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Our course is a master’s level seminar series on collective behavior research, combined with multiple interactive elements. The course is funded by the Berlin Senate together with the Cluster of Excellence Science of Intelligence in Berlin. For detailed information about the course please visit the course webpage: [LINK] |
Course Components and Timeline:
Content:
The course is divided into a theoretical and a practical block. The theoretical block consists of ten lectures (10 x 90 mins), a journal club (1 x 60 mins) and an ethics panel discussion (1 x 120 mins). The practical block consists of a two-day programming workshop and a lab tour. During the lecture series we will cover the following topics:
Collective decision-making in human groups, collective behavior in various animal species, models of collective behavior and motion, the sensory basis of collective behavior, social structures, perception- and cognition-informed models, observing collective animal behavior, heterogeneous systems, swarm robotics, bio-hybrid systems and artificial life
Timeline:
For detailed talk informations please visit the course webpage [LINK].
Theoretical Lectures and Ethics Discussion:
When: Tuesdays, 14:00-15:30
Exception: The lecture on the 24.06.2025 is shifted to 26.06.2024, 16:00-17:30
Where: TU Berlin, MAR Building (Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin), Room 2.057
Lab Tour and Practical Sessions:
When: 08.07.2025 and 15.07.2025, 10:00-12:30 and 13:30-17:00
Where: TU Berlin, MAR Building (Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin), Room 2.013
- Trainer/in: David Mezey