B. Kretzmeyer, C. A. Rothkopf, K. Fiehler. Walking ahead: how task constraints shape predictive motor planning, [submitted]
C. Ott, I. Ibs, C. A. Rothkopf, F. Jaekel. Furniture Factory: human exploration in optimization problems, [submitted]
S. Trick, F. Jäkel, C. A. Rothkopf. Bayesian combination of correlated subjective probability estimates, [submitted]
F. Tatai, D. Straub, C. A. Rothkopf. Intuitive sensorimotor decisions under risk take Newtonian physics into account, [submitted]
bioRxiv, 2025 [html]
F. N. Midlagajni, C. A. Rothkopf. Learning particle dynamics subject to rigid body manipulations using graph neural networks, Learning on Graphs Conference (LOG), [accepted]
arXiv, 2025 [html]
M. Schultheis, J.-S. Schönfeld, C. A. Rothkopf, H. Koeppl. What do you know? Bayesian knowledge inference for navigating agents, Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), [accepted]
A. Wüst, T. Tobiasch, L. Helff, I. Ibs, W. Stammer, D. Singh Dhami, C. A. Rothkopf, K. Kersting. Bongard in Wonderland: Visual Puzzles that Still Make AI Go Mad?, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025
arXiv, 2024 [html]
J. Mao, C. A Rothkopf, A. A. Stocker. Adaptation optimizes sensory encoding of future stimuli, PLoS Computational Biology, 2025
[pdf], [html], [data & code]
bioRxiv, 2024 [html]
A. Wüst, T. Tobiasch, L. Helff, D. Singh Dhami, C. A. Rothkopf, K. Kersting. Bongard in wonderland: visual puzzles that still make AI go mad?, Sys2-Reasoning, Neurips Workshop, 2024
arXiv, 2024 [html]
D. Straub, C. A. Rothkopf. If it looks like online control, it is probably model-based control, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2024.
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html]
PsyArXiv, 2024 [html]
S. Depeweg, C. A. Rothkopf, F. Jaekel. Solving Bongard Problems with a visual language and pragmatic constraints. Cognitive Science, 2024.
[pdf], [html], [code & data]
arXiv, 2018 [html]
A. Boehm, T. Schneider, B. Belousov, A. Kshirsagar, L. Lin, K. Doerschner, K. Drewing, C. A Rothkopf, J. Peters. Tactile active texture recognition with vision-based tactile sensors, 1st workshop on touch processing: a new sensing modality for AI, Neurips Workshop, 2023.
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html], [data]
F. Eggenkemper, L. Kölker, M. Valente, C. A. Rothkopf, R. Mertens. Learning individualized automatic content magnification in gaze-based interaction, 25th IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM), 2023.
M. Raab, L. Voigt, C. Rothkopf, K. Fiehler. Studying naturalistic actions requires research programs and not trade-off decisions in individual studies. Commentary to Maselli, A. et al.: Beyond simple laboratory studies: Developing sophisticated models to study rich behavior, Physics of Life Reviews, (47)33-34, 2023.
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F. Tatai, D. Straub, C. A. Rothkopf. People use Newtonian physics in intuitive sensorimotor decisions under risk, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2023.
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html]
F. Kadner, H. Willkomm, I. Ibs, C. A. Rothkopf. Finding your way out: planning strategies in human maze-solving behavior, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2023.
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html]
PsyArXiv, 2022 [html]
K. Hämmerl, B. Deiseroth, P. Schramowski, J. Libovicky, C. Rothkopf, A. Fraser, K. Kersting. Speaking multiple languages affects the moral bias of language models. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2023.
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arXiv, 2022 https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07733
S. Trick, C. A. Rothkopf, F. Jäkel. Parameter estimation for a bivariate Beta distribution with arbitrary Beta marginals and positive correlation, Metron, 2023.
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arXiv, 2022 https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.08069
F. Kadner, T. Thomas, D. Hoppe, C. A Rothkopf. Improving saliency models' predictions of the next fixation with humans' intrinsic cost of gaze shifts, IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2023
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html]
arXiv, 2022 [html]
T. Thomas*, D. Hoppe*, C. A Rothkopf. The neuroeconomics of individual differences in saccadic decisions, [submitted]
bioRxiv, 2022 [html]
S. Trick, C. A. Rothkopf. Bayesian classifier fusion with an explicit model of correlation, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), PMLR 151:2282-2310, 2022
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html], [code]
arXiv, 2021 [html]
H. Zhao, D. Straub, C. A. Rothkopf. How do people steer a car to intercept a moving target: interceptions in different environments point to one strategy, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2021
[contact us for the pdf],[html]
D. Straub, C. A. Rothkopf. Looking for image statistics: active vision with avatars in a naturalistic virtual environment, Froniters in Psychology, 12:431, special issue on Modeling Virtual Humans for Understanding the Mind, 2021
[pdf], [html], [code & image database]
C. Turan, P. Schramowski, C. Rothkopf, K. Kersting. Alfie: An interactive robot with a moral compass. 22nd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI), 2020
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J. Frankenstein, F. Kessler, C. Rothkopf. Applying psychophysics to applied spatial cognition research. Spatial Cognition XII. Spatial Cognition 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12162. Springer, Cham.
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P. Schramowski, C. Turan, S. Jentzsch, C. A. Rothkopf, K. Kersting. The Moral Choice Machine, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 3, 2020
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K. Kersting, C. Lampert, C. Rothkopf (Eds.). Wie Maschinen lernen – Künstliche Intelligenz verständlich erklärt. Springer, 2019
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D. Koert, J. Pajarinen, A. Schotschneider, S. Trick, C. Rothkopf, J. Peters. Learning intention aware online adaptation of movement primitives. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), with presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)]
N. Araslanov, C. A. Rothkopf, S. Roth. Actor-critic instance segmentation. Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2019
[pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet), [html]
arXiv, 2019
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05126
D. Hoppe, S. Helfmann, C. A. Rothkopf. Humans quickly learn to blink strategically in response to environmental task demands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2018
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html]
V. S. R. Veeravasarapu, C. A. Rothkopf, V. Ramesh: 'Adversarially tuned scene generation', Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2017
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html]
V. S. R. Veeravasarapu, C. A. Rothkopf, V. Ramesh: 'Model-driven simulations for computer vision', IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), 2017
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B. Belousov, G. Neumann, C. A. Rothkopf, J. Peters: 'Catching heuristics are optimal control policies', Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2016
[pdf (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet)], [html], [code]
D. Hoppe, C. A. Rothkopf: 'Learning rational temporal eye movement strategies', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 113(29), 8332-8337, 2016
[html], [GK best paper award 2016-2018]
C. A. Rothkopf: 'Cognitive Neuroscience' in 'Handbook of Cognitive Science', edited by A. Stephan and S. Walter, J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Weimar, 2013 [html]
C. A. Rothkopf: 'Motor control and the control of actions' in 'Handbook of Cognitive Science', edited by A. Stefan and S. Walter, J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Weimar, 2013 [html]
C. A. Rothkopf, D. H. Ballard: 'Learning to coordinate repertoirs of behaviors: credit assignment and module activation', in Computational and Robotic Models of the Hierarchical Organization of Behavior, edited by G. Baldassarre and M. Mirolli, Springer, 2013 [html]
L. Lonini, C. Dimitrakakis, C. A. Rothkopf, J. Triesch: 'Generalization and interference in human motor control', in Computational and Robotic Models of the Hierarchical Organization of Behavior, edited by G. Baldassarre and M. Mirolli, Springer, 2013 [html]
C. A. Rothkopf, D. H. Ballard: 'Modular inverse reinforcement learning for visuomotor behavior', Biological Cybernetics, 107(4), 477-490, 2013 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
D. H. Ballard, D. Kit, C. A. Rothkopf, B. Sullivan: 'A hierarchical modular architecture for embodied cognition', Multisensory Research, 26:(1-2), 177 – 204 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
D. Pamplona, J. Triesch, C. A. Rothkopf: 'Power spectra of the natural input to the visual system', Vision Research, 83:66-75, 2013 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
Y. Zhao, C. A. Rothkopf, J. Triesch, B. Shi: 'A unified model of the joint development of disparity selectivity and vergence control', IEEE 8th International Conference on Development and Learning, November 7-9, 2012 (Paper of Excellence award) [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. Dimitrakakis, C. A. Rothkopf: 'Bayesian multitask inverse reinforcement learning', European Workshop on Reinforcemnt Learning (EWRL), September 9–11, 2011 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. A. Rothkopf, C. Dimitrakakis: 'Preference elicitation and inverse reinforcement learning', 22nd European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML), September 5-9, 2011 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
H. Toutounji, C. A. Rothkopf, J. Triesch: 'Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems', IEEE 10th International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), August 24-27, 2011 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. Karaoguz, T. H. Weisswange, T. Rodemann, B. Wrede, C. A. Rothkopf: 'Reward-based learning of optimal cue integration in audio and visual depth estimation', 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), June 20-23, 2011 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
J. Triesch, C. A. Rothkopf, T. H. Weisswange: 'Coordination in Sensory Integration', in Dynamic Coordination in the Brain: From Neurons to Mind, edited by C. von der Malsburg, W. A. Phillips, W. Singer, MIT Press 2010
C. A. Rothkopf, T. H. Weisswange, J. Triesch: 'Computational modeling of multisensory object perception', in 'Multisensory Object Perception in the Primate Brain', Editors: M. J. Naumer & J. Kaiser, New York: Springer, 2010
[pdf manuscript]
T. H. Weisswange, C. A. Rothkopf, T. Rodemann, J. Triesch: 'Can reinforcement learning explain the development of causal inference in multisensory integration?', IEEE 8th International Conference on Development and Learning, June 5-7, 2009 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. A. Rothkopf, T. H. Weisswange, J. Triesch: 'Learning independent causes in natural images explains the spacevariant oblique effect', IEEE 8th International Conference on Development and Learning, June 5-7, 2009 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. A. Rothkopf, D. H. Ballard: 'Image statistics at the point of gaze during human navigation', Visual Neuroscience, special issue on 'Natural Systems Analysis', 26, 81–92, 2009 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. A. Rothkopf: 'Modular models of task based visually guided behavior', Ph. D. thesis, University of Rochester. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, 2008
C. A. Rothkopf, D. H. Ballard: 'Image statistics at the point of gaze during human navigation', Visual Neuroscience, special issue on 'Natural Systems Analysis', 26, 81–92, 2009 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html], [code]
J. B. Pelz, C. Rothkopf: 'Oculomotor behavior while navigating natural and man-made environments' in 'Eye movements: A window on mind and brain', Editors: R. van Gompel, M. Fischer, W. Murray, R. Hill. Elsevier Press, 2007
J. F. M. Jehee, C. A. Rothkopf, J. M. Beck, D. H. Ballard: 'Learning receptive fields using predictive feedback', Journal of Physiology Paris, 100, 125-132, 2006 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
R. D. Meyer, E. P. Horch, Z. Ninkov, W.F. van Altena, C.A. Rothkopf: 'RYTSI: the Rit-Yale-Tip-Tilt-Speckle-Imager', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 118 , 162-171, 2006 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
C. A. Rothkopf, J. B. Pelz: 'Head movement estimation for wearable eye tracker', Proceedings of the Eye Tracking Research & Application Symposium, ETRA 2004, San Antonio, Texas, USA, ACM, 2004 [pdf] (wird in neuem Tab geöffnet) [html]
Additional resources
C. A. Rothkopf. Three levels of description by David Marr slides
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