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SUMMARY:Symmetry\, bifurcation\, and multi-agent decision-making - Prof. N
 aomi Leonard\, Princeton
DTSTART:20190426T150000Z
DTEND:20190426T160000Z
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CONTACT:Prof. Ramji Venkataramanan
DESCRIPTION:I will present nonlinear dynamics for distributed decision-mak
 ing that derive from principles of symmetry and bifurcation.  Inspired by 
 studies of animal groups\, including house-hunting honeybees and schooling
  fish\, the nonlinear dynamics describe a group of interacting agents that
  can manage flexibility as well as stability in response to a changing env
 ironment.\n\n*Bio*: Naomi Ehrich Leonard is Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of M
 echanical and Aerospace Engineering and associated faculty in Applied and 
 Computational Mathematics at Princeton University.  She is a MacArthur Fel
 low\, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, SIAM\, IEE
 E\, IFAC\, and ASME.  She received her BSE in Mechanical Engineering from 
 Princeton University and her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Univer
 sity of Maryland.  Her research is in control and dynamics with applicatio
 n to multi-agent systems\, mobile sensor networks\, collective animal beha
 vior\, and human decision dynamics.
LOCATION:Department of Engineering - LR4
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