Written by Simon Garnier on August 24, 2007 – 11:20 pm
Et voici l’affiche annonçant la tenue du colloque annuel de la section française de l’UIEIS dans quelques jours à Toulouse. Retrouvez cette affiche en haute définition, ainsi que le programme complet du colloque sur le site du CRCA.
Written by Simon Garnier on August 20, 2007 – 7:24 pm
A special issue of Swarm Intelligence will be soon dedicated to Swarm Robotics. The editors are Erol Sahin and Alan Winfield, and the submission deadline is December 1, 2007. All the necessary information can be found at http://swarm-robotics.org/swrm/ .
Written by Simon Garnier on August 20, 2007 – 1:26 pm
My internet peregrinations drive me to this surprising page on Apple website. Apple is associated with the Evolutionary & Swarm Design Group at the University of Calgary (director Christian Jacob) to "apply the latest developments in swarm theory and evolutionary computation to a broad array of real-world phenomena". Perhaps should I ask Apple for a [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on August 9, 2007 – 3:18 pm
Good news, at least for me. The article called "The Embodiment of Cockroach Aggregation Behavior in a Group of Micro-Robots" I wrote with Christian Jost, Jacques Gautrais, Raphaël Jeanson, Masoud Asadpour, Gilles Caprari, Anne Grimal and Guy Theraulaz (take a breath) has been accepted for publication in Artificial Life. I still have to address some [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on July 18, 2007 – 9:33 am
I am proud to announce the online publication of the paper "The biological principles of swarm intelligence" I wrote with Jacques Gautrais and Guy Theraulaz. This article is published in the first release of Swarm Intelligence.
Abstract : The roots of swarm intelligence are deeply embedded in the biological study of self-organized behaviors in social [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on July 13, 2007 – 2:27 pm
The first scientific journal dedicated to the new research field of swarm intelligence is born. Its name is… Swarm Intelligence. The first online articles begin to be available.
Description
Swarm Intelligence: the principle resource dedicated to reporting on developments in the new discipline of swarm intelligence.
Swarm intelligence research deals with the study of self-organizing processes in [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on July 9, 2007 – 9:32 am
This month, the National Geographic Magazine publishes a nice article by Peter Miller about swarm behavior in many different natural and artificial systems. This article is illustrated with numerous nice looking pictures, as usual in this magazine. Click on the image above to access the full article.
Written by Simon Garnier on June 20, 2007 – 9:51 am
[ September 3, 2007 to September 5, 2007. ]
Cette année, le colloque de la section française de l’UIEIS (Union Internationale pour l’Étude des Insectes Sociaux) se déroulera à Toulouse du 3 au 5 septembre 2007. Toutes les informations sont disponibles sur le site du CRCA, à l’adresse suivante : http://cognition.ups-tlse.fr/vas-y.php?id=uieis.
Thèmes scientifiques affichés
Cerveau, Cognition, Comportement
Communication chimique
Comportements collectifs
Stratégies reproductives
Une session hors-thème est également proposée. [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on June 14, 2007 – 2:35 pm
A l’occasion de la remise du titre Honoris Causa de l’Université Paul Sabatier au Professeur Randolf MENZEL, le 19 Juin à 17h (Salle du Conseil de l’UPS), celui-ci fera une conférence avant la cérémonie, intitulée "Small brains and bright minds: communication, navigation and learning in honeybees". Cette conférence aura lieu le 19 [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on May 6, 2007 – 9:13 pm
Je participerais au colloque Systèmes complexes en sciences humaines et sociales (2007) avec Mehdi Moussaid où nous parlerons ensemble des "Déplacements collectifs dans les sociétés animales et humaines".
"Le Ministère de la Recherche et le CNRS ont lancé [...]