Individual decision-making and collective animal behavior

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In this episode, researchers explore advances in the modeling of collective animal behaviors.

In this episode, we cover: •[00:00] Introduction •[00:48] Conor Heins incorporated cognitive processes into a model of collective behavior. •[02:13] Eva Kanso analyzed how confinement influences collective behavior. •[03:41] Andreu Puy considered the role of speed in the leader-follower dynamics of schooling fish. •[04:45] Daniel Kronauer explored how a colony of clonal raider ants collectively responds to rising temperatures. •[06:02] Sonja Friman quantified the energy savings of starlings flying in complex formations. •[07:27] Daniele Carlesso modeled how weaver ants decide to form chains to explore their environment. •[08:43] Ashkaan Fahimipour explored how reef fish minimize the spread of misinformation. •[10:11] Clare Doherty explored the individualism of terrestrial hermit crabs moving in groups. •[11:44] Final thoughts and conclusion.

About Our Guests: Conor Heins Machine Learning Researcher Verses AI / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Eva Kanso Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California

Andreu Puy PhD Student Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Daniel Kronauer Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Professor Rockefeller University

Sonja Friman Postdoctoral Fellow Lund University

Daniele Carlesso Postdoctoral Researcher University of Konstanz

Ashkaan Fahimipour Assistant Professor Florida Atlantic University

Clare Doherty Research Associate Ulster University

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