Featuring:
Dr. Dan Palmer (Computer Science, John Carroll University)
Date: July 13, 2009
Time: Drinks start at 6:30 PM, discussion starts around 7:00 PM
Location: Tasting Room, Great Lakes Brewing
Company (2701 Carroll Ave, Cleveland) For
most people, the word “swarm” conjures a mental image of millions of
insects moving en masse from one place to another. Although some
insects do swarm, they aren’t the only things that do. In fact, many
important human activities – such as air travel and sending packages –
can be modeled using swarms and the properties that emerge from the
individual actions of swarm members. The challenge is figuring out
exactly how such emergent properties arise, and how they can be
integrated into programs to make the activities of humans (and robots)
more efficient.
Come to this month’s café to discuss
swarms and swarming behavior from mathematical, biological, and applied
perspectives, and to think about how swarm behavior can be used to help
us better meet the challenges of everyday life! The diverse backgrounds
of our experts should make for an engaging and interesting discussion.
This café is being held in conjunction with the Ingenuity Festival, and is one of three related events:
1. Pre-activity discussion: 7 pm, Mon., June 29th, Bodega (1854 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Hts.)
2. Participatory human swarming activity at Ingenuity Festival: 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday, July 11th and 12th
3. Science Café Cleveland post-activity discussion on July 13th (our regular day)
Feel free to participate in as many or as few of these events as you like!
If you have a few minutes, you can "prepare your mind" for the café by checking out these articles from Scientific American:
When Grasshoppers Go Biblical: Serotonin Causes Locusts to Swarm:
How Locust Loners Form a Swarm
 Download a flyer to post at your office!
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