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Dennis Goldschmidt has obtained his BSc degree in Physics in 2012 from the Georg-August University Göttingen, his MSc degree in Neural Systems and Computation in 2015 from UZH and ETH Zurich. Since 2016, I have been a PhD student in the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme hosted by the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. In 2017, he joined the Behavior & Metabolism Lab led by Carlos Ribeiro, Ph.D, at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. He is interested in applying his background in physics to questions from neuroscience, in order to develop experimentally testable and predictive models. His general research interests are in Computational Neuroscience, Dynamics, Machine Learning, and Neurorobotics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Dennis Goldschmidt

Citation names

  • Goldschmidt, Dennis

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4A14-790D-719B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0603-7176

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
German (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/01/01 - 2021/12/31
Ongoing
 International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (Doutoramento)
Major in Neuroscience
Centro Champalimaud, Portugal
2015
Concluded
 Neural Systems and Computation (Mestrado)
Universität Zürich Standort Irchel, Switzerland

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
"Modular Neural Mechanisms for Adaptive Spatial Behavior in Autonomous Robots" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 5.5/6
2012
Concluded
 Physics (Bacharelato)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Fakultät für Physik, Germany
"Adaptive Climbing Behavior of Walking Machines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 2.4/1
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/07/01 - 2015/03/30 Research Assistant (Research) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Drittes Physikalisches Institut Biophysik, Germany
2012/03/01 - 2012/06/15 Research Assistant (Research) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Drittes Physikalisches Institut Biophysik, Germany

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2021 PhD Student Programa Champalimaud de Neurociências, Portugal
2012/06/29 - 2012/08/31 Research Intern Kookmin University, South Korea
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Identifying neural circuits for nutrient exploration and decision-making in Drosophila melanogaster
PD/BD/114273/2016
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Manoonpong, P.; Goldschmidt, D.; Wörgötter, F.; Kovalev, A.; Heepe, L.; Gorb, S.. "Using a biological material to improve locomotion of hexapod robots". In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2013.. 2013.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5-48
Conference paper
  1. Goldschmidt, D.; Dasgupta, S.; Wörgötter, F.; Manoonpong, P.. "A neural path integration mechanism for adaptive vector navigation in autonomous agents". 2015.
    10.1109/IJCNN.2015.7280400
  2. Manoonpong, P.; Dasgupta, S.; Goldschmidt, D.; Worgotter, F.. "Reservoir-based online adaptive forward models with neural control for complex locomotion in a hexapod robot". 2014.
    10.1109/IJCNN.2014.6889405
  3. Zenker, S.; Aksoy, E.E.; Goldschmidt, D.; Worgotter, F.; Manoonpong, P.. "Visual terrain classification for selecting energy efficient gaits of a hexapod robot". 2013.
    10.1109/AIM.2013.6584154
  4. Goldschmidt, D.; Hesse, F.; Worgotter, F.; Manoonpong, P.. "Biologically inspired reactive climbing behavior of hexapod robots". 2012.
    10.1109/IROS.2012.6386135
Conference poster
  1. Goldschmidt, Dennis; Tastekin, Ibrahim; Serra, Lúcia; Baltazar, Célia; Münch, Daniel; Ribeiro, Carlos. "Identifying neural circuits for nutrient exploration and exploitation in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in 12th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, 2020.
  2. Goldschmidt, Dennis; Tastekin, Ibrahim; Serra, Lúcia; Baltazar, Célia; Münch, Daniel; Ribeiro, Carlos. "High-throughput behavioral analysis and neural circuit dissection of foraging and feeding behavior in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in CR Retreat, 2019.
  3. Goldschmidt, Dennis; Ribeiro, Carlos. "High-throughput behavioral analysis and neural circuit dissection of foraging and feeding behavior in Drosophila melanogaster". Paper presented in Champalimaud Symposium 2018, 2018.
Journal article
  1. José-Maria Moreira; Pavel M Itskov; Dennis Goldschmidt; Celia Baltazar; Kathrin Steck; Ibrahim Tastekin; Samuel J Walker; Carlos Ribeiro. "optoPAD, a closed-loop optogenetics system to study the circuit basis of feeding behaviors". eLife (2019): https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.43924.
    Open access • 10.7554/eLife.43924
  2. Samuel J Walker; Dennis Goldschmidt; Carlos Ribeiro. "Craving for the future: the brain as a nutritional prediction system". Current Opinion in Insect Science 23 (2017): 96-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.07.013.
    10.1016/j.cois.2017.07.013
  3. Goldschmidt, D.; Manoonpong, P.; Dasgupta, S.. "A neurocomputational model of goal-directed navigation in insect-inspired artificial agents". Frontiers in Neurorobotics 11 APR (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018459730&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fnbot.2017.00020
  4. Dasgupta S; Goldschmidt D; Wörgötter F; Manoonpong P. "Distributed recurrent neural forward models with synaptic adaptation and CPG-based control for complex behaviors of walking robots.". (2015): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26441629.
    10.3389/fnbot.2015.00010
  5. Goldschmidt D; Wörgötter F; Manoonpong P. "Biologically-inspired adaptive obstacle negotiation behavior of hexapod robots.". (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24523694.
    10.3389/fnbot.2014.00003
Distinctions

Award

2016 OCNS CNS 2016 Travel Award
2015 FCT PhD Fellowship Award
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal