Written by Simon Garnier on March 9, 2010 – 2:29 pm
Originally scheduled for March 15th (see my previous post on the subject), the submission deadline for the special issue on Swarm Cognition (Swarm Intelligence Journal) has been extended until April 15th.
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 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 10, 2010 – 9:45 pm
Prof. Yan Meng (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology) and Prof. Yaochu Jin (Honda Research Institute Europe) are organizing a special workshop on "Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems" during the next ICRA 2010 conference. The conference will hold from May 3 to May 8, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. The workshop will be [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on January 29, 2010 – 3:49 pm
Dr. Andrea Perna (Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes), Prof. David Sumpter (Mathematics Department, Uppsala Universty) and Dr. Guy Theraulaz (CRCA, CNRS) will be the editors of a special issue on Collective Decision in Biological Swarms for the Swarm Intelligence Journal. This special issue calls for papers focusing on different aspects and issues of collective decision in [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on January 24, 2010 – 11:06 pm
Dr. Vito Trianni (LARAL-ISTC-CNR, Italy), Dr. Elio Tuci (LARAL-ISTC-CNR, Italy) and Prof. Kevin M. Passino (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, OH, USA) will be the editors of a special issue on Swarm Cognition for the Swarm Intelligence Journal. The call for papers can be found at the following address: http://laral.istc.cnr.it/swarm-cognition/Main_Page. Hereafter is the accompanying [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on January 23, 2010 – 4:09 pm
Found while searching the web: http://www.weswarm.com. "All about swarms" says the (hopefully) temporary front page. Any information about this new website are welcome.
Launching expected for next February, I can't wait to see what and who hides behind this.
Written by Simon Garnier on January 15, 2010 – 10:51 pm
Scientific American recently revealed that the European Research Council (ERC) awarded Marco Dorigo's lab with €2 millions (~$2.9 millions) to further develop his research on Swarm Intelligence. The journal article, "Group Thinker: Researcher Gets $2.9 Million to Further Develop Swarm Intelligence", states:
With an eye on the potential that swarm intelligence holds for the development of [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on January 11, 2010 – 3:02 pm
Iain Couzin, Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and specialist of collective behaviours, recently answered to this interview on the website BigThink.com. The interview mixes questions about human crowds, locust plague, video games and more. The interview is available here, or can be seen below:
Written by Simon Garnier on October 21, 2009 – 11:27 am
The next ANTS conference on Swarm Intelligence has been scheduled on September 8-10, 2010. As usual, it will be held in Brussels (Belgium) and will be chaired by Professor Marco Dorigo (IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles). All information can be found on the website of the conference: http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2010/.
Important dates to remember:
Submission deadline: February 28, 2010
Notification of [...]