Research
The Collective Dynamics research group study the question of how system-level function and phenomena arise from the interplay of parts in a wide variety of systems including:
- Biology
- Engineering
- Social sciences
The whole pipeline of insight-creation:
- starting with data-analysis
- agent-based modelling
- mathematical modelling; and
- model analysis using methods from:
- dynamical systems theory
- statistical physics; and
- network science.
Image credits:-
- Brain dynamics from Naoki Masuda's website with permission
- Ant colonies - Edmund Hunt
- Robot swarms - Jerry Wright