Teaching


Bio-inspired Systems

2024

Number Lecture slides
1 Collective Motion (Oct 9)
2 Collective motion and collective decision making, Hierarchy formation 1 (Oct 16)
3 Hierarchy formation 2 (Dominance vs leadership hierarchies in animal groups) (Nov 6)
4 Hierarchy in humans, Opinion Dynamics (Nov 13)

2023

Information sheet

Number Lecture slides
1 Collective Motion (Sept 15)
2 Hierarchy formation (Definition(s), types and measures of hierarchical systems) (Sept 22)
3 Hierarchy formation 2 (Leader-follower and dominance hierarchies) (Nov 6)
4 Opinion Dynamics (November 13)

2022

Information sheet

Number Lecture slides Exam-topic slides
1 Collective Motion (Sept 15) Topic 1 - Collective Motion
2 Hierarchy formation - Part 1 (Sept 22) Topic 2 - Hierarchy formation Part 1
3 Hierarchy formation - Part 2 (Sept 29) Topic 3 - Hierarchy formation Part 2
4 Opinion Dynamics 1 (Oct 6) Topic 4 - Opinion Dynamics
5 OpinionDyn and BiolSynch (Oct 13) Topic 5 - Biological Synchronization

2021

Information sheet

Number Lecture slides Exam-topic slides
1 Collective Motion (Sept 9) Topic 1 - Collective Motion
2 Hierarchy formation - Part 1 (Sept 15) Topic 2 - Hierarchy formation Part 1
3 Hierarchy formation - Part 2 (Sept 22) Topic 3 - Hierarchy formation Part 2
4 Opinion Dynamics 1 (Sept 29) Topic 4 - Opinion Dynamics
5 OpinionDyn and BiolSynch (Oct 6) Topic 5 - Biological Synchronization


The statistical physics of biological systems

2020

Lecture I - Collective motion (Sept 14, 2020)
Lecture II - Hierarchy formation - part 1 (Sept 21, 2020)
Lecture II - Hierarchy formation - part 2 (Sept 28, 2020)
Lecture IV - Opinion dynamics (Oct 5, 2020)
Lecture IV - Biological synchronisation & the geometry of bacterium colonies (Oct 12, 2020)

2019

Lecture I - The geometry of bacteria colonies (Sept 24, 2019)
Lecture II - Biological synchronization (Oct 1, 2019)
Lecture II - Collective motion (Oct 8, 2019)
Lecture IV - Hierarchy formation (Oct 15, 2019)
Lecture IV - Opinion dynamics (Oct 22, 2019)

2018

Lecture I - The geometry of bacteria colonies (Sept 25, 2018)
Lecture II - Biological synchronization (Oct 2, 2018)
Lecture III - Collective motion (Oct 9, 2018)
Lecture IV - Hierarchy formation (Oct 16, 2018)
Lecture V - Opinion dynamics (Nov 6, 2018)

2017

Lecture I - The geometry of bacteria colonies I (Oct 2, 2017)
Lecture II - The geometry of bacteria colonies II (Oct 9, 2017)
Lecture III - Biological synchronization (Oct 16, 2017)
Lecture IV - Collective motion I (Nov 6, 2017)
Lecture V - Collective motion II (Nov 13, 2017)