Pawel Romanczuk
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Pawel Romanczuk holds a professorship on Complexity Research in Adaptive Systems at HU. For SCIoI, he works at the interface of applied mathematics, theoretical physics, and behavioral biology. He focuses on collective behavior of organismic systems. His research bridges analytical and synthetic sciences to study self-organization, evolutionary adaptations, and functional dynamical behavior.
Projects
Pawel Romanczuk is member of:
• Project 11: Dynamical Collective Adaptation and Learning
• Project 12: Learning of intelligent swarm behavior
• Project 26: The collective dynamics underlying personal and social information integration
• Project 27: Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in collective estimation
• Project 33: Shepherding behaviour in predator-prey interactions
• Project 34: Weighing personal and social information in cooperative problem solving
• Project 41: Self-organised criticality in animal collectives
• Project 42: Behavioral contagion in human and artificial multi-agent systems
• Project 51: Navigating the explore-exploit trade off in collective search
• Project 52: Evolution of collective cognition through individual-level selection
• Project 12: Learning of intelligent swarm behavior
• Project 26: The collective dynamics underlying personal and social information integration
• Project 27: Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in collective estimation
• Project 33: Shepherding behaviour in predator-prey interactions
• Project 34: Weighing personal and social information in cooperative problem solving
• Project 41: Self-organised criticality in animal collectives
• Project 42: Behavioral contagion in human and artificial multi-agent systems
• Project 51: Navigating the explore-exploit trade off in collective search
• Project 52: Evolution of collective cognition through individual-level selection
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Mezey, D., Deffner, D., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Visual social information use in collective foraging. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(5), e1012087. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012087
Puy, A., Gimeno, E., Torrents, J., Bartashevich, P., Miguel, M. C., Pastor-Satorras, R., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Selective social interactions and speed-induced leadership in schooling fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(18), e2309733121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2309733121
Deffner, D., Mezey, D., Kahl, B., Schakowski, A., Romanczuk, P., Wu, C. M., & Kurvers, R. H. J. M. (2024). Collective incentives reduce over-exploitation of social information in unconstrained human groups. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47010-3
Pacher, K., Krause, J., Bartashevich, P., Romanczuk, P., Bideau, P., Pham, D., Burns, A. L., Deffner, D., Dhellemmes, F., Binder, B., Boswell, K. M., Galván‐Magaña, F., Domenici, P., & Hansen, M. J. (2024). Evidence for a by‐product mutualism in a group hunter depends on prey movement state. Functional Ecology, 38(10), 2123–2138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14638
Licht, M., Burns, A. L., Pacher, K., Krause, S., Bartashevich, P., Romanczuk, P., Hansen, M. J., Then, A. Y., & Krause, J. (2024). Sailfish generate foraging opportunities for seabirds in multi-species predator aggregations. Biology Letters, 20(7), 20240177. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0177
Tump, A. N., Deffner, D., Pleskac, T. J., Romanczuk, P., & M. Kurvers, R. H. J. (2024). A Cognitive Computational Approach to Social and Collective Decision-Making. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(2), 538–551. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231186964
Raoufi, M., Hamann, H., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). LARS: Light Augmented Reality System for Swarm. Fourteenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligenc (ANTS 2024).
Raoufi, M., Hamann, H., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Messengers: Breaking Echo Chambers in Collective Opinion Dynamics with Homophily. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2406.06440
Karimian, M., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Predicting the Dynamics of Behavioral Contagion in Human Groups with an Increment Drift-Diffusion Model [Poster]. DPG Spring Meeting.
Karimian, M., Reeh, F., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Behavioural Contagion in Human and Artificial Multi-Agent Systems: A Computational Modeling Perspective. Conference on Complex Systems: CCS’24.
Zheng, Y., Tang, W., Shee, A., Romanczuk, P., & Hueupe, C. (2024). Collective Dynamics in Dense Systems of Active Polar Disks. DPG Spring Meeting 2024.
Zheng, Y., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Collective Shepherding [Poster]. DPG Spring Meeting 2024.
Sevinchan, Y., Vollmoeller, C., Pacher, K., Bierbach, D., Krause, J., & Romanczuk, P. (2024). Context-dependent self-tuning of distance to criticality in large fish shoals [Talk]. DPG Spring Meeting 2024, SKM.
Sarkanych, P., Krasnytska, M., Gómez-Nava, L., Romanczuk, P., & Holovatch, Y. (2023). Individual bias and fluctuations in collective decision making: from algorithms to Hamiltonians. Physical Biology, 20(4), 045005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/acd6ce
Raoufi, M., Romanczuk, P., & Hamann, H. (2023). Estimation of continuous environments by robot swarms: Correlated networks and decision-making. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5486–5492. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161354
Lukas, J., Krause, J., Träger, A. S., Piotrowski, J. M., Romanczuk, P., Sprekeler, H., Arias-Rodriguez, L., Krause, S., Schutz, C., & Bierbach, D. (2023). Multispecies collective waving behaviour in fish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1874), 20220069. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0069
Davidescu, M. R., Romanczuk, P., Gregor, T., & Couzin, I. D. (2023). Growth produces coordination trade-offs in Trichoplax adhaerens , an animal lacking a central nervous system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(11), e2206163120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206163120
Gómez-Nava, L., Lange, R. T., Klamser, P. P., Lukas, J., Arias-Rodriguez, L., Bierbach, D., Krause, J., Sprekeler, H., & Romanczuk, P. (2023). Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations. Nature Physics, 19(5), 663–669. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01916-1
Romanczuk, P., & Daniels, B. C. (2023). Phase Transitions and Criticality in the Collective Behavior of Animals — Self-Organization and Biological Function. In Y. Holovatch, Order, Disorder and Criticality (pp. 179–208). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811260438_0004
Winklmayr, C., Kao, A. B., Bak-Coleman, J. B., & Romanczuk, P. (2023). Collective decision strategies in the presence of spatio-temporal correlations. Collective Intelligence, 2(1), 26339137221148675. https://doi.org/10.1177/26339137221148675
Raoufi, M., Romanczuk, P., & Hamann, H. (2023). Individuality in Swarm Robots with the Case Study of Kilobots: Noise, Bug, or Feature? The 2023 Conference on Artificial Life. The 2023 Conference on Artificial Life. https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00623
Karimian, M., Reeh, F., & Romanczuk, P. (2023). Predicting the Dynamics of Behavioral Contagion in Human Groups: A Computational Modeling Perspective [Poster]. Bernstein Conference.
Sevinchan, Y., Bierbach, D., Gómez-Nava, L., Krause, J., & Romanczuk, P. (2023). Self-organized Criticality in Animal Collectives [Poster]. DPG Spring Meeting 2023, SKM.
Raoufi, M., Romanczuk, P., & Hamann, H. (2023). Inter-individual Variations in Swarm Robotics with the Case Study of Kilobots. ICRA 2023, Workshop “Heterogeneity in Multi-Robot Systems.”
Bierbach, D., Gómez-Nava, L., Francisco, F. A., Lukas, J., Musiolek, L., Hafner, V. V., Landgraf, T., Romanczuk, P., & Krause, J. (2022). Live fish learn to anticipate the movement of a fish-like robot*. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 17(6), 065007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac8e3e
Tump, A. N., Wolf, M., Romanczuk, P., & Kurvers, R. H. J. M. (2022). Avoiding costly mistakes in groups: The evolution of error management in collective decision making. PLOS Computational Biology, 18(8), e1010442. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010442
Poel, W., Daniels, B. C., Sosna, M. M. G., Twomey, C. R., Leblanc, S. P., Couzin, I. D., & Romanczuk, P. (2022). Subcritical escape waves in schooling fish. Science Advances, 8(25), eabm6385. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm6385
Zhao, Y., Huepe, C., & Romanczuk, P. (2022). Contagion dynamics in self-organized systems of self-propelled agents. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 2588. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06083-0
Doran, C., Bierbach, D., Lukas, J., Klamser, P., Landgraf, T., Klenz, H., Habedank, M., Arias-Rodriguez, L., Krause, S., Romanczuk, P., & Krause, J. (2022). Fish waves as emergent collective antipredator behavior. Current Biology, 32(3), 708-714.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.068
Novaes Tump, A., Pleskac, T., Romanczuk, P., & Kurvers, R. (2022). How the cognitive mechanisms underlying fast choices influence information spread and response bias amplification in groups. In J. Culbertson, A. Persfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 658–664). UC Merced. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5m540872
Lukas, J., Romanczuk, P., Klenz, H., Klamser, P., Arias Rodriguez, L., Krause, J., & Bierbach, D. (2021). Acoustic and visual stimuli combined promote stronger responses to aerial predation in fish. Behavioral Ecology, 32(6), 1094–1102. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab043
Raoufi, M., Hamann, H., & Romanczuk, P. (2021). Speed-vs-Accuracy Tradeoff in Collective Estimation: An Adaptive Exploration-Exploitation Case. 2021 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), 47–55. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRS50823.2021.9620695
Poel, W., Winklmayr, C., & Romanczuk, P. (2021). Spatial Structure and Information Transfer in Visual Networks. Frontiers in Physics, 9, 716576. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.716576
Klamser, P. P., Gómez-Nava, L., Landgraf, T., Jolles, J. W., Bierbach, D., & Romanczuk, P. (2021). Impact of Variable Speed on Collective Movement of Animal Groups. Frontiers in Physics, 9, 715996. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.715996
Bak-Coleman, J. B., Alfano, M., Barfuss, W., Bergstrom, C. T., Centeno, M. A., Couzin, I. D., Donges, J. F., Galesic, M., Gersick, A. S., Jacquet, J., Kao, A. B., Moran, R. E., Romanczuk, P., Rubenstein, D. I., Tombak, K. J., Van Bavel, J. J., & Weber, E. U. (2021). Stewardship of global collective behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(27), e2025764118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025764118
Landgraf, T., Gebhardt, G. H. W., Bierbach, D., Romanczuk, P., Musiolek, L., Hafner, V. V., & Krause, J. (2021). Animal-in-the-Loop: Using Interactive Robotic Conspecifics to Study Social Behavior in Animal Groups. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 4(1), 487–507. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-control-061920-103228
Lukas, J., Auer, F., Goldhammer, T., Krause, J., Romanczuk, P., Klamser, P., Arias-Rodriguez, L., & Bierbach, D. (2021). Diurnal Changes in Hypoxia Shape Predator-Prey Interaction in a Bird-Fish System. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 619193. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.619193
Best Workshop Poster Award (ICRA 2024)
Hot Topics in Intelligence Research -
Pawel Romanczuk (Science of Intelligence)
Hot Topics in Intelligence Research -
Pawel Romanczuk (Science of Intelligence), “Introduction to Complexity Science: Part II”
Thursday Morning Talk -
Dustin Lehmann, Fritz Francisco, Jorg Raisch, Pawel Romanczuk (Science of Intelligence), “Dynamical Adaptation and Learning: Knowledge Transfer and Cooperative Learning in Groups of Heterogeneous Agents”
PI Lecture -
Pawel Romanczuk, “Modeling of Flocking &Amp; Swarming With Stochastic Agent-Based Models”
For the Public -
LNDW 2025/SCIoI Open Labs: Smart Swarms – How Mathematics Helps To Understand Swarm Behavior and Collective Intelligence
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Science of Intelligence Fair 2023
For the Public -
What Does the Swarm Know? Collective Intelligence Explained at the HU Lab’s MitWissenschaft Event
News Picks – February 2026 - 【新動向】群れに宿る「知性」の正体：AIとセンシングが解き明かす集団行動から合成生物学へ
Planet Today – February 2026 - Рои животных демонстрируют новый вид интеллекта
Phys.org – February 2026 - How AI and new sensing tools are reshaping collective animal behavior research
CIKAVOSTI – February 2026 - Штучний інтелект вивчає поведінку тварин у зграї
IDEAS – February 2026 - Штучний інтелект вивчає поведінку тварин у зграї
Radays – February 2026 - Штучний інтелект вивчає поведінку тварин у зграї
Moneytimes – February 2026 - Забудьте о лидере: секрет идеального порядка в мире животных раскрыт
RUTAB – February 2026 - Искусственный интеллект и новые технологии меняют изучение коллективного поведения животных Rutab.net
Mundiario – February 2026 - La inteligencia artificial transforma el estudio del comportamiento animal colectivo
Media Indonesia – February 2026 - Rahasia Kecerdasan Kolektif: Bagaimana Hewan Memecahkan Masalah Tanpa Pemimpin?
kodàmi – February 2026 - Dalle formiche ai droni: come l’IA sta cambiando lo studio del comportamento collettivo degli animali e non solo
earth.com – February 2026 - Animal swarms are revealing a new kind of intelligence
Brightsurf – January 2026 - AI and new sensing tools are reshaping collective animal behavior research
Fisheries India – August 2025 - Bigger Fish Shoals Make Smarter, Faster Escape Decisions from Predators, Study Finds
This Week in Science – August 2025 - How Big Fish Groups Outsmart Predators—Fast
Medium – August 2025 - Why We Make Bad Decisions Over and Over
MDR Wissen – August 2025 - Schwarmintelligenz – gemeinsam sind Schwefelfische klüger als allein
iy Magazine – August 2025 - Los grandes cardúmenes de peces toman decisiones más acertadas y rápidas
I News – August 2025 - New progress in collective intelligence: Scientists find that larger schools of fish make better decisions in life-or-death situations
Información – August 2025 - Inteligencia colectiva: los bancos de peces más grandes toman decisiones más rápidas y precisas para escapar de los depredadores
Daum – August 2025 - [동물do감] 더 많이 뭉칠수록 천적에 강해지는 물고기 떼
Donga Science – August 2025 - [동물do감] 더 많이 뭉칠수록 천적에 강해지는 물고기 떼
Info Bae – August 2025 - La sorprendente inteligencia colectiva de los peces: así esquivan ataques en grupo sin fallar
Haaretz – August 2025 - מיקומך באתר מדעביולוגיה לא טוב היות הדג לבדו: ככל שלהקת דגים גדולה יותר, כך משתפרת התמודדותה עם טורפים
Wildes Bayern – August 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Klaus Sedlacek – August 2025 - Kollektive Intelligenz im Wasser: Wie große Fischschwärme effektivere Entscheidungen treffen
Biermann Medizin – August 2025 - Kollektive Kognition: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Das Gas- und Wasserfach (GWF) / Wasser + Abwasser – August 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Science Mail – August 2025 - Вместе лучше: у рыб в Мексике обнаружили коллективный интеллект
Mirage News – August 2025 - Better Together: Bigger Fish Shoals Make Smarter Moves
Fisch und Fang – August 2025 - Fischschwärme: Gemeinsam klüger
Vista al Mar – August 2025 - Mejor juntos y muchos
MSN – August 2025 - Fish shoals make faster, more accurate predator-escape decisions
Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften & Biomedizin Deutschland (VBio) – August 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
SSBCracK Defence, Science & Technology News – August 2025 - Study finds bigger fish shoals make faster, more accurate predator-escape decision
Innovations Report – August 2025 - Gemeinsam Klüger: Neue Erkenntnisse Zu Fischschwarm-Entscheidungen
Mundiario – August 2025 - Inteligencia colectiva: cómo los grandes bancos de peces toman mejores decisiones y más rápido
Leibniz Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) – July 2025 - Weniger Fakenews: Größere Fischschwärme treffen bessere und schnellere Entscheidungen
myScience – July 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Vet Magazin – July 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Juraforum – July 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Aktuell24 – July 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Phys.org – July 2025 - Better together: Study finds bigger fish shoals make faster, more accurate predator-escape decisions
Bernstein Network – July 2025 - Smarter together: Large shoals of fish make better decisions
Rutab – July 2025 - Исследование: крупные стаи рыб принимают более быстрые и точные решения при угрозе хищников Rutab.net
Evangelische Zeitung – July 2025 - Studie: Große Fischschwärme treffen klügere Entscheidungen
Science Online – July 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
Humboldt-Universität Berlin – July 2025 - Gemeinsam klüger: Große Fischschwärme treffen bessere Entscheidungen
The Telegraph – February 2025 - Watch: Marlin use their surprising superpower to attack other fish
earth.com – December 2024 - Dance of survival: How sardines outsmart striped marlins in the open ocean
X-Ray Mag – December 2024 - Outsmarting the Predator: Sardines vs Marlin
Phys.org – October 2024 - Fast prey: Even non-attacking predatory fish benefit from group hunting at high speed
Science Daily – September 2020 - Extremely social robotic fish helps unravel collective patterns of animal groups
Profil – September 2020 - Schwarmverhaltensforschung
HU Berlin Zeitung – September 2019 - Sicherer gemeinsam: Bei Gefahr orientieren sich Fische an der Reaktion des Schwarmes
Eurekalert, September 2019 - Uncovering hidden intelligence of collectives
