Jochen Triesch

Prof. Jochen Triesch is a Senior Fellow and Johanna Quandt Research Professor at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), with concurrent professorships in Physics and Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research bridges theoretical neuroscience, machine learning, and medical applications, focusing on cognitive processes, spiking neural networks, and developmental AI. He leads a lab investigating how intelligent systems emerge through self-organization and learning, with applications in healthcare and robotics.

Education and affiliations include a physics background and roles at UC San Diego before joining FIAS. His lab offers open thesis topics in machine learning, neuroscience, and medical diagnostics, with notable work on epilepsy prediction and brain tumor detection via AI.

Research interests span neural coding, unsupervised learning, and embodied vision. Key awards include the EU’s Marie Curie Excellence Center Award (2006). His lab collaborates extensively, with projects on neural dynamics, computational pathology, and virtual reality applications for vision disorders.

Teaching includes courses on theoretical neuroscience, reinforcement learning, and complex systems. Over 30 students have graduated under his mentorship, many contributing to AI, healthcare, and neuroscience fields.

Labs/Teams: Triesch Lab (FIAS) focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to brain-inspired AI, combining experimental and computational methods to understand learning and perception.