AnnouncementsPosted by Audrey Dussutour Wed, May 19, 2010 14:29:20INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON STATISTICAL PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY OF COLLECTIVE MOTION
NOVEMBER 8-12 2010
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION : JULY 15 2010
AnnouncementsPosted by Audrey Dussutour Thu, April 29, 2010 15:45:56
I am sending you the pdf announcing XVII International Summer School “Nicolás Cabrera” 'Self-organization patterns in nature' that will be held in Madrid in September.
The organisers have some scholarships covering the
course and the stay, but not the travelling. Please, contact Gonzalo G. de Polavieja for anything you need : gonzalo.depolavieja@gmail.com
AnnouncementsPosted by David Sumpter Tue, February 02, 2010 09:33:43Two postdoctoral positions are available in the Collective Behaviour
Group, at the Centre for Statistical Mechanics and Complexity - CNR
Rome. The positions are funded by the IIT project ART-SWARM, focusing
on the experimental and theoretical study of collective behaviour in
bird flocks and insect swarms, and its potential applications to
artificial systems.
The candidates will work under the supervision of Irene Giardina and
Andrea Cavagna. Information on our collective behaviour research can
be found
here.
AnnouncementsPosted by Audrey Dussutour Wed, January 27, 2010 14:54:09Special Issue on Collective decision in biological swarms
Swarm Intelligence
http://www.springer.com/11721
This special issue calls for papers focusing on different aspects and issues of collective decision in animal groups, exploring the problem in different animal models and focusing on different aspects of decision: what is the pooling function? by what mechanisms can informed individuals lead the group? what compromise is found in the trade-off for speed and accuracy? In summary, how do individuals within a group integrate information in order to reach consensus? and when does the group better split than reach a consensus?
