M.Sc. Mohsen Firouzi

Technical University of Munich

Assistant Professorship of Neuroscientific System Theory (Prof. Conradt)

Postal address

Postal:
Karlstraße 45-47
80333 München

• Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 26913

Office Hours

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Short Biography

• as of April 2013
  • PhD Student, Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, LMU
  • Thesis: "Brain Cortical Distributed Computing, An approach to Computing (Sensor Fusion in Cortical Circuits)"; Granted by Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Munich
    • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Conradt (NST-TUM/ MCN Member)
    • Co-Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Glasauer (Center for Sensori-motor Research, LMU)
    • Advisory Member: Dr. Bernhard Seeber (Audio Information Processing, TUM)
• Sept 2008 - Jan 2011
  • M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • Thesis: "Spike-IDS, A Novel Biologically Inspired Spiking Neural Model for Active Learning Method Fuzzy Modeling" (PDF - 480KB)
    • Supervisor: Professor Saeed Bagheri-Shouraki
• Sept 2003 - 2008
  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Electronics), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • Supervisor: Dr. Masoud Karimi

Research Interests

• Multisensory and Sensorimotor integration 
• Optimal sensory perception and Attention
• Computational Cognitive Neurodynamics
• Distributed Information Processing

Publications

Poster presentation:

• M. Firouzi, Glasauer, S, C. Axenie, J. Conradt,"Causal Bayesian Inference in hierarchical distributed computation in the Cortex, towards a neural model", Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, Heidelberg, 2015 (URL)

• M. Firouzi, C. Axenie, J. Conradt,"Multi-sensory cue integration with reliability encoding, using Line Attractor Dynamics, searching for optimality", Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, Göttingen, 2014 (PDF)

• M. Firouzi, C. Axenie, S. Glasauer, J. Conradt, “A Flexible Framework for Cue Integration by Line Attraction Dynamics and Divisive Normalization“, BCCN Sparks workshop, Munich, 2-4 Dec 2013. (PDF 817 KB)

• C. Axenie, M. Firouzi, J. Conradt, "Multisensory Integration Network for Mobile Robot Self-motion Estimation", Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, Tübingen, 2013. (PDF)

Journal Papers:

•  Firouzi M, Conradt J, "Asynchronous Event-based Cooperative Stereo Matching Using Neuromorphic Silicon Retinas", Neural Processing Letters, April 2016, Volume 43, Issue 2, pp 311–326 [IF: 1.747 - 2016]

• Firouzi M, Shouraki S B, Esmaili Paeen Afrakuti I,  "Pattern Analysis by Active Learning Method Classifier", Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Volume 26, Number 1, January 2014, pp 49-62 (PDF - 812KB) [IF: 1.812 - 2014]

• Ghazanfari A, Mokhtari A, Firouzi M, "Simple Voltage Balancing Approach for CHB Multilevel Inverter Considering Low Harmonic Content Based on a Hybrid Optimal Modulation Strategy", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol.27. Issue.4, Oct 2012, pp. 2150 - 2158, Xplore, [IF: 1.657 - 2012]

• Zakerzadeh M R, Firouzi M, Sayyaadi H, Shouraki S B, "Hysteresis Nonlinearity Identification Using New Preisach Based Artificial Neural Network Approach", Journal of Applied Mathematics, Special Issue on Qualitative Analysis of Dynamic Activity Patterns in Neural Networks, March 2011, pp. 51-72, (PDF - 2.8MB), [IF: 0.701 - 2011]

Peer reviewed conference Papers:

• Firouzi, M.; Glasauer, S.; Conradt, J.: Flexible Cue Integration by Line Attraction Dynamics and Divisive Normalization. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Hamburg, Germany, Sept 2014, 691-698, PDF
• Firouzi, M.; Shouraki, S.B.; Conradt, J.: Sensorimotor Control Learning using a New Adaptive Spiking Neuro-Fuzzy Machine, Spike-IDS and STDP. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Hamburg, Germany, Sept 2014, 379-386, PDF
• Firouzi M, Shouraki S B, Rostami M Gh"Spiking Neural Network Ink Drop Spread, Spike-IDS", Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics III, Springer, January 2013, Proc. of 3^rd International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN2011), Hokkaido, Japan, June 2011, [Awarded as Young Researcher Travel Award - RIKEN].
• Haghighat B, Shouraki S B, Firouzi M, "A Novel Method for Function Approximation in Reinforcement Learning", Proc. of CICIS'12, IASBS, Zanjan, Iran, 20-31 May, 2012
• Firouzi M, Shouraki S B, Tabandeh M, Mousavi S H R, "A novel pipeline architecture of Replacing Ink Drop Spread", Proc. of Second Word Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing, 15-17 December 2010, Kitakyushu, Japan pp 127 133. IEEE Xplore.
• Zakerzadeh M R, Firouzi M, Sayyaadi H, Shouraki S B, "Hysteresis identification of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators using a novel Artificial Neural Network based Preisach Model", Proc. of ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Vol.1, PP 653-660, Sept 28-Oct 1 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, (ASME index).
• Firouzi M, Ghomi Rostami M, Shouraki S B, and Iloukhani M, "A Novel Preisach Based Neural Network Approach to Hysteresis Non-Linearity Modeling", 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing, ICAI'10 Section, 12-15 July 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA pp 299-305, SCOPUS

Supervision / Tutor

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