations of spiking neural networks. Before joining Blue Brain in 2011, Marc-Oliver was Principal Scientist (1998-2011) at the Honda Research Institute Europe in Offenbach, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. in Physics in 1999. In his spare time, Marc-Oliver enjoys skateboarding, fencing, and filming.

Professional course

Principal Scientist, Project Leader

Computational Neuroscience, Cortex Research

Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach, Germany

2003-2011

Senior Scientist

Future Technology Research

Honda R&D Europe (Deutschland) GmbH, Offenbach, Germany

1998-2003

Scientific Collaborator

Institute for Biology III

Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany

1996-1998

Scientific Collaborator

Institute for Neuroinformatics

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

1993-1996

Education

PhD

Physics

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Diploma

Physics

Ruhr-Univerisity Bochum, Germany

1993

Publications

Selected publications

Alois Knoll and Marc-Oliver Gewaltig in Brain- inspired intelligent robotics: The intersection of robotics and neuroscience (Science/AAAS, Washington, DC, 2016), p. [25-34]	Neurorobotics: A strategic pillar of the Human Brain Project
Egidio Falotico, Lorenzo Vannucci, Alessandro Ambrosano, Ugo Albanese, Stefan Ulbrich, Juan Camilo Vasquez Tieck, Georg Hinkel, Jacques Kaiser, Igor Peric, Oliver Denninger, Nino Cauli, Murat Kirtay, Arne Roennau, Gudrun Klinker, Axel Von Arnim, Luc Guyot, Daniel Peppicelli, Pablo Martínez-Cañada, Eduardo Ros, Patrick Maier, Sandro Weber, Manuel Huber, David Plecher, Florian Röhrbein, Stefan Deser, Alina Roitberg, Patrick van der Smagt, Rüdiger Dillman, Paul Levi, Cecilia Laschi, Alois C Knoll, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2017; 11: 2.doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2017.00002	Connecting artificial brains to robots in a comprehensive simulation framework: The Neurorobotics Platform
Schrader, S., Gewaltig, M., K�rner, U., & K�rner, E. Neural Networks 22(8), 1055-70. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2009.07.021	Cortext: a columnar model of bottom-up and top-down processing in the neocortex.
Nordlie, E., Gewaltig, M., & Plesser, H. PLoS Computational Biology, 5(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000456	Towards reproducible descriptions of neuronal network models.
Eppler, J., Helias, M., Muller, E., Diesmann, M., & Gewaltig, M. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2(January), 1-12. Frontiers Research Foundation. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.012.2008.	PyNEST: a convenient interface to the NEST simulator.
Helias, M., Rotter, S., Gewaltig, M., & Diesmann, M. Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 2(December), 7 (2008)	Structural plasticity controlled by calcium based correlation detection.
Cannon, R., Gewaltig, M., Gleeson, P., Bhalla, U., Cornelis, H., Hines, M., De Schutter, E. Neuroinformatics, 5(2), 127�138. Springer. doi:10.1007/s12021-007-0004-5.	Interoperability of neuroscience modeling software: current status and future directions.
Kupper, R., Knoblauch, a., Gewaltig, M., Korner, U., & Korner, E. Neurocomputing, 70(10-12), 1711-1716. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.085. 2007	Simulations of signal flow in a functional model of the cortical column.
Knoblauch, A., Kupper, R., Gewaltig, M., K�rner, U., & K�rner, E. Neurocomputing, 70(10-12), 1838�1842. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.092., 2007	A cell assembly based model for the cortical microcircuitry
Eppler, J. M., Plesser, H., Morrison, A., Diesmann, M., & Gewaltig, M. In A. Kermarrec, L. Boug�, & T. Priol, Euro-Par 2007: Parallel Processing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol 4641. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 2007	Multithreaded and Distributed Simulation of Large Biological Neuronal Networks.
Plesser, H., Eppler, J., Morrison, A., Diesmann, M., & Gewaltig, M Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4641, 672. Springer.	Efficient parallel simulation of large-scale neuronal networks on clusters of multiprocessor computers.
Gewaltig, M., & Diesmann, M. Scholarpedia, 2(4):1430., revision #130182	NEST (Neural Simulation Tool).
Kupper, R., Gewaltig, M., K�rner, U., & K�rner, E. Neurocomputing, 65, 189�194. Elsevier, 2005	Spike-latency codes and the effect of saccades.
Gewaltig, M., K�rner, U., & K�rner, E. Neurocomputing, 52--54, 519-524. Elsevier, 2003	A model of surface detection and orientation tuning in primate visual cortex.
Gewaltig, M. O., Diesmann, M., & Aertsen, A. Neural Networks, 14(6-7), 657-73. Elsevier. (2001)	Propagation of cortical synfire activity: survival probability in single trials and stability in the mean
Gewaltig, M., Diesmann, M., & Aertsen, A. Neurocomputing, 38-40(1-4), 621-626. doi:10.1016/S0925-2312(01)00454-4 (2001)	Cortical synfire-activity: Configuration space and survival probability.
Diesmann, M., Gewaltig, M., Rotter, S., & Aertsen, A. Neurocomputing, 38, 565�572. (2001)	State space analysis of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks.
Aertsen, A., Diesmann, M., Gewaltig, M. O., Gr�n, S., & Rotter, S. Novartis Found Symp, 239, 193-197,234-240. (2001)	Neural dynamics in cortical networks--precision of joint-spiking events.
Diesmann, M., Gewaltig, M. O., & Aertsen, A. Nature, 402(6761), 529-33. doi: 10.1038/990101 (1999)	Stable propagation of synchronous spiking in cortical neural networks.
K�rner, E., Gewaltig, M., K�rner, U., Richter, A., & Rodemann, T. Neural Networks, 12(7-8), 989�1005. (1999)	A model of computation in neocortical architecture.
Aertsen, A., Diesmann, M., & Gewaltig, M. O. J Physiol Paris, 90, 243-247 (1996)	Propagation of synchronous spiking activity in feedforward neural networks.

Research

Neurorobotics

In Neurorobotics we investigate models of nervous system in the context of a body that is embedded in a realistic (sensory rich) environment. The neural models ranges from simple artificial networks to detailed reconstructions of mammalian brains. These models are then investigated in closed-action perceptions loops. Since the real-time simulations of realistic neural systems is still for most cases out of reach, we work with simulated bodies, robots, and environments.

Teaching & PhD

Past EPFL PhD Students

Denizdurduran Berat , Erö Csaba , Kuras Ihor , Rodarie Dimitri Bruno Marie , Wybo Willem Anna Mark ,

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