Collins Conference Room
Seminar
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Paul Krapivsky (Boston University)
Abstract. Synchronization and alignment are emergent collective behaviors which are widespread in nature, society, and technology. My goal is to illustrate a few key ideas and models underlying analysis of collective synchronization and alignment, and to emphasize interaction with other subjects, especially with non-equilibrium statistical physics. Two models will be considered in detail. The tools from the study of aggregation phenomena help to understand the path to synchrony in a system of identical pulse-coupled oscillators with global interactions. In the analysis of a toy model of alignment, the Boltzmann equation approach provides a useful framework.
Purpose:
Research Collaboration
SFI Host:
Sid Redner