Ivana Kajić

Ivana Kajić

Ivana's website at CNRG at University of Waterloo: compneuro.uwaterloo.ca/people/ivana-kajic.html

Project: Neurally inspired algorithms of human cognition and problem solving

Ivana Kajić started a new position at CNRG (University Waterloo) in August 2016.

Exploring the neurophysiological basis of generative creative processes, using realistic neural models of cortical function and simulating the role of body imagery in language semantics.

Education:

2014-2016

Marie Curie Research Fellow at Plymouth University

2013

Visiting scholar at the University of Waterloo, Canada

2011 - 2014

Master of Science in Computational Neuroscience
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany

2010 - 2011

Exchange year at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

2008 - 2011

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Zagreb, Croatia

List of publications:

  • Kajić I., Gosmann, J., Stewart, T. C., Wennekers, T., and Eliasmith, C. (2016). Towards a cognitively realistic representation of word associations. In 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society), 2183–2188

    Kajić I., Gosmann, J., Stewart, T. C., Wennekers, T., and Eliasmith, C. (2016). Towards a cognitively realistic representation of word associations. In 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society), 2183–2188
  • Kajić I., Schillaci G., Bodiroža, S. and Hafner, V. V. (2014), 'Learning Hand-Eye Coordination for a Humanoid Robot using SOMs'; in Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2014), Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Kajić I., Schillaci G., Bodiroža S. and Hafner, V. V. (2014), A 'Biologically Inspired Model for Coding Sensorimotor Experience Leading to the Development of Pointing Behaviour in a Humanoid Robot'; Workshop: a bridge between Robotics and Neuroscience, International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2014), Bielefeld, Germany.
  • Putze F., Heger D., Müller u M., Chassein Y., Kajić I., Schultz T. (2013), 'Profiling Arousal in Response to Complex Stimuli using Biosignals', BIOSIGNALS 2013: 347-350, Barcelona, Spain