CS 410R – Research on Artificial Intelligence

01/14	Introduction to the Swarm Model	Emergent collective behavior. Modeling. Applications.
	Talk: Introduction to Swarms
01/21	Ant Foraging Behavior	Intro. Foraging strategies in ants.
	Talk: A Decentralized Approach to Formation Maneuvers
01/28	Ant Foraging Behavior	The TSP and Quadratic Assignment problems. Applications to telecommunication networks.
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02/04	Division of Labor and Task Allocation	Division of labor in social insects. Response thresholds.
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02/11	Division of Labor and Task Allocation	Specialization. Differentiation in a multiagent system
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02/18	Cemetery Organization (CR 1 Due)	Larval sorting. Corpse clustering.
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02/25	Cemetery Organization	Graph partitioning. Robotic implementations.
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03/03	Self Organization and Templates	Interplay between s-o and templates. Reaction-diffusion models.
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03/10	Self Organization and Templates	Wall buildings. Applications.
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03/17	Nest Building and Self-Assembling	Nest building in social insects
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03/24	No Class – Spring Break
	No Talk Scheduled
03/31	Nest Building and Self-Assembling (CR 2 Due)	Model of self-assembly. Beyond biology.
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04/07	Cooperative Transport	Cooperative prey retrieval by ants.
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04/14	Cooperative Transport	Cooperative transport by a swarm of robots
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04/21	Additional Topics	Nanorobotics.
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04/28	Additional Topics	Ad-hoc and sensor networks.
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05/04	Final Sess. 6:00-7:50 PM (CR 3 Due)	Research Presentations