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
Website
2021 Fall Courses
BIOL 320 - DISCOVERING BIOL RESEARCH - HONORS
BIOL 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH
BIOL 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
BIOL 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Teaching Interests
Collective Intelligence, Science Communication, Statistics and Data Analysis
Past Courses
BIOL 225: INSECTS AND HUMAN SOCIETY
BIOL 320: DISCOVERING BIOL 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 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
O'Bryan, Lisa, & Abaid, Nicole, & Nakayama, Shinnosuke, & Dey, Tanujit, & King, Andrew, & Cowlishaw, Guy, & Rubenstein, Daniel, & Garnier, Simon (2019). Contact Calls Facilitate Group Contraction in Free-ranging Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 73.
Ray, Subash, & Valentini, Gabriele, & Shah, Purva, & Haque, Abid, & Reid, Chris, & Weber, Gregory, & Garnier, Simon (2019). Information Transfer During Food Choice in the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 67.
Middleton, Eliza, & Garnier, Simon, & Latty, Tanya, & Reid, Chris (2019). Temporal and spatial pattern of trail clearing in the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus. Animal behaviour, 150, 97--111.
Moser, Helen, & Doe, Anton, & Meier, Kristen, & Garnier, Simon, & Laudier, Damien, & Akiyama, Haruhiko, & Zumstein, Matthias, & Galatz, Leesa, & Huang, Alice (2018). Genetic lineage tracing of targeted cell populations during enthesis healing. Journal of orthopaedic research: official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 36(12), 3275--3284.
Garnier, Simon, & Caplan, Joel, & Kennedy, Leslie (2018). Predicting Dynamical Crime Distribution From Environmental and Social Influences. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 4, 13.
Ray, Subash, & Valentini, Gabriele, & Shah, Purva, & Haque, Abid, & Reid, Chris, & Weber, Gregory, & Garnier, Simon (2019). Information Transfer During Food Choice in the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 67.
Middleton, Eliza, & Garnier, Simon, & Latty, Tanya, & Reid, Chris (2019). Temporal and spatial pattern of trail clearing in the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus. Animal behaviour, 150, 97--111.
Moser, Helen, & Doe, Anton, & Meier, Kristen, & Garnier, Simon, & Laudier, Damien, & Akiyama, Haruhiko, & Zumstein, Matthias, & Galatz, Leesa, & Huang, Alice (2018). Genetic lineage tracing of targeted cell populations during enthesis healing. Journal of orthopaedic research: official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 36(12), 3275--3284.
Garnier, Simon, & Caplan, Joel, & Kennedy, Leslie (2018). Predicting Dynamical Crime Distribution From Environmental and Social Influences. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 4, 13.
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Book
Dorigo, Marco, & Birattari, Mauro, & Garnier, Simon, & Hamann, Heiko, & Montes de Oca, Marco, & Solnon, Christine, & Stützle, Thomas (2014). Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS2014). Springer
Instructor's Manual
Estimation models describe well collective decisions among three options
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013