'Playing robot': an interactive sound installation in human-robot interaction design for new media art

In this study artistic human-robot interaction design is in- troduced as a means for scientific research and artistic inves- tigations. It serves as a methodology for situated cognition integrating empirical methodology and computational mod- eling, and is exemplified by the installation playing robot. Its artistic purpose is to aid to create and explore robots as a new medium for art and entertainment. We discuss the use of finite state machines to organize robots’ behavioral reac- tions to sensor data, and give a brief outlook on structured observation as a potential method for data collection

Hidden sources and sinks of Fe(II) in the sedimentary biogeochemical iron cycle - The role of light

In dieser Dissertation werden bisher verborgene Quellen und Senken von Eisen(II) im sedimentären Eisenkreislauf untersucht und dabei insbesondere auf die Rolle des Lichts eingegangen. Durch die lichtinduzierte Reduktion von gelösten Eisen(III)-Organik-Komplexen im Sedimentporenwasser wird Eisen(II) gebildet, das von Eisen(II)-oxidierenden Bakterien als Substratquelle verwendet kann. Auch durch physikalische Umwäzungen des Sediments wird Eisen(II) freigesetzt. Im Hinblick auf die neu entdeckten Quellen und Senken von Eisen(II) im Sediment, muss die bisherige Vorstellung des sedimentären Eisenkreislaufs überdacht werden

Embodied Cognitive Science of Music. Modeling Experience and Behavior in Musical Contexts

Recently, the role of corporeal interaction has gained wide recognition within cognitive musicology. This thesis reviews evidence from different directions in music research supporting the importance of body-based processes for the understanding of music-related experience and behaviour. Stressing the synthetic focus of cognitive science, cognitive science of music is discussed as a modeling approach that takes these processes into account and may theoretically be embedded within the theory of dynamic systems. In particular, arguments are presented for the use of robotic devices as tools for the investigation of processes underlying human music-related capabilities (musical robotics)

Biochemical sensing based on metal-organic architectures

This research work is about the use of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as a platform for biochemical sensing purposes. Different metal–organic architectures were used and individual approaches were pursued, such as the synthesis of electrically conductive hybrid MOF structures as chemiresistive sensing material and the integration of MOF particles into a polymer membrane to explore their potential for sweat biomarker detection using Raman spectroscopy. The focus in each project was on the application of our MOF as sensor material and the evaluation of the signal response upon exposure to relevant analytes. The achievements presented in this work emphasize the great potential that metal–organic architectures have as active material for the sensing of biochemical analytes