About Me
Simon Garnier is an Associate Professor of Biology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the head of the Swarm Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab that studies the mechanisms underlying Collective Behaviors and Swarm Intelligence in natural and artificial systems (http://www.theswarmlab.com). His research aims to reveal the detailed functioning of collective intelligence in systems as diverse as ant colonies, human crowds or robotic swarms. Dr. Garnier received a B.Sc. in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2002 from the University of Bordeaux. He received his M.Sc. in Neuroscience and Cognition in 2004 and his Ph.D. in Animal Behavior in 2008 from the University of Toulouse, both under the direction of Dr. Guy Theraulaz.
Education
Ph.D.
; Université de Toulouse
; Ethology
; 2008
M.S. ; Université de Toulouse ; Neuroscience And Behavior ; 2004
B.S. ; Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II ; Cell And Molecular Biology ; 2002
M.S. ; Université de Toulouse ; Neuroscience And Behavior ; 2004
B.S. ; Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II ; Cell And Molecular Biology ; 2002
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2025 Fall Courses
BIOL 320 - DISCOVERING BIOL RESEARCH - HONORS
BIOL 492 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY
BIOL 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 790D - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 491 - SENIOR PROJECT
BIOL 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
BIOL 790E - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BIOL 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
BIOL 790C - DOCTORAL DISSERTN & RESRCH
BIOL 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
BIOL 492 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY
BIOL 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 790D - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 491 - SENIOR PROJECT
BIOL 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
BIOL 790E - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
BIOL 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
BIOL 790C - DOCTORAL DISSERTN & RESRCH
BIOL 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
Teaching Interests
Collective Intelligence, Science Communication, Statistics and Data Analysis
Past Courses
BIOL 225: INSECTS AND HUMAN SOCIETY
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOL RESEARCH
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOL RESEARCH - HONORS
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
BIOL 337: COLLECTIVE INTEL IN BIOL SYST
BIOL 698: ST: COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: ANALYSIS AND MODELING
BIOL 698: ST: FROM ANT TO TWITTERERS
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOL RESEARCH
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOL RESEARCH - HONORS
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
BIOL 337: COLLECTIVE INTEL IN BIOL SYST
BIOL 698: ST: COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: ANALYSIS AND MODELING
BIOL 698: ST: FROM ANT TO TWITTERERS
Research Interests
Collective Behavior and Intelligence, Swarm Intelligence, Swarm Robotics, Social Behaviors
Journal Article
Simon J. Garnier, Moussa\"\id, Mehdi.
2022. "We the swarm---Methodological, theoretical, and societal (r)evolutions in collective decision-making research."
Collective Intelligence , vol. 1 , no. 1 , pp. 26339137221133400.
Helen F McCreery, Georgina Gemayel, Ana Isabel Pais, Simon J. Garnier, Radhika Nagpal. 2022. "Hysteresis stabilizes dynamic control of self-assembled army ant constructions." Nature communications , vol. 13 , no. 1 , pp. 1--13.
Wi\'sniewska, Maggie, Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, Phyllis Lee, Cynthia Moss, Gareth J. Russell, Simon J. Garnier, Sueur, C\'edric. 2022. "Simulated poaching affects global connectivity and efficiency in social networks of African savanna elephants-An exemplar of how human disturbance impacts group-living species." PLoS computational biology , vol. 18 , no. 1 , pp. e1009792.
Leslie W Kennedy, Joel M Caplan, Simon J. Garnier, Kim Lersch, Mir\'o-Llinares, Fernando, Gibbs Van Brunschot, Erin E, David Lopez. 2021. "Editorial: Using Evidence Based Analytics to Create Narratives for Police Decision Making." Frontiers in psychology , vol. 12 , pp. 791605.
Matthew J Lutz, Chris R Reid, Christopher J Lustri, Albert B Kao, Simon J. Garnier, Iain D Couzin. 2021. "Individual error correction drives responsive self-assembly of army ant scaffolds." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , vol. 118 , no. 17 .
Helen F McCreery, Georgina Gemayel, Ana Isabel Pais, Simon J. Garnier, Radhika Nagpal. 2022. "Hysteresis stabilizes dynamic control of self-assembled army ant constructions." Nature communications , vol. 13 , no. 1 , pp. 1--13.
Wi\'sniewska, Maggie, Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, Phyllis Lee, Cynthia Moss, Gareth J. Russell, Simon J. Garnier, Sueur, C\'edric. 2022. "Simulated poaching affects global connectivity and efficiency in social networks of African savanna elephants-An exemplar of how human disturbance impacts group-living species." PLoS computational biology , vol. 18 , no. 1 , pp. e1009792.
Leslie W Kennedy, Joel M Caplan, Simon J. Garnier, Kim Lersch, Mir\'o-Llinares, Fernando, Gibbs Van Brunschot, Erin E, David Lopez. 2021. "Editorial: Using Evidence Based Analytics to Create Narratives for Police Decision Making." Frontiers in psychology , vol. 12 , pp. 791605.
Matthew J Lutz, Chris R Reid, Christopher J Lustri, Albert B Kao, Simon J. Garnier, Iain D Couzin. 2021. "Individual error correction drives responsive self-assembly of army ant scaffolds." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , vol. 118 , no. 17 .
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Chapter
Simon J. Garnier, Christian Jost, Jeanson, Rapha\"el, Jacques Gautrais, Masoud Asadpour, Gilles Caprari, Guy Theraulaz.
"Aggregation behaviour as a source of collective decision in a group of cockroach-like-robots."
In Capcarr\`ere, Mathieu S; Freitas, Alex A; Bentley, Peter J; Johnson, Colin G; Timmis, Jon, eds.,
"Advances in Artificial Life,"
pp. 169--178. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.