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SUMMARY:Fast and Flexible Group Decision-Making
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DESCRIPTION:Fast and Flexible Group Decision-MakingContact: plund@simonsf
 oundation.org\; lectures@simonsfoundation.org Registration link: https:/
 /www.eventbrite.com/e/fast-and-flexible-group-decision-making-tickets-8571
 12204677 A wide range of animals live and move in groups. Many animals do
  better in groups than alone when\, for example\, foraging for food\, migr
 ating and avoiding predators. A key to group success is social interaction
 . Less well understood is how a group with no centralized control is capab
 le of the fast and flexible decision-making required to carry out its task
 s in an environment with uncertainty\, variability and dynamic change.In t
 his Presidential Lecture\, Naomi Ehrich Leonard will present a model of gr
 oup decision-making dynamics that reveals the fundamental importance of no
 nlinearity\, feedback and social interaction structure. The model provides
  new insights into fast and flexible decision-making: how indecision can b
 e broken as fast as it becomes costly and how sensitivity to stimuli can b
 e tuned as the context and environment change. About the Speaker:Leonard 
 uses tools from feedback control and nonlinear dynamics to study and desig
 n the dynamics of interacting agents such as animal groups and robot teams
 . She develops analytically tractable mathematical models to examine feedb
 ack\, interconnection and heterogeneity in the behavior\, learning and res
 ilience of groups in changing environments. She is a MacArthur Fellow\, a 
 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Am
 erican Society of Mechanical Engineers\, the Institute for Electrical and 
 Electronic Engineers\, the International Federation of Automatic Control a
 nd the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. SCHEDULEDoors open
 : 5:30 p.m. (No entrance before 5:30 p.m.)Lecture: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m
 . (Admittance closes at 6:20 p.m.)Inquiries: lectures@simonsfoundation.or
 g\n\nhttps://indico.flatironinstitute.org/event/3949/
LOCATION:Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium/2-GDFA (160 5th Avenue)
URL:https://indico.flatironinstitute.org/event/3949/
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