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November 2021

Sat 6
For the Public
6 November, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Berlin Science Week Talk, David Bierbach: Just be yourself! How individual differences shape collective behavior. Using a robotic fish to understand collective behavior

Naturkundemuseum

Do genetically identical individuals living in the same environment develop identical behaviors? And what role does individuality play in shaping the collective behavior of a flock of birds or a

Sun 7
For the Public
7 November, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Berlin Science Week Talk, Alex Kacelnik and Marc Toussaint: Unsolved Problems in the Study of Intelligence. Learning about intelligence, from crows to robots

On Zoom

A live discussion of Alex Kacelnik (Biologist, U Oxford) and Marc Toussaint (AI Roboticist, TU Berlin) on key problems in studying intelligence in both animals and AI systems. Please register

Mon 8
For the Public
8 November, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Berlin Science Week Talk, Ralf Kurvers and Pawel Romanczuk: Collective Intelligence or Collective Stupidity? From Fish Schools to Human Groups. Exploring swarm intelligence in fish and humans

On Zoom

Scientists Pawel Romanczuk and Ralf Kurvers will explore swarm intelligence in fish and humans, investigating the role of single individuals and social interactions in collective decisions, also exploring when collectives

Wed 10
For the Public
10 November, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Berlin Science Week Talk, Fritz Francisco: Why Behaviour? Why we behave the way we do

On Zoom

From French photographers, Austrian naturalists and English adventurers – all have been equally fascinated by the way we are affected by, and interact with our surroundings. It is the intricate

Thu 25
For the Public
25 November, 2021 @ 7:00 am - 8:30 pm

What does the swarm know? Collective intelligence explained at the HU Lab’s MitWissenschaft Event

Humboldt Forum

As part of the events linked to the exhibition Nach der Natur at the Humboldt Forum, on 25 November at 7pm cluster members Jens Krause, Lea Musiolek, and Pawel Romanczuk

December 2021

Thu 2
Thursday Morning Talk
2 December, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Kate Storrs (Justus Liebig University, Giessen), “Modelling mid-level vision with unsupervised learning”

On Zoom

Abstract: Models of vision have come far in the past 10 years. Deep neural networks can recognise objects with near-human accuracy, and predict brain activity in high-level visual regions. However,

Thu 2
2 December, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Alice von Auersperg (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna), “Breaking new ground: innovation in birds, primates and human infants”

Breaking new ground: innovation in birds, primates and human infants  Novel behaviors that suddenly appear either as a solution to a new problem or as an alternative way to solve

Thu 9
Thursday Morning Talk
9 December, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 16 December, 2021 @ 11:00 am

Eric J. Johnson (Columbia University, US), “Can we improve choices by changing how choices are posed?”

On Zoom

Abstract: Choice architecture suggests that much of what we decide is influenced by that options are presented. This means that the choice environment can encode intelligence that will help (or

Thu 9
Distinguished Speaker Series
9 December, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

POSTPONED – Distinguished Speaker Series Talk, Iain Couzin (University of Konstanz)

Postponed to a later date (to be assessed) More info coming soon!  

Thu 16
Thursday Morning Talk
16 December, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Romain Couillet (University Grenoble-Alps, France), “Random Matrices could steer the dangerous path taken by AI but even that is likely not enough”

On Zoom

Abstract: Like most of our technologies today, AI dramatically increases the world's carbon footprint, thereby strengthening the severity of the coming downfall of life on the planet. In this talk,

Thu 16
Thursday Morning Talk
16 December, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London), “The mind of a Bee”

TU Berlin

Abstract: Bees have a diverse instinctual repertoire that exceeds in complexity that of most vertebrates. This repertoire allows the social organisation of such feats as the construction of precisely hexagonal

Thu 23
Thursday Morning Talk
23 December, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Elke Weber (Princeton University), “Personal and Social Information Search and Integration for Intelligent Decisions on Climate Action”

On Zoom

Abstract: Some of my past and current research looks at "decisions from  experience,” i.e., decisions based on the personally experienced outcomes of past choices, along the lines of reinforcement learning

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