Our course is a masters level seminar series, combined with multiple interactive elements to provide a general overview in collective behavior research. The course is funded by the Berlin Senate together with the Excellence Cluster Science of Intelligence in Berlin. We are looking forward to have students and interested participants from Berlin and international universities. Explore the course description below.

The course is divided into 2 sections. The theoretical session consists of 10 lectures. The practical section consists of an ethics panel discussion, a lab tour at the premises of SCIoI and a 2-day modeling workshop. The lecture series is organized around 3 main topics.

• Collective behavior in biological systems
• Modeling and quantifying collective behavior
• Bio-inspired distributed systems

For further information explore the course components below

Lectures are presented by internationally renowned invited speakers. For the exact schedule of the course please explore the timeline below. The first page lists all invited speakers in the theoretical section, while the second page lists practical sessions.