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	<title>Simon Garnier</title>
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	<description>Swarm behaviours in natural and artificial systems</description>
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		<title>Special issue on Swarm Cognition: deadline extension</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/special-issue-on-swarm-cognition-deadline-extension/</link>
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		<title>NY Times: &#8220;Human Culture, an Evolutionary Force&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 1, 2010, the New York Times has published an interesting article about the role of culture as a force at play in natural selection. The author, Nicholas Wade, reviews and summarizes thoughts and ideas that have emerged recently (but were floating around since several years) about the strong link that may exist between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/ny-times-human-culture-an-evolutionary-force/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Perfect Swarm&#8221;: reviews in Nature and Scientific American Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In their March issue, Nature and Scientific American Mind review a recently published book, &#34;The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life&#34;, 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/the-perfect-swarm-reviews-in-nature-and-scientific-american-mind/</link>
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		<title>Young researcher position available at La Réunion island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8364; by month
IRD [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/young-researcher-position-available-at-la-reunion-island/</link>
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		<title>New Scientist: For sustainable architecture, think bug</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 (&#34;From Insect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/new-scientist-for-sustainable-architecture-think-bug/</link>
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		<title>Workshop on Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems &#8211; ICRA 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#34;Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems&#34; during the next ICRA 2010 conference. The conference will hold from May 3 to May 8, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. The workshop will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/workshop-on-bio-inspired-self-organizing-robotic-systems-icra-2010/</link>
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		<title>ASAB Easter Meeting 2010 &#8211; Animal societies from genes to populations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, the ASAB Easter meeting&#160;will be hosted by the School of Psychology at&#160;University of Exeter and will focus on &#8220;Animal societies from genes to populations&#8221;. It will consist of talks about up-to-date techniques, methods and approaches used in the study of social behaviour. This meeting&#160;is aimed at PhD students and early postdocs.&#160;
The first day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/asab-easter-meeting-2010-animal-societies-from-genes-to-populations/</link>
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		<title>Swarm Intelligence Journal &#8211; Special issue on Collective Decisions in Biological Swarms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Andrea Perna (Ecole Polytechnique de l&#39;Universit&#233; 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&#160;Swarm Intelligence Journal.&#160;This special issue calls for papers focusing on different aspects and issues of collective decision in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/swarm-intelligence-journal-special-issue-on-collective-decisions-in-biological-swarms/</link>
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		<title>Swarm Intelligence Journal &#8211; Special Issue on Swarm Cognition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Vito Trianni (LARAL-ISTC-CNR, Italy), Dr. Elio Tuci&#160;(LARAL-ISTC-CNR, Italy)&#160;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:&#160;http://laral.istc.cnr.it/swarm-cognition/Main_Page. Hereafter is the accompanying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/swarm-intelligence-journal-special-issue-on-swarm-cognition/</link>
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		<title>www.weswarm.com: a new website about swarm intelligence???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found while searching the web: http://www.weswarm.com. &#34;All about swarms&#34; says the (hopefully) temporary front page. Any information about this new website are welcome.&#160;
Launching expected for next February, I can&#39;t wait to see what and who hides behind this.&#160;
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		<link>http://www.simongarnier.com/www-weswarm-com-a-new-website-about-swarm-intelligence/</link>
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