Summary
I am a new assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where I am starting a new interdisciplinary research group called the Swarm Lab. The Swarm Lab is dedicated to the study of collective behaviors and swarm intelligence in natural and artificial systems. I did my doctoral work at the University of Toulouse (France) with Dr. Guy Theraulaz and my postdoctoral work with Professor Iain Couzin at Princeton University. My research aims to reveal the detailed functioning of human and non-human collective intelligence in systems as diverse as ant colonies, fish schools, human crowds or robotic swarms. I am particularly interested in the mechanisms of information transfer and integration in large groups that can lead to adaptive (or intelligent) collective responses to environmental challenges. I was the recipient of a Fyssen Foundation postdoctoral grant in 2009 and my work on ant colonies, human crowds and swarm robotics has been featured widely in the mainstream media.