Collective Behavior

Dept. of Collective Behaviour @ Max Planck Inst. of Animal Behavior & @UniKonstanz. Tweets do not represent the views of MPI, @UniKonstanz, or lab leaders.

[Ahmed El Hady @zamakany]

Excited to organize this school. Collective behavior is everywhere from ants foraging to human behavior. It is not just about basic science but have life implications from understanding how consensus work, how misinformation is transmitted,.. apply here:
https://t.co/JBRiWDWx9D

[Yannick Günzel @YGuenzel]

It's happening! This week we are investigating the swarm dynamics of 10'000 locusts in the #ImagingHangar

[Angela Albi @albi_angela]

Time to say goodbye to these beautiful fish schools and iconic shores. Thanks to all the great people that were part of this project! @icouzin @AugustPala Luke Costello @MPI_animalbehav @Luca10in2010 Inga Dehnert and the @MaRHECenter

[August @AugustPala]

Today is our last day in The Maldives, and we had an incredible time studying baby blacktip reef sharks preying on huge schools of fish with @icouzin, @albi_angela , Luke. Thanks to Inge, @Luca10in2010 , @MaRHECenter and all other amazing people we met. 🦈🐟🌊 @MPI_animalbehav

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

The #ImagingHangar @UniKonstanz is abuzz with the sound of 60k #locust feet. More than 4k locusts have been tagged with reflective markers for tracking with the Motion Capture System. Researchers from @CBehav and @MPI_animalbehav aim to understand the behaviour of locust swarms.

[Ammon Perkes @alltheperkes]

Not to be outdone, here's 20 minutes worth of some frankly miraculous Trex tracking from last week, on teeny-tiny fish babies that were functionally invisible for any given frame. @po7ooo

[Hemal🦉Naik હેમલ નાયક @hmnaik]

3D-POP for vision nerds with a thing for birds. Do bring your 3D tracking shoes @CVPR. Let's collaborate.
Paper : https://t.co/wpJYoYONUk
Code : https://t.co/PueDPgjGui
Dataset : https://t.co/GSeBogtL8d
@CVPR @AlexHHChan @CBehav @CollectiveBehav @livingingroups @MPI_animalbehav

[Hemal🦉Naik હેમલ નાયક @hmnaik]

This work has been crucial for us to understand the practicalities of using vision with drones. It helped with planning a data collection strategy for project #MELA. A realistic and practical approach of bringing computer vision in ecology driven research. @ben_koger et al.

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

More amazing content from this study! The video highlights different scales at which authors quantified individuals in a zebra herd, from large scale movements to fine scale individual animal posture, in a social context.@ben_kogerv @adwait_d @jgraving @BlairRCostelloe @icouzin

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

Consumer drones and machine learning enables research of group living animals, from zebras to gelada monkeys, in their natural social and environmental context at sub-meter and sub-second resolution. @ben_koger @adwait_d @jgraving @BlairRCostelloe @icouzin
https://t.co/MRxrWw6DRJ

[@BlairCostelloe.bsky.social @BlairRCostelloe]

For more drone-based wildlife ecology, follow the @herdhover project, @WildDrone_EU, and Project #MELA via @hmnaik. And be sure to check out the paper! https://t.co/D9rwA8z9lV

[@BlairCostelloe.bsky.social @BlairRCostelloe]

I am very happy to have this method out in @AnimalEcology! Congrats to @Ben_Koger and all our co-authors! We developed this approach to facilitate studies of #collectivebehavior in wild populations, for systems & questions that are hard to address using existing methods.

[Ben Koger @ben_koger]

Out now in @AnimalEcology! A general approach for using drones to study animal behavior in the wild. Record the location and posture of many animals simultaneously at sub-second sub-meter resolution, plus reconstruct their 3D landscape: https://t.co/2u4jtEzha2

[Universität Konstanz @UniKonstanz]

To explore animal groups @ben_koger, @BlairRCostelloe, @icouzin, and other @CollectiveBehav + #UniKonstanz @CBehav + @AarhusUni_int researchers developed a new method for collecting data about animal behaviour using drones and computer vision: https://t.co/X5nACIwEmR @HerdHover

[Iain Couzin @icouzin]

Our drone-based method for tracking the (geo-referenced) location and body-postures of free-roaming animals, including 3D landscape models and social context - out now! https://t.co/Hcb3E46Bm5 @ben_koger @BlairRCostelloe @CollectiveBehav @MPI_animalbehav @UniKonstanz @CBehav

[Universität Konstanz @UniKonstanz]

For the fifth time in a row: #UniKonstanz @CBehav researcher @icouzin is named in the #HighlyCited2022 @Clarivate @webofscience list. So we asked him five questions about this special number: https://t.co/uoiWyFvaB8 #UniKonstanz @MPI_animalbehav @CollectiveBehav

[MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @MPI_animalbehav]

Upon being named in the #HighlyCited2022 @Clarivate @webofscience list, @icouzin gives his thoughts on all things collective behavior + how it feels hitting a special number 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Interview by @CBehav @UniKonstanz

https://t.co/trdTEyytWe
@maxplanckpress @CollectiveBehav

[@BlairCostelloe.bsky.social @BlairRCostelloe]

A reminder of these 12 PhD positions through the WildDrone project!

We are looking for applicants from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds! Ecology, animal behavior, computer science, aerial robotics - join our network and contribute and expand your expertise!

[Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour @CBehav]

@icouzin was interviewed by @BusinessInsider. "Understanding Twitter as a collective could make social media less polarizing and more useful" is one of the key messages. Worth to read! @UniKonstanz @MPI_animalbehav

[Bahl Lab @BahlLab]

What an incredible happy surprise!! I feel deeply honored to receive this prestigious award, which will enable my group to break new ground and add exciting neuroscientific perspectives to the study of complex decision-making and collective behavior.