Theodore Pavlic
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Fax: +1-480-965-2751
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Mail code: 8809Campus: Tempe
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Associate Professor Theodore (Ted) Pavlic has an interdisciplinary background, starting with a decade of experience in industry in software engineering followed by a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering (with further industrial experience in analog electronics) and postdoctoral training in computer science and life sciences. He began his faculty appointment at ASU jointly appointed in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, the School of Sustainability, and the School of Complex Adaptive Systems. After receiving tenure, he shifted into his current joint appointment in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and the School of Life Sciences. His research focuses on understanding adaptive decision-making strategies in autonomous systems. To this end, his laboratory does empirical work with natural systems, such as social-insect colonies, and does engineering work building decision-making algorithms for artificial systems, such as decentralized energy management systems for the built environment. Just as the biological models provide inspiration for novel engineering solutions, the engineering problems inspire new lines of scientific inquiry about those biological systems. This bidirectional flow is facilitated by solid mathematical models of fundamental decision-making processes in common with both the natural and engineered systems. Professor Pavlic was the founding associate director of research for The Biomimicry Center at Arizona State University and continues to be closely associated with the center. He is also active in several professional organizations and publication venues across engineering and life sciences. Pavlic's lab has hosted a broad disciplinary range of postdoctoral scholars and students, and Pavlic is a faculty member in a large number of programs, including Sustainability, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Math in the Life and Social Sciences, Biology, and Animal Behavior, and he is active in several of the complexity-related groups across ASU's campus.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER RELEVANT EXTERNAL SITES
- Twitter: @TedPavlic
- Mastodon: @tedpavlic@mas.to
- LinkedIn: tedpavlic
- ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7073-6932
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
- Postdoctoral Scholar / Associate Research Scientist, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 2012–2015
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2010–2012
FORMAL EDUCATION
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2007–2010
- Dissertation topic: "Design and Analysis of Optimal Task-Processing Agents"
- Advisor: Professor Kevin M. Passino
- Major Area of Study: Control Engineering
- Minor Area of Study: Behavioral Ecology and Animal Behavior
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2004–2007
- Thesis topic: "Optimal Foraging Theory Revisited"
- Advisor: Professor Kevin M. Passino
- Area of Study: Control Engineering
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1999–2004
- Magna cum Laude, with Honors in Engineering
- Electrical specialization (emphasis on electromagnetics and digital computers)
- Minor in Computer and Information Systems (programming and algorithms track)
- complex adaptive systems
- collective behavior
- organismal biology
- social insects (ants, social bees, social wasps, termites)
- behavioral ecology
- optimal foraging theory
- macronutrient regulation
- risk-sensitive foraging
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- brain-inspired AI
- machine learning for social data
- robotics and automation systems
- biology inspired algorithms
- control systems
- nonlinear control
- optimal control
- hybrid systems
- cyber-physical systems
- applications of software engineering formal methods to verification and validation of physical systems
Pavlic leads the Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-Making Systems (SEADS) lab at Arizona State University (ASU). The laboratory takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how natural and artificial complex adaptive systems perceive their environment and make effective decisions autonomously. There is equal focus in the SEADS lab on discovery and scientific inference as there is on technological design and engineering. Lab members from a variety of different backgrounds: (a) conduct empirical lab and field behavioral research with living systems (e.g., ant colonies); (b) develop mathematical (theoretical) models of natural cognitive phenomena; (c) design and implement beyond state-of-the-art computational tools for understanding socio-ecological systems; and (d) develop bio-inspired distributed algorithms for decentralized control of engineered systems in the built environment. Methods that are particularly well represented in the SEADS lab come from optimization, distributed algorithms, artificial intelligence/machine learning, behavioral ecology, cognitive psychology, and bio-inspired algorithmic design. Target application areas include collective intelligence, the built environment, multi-robot systems, and human–computer augmented intelligence.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7073-6932
SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS [REFEREED]
Navas Zuloaga, M.G., T.P. Pavlic, and B.H. Smith. Alternative model systems for cognitive variation: eusocial-insect colonies. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (IF=15.4), 26(10):836–848. 2022. Invited. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2022.06.011
Hunter, A.H., T.P. Pavlic, M.J. Angilletta Jr., R.S. Wilson. Identifying the best strategy for soccer penalty success: A predictive model for optimizing behavioural and biomechanical trade-offs. Journal of Biomechanics (IF=1.617), 141:111208. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111208
Baudier, K.M., M.M. Bennett, M. Barrett, F.J. Cossio, R.D. Wu, S. O’Donnell, T.P. Pavlic, and J.H. Fewell. Soldier neural architecture is temporarily modality specialized but poorly predicted by repertoire size in the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula. Journal of Comparative Neurology (IF=3.331), 530(4):672–682. 2022. doi:10.1002/cne.25273
X. Guo, M.R. Lin, L.P. Saldyt, A. Azizi, Y. Kang, T.P. Pavlic, and J.H. Fewell. Decoding alarm signal propagation of seed-harvester ants using automated movement tracking and supervised machine learning. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (IF=4.637), 289:20212176. 2022. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.2176
Baudier, K.M., and T.P. Pavlic. Multi-Level Instrumentation of Bivouac Thermoregulation: Current Methods and Future Directions. Artificial Life and Robotics (IF=1.04), 27:308–315. 2022. doi:10.1007/s10015-022-00759-6
Valentini, G, T.P. Pavlic, S.I. Walker, S.C. Pratt, D. Biro, and T. Sasaki. Naïve individuals promote collective exploration in homing pigeons. eLife (IF=7.080), 10:e68653. 2022. doi:10.7554/eLife.68653
Caetano-Anollés, K., B. Ewers, S. Iyer, J.R. Lucas, T.P. Pavlic, A.P. Seale, and Y. Zeng. A minimal framework for describing living systems: a multi-dimensional view of life across scales. Integrative and Comparative Biology (IF=2.637), 61(6):2053–2065. 2021. Authors in alphabetical order. doi:10.1093/icb/icab172
Pavlic, T.P., J. Hanson, G. Valentini, S.I. Walker, and S.C. Pratt. Quorum sensing without deliberation: Biological inspiration for externalizing computation to physical spaces in multi-robot systems. Swarm Intelligence (IF=2.556), 15(1):171–203. 2021. doi:10.1007/s11721-021-00196-4
Baudier, K.M., and T.P. Pavlic. Incidental interactions among Neotropical army-ant colonies are met with self-organized walls of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News (IF=2.6, 15/111 in Entomology), 30:251–258. 2020. doi:10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:251
Wheatley, R., T.P. Pavlic, O. Levy, and R.S. Wilson. Habitat features and performance interact to determine the outcomes of terrestrial predator–prey pursuits. Journal of Animal Ecology (IF=5.07), 89(12):2951–2971. 2020. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13353
Valentini, G., N. Mizumoto, S.C. Pratt, T.P. Pavlic, and S.I. Walker. Revealing the structure of information flows discriminates similar animal social behaviors. eLife (IF=7.080), 9:e55395. 2020. doi:10.7554/eLife.55395
Baudier, K.M., M.M. Bennett, M.M. Ostwald, S. Hart, T.P. Pavlic, and J.H. Fewell. Age-based changes in kairomone response mediate task partitioning in stingless bee soldiers (Tetragonisca angustula). Behavioral Ecology (IF=3.347, 10/168 in Zoology), 74(10):1–9. 2020. doi:10.1007/s00265-020-02902-4
Wilson, R.S., T.P. Pavlic, R. Wheatley, A.C. Niehaus, and O. Levy. Modeling escape success in terrestrial predator–prey interactions. Integrative and Comparative Biology (IF=2.637), 60(2):497–508. 2020. doi:10.1093/icb/icaa070
Baudier, K.M., M. Ostwald, C. Grueter, F. Segers, D. Roubik, T.P. Pavlic, S. Pratt, and J. Fewell. Changing of the guard: flexible specialization and age polyethism in nest defense of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula. Behavioral Ecology (IF=3.347, 10/168 in Zoology), 30(4):1041–1049. 2019. doi:10.1093/beheco/arz047
Burchill, A., and T.P Pavlic. Dude, Where’s my Mark? Creating Robust Animal Identification Schemes Informed by Communication Theory. Animal Behaviour (IF=2.689), 154:203–208. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.05.013
Pavlic, T.P., S. Wilson, G.P. Kumar, and S. Berman. Control of stochastic boundary coverage by multi-robot systems. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (IF=1.304), 137(3):034505, October 21, 2014. doi:10.1115/1.4028353
Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Distributed and Cooperative Task Processing: Cournot Oligopolies on a Graph. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (IF=11.079), 44(6):774–784, June 2014. doi:10.1109/TCYB.2013.2271776
Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Generalizing foraging theory for analysis and design. The International Journal of Robotics Research (IF=4.047), 30(5):505–523, 2011. doi:10.1177/0278364910396551
Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. The sunk-cost effect as an optimal rate-maximizing behavior. Acta Biotheoretica (IF=0.950), 59(1):53–66, 2011. doi:10.1007/s10441-010-9107-8
Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. When rate maximization is impulsive. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (IF=2.382), 64(8):1255–1265, August 2010. doi:10.1007/s00265-010-0940-1
Pavlic, T.P., and K.M. Passino. Foraging theory for autonomous vehicle speed choice. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IF=4.201), 22(3):482–489, April 2009. doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2008.10.017
SELECTED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS [REFEREED]
Hong, J., and T.P. Pavlic. An Insect-Inspired Randomly Weighted Neural Network with Random Fourier Features for Neuro-Symbolic Relational Learning. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (NeSy ‘20/21 @ IJCLR 2021), October 25–27, 2021.
Choi, T., B.P. Pyenson, J. Liebig, and T.P. Pavlic. Beyond Tracking: Using Deep Learning to Discover Novel Interactions in Biological Swarms. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics (SWARM-2021), June 1–4, 2021. Kyoto, Japan. Best paper award.
Choi, T., B.P. Pyenson, J. Liebig, and T.P. Pavlic. Identification of Abnormal States in Videos of Ants Undergoing Social Phase Change. In: Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-21), 35(17):15286–15292, February 4–6, 2021. Virtual conference.
Choi, T., and T.P. Pavlic. Automatic Discovery of Motion Patterns that Improve Learning Rate in Communication-Limited Multi-Robot Systems. In: Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI 2020), September 14–16, 2020. Karlsruhe, Germany. doi:10.1109/MFI49285.2020.9235218
Bowers, K.P., L.G. Strickland, G. Cooke, C. Pippin, and T.P. Pavlic. Trust-based Information Propagation on Multi-robot Teams in Noisy Low-communication Environments. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2018; acceptance rate 36%), October 15–17, 2018. Boulder, CO, USA. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05816-6_17
Strickland, L.G., K. Baudier, K.P. Bowers, T.P. Pavlic, and C. Pippin. Bio-Inspired Role Allocation of Heterogeneous Teams in a Site Defense Task. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2018; acceptance rate 42%), October 15–17, 2018. Boulder, CO, USA. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05816-6_10
Cooke, G., E. Squires, L. Strickland, K. Bowers, C. Pippin, T.P. Pavlic, and S.C. Pratt. Bio-inspired nest-site selection for distributing robots in low-communication environments. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2018), June 20–22, 2018. Toledo, Spain. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94779-2_44
Pavlic, T.P., A. Adams, P.C.W. Davies, and S.I. Walker. Self-referencing cellular automata: A model of the evolution of information control in biological systems. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE 14), July 30 – August 2, 2014. New York, NY, USA. doi:10.7551/978-0-262-32621-6-ch083
Pavlic, T.P. Using Physical Stigmergy in Decentralized Optimization Under Multiple Non-separable Constraints: Formal Methods and an Intelligent Lighting Example. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Workshop on Nature Inspired Distributed Computing (NIDISC 2014 @ IPDPS 2014), pp. 402–411, May 19, 2014. Phoenix, AZ, USA. doi:10.1109/IPDPSW.2014.52
Pavlic, T.P., S. Wilson, G.P. Kumar, and S. Berman. An enzyme-inspired approach to stochastic allocation of robotic swarms around boundaries. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Robotics Research (ISRR 2013), pp. 631–647, December 16–19, 2013. Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28872-7_36
SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS
Pavlic, T.P. Social Models from Non-Human Systems. In: P. Davis, J. Pfautz, and Angela O’Mahony (Eds), Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems, ch. 11, pp. 231–261. John Wiley & Sons, 2019. Invited book chapter. doi:10.1002/9781119485001.ch11
Weinstein, S., and T.P. Pavlic. Noise and function. In: S.I. Walker, P.C.W. Davies, and G.F.R. Ellis (Eds), From Matter to Life: Information and Causality, ch. 9, pp. 126–143. Cambridge University Press, 2017. Invited book chapter. doi:10.1017/9781316584200.009
Pavlic, T.P., and S.C. Pratt. Superorganismic Behavior via Human Computation. In: P. Michelucci (Ed.), Handbook of Human Computation, ch. 74, pp. 911–960. Springer, New York, NY, 2013. Invited book chapter. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8806-4_74
SELECTED SPONSORED PROJECTS
“EFRI BRAID: Principles of sleep-dependent memory consolidation for adaptive and continual learning in artificial intelligence”, NSF, $815,846 (subaward total from UCSD to ASU), 2022–2026 [subaward PI]
“Autonomous System Control via Social Insect Models Phase II (ASC-SIM II)”, Air Force Special Operations Command, $663,487 (subaward total from Boston Fusion Corp to ASU), 2022–2024 [co-I]
“EAGER: Embodiment of Human Values Profiles in Autonomous Vehicles via Psychomimetic Controller Design”, NSF, $300,000, 2021–2024 [co-I]
“Designing nature to enhance resilience of built infrastructure in western US land”, US Army Corps of Engineers, $4,499,990, 2021–2024 [co-I]
“Distributed Swarm Control (DiSCo)”, Boston Fusion Corporation, $49,999, 2021 [PI]
“Energy-efficient Neuromorphic Computing in Light of the Structural and Functional Evolution of Multi-scale Insect Brains”, DARPA DSO, $1,000,000, 2019–2022 [co-I]
“Biomimicry for Sensory Communication”, Google Inc., $288,367, 2017–2018 [co-I]
“BioSwarm: Bio-Inspired Swarming”, DARPA I2O, $193,079 (subaward total from GTRI to ASU), 2017–2018 [co-I]
“CRISP: Type 2/Collaborative Research: Design and Control of Coordinated Green and Gray Water Infrastructure to Improve Resiliency in Chemical and Agricultural Sectors”, NSF, $1,874,988, 2017–2021 [co-I]
“Emergent Computation in Collective Decision Making by the Crevice-Dwelling Rock Ant Temnothorax rugatulus”, NSF PoLS, $934,062, 2016–2019 [co-I]
"CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Collaborative Vehicular Systems", NSF-CISE, 2015–2017 [senior personnel]
Courses
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| SOS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| SOS 220 | Systems Thinking |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| SOS 212 | Systms,Dynamics&Sustainability |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| SOS 212 | Systms,Dynamics&Sustainability |
| CSE 598 | Special Topics |
| IEE 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| SOS 212 | Systms,Dynamics&Sustainability |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| SOS 325 | Economics of Sustainability |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| ANB 602 | Current Issues In Behavior |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| CEN 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| SOS 212 | Systms,Dynamics&Sustainability |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 598 | Special Topics |
| IEE 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| CEN 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
2019 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CSE 792 | Research |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| CEN 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| SOS 212 | Systms,Dynamics&Sustainability |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CEN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
2018 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| CSE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 475 | Simulating Stochastic Systems |
| IEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SOS 325 | Economics of Sustainability |
| IEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2018 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| CSE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| CSE 792 | Research |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| CSE 799 | Dissertation |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
- SWARM 2021 Best Paper Award
- Invited speaker, TEDxASU 2017
- Guest editor, PLOS Computational Biology, 2020
- Review editorial board member, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Computational Intelligence, 2014–present
- Editorial board member, Human Computation, 2014–present
- Animal Behavior Society (ABS)
- International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI)
- Entomological Society of America (EntSoc)
- Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS MENTORED
- Dr. Kaitlin Baudier, Ecology and Organismal Biology, 2017–2021 [now Asst Prof, U. of S. Mississippi]
- Dr. Gabriele Valentini, Swarm Intelligence, 2016–2019 [now Data Scientist at Adaptify, Amsterdam]
FORMER (GRADUATED) STUDENT MENTEES [ADVISING CHAIR or CO-CHAIR]
PhD students (2)
- Andrew Burchill, Animal Behavior PhD Student, 2015–2022 [now Data Scientist for City of Scottsdale]
- Taeyeong Choi, Computer Science PhD Student, 2016–2020 [now postdoc at UC Davis]
Masters students (3)
- Swastik Nandan, Robotics and Automation Systems MS Student, 2021–2022
- Sehyeok Kang, Computer Engineering MS Student, 2019–2020
- Christian Seto, Industrial Engineering MS Student, 2017–2018
Undergraduate honors students (8)
- Emily Ladewig, Sustainability BS Student [honors thesis], 2022–2023
- Liyah Coleman, Biology BS Student [honors thesis], 2021–2023
- Liliaokeawawa Cothren, Applied Mathematics BS Student [honors thesis], 2019–2021
- Samantha Catro, Biology BS Student [honors thesis], 2019–2020
- Jeanbat Busisi, Industrial Engineering BS Student [honors thesis], 2018–2019
- Danielle Adams, Industrial Engineering BS Student [honors thesis], 2018–2019
- Erin Glavin, Industrial Engineering BS Student [honors thesis], 2017–2018
- Mikaela Hall, Industrial Engineering BS Student [honors thesis], 2016–2017
CURRENT STUDENT MENTEES [ADVISING CHAIR or CO-CHAIR]
PhD students (5)
- Albert Chu, Computer Science PhD Student, 2023–present
- Joshua Elkins, Computer Science PhD Student, 2022–present
- Jinyung Hong, Computer Science PhD Student, 2019–present
- Colin Lynch, Animal Behavior PhD Student, 2019–present
- Xin Su, Industrial Engineering PhD Student, 2015–present
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Associate Professor, SCAI/SOLS, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2022–present
- Assistant Professor, SCIDSE/SOS/SCAS, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2015–2022
- Associate Research Scientist, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2014–2015
- Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2012–2014
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010–2012
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
- (see INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE tab above)
CONFERENCE SERVICE
- Co-chair, 9th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2023 @ PODC 2023)
- Program Committee member, 8th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2021 @ PODC 2021)
- Program Committee member, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS 220)
- Program Committee member, 2020 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE ALIFE 2020)
- Publicity Chair, 2020 Southwest Robotics Symposium (SWRS 2020)
- Program Committee member, 7th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2019)
- Publicity Chair, 2019 Southwest Robotics Sympsoium (SWRS 2019)
- Awards Committee member, 2018 International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems (DARS 2018)
- Publicity Chair, 2018 International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems (DARS 2018)
- Program Committee member, 2017 IEEE Sympsium on Artificial Life (IEEE ALIFE 2017)
- Program Committee member, 2016 International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC 2016)
- Associate Chair, Scientific Program Committee, 2015 Conference on Complex Systems (CCS)
- Local Organizing Committee member, 2015 Conference on Complex Systems (CCS)
REFEREE SERVICE (SELECTED SUBSET)
- Biological Sciences:
- Animal Behaviour
- Biology Letters
- BioScience
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
- Behavioral Ecology
- Current Zoology
- Ecology and Evolution
- Ecological Research
- eLife
- Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology
- Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Journal of the Royal Society Interface
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Movement Ecology
- Scientific Reports
- The American Naturalist
- Sustainability:
- International Journal of the Commons
- Engineering and Computer Science:
- Journals:
- ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control
- Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
- Design Science
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
- Human Computation
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
- International Journal of Control
- International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical
- International Journal of Robotics Research
- Journal of Simulation
- Journal of Field Robotics
- Journal of Simulation
- Swarm and Evolutionary Computation
- Peer-reviewed Conferences:
- Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
- IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE ALIFE)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
- International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
- International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019)
- International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
- Winter Simulation Conference (WinterSim)
- Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA)
- Journals:
PROPOSAL REVIEW SERVICE
- Expert Reviewer, Templeton World Charity Foundation
- Panelist, NSF IOS
- Panelist, NSF CISE-CPS
- Panelist, NSF CISE-RI
- Panelist, NSF STC Reverse-Site Visit
- Panelist, ARO Engineering Sciences Directorate
- Panelist, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC
- External Reviewer, Macquarie University Research Fellowship
OTHER SIGNIFICANT SERVICE
- Invited Participant, 2021 DARPA-Sponsored ISAT AI Lveraging InterspeciEs iN Teams (ALIEN-Teams) Workshop
- Invited Participant and Speaker, 2020 Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) Autonomous Vehicles Workshop IV (AVWS4; Social Dynamics beyond Vehicle Autonomy)
- Invited Participant and Speaker, 2020 Google/O'Reilly Science Foo Camp (SciFoo 2020)
- Invited Participant and Speaker, 2019 CNRS/University of Arizona Life and Systems in Closed Worlds workshop
- Invited Participant, 2019 NSF Reintegrating BIology Jumpstart meeting
- Invited Participant, 2019 MBI Summit on the Rules of Life
- Invited Participant, 2018 MBI Workshop on Collective Behavior and emergent Phenomena in Biology
- Invited Lecturer (weeklong short course), 21st Interdisciplinary College (IK 2018; Me My Self, and I)
- Invited Participant and Lecturer, Moving and Computing 2017 (7th Research Meeting and School on Distributed Computing by Mobile Robots)
- Invited Participant, 15th Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference (NAKFI 2017; Beyond Boundaries: 15 Years of Exploring Intersections in Science, Engineering, and Medicine)
- Invited Participant, 12th Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference (NAKFI 2014; Collective Behavior: From Cells to Societies)
- Invited Participant, 2014 CCC-CRA Human Computation Roadmap Summit
- Grand Award Judge, 2013 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2013)
- Invited Lecturer (weeklong short course), Lockheed Martin Corporation, Autonomy Science short course and workshop (2015)
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
- Hardware R&D Intern for Multifunction DAQ, National Instruments, Austin, TX, 2002/2003
- Core Systems Software Developer for FlexNAS, IBM Network Storage, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2001
- Information Technology Systems Engineer, CallTech Communications, Columbus, OH, 1997–2001
- Web Developer and Support Representative, MegaLinx Communications, Dublin, OH, 1995–1997