Dr Bernd Porr
- Senior Lecturer (Biomedical Engineering)
telephone:
01413305237
email:
Bernd.Porr@glasgow.ac.uk
R106 Level 1, Biomedical Engineering, 72 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LP
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-998XResearch interests
AI/Machine learning
I'm developing fast realtime machine learning algorithms for closed loop control. In contrast to classical approaches which require lengthy training sessions my algorithms learn in realtime while the system is operating.
Realtime deep learning for robotics: Generating Forward Models With Backpropagation
One shot learning for robotics: Input correlation learning
Fast biped walking robot running on reflexes, only: RunBot
Computational neuroscience
I have been modelling the emotional (limbic) system of the brain to help to understand drug action and deep brain stimulation.
ISO learning / Spike timing dependent plasticity
Constructivism / Cybernetics / Social system theory
Digital signal processing / acoustics / tinnitus
Biomedical signal processing and instrumentation (EEG, ECG, EMG & Deep Brain Stimulation)
EOG in directional hearing aids
Dedicated data acquisition hardware for Linux
Wireless bluetooth data acquisition (Attys).
Open access EEG and ECG databases
Web
Publications
2024
Baskaran, R.K. R., Link, A. , Porr, B. and Franke, T. (2024) Classification of chemically modified red blood cells in microflow using machine learning video analysis. Soft Matter, 20(5), pp. 952-958. (doi: 10.1039/D3SM01337E) (PMID:38088860)
2023
Murali, P. K. , Porr, B. and Kaboli, M. (2023) Touch if it's Transparent! ACTOR: Active Tactile-Based Category-Level Transparent Object Reconstruction. In: 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023), Detroit, MI, USA, 1-5 October 2023, pp. 10792-10799. ISBN 9781665491914 (doi: 10.1109/iros55552.2023.10341680)
Chandler, C. , Porr, B. , Miller, A. and Lafratta, G. (2023) Model Checking for Closed-Loop Robot Reactive Planning. In: Fifth Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS 2023), Leiden, The Netherlands, 15-16 November 2023, pp. 77-94.
Porr, B. and Bohollo, L. M. (2023) BCI-Walls: a robust methodology to predict if conscious EEG changes can be detected in the presence of artefacts. PLoS ONE, 18(8), e0290446. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290446) (PMID:37616245) (PMCID:PMC10449140)
Link, A. , Luna Pardo, I., Porr, B. and Franke, T. (2023) AI based image analysis of red blood cells in oscillating microchannels. RSC Advances, 13(41), pp. 28576-28582. (doi: 10.1039/D3RA04644C) (PMID:37780736) (PMCID:PMC10537593)
2022
Porr, B. , Daryanavard, S., Muñoz Bohollo, L., Cowan, H. and Dahiya, R. (2022) Real-time noise cancellation with deep learning. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0277974. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277974) (PMID:36409690) (PMCID:PMC9678292)
Möller, K., Kappel, D., Tamosiunaite, M., Tetzlaff, C., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2022) Differential Hebbian learning with time-continuous signals for active noise reduction. PLoS ONE, 17(5), e0266679. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266679)
2021
Pagojus, D., Miller, A. , Porr, B. and Valkov, I. (2021) Simulation and Model Checking for Close to Real-time Overtaking Planning. In: Third Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS2021), 21-22 Oct 2021, pp. 20-37. (doi: 10.4204/EPTCS.348.2)
2020
Daryanavard, S. and Porr, B. (2020) Closed-loop deep learning: generating forward models with backpropagation. Neural Computation, 32(11), pp. 2122-2144. (doi: 10.1162/neco_a_01317) (PMID:32946708)
Porr, B. , Miller, A. and Trew, A. (2020) An investigation into serotonergic and environmental interventions against depression in a simulated delayed reward paradigm. Adaptive Behavior, 28(4), pp. 241-260. (doi: 10.1177/1059712319864278)
2019
Hladek, Ĺ., Porr, B. , Naylor, G., Lunner, T. and Brimijoin, W. O. (2019) On the interaction of head and gaze control with acoustic beam width of a simulated beamformer in a two-talker scenario. Trends in Hearing, 23, pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1177/2331216519876795)
2018
Meng, L., Macleod, C. A., Porr, B. and Gollee, H. (2018) Bipedal robotic walking control derived from analysis of human locomotion. Biological Cybernetics, 112(3), pp. 277-290. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-018-0750-5) (PMID:29399713) (PMCID:PMC6002472)
Hládek, Ľ., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W. O. (2018) Real-time estimation of horizontal gaze angle by saccade integration using in-ear electrooculography. PLoS ONE, 13(1), e0190420. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190420) (PMID:29304120) (PMCID:PMC5755791)
2017
Meng, L., Porr, B. and Gollee, H. (2017) Technical developments of functional electrical stimulation to restore gait functions: Sensing, control strategies and current commercial systems. Yiqi Yibiao Xuebao = Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, 2017(6), pp. 1319-1334.
Hladek, L., Brimijoin, W. and Porr, B. (2017) Electro-oculography based horizontal gaze tracking: A perspective for attention-driven hearing aids. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), p. 3571. (doi: 10.1121/1.4987591)
Meng, L., Porr, B. , Macleod, C. A. and Gollee, H. (2017) A functional electrical stimulation system for human walking inspired by reflexive control principles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 231(4), pp. 315-325. (doi: 10.1177/0954411917693879) (PMID:28332444)
Hládek, L., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W.O. (2017) Effect of Width of Acoustic Beam in Eye-Controlled Beamforming in a Dynamic ‘Cocktail Party’. BSA Basic Auditory Science Meeting, Nottingham, UK, 04-05 Sep 2017. p. 13.
Hládek, L., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W.O. (2017) Electro-Oculography Based Horizontal Gaze Tracking: a Perspective for Attention-Driven Hearing Aids. 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 8th Forum Acusticum, Boston, MA, USA, 25-29 Jun 2017.
Hládek, Ľ., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W. O. (2017) Effect of Eye-Controlled Beamforming in a Dynamic ‘Cocktail Party’, a Pilot Study. 3rd Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience of Auditory and Cross-Modal Perception, Košice, Slovakia, 29-31 May 2017.
2016
Kirwan, R., Miller, A. and Porr, B. (2016) Model checking learning agent systems using Promela with embedded C code and abstraction. Formal Aspects of Computing, 28(6), pp. 1027-1056. (doi: 10.1007/s00165-016-0382-2)
Porr, B. (2016) “Truthful” acting emerges through forward model development. Constructivist Foundations, 11(3), pp. 612-613.
Brimijoin, W. O., Tilbury, E., Akeroyd, M. A. and Porr, B. (2016) Measuring vowel percepts in human listeners with behavioral response-triggered averaging. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139(4), p. 1990. (doi: 10.1121/1.4949822)
Hládek, L., Brimijoin, W.O. and Porr, B. (2016) Horizontal Eye Tracking Using EOG: a Step Towards Attention Driven Hearing Aids. Basic Auditory Science, Cambridge, UK, 05-06 Sep 2016.
Sutherland, M. and Porr, B. (2016) Modelling the Effect of Dorsal Raphe Serotonin Neurons on Patience for Future Rewards. In: 14th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB 2016), Aberystwyth, UK, 23-26 Aug 2016, pp. 256-266. ISBN 9783319434872 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_23)
2014
Macleod, C. A., Meng, L., Conway, B. and Porr, B. (2014) Reflex control of robotic gait using human walking data. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e109959. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109959) (PMID:25347544) (PMCID:PMC4210155)
Porr, B. and Di Prodi, P. (2014) Subsystem formation driven by double contingency. Constructivist Foundations, 9(2), pp. 199-222.
2013
Kirwan, R., Miller, A. , Porr, B. and Di Prodi, P. (2013) Formal modeling of robot behavior with learning. Neural Computation, 25(11), pp. 2976-3019. (doi: 10.1162/NECO_a_00493)
Ewing, S. G., Porr, B. and Pratt, J. (2013) Deep brain stimulation of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus yields increases in the expression of zif-268 but not c-fos in the frontal cortex. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 52, pp. 20-24. (doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2013.04.002) (PMID:23660497)
Ewing, S.G., Porr, B. , Riddell, J.S. , Winter, C. and Grace, A.A. (2013) SaBer DBS: a fully programmable, rechargeable, bilateral, charge-balanced preclinical microstimulator for long-term neural stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 213(2), pp. 228-235. (doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.12.008)
Brimijoin, W.O., Akeroyd, M.A., Tilbury, E. and Porr, B. (2013) The internal representation of vowel spectra investigated using behavioral response-triggered averaging. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2), EL118-EL122. (doi: 10.1121/1.4778264)
Glen, J., Porr, B. , Hamilton, R. and Tait, L. (2013) A proof of concept evaluation of the electroencephalophone as a discriminator between wakefulness and general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia, (doi: 10.1093/bja/aet067)
Miller, A. , Kirwan, R., Porr, B. and Di Prodi, P. (2013) Model checking for improved adaptive behaviour. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Conference on Control and Automation, Birmingham, England, 4-5 Jun 2013,
2012
Hattan, G. and Porr, B. (2012) A computational model of the role of serotonin in reversal learning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7426, pp. 279-288. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33093-3_28)
2011
Archibald, D. , Archibald, D. [c.-d.], Burn, T. D. [n.], Clark, M. [c.] and Porr, B. [e.] (2011) The Mathematics of a Dream (Abridged) [Film]. [Performance]
Porr, B. , McCabe, L., Di Prodi, P., Kolodziejski, C. and Woergoetter, F. (2011) How feedback inhibition shapes spike-timing-dependent plasticity and its implications for recent Schizophrenia models. Neural Networks, 24(6), pp. 560-567. (doi: 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.03.004)
2010
Kulvicius, T., Kolodziejski, C., Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2010) Behavioral analysis of differential hebbian learning in closed-loop systems. Biological Cybernetics, 103(4), pp. 255-271. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-010-0396-4)
Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2010) Erratum to: Self-influencing synaptic plasticity: recurrent changes of synaptic weights can lead to specific functional properties. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 28(3), p. 621. (doi: 10.1007/s10827-010-0218-7)
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2010) A Novel Information Measure for Predictive Learning in a Social System Setting. In: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Paris, France, 25-28 August 2010, pp. 511-522.
Thompson, A., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2010) Learning and Reversal Learning in the Subcortical Limbic System: A Computational Model. Adaptive Behavior, 18(3-4), pp. 211-236. (doi: 10.1177/1059712309353612)
2009
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2009) A novel information measure for adaptive controllers in swarm systems. In: Stoica, A. (ed.) AT-EQUAL 2009: 2009 ECSIS Symposium on Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Quality of Life (LAB-RS and ARTIPED 2009): Proceedings, 22-26 July 2009, Iasi, Romania. IEEE Computer Society: Los Alamitos, USA, pp. 136-137. ISBN 9780769537535 (doi: 10.1109/AT-EQUAL.2009.35)
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2009) A novel information measure to understand differentiation in social systems. In: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2009,
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2009) On the asymptotic equivalence between differential hebbian and temporal difference learning. Neural Computation, 21(4), pp. 1173-1202. (doi: 10.1162/neco.2008.04-08-750)
Porr, B. and Woergoetter, F. (2009) Modeling spike timing dependent plasticity with a retrograde transmitter. BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl), P194. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P194)
Thompson, A., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2009) Behavioral inhibition during reversal learning in the limbic system: a computational model. BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl), P8. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P8)
Thompson, A.M., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2009) Reversal learning in the sub-cortical limbic system: a computational model. In: 20th National Meeting of the British Neuroscience Association, Liverpool, UK, 19-22 April 2009,
Waddell, C., Pratt, J.A., Porr, B. and Ewing, S. (2009) Deep brain stimulation artifact removal through under-sampling and cubic-spline interpolation. In: 2nd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP), Tianjin, China, 17-19 Oct 2010, pp. 3953-3957.
Worgotter, F., Agostini, A., Kruger, N., Shylo, N. and Porr, B. (2009) Cognitive agents - a procedural perspective relying on the predictability of Object-Action-Complexes (OACs). Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 57(4), pp. 420-432. (doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.06.011)
2008
Tamosiunaite, M., Ainge, J., Kulvicius, T., Porr, B. , Dudchenko, P. and Worgotter, F. (2008) Path-finding in real and simulated rats: assessing the influence of path characteristics on navigation learning. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 25(3), pp. 562-582. (doi: 10.1007/s10827-008-0094-6)
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2008) Adaptive communication promotes sub-system formation in a multi agent system with limited resources. In: ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behaviors for Robotic Systems, Edinburgh, UK, 6-8 Aug 2008, pp. 89-96. (doi: 10.1109/LAB-RS.2008.19)
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Woergoetter, F. (2008) Mathematical properties of neuronal TD-rules and differential Hebbian learning: a comparison. Biological Cybernetics, 98(3), pp. 259-272. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-007-0209-6)
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2008) On the equivalence between differential Hebbian and temporal difference learning. In: Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, 28 Feb - 4 Mar 2008,
Thompson, A.M., Porr, B. , Kolodziejski, C. and Worgotter, F. (2008) Second order conditioning in the sub-cortical nuclei of the limbic system. In: Asada, M., Hallam, J.C.T., Meyer, J.A. and Tani, J. (eds.) From Animals to Animats 10, Proceedings. Series: Lecture notes in computer science: Lecture notes in artificial intelligence (5040). Springer-Verlag: Berlin, pp. 189-198. ISBN 9783540691334
Wörgötter, F., Kolodziejski, C., Kulvicius, T., Di Prodi, P., Tamosiunaite, M. and Porr, B. (2008) On the analysis and evaluation of closed loop learning systems. In: Bernstein Symposium 2008, Munich, Germany, 8-10 Oct 2008,
Wörgötter, F. and Porr, B. (2008) Reinforcement learning. Scholarpedia, 3(3), p. 1448. (doi: 10.4249/scholarpedia.1448)
2007
Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Self-influencing synaptic plasticity: recurrent changes of synaptic weights can lead to specific functional properties. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 23(1), pp. 113-127. (doi: 10.1007/s10827-007-0021-2)
Kulvicius, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Development of receptive fields in a closed-loop behavioural system. Neurocomputing, 70, pp. 2046-2049. (doi: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.132)
Manoonpong, P., Geng, T., Kulvicius, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Adaptive, fast walking in a biped robot under neuronal control and learning. PLoS Computational Biology, 3(7), e134. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030134)
Porr, B., Kulvicius, T. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Improved stability and convergence with three factor learning. Neurocomputing, 70, pp. 2005-2008. (doi: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.137)
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Fast heterosynaptic learning in a robot food retrieval task inspired by the limbic system. BioSystems, 89, pp. 294-299. (doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.04.026)
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Learning with "relevance": Using a third factor to stabilize Hebbian learning. Neural Computation, 19, pp. 2694-2719.
Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Developing velocity sensitivity in a model neuron by local synaptic plasticity. Biological Cybernetics, 96, pp. 507-518. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-007-0146-4)
2006
Geng, T., Kulvivius, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Neural control and synaptic plasticity in a planar biped walking robot. In: Computational Neuroscience meeting, CNS2006, Edinburgh, UK,
Geng, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Fast biped walking with a sensor-driven neuronal controller and real-time online learning. International Journal of Robotics Research, 25, pp. 243-259. (doi: 10.1177/0278364906063822)
Geng, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) A reflexive neural network for dynamic biped walking control. Neural Computation, 18, pp. 1156-1196.
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Fast, flexible and adaptive motor control achieved by pairing neuronal learning with recruitment. In: Computational Neuroscience meeting, CNS2006, Edinburgh, UK,
Porr, B. (2006) Fast biped walking with a reflexive controller and real-time policy searching. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 18, pp. 427-434.
Porr, B. (2006) Temporally changing synaptic plasticity. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 18, pp. 1337-1344.
Porr, B. (2006) Towards closed loop information: Predictive information. Constructivist Foundations, 1(2), pp. 83-90.
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) How to stabilise Hebbian learning with a third factor ? In: 5th Forum of European Neuroscience, Vienna, Austria,
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Strongly improved stability and faster convergence of temporal sequence learning by using input correlations only. Neural Computation, 18, pp. 1380-1412.
Soell, S. and Porr, B. (2006) A VCO based digital microphone utilizing a FIR sigma delta converter. In: Proceedings of MIXDES 2006 Conference, Gdynia, Poland, pp. 223-227. ISBN 83 922632 1 9
Thompson, A.M., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Stabilising Hebbian learning with a third factor in a food retrieval task. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2006, pp. 313-322. (doi: 10.1007/11840541_26)
Articles
Baskaran, R.K. R., Link, A. , Porr, B. and Franke, T. (2024) Classification of chemically modified red blood cells in microflow using machine learning video analysis. Soft Matter, 20(5), pp. 952-958. (doi: 10.1039/D3SM01337E) (PMID:38088860)
Porr, B. and Bohollo, L. M. (2023) BCI-Walls: a robust methodology to predict if conscious EEG changes can be detected in the presence of artefacts. PLoS ONE, 18(8), e0290446. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290446) (PMID:37616245) (PMCID:PMC10449140)
Link, A. , Luna Pardo, I., Porr, B. and Franke, T. (2023) AI based image analysis of red blood cells in oscillating microchannels. RSC Advances, 13(41), pp. 28576-28582. (doi: 10.1039/D3RA04644C) (PMID:37780736) (PMCID:PMC10537593)
Porr, B. , Daryanavard, S., Muñoz Bohollo, L., Cowan, H. and Dahiya, R. (2022) Real-time noise cancellation with deep learning. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0277974. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277974) (PMID:36409690) (PMCID:PMC9678292)
Möller, K., Kappel, D., Tamosiunaite, M., Tetzlaff, C., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2022) Differential Hebbian learning with time-continuous signals for active noise reduction. PLoS ONE, 17(5), e0266679. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266679)
Daryanavard, S. and Porr, B. (2020) Closed-loop deep learning: generating forward models with backpropagation. Neural Computation, 32(11), pp. 2122-2144. (doi: 10.1162/neco_a_01317) (PMID:32946708)
Porr, B. , Miller, A. and Trew, A. (2020) An investigation into serotonergic and environmental interventions against depression in a simulated delayed reward paradigm. Adaptive Behavior, 28(4), pp. 241-260. (doi: 10.1177/1059712319864278)
Hladek, Ĺ., Porr, B. , Naylor, G., Lunner, T. and Brimijoin, W. O. (2019) On the interaction of head and gaze control with acoustic beam width of a simulated beamformer in a two-talker scenario. Trends in Hearing, 23, pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1177/2331216519876795)
Meng, L., Macleod, C. A., Porr, B. and Gollee, H. (2018) Bipedal robotic walking control derived from analysis of human locomotion. Biological Cybernetics, 112(3), pp. 277-290. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-018-0750-5) (PMID:29399713) (PMCID:PMC6002472)
Hládek, Ľ., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W. O. (2018) Real-time estimation of horizontal gaze angle by saccade integration using in-ear electrooculography. PLoS ONE, 13(1), e0190420. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190420) (PMID:29304120) (PMCID:PMC5755791)
Meng, L., Porr, B. and Gollee, H. (2017) Technical developments of functional electrical stimulation to restore gait functions: Sensing, control strategies and current commercial systems. Yiqi Yibiao Xuebao = Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, 2017(6), pp. 1319-1334.
Hladek, L., Brimijoin, W. and Porr, B. (2017) Electro-oculography based horizontal gaze tracking: A perspective for attention-driven hearing aids. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), p. 3571. (doi: 10.1121/1.4987591)
Meng, L., Porr, B. , Macleod, C. A. and Gollee, H. (2017) A functional electrical stimulation system for human walking inspired by reflexive control principles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 231(4), pp. 315-325. (doi: 10.1177/0954411917693879) (PMID:28332444)
Kirwan, R., Miller, A. and Porr, B. (2016) Model checking learning agent systems using Promela with embedded C code and abstraction. Formal Aspects of Computing, 28(6), pp. 1027-1056. (doi: 10.1007/s00165-016-0382-2)
Porr, B. (2016) “Truthful” acting emerges through forward model development. Constructivist Foundations, 11(3), pp. 612-613.
Brimijoin, W. O., Tilbury, E., Akeroyd, M. A. and Porr, B. (2016) Measuring vowel percepts in human listeners with behavioral response-triggered averaging. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139(4), p. 1990. (doi: 10.1121/1.4949822)
Macleod, C. A., Meng, L., Conway, B. and Porr, B. (2014) Reflex control of robotic gait using human walking data. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e109959. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109959) (PMID:25347544) (PMCID:PMC4210155)
Porr, B. and Di Prodi, P. (2014) Subsystem formation driven by double contingency. Constructivist Foundations, 9(2), pp. 199-222.
Kirwan, R., Miller, A. , Porr, B. and Di Prodi, P. (2013) Formal modeling of robot behavior with learning. Neural Computation, 25(11), pp. 2976-3019. (doi: 10.1162/NECO_a_00493)
Ewing, S. G., Porr, B. and Pratt, J. (2013) Deep brain stimulation of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus yields increases in the expression of zif-268 but not c-fos in the frontal cortex. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 52, pp. 20-24. (doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2013.04.002) (PMID:23660497)
Ewing, S.G., Porr, B. , Riddell, J.S. , Winter, C. and Grace, A.A. (2013) SaBer DBS: a fully programmable, rechargeable, bilateral, charge-balanced preclinical microstimulator for long-term neural stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 213(2), pp. 228-235. (doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.12.008)
Brimijoin, W.O., Akeroyd, M.A., Tilbury, E. and Porr, B. (2013) The internal representation of vowel spectra investigated using behavioral response-triggered averaging. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2), EL118-EL122. (doi: 10.1121/1.4778264)
Glen, J., Porr, B. , Hamilton, R. and Tait, L. (2013) A proof of concept evaluation of the electroencephalophone as a discriminator between wakefulness and general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia, (doi: 10.1093/bja/aet067)
Hattan, G. and Porr, B. (2012) A computational model of the role of serotonin in reversal learning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7426, pp. 279-288. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-33093-3_28)
Porr, B. , McCabe, L., Di Prodi, P., Kolodziejski, C. and Woergoetter, F. (2011) How feedback inhibition shapes spike-timing-dependent plasticity and its implications for recent Schizophrenia models. Neural Networks, 24(6), pp. 560-567. (doi: 10.1016/j.neunet.2011.03.004)
Kulvicius, T., Kolodziejski, C., Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2010) Behavioral analysis of differential hebbian learning in closed-loop systems. Biological Cybernetics, 103(4), pp. 255-271. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-010-0396-4)
Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2010) Erratum to: Self-influencing synaptic plasticity: recurrent changes of synaptic weights can lead to specific functional properties. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 28(3), p. 621. (doi: 10.1007/s10827-010-0218-7)
Thompson, A., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2010) Learning and Reversal Learning in the Subcortical Limbic System: A Computational Model. Adaptive Behavior, 18(3-4), pp. 211-236. (doi: 10.1177/1059712309353612)
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2009) On the asymptotic equivalence between differential hebbian and temporal difference learning. Neural Computation, 21(4), pp. 1173-1202. (doi: 10.1162/neco.2008.04-08-750)
Porr, B. and Woergoetter, F. (2009) Modeling spike timing dependent plasticity with a retrograde transmitter. BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl), P194. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P194)
Thompson, A., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2009) Behavioral inhibition during reversal learning in the limbic system: a computational model. BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl), P8. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P8)
Worgotter, F., Agostini, A., Kruger, N., Shylo, N. and Porr, B. (2009) Cognitive agents - a procedural perspective relying on the predictability of Object-Action-Complexes (OACs). Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 57(4), pp. 420-432. (doi: 10.1016/j.robot.2008.06.011)
Tamosiunaite, M., Ainge, J., Kulvicius, T., Porr, B. , Dudchenko, P. and Worgotter, F. (2008) Path-finding in real and simulated rats: assessing the influence of path characteristics on navigation learning. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 25(3), pp. 562-582. (doi: 10.1007/s10827-008-0094-6)
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Woergoetter, F. (2008) Mathematical properties of neuronal TD-rules and differential Hebbian learning: a comparison. Biological Cybernetics, 98(3), pp. 259-272. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-007-0209-6)
Wörgötter, F. and Porr, B. (2008) Reinforcement learning. Scholarpedia, 3(3), p. 1448. (doi: 10.4249/scholarpedia.1448)
Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Self-influencing synaptic plasticity: recurrent changes of synaptic weights can lead to specific functional properties. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 23(1), pp. 113-127. (doi: 10.1007/s10827-007-0021-2)
Kulvicius, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Development of receptive fields in a closed-loop behavioural system. Neurocomputing, 70, pp. 2046-2049. (doi: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.132)
Manoonpong, P., Geng, T., Kulvicius, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Adaptive, fast walking in a biped robot under neuronal control and learning. PLoS Computational Biology, 3(7), e134. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030134)
Porr, B., Kulvicius, T. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Improved stability and convergence with three factor learning. Neurocomputing, 70, pp. 2005-2008. (doi: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.10.137)
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Fast heterosynaptic learning in a robot food retrieval task inspired by the limbic system. BioSystems, 89, pp. 294-299. (doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.04.026)
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Learning with "relevance": Using a third factor to stabilize Hebbian learning. Neural Computation, 19, pp. 2694-2719.
Tamosiunaite, M., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2007) Developing velocity sensitivity in a model neuron by local synaptic plasticity. Biological Cybernetics, 96, pp. 507-518. (doi: 10.1007/s00422-007-0146-4)
Geng, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Fast biped walking with a sensor-driven neuronal controller and real-time online learning. International Journal of Robotics Research, 25, pp. 243-259. (doi: 10.1177/0278364906063822)
Geng, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) A reflexive neural network for dynamic biped walking control. Neural Computation, 18, pp. 1156-1196.
Porr, B. (2006) Fast biped walking with a reflexive controller and real-time policy searching. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 18, pp. 427-434.
Porr, B. (2006) Temporally changing synaptic plasticity. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 18, pp. 1337-1344.
Porr, B. (2006) Towards closed loop information: Predictive information. Constructivist Foundations, 1(2), pp. 83-90.
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Strongly improved stability and faster convergence of temporal sequence learning by using input correlations only. Neural Computation, 18, pp. 1380-1412.
Thompson, A.M., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Stabilising Hebbian learning with a third factor in a food retrieval task. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2006, pp. 313-322. (doi: 10.1007/11840541_26)
Book Sections
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2009) A novel information measure for adaptive controllers in swarm systems. In: Stoica, A. (ed.) AT-EQUAL 2009: 2009 ECSIS Symposium on Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Quality of Life (LAB-RS and ARTIPED 2009): Proceedings, 22-26 July 2009, Iasi, Romania. IEEE Computer Society: Los Alamitos, USA, pp. 136-137. ISBN 9780769537535 (doi: 10.1109/AT-EQUAL.2009.35)
Thompson, A.M., Porr, B. , Kolodziejski, C. and Worgotter, F. (2008) Second order conditioning in the sub-cortical nuclei of the limbic system. In: Asada, M., Hallam, J.C.T., Meyer, J.A. and Tani, J. (eds.) From Animals to Animats 10, Proceedings. Series: Lecture notes in computer science: Lecture notes in artificial intelligence (5040). Springer-Verlag: Berlin, pp. 189-198. ISBN 9783540691334
Conference or Workshop Item
Hládek, L., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W.O. (2017) Effect of Width of Acoustic Beam in Eye-Controlled Beamforming in a Dynamic ‘Cocktail Party’. BSA Basic Auditory Science Meeting, Nottingham, UK, 04-05 Sep 2017. p. 13.
Hládek, L., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W.O. (2017) Electro-Oculography Based Horizontal Gaze Tracking: a Perspective for Attention-Driven Hearing Aids. 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 8th Forum Acusticum, Boston, MA, USA, 25-29 Jun 2017.
Hládek, Ľ., Porr, B. and Brimijoin, W. O. (2017) Effect of Eye-Controlled Beamforming in a Dynamic ‘Cocktail Party’, a Pilot Study. 3rd Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience of Auditory and Cross-Modal Perception, Košice, Slovakia, 29-31 May 2017.
Hládek, L., Brimijoin, W.O. and Porr, B. (2016) Horizontal Eye Tracking Using EOG: a Step Towards Attention Driven Hearing Aids. Basic Auditory Science, Cambridge, UK, 05-06 Sep 2016.
Conference Proceedings
Murali, P. K. , Porr, B. and Kaboli, M. (2023) Touch if it's Transparent! ACTOR: Active Tactile-Based Category-Level Transparent Object Reconstruction. In: 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023), Detroit, MI, USA, 1-5 October 2023, pp. 10792-10799. ISBN 9781665491914 (doi: 10.1109/iros55552.2023.10341680)
Chandler, C. , Porr, B. , Miller, A. and Lafratta, G. (2023) Model Checking for Closed-Loop Robot Reactive Planning. In: Fifth Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS 2023), Leiden, The Netherlands, 15-16 November 2023, pp. 77-94.
Pagojus, D., Miller, A. , Porr, B. and Valkov, I. (2021) Simulation and Model Checking for Close to Real-time Overtaking Planning. In: Third Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS2021), 21-22 Oct 2021, pp. 20-37. (doi: 10.4204/EPTCS.348.2)
Sutherland, M. and Porr, B. (2016) Modelling the Effect of Dorsal Raphe Serotonin Neurons on Patience for Future Rewards. In: 14th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB 2016), Aberystwyth, UK, 23-26 Aug 2016, pp. 256-266. ISBN 9783319434872 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43488-9_23)
Miller, A. , Kirwan, R., Porr, B. and Di Prodi, P. (2013) Model checking for improved adaptive behaviour. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Conference on Control and Automation, Birmingham, England, 4-5 Jun 2013,
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2010) A Novel Information Measure for Predictive Learning in a Social System Setting. In: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Paris, France, 25-28 August 2010, pp. 511-522.
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2009) A novel information measure to understand differentiation in social systems. In: Bernstein Conference on Computational Neuroscience, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2009,
Thompson, A.M., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2009) Reversal learning in the sub-cortical limbic system: a computational model. In: 20th National Meeting of the British Neuroscience Association, Liverpool, UK, 19-22 April 2009,
Waddell, C., Pratt, J.A., Porr, B. and Ewing, S. (2009) Deep brain stimulation artifact removal through under-sampling and cubic-spline interpolation. In: 2nd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP), Tianjin, China, 17-19 Oct 2010, pp. 3953-3957.
Di Prodi, P., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2008) Adaptive communication promotes sub-system formation in a multi agent system with limited resources. In: ECSIS Symposium on Learning and Adaptive Behaviors for Robotic Systems, Edinburgh, UK, 6-8 Aug 2008, pp. 89-96. (doi: 10.1109/LAB-RS.2008.19)
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Wörgötter, F. (2008) On the equivalence between differential Hebbian and temporal difference learning. In: Computational and Systems Neuroscience Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, 28 Feb - 4 Mar 2008,
Wörgötter, F., Kolodziejski, C., Kulvicius, T., Di Prodi, P., Tamosiunaite, M. and Porr, B. (2008) On the analysis and evaluation of closed loop learning systems. In: Bernstein Symposium 2008, Munich, Germany, 8-10 Oct 2008,
Geng, T., Kulvivius, T., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Neural control and synaptic plasticity in a planar biped walking robot. In: Computational Neuroscience meeting, CNS2006, Edinburgh, UK,
Kolodziejski, C., Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) Fast, flexible and adaptive motor control achieved by pairing neuronal learning with recruitment. In: Computational Neuroscience meeting, CNS2006, Edinburgh, UK,
Porr, B. and Worgotter, F. (2006) How to stabilise Hebbian learning with a third factor ? In: 5th Forum of European Neuroscience, Vienna, Austria,
Soell, S. and Porr, B. (2006) A VCO based digital microphone utilizing a FIR sigma delta converter. In: Proceedings of MIXDES 2006 Conference, Gdynia, Poland, pp. 223-227. ISBN 83 922632 1 9
Performance
Archibald, D. , Archibald, D. [c.-d.], Burn, T. D. [n.], Clark, M. [c.] and Porr, B. [e.] (2011) The Mathematics of a Dream (Abridged) [Film]. [Performance]
Supervision
- Lafratta, Giulia
Spatial planning and learning by chaining input controllers - Murali, Prajval Kumar
Visuo-Tactile Perception for Object Manipulation and Safe Human-Robot Interaction - Zeinullin, Maralbek
Open-source Assistive Software System for Visually Impaired People
Teaching
- Digital Signal Processing
- Realtime Embedded Programming (C++/Linux)
- Bioethics
- Coordination of the BEng projects at the School of Engineering
- Supervision of biomedical-, electronics-, computer science and electronics with music projects.
Research datasets
2022
Muñoz Bohollo, L., Porr, B. and Dahiya, R. (2022) EEG and P300 database to determine the signal to noise ratio during a variety of realistic tasks. [Data Collection]
2021
Suwanban, L. and Porr, B. (2021) Measuring Einthoven II ECG and reference EMG simultaneously to be able to benchmark noise reduction algorithms. [Data Collection]
2018
Howell, L. and Porr, B. (2018) High precision ECG Database with annotated R peaks, recorded and filmed under realistic conditions. [Data Collection]
Porr, B. (2018) Measuring EMG and EEG simultaneously to determine the EMG pollution in the EEG during a variety of tasks. [Data Collection]
2016
Kirwan, R., Miller, A. and Porr, B. (2016) Model checking learning agent systems using Promela with embedded C code and abstraction. [Data Collection]
Additional information
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