Written by Simon Garnier on April 26, 2010 – 4:32 pm
Pr. Iain Couzin (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University) was recently invited to participate in the first live event of the AWE-MAGEDDON series organized by Radiolab, a popular scientific radio show on WNYC. Hereafter is an excerpt of this show where Iain Couzin introduces the work done at his lab and answer to some [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on March 25, 2010 – 9:28 am
- Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Schooling Fish -
Start date: Mid-October 2010 or sooner
A postdoctoral position is available in the Collective Animal Behavior Laboratory at Princeton University to study collective information processing using schooling fish as a model system. This is part of a multidisciplinary investigation of decision-making by animal groups. Specifically we aim to [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on March 3, 2010 – 3:03 pm
In their March issue, Nature and Scientific American Mind review a recently published book, "The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life", written by Len Fisher and edited by Basic Books. Both reviews are globally good and I already ordered a copy of the book to check their reliability.
Hereafter is the summary of [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on March 1, 2010 – 9:36 am
Interested in studying gregarious fish behaviors in a tropical island in the Indian Ocean? If yes, this short term position (17 months) is probably for you:
Position: Computer Scientist in Spatial Analysis and Data Integration
Location: IRD Reunion Island, France
Duration: 17 months from June 2010 to December 2011
Deadline: 31st of May 2010
Salary Range: ~ 3000€ by month
IRD [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on February 20, 2010 – 5:06 pm
To be published in New Scientist on February 22, this article by Philip Ball (well known for his books about science and culture) speaks about the principles underlying nest construction in insects and how they can be a source of inspiration in modern architecture. This article follows a recent workshop on this subject ("From Insect [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on February 9, 2010 – 2:06 pm
This year, the ASAB Easter meeting will be hosted by the School of Psychology at University of Exeter and will focus on “Animal societies from genes to populations”. It will consist of talks about up-to-date techniques, methods and approaches used in the study of social behaviour. This meeting is aimed at PhD students and early postdocs.
The first day [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on December 9, 2009 – 1:53 pm
A short post to welcome a new blog about collective behavior: "Collective Behavior: From Cells to Animals to Us". This brand new website is run by three young leaders in the field of collective behavior: David Sumpter, Audrey Dussutour and Iain Couzin. This blog aims at sharing news, ideas and information about research on behavior of groups, and [...]