Research Interests – Education – Experience – Publications
Personal info
Position | PostDoc |
thomas.buehrmann AT gmail DOT com | |
Website | Personal blog |
Phone | 0034987123654 |
Address | EHU-UPV, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, Avenida de Tolosa 70, 20018 Donostia – San Sebastián |
Summary

Find a short CV below. A more complete version can be found at linkedIn.
Research interests
- Biological Autonomy
- Non-linear dynamics and synergetics
- Morphology and motor coordination
Education
D.Phil. in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence – University of Sussex
Thesis: “On the intrinsic control properties of muscles and reflexes: Exploring the interaction between neural and musculoskeletal dynamics in the framework of the equilibrium-point hypothesis”
M.Sc. in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems – University of Sussex
Thesis: “Model-free robot control. Incremental evolution of dynamic neuro-controllers for visually-guided movement”
B.Sc. in Cognitive Science – Universität Osnabrück
Thesis: “Cognitive aspects of 3d interaction in virtual environments”
Experience
2011 – Today: PostDoc – Ikerbasque Foundation
Based in the University of the Basque Country and part of the european project “Extending Sensorimotor Contingencies to Cognition”
2007 – 2011: Lead Behaviour Engineer – NaturalMotion
Development of euphoria, the next-generation physical and adaptive character simulation technology.
2003 – 2006: Teaching Assistant and Webmaster
Assisted University of Sussex courses such as Adaptive Systems, Animal and Machine Intelligence, Formal Computational Skills and Non-Symbolic AI. Created and administrated website for the CCNR lab.
2001 – 2002: Research Assistant – Fraunhofer Institute
Programming of virtual reality environments and interaction for psychophysical experiments conducted in the Institute for Media Communication.