Outline 00:00 - Intro 01:33 - Starling Flock Formations 07:17 - Harvesters ants in the desert 16:54 - Decision making in the natural world and opinion dynamics  32:08 - A geometric look at political polarization 36:50 - Control theory and dancing 53:25 - CreativeX 55:25 - On creativity 57:47 - Advice to future students Links Andrea Cavagna - http://tinyurl.com/uywn592j Irene Giardina - http://tinyurl.com/4jmk2h5n Starling Flock Networks Manage Uncertainty in Consensus at Low Cost: http://tinyurl.com/hc7wz5zp Regulation of harvester ant foraging: http://tinyurl.com/4s7samff Fitz-Hugh-Nagumo model: http://tinyurl.com/yer32bhs Bistability and Resurgent Epidemics in Reinfection Models: http://tinyurl.com/2p98fhpc SIR model: http://tinyurl.com/mrxdjvyc Multi-agent system dynamics: Bifurcation and behavior of animal groups: http://tinyurl.com/ycx6ue2z Fast and Flexible Multiagent Decision-Making: http://tinyurl.com/yd3azrje A. Franci - http://tinyurl.com/5y5cn9yz A. Bizyaeva - http://tinyurl.com/3trp7c53 M. Golubitsky - http://tinyurl.com/5ebkdtnc I. Stewart - http://tinyurl.com/53nws9yz Multi-agent Decision-Making Dynamics Inspired by Honeybees: http://tinyurl.com/3jxmrkvd Nonlinear Opinion Dynamics With Tunable Sensitivity: http://tinyurl.com/33mb23tb The Nonlinear Feedback Dynamics of Asymmetric Political Polarization: http://tinyurl.com/rjdntrbp Flock logic: http://tinyurl.com/yyze25sz There may be others: http://tinyurl.com/fetjhecn Social decision-making driven by artistic explore-exploit tension:  http://tinyurl.com/4r2uxebr Rhythmbots: http://tinyurl.com/mr3k9f43 CreativeX (Naomi's website): http://tinyurl Support the showPodcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.