Marc-Oliver Gewaltig
Lecturer
marc-oliver.gewaltig@epfl.ch +41 21 693 18 66 http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/page-77938-en.html
Birth date : 31.07.1967
EPFL ENT-R BBP-CORE
Campus Biotech
Bâtiment B1
Ch. des Mines 9
CH-1202 Genève
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
Activity dynamics in networks of spiking neurons
Closed-loop neuronal control
Computational Neuroscience
Large-scale network simulations
Neural Simulation Tool NEST
Current work
HBP Neurorobotics Platform
https://youtu.be/b_RjzdlN0y4
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 |
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.