Collective information processing (Collective behaviour and intelligence Seminar Series)

Special session with co-authors of draft paper:
– Zara Anwarzai (Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Program at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
– Cody Moser (Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA and School of Collective Intelligence, Mohammed VI Polytechnic Institute, Rabat, Morocco)
– Hannah Dromiack (Department of Physics and BEYOND Center for Fundamental Questions in Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA)
– Ketika Garg (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, CA, USA)
– Gabriel Ramos-Fernandez (Research Institute on Applied Mathematics and Systems, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico and Global Research Centre on Diverse Intelligences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK)

The goal of the Collective Behaviour and Intelligence seminar series is to explore the phenomena of collective behaviour and intelligence, the mechanisms underlying them and their consequences, through reading and discussion of classic and current literature. These phenomena are of interest to a wide variety of disciplines and include many different systems at various scales of organisation. To cast a wide net and engage participants from different disciplines, we will review theoretical, modelling and empirical studies on various systems, using animal collective behaviour as a point of departure but also exploring human societies and their collective dynamics, as well as other systems where collective behaviour can be found.