Projekt

Human olfaction is a very efficient sensory system. Early on it was recognized that the mere detection of a given set of molecules is not enough for an electronic analogue of human olfaction. An artificial nose requires not only sensation but perception - the interpretation of sensation in light of experience. This can be achieved by using large empirical datasets of human perception and methods of artificial intelligence. A breakthrough of perceptive electronics (perceptronics) can only happen in a concerted effort of science, engineering and medicine which stringently builds on recent advances in each discipline. The olfactorial perceptronics group will work in this spirit as an interdisciplinary team and establish four linked research topics in (nano) sensorics, olfaction, perception and machine learning. The final goal is to advance the digitization of olfaction towards a yet unseen technology.

• Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio Cuniberti

  Technische Universität Dresden
  Fakultät Maschinenwesen
  Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft und Nanotechnik
  Lehrstuhl für Materialwissenschaft und Nanotechnik
  Max Bergmann Zentrum
  Dresden
  

• Prof. Dr. Ilona Croy

  Universität Jena
  Institut für Psychologie
  Abteilung Klinische Psychologie
  Jena
  

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Hummel

  Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus
  an der Technischen Universität Dresden
  Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und
  Ohrenheilkunde
  Funktionsbereich Riechen und Schmecken
  Dresden
  

• Dr. Alexander Croy

  Universität Jena
  Chemisch-Geowissenschaftliche Fakultät
  Institut für Physikalische Chemie
  Jena