Computer Science Distinguished Lecture

CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone.  No registration is required.

Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030

Speaker:  Dr. Radhika Nagpal, Princeton University

Title:  Taming the Swarm

In nature, thousands of individuals can cooperate to achieve complex goals from local interactions — from cells that form complex organisms, to social insects like ants and bees, to the complex and mesmerizing motion of fish schools and bird flocks. These systems are fascinating to scientists and engineers alike: even though each individual has limited ability, as a collective they seem to behave as one. What would it take to create our own artificial collectives of the scale and complexity that nature achieves? In this talk I will discuss how biological swarms can inspire new forms of artificial intelligence and physical robotic systems.