Below is an excerpt from an article featuring NULab Faculty Rory Smead as part of a research team that received a grant for a three-year project that will study goal-directed behavior in collective entities.
“A $600,000 grant was awarded to a team of researchers to study “The Emergence and Evolution of Goal-Directed Behavior in Collective Entities.”
Led by philosopher Derek Skillings (University of North Carolina, Greensboro), the team also includes Benjamin Allen (Mathematics, Emmanuel College), Patrick Forber (Philosophy, Tufts University), and Rory Smead (Philosophy, Northeastern University).”
You can read the full article on Daily Nous here: Three Philosophers & a Mathematician Join Together to Study Goal-Directed Behavior in Collective Entities.
