David J.T. Sumpter
Professor at Institutionen för informationsteknologi; Systemteknik
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 62 26
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 03 37
- E-mail:
- david.sumpter@it.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Hus 10, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 337
751 05 UPPSALA
Professor at Matematiska institutionen; Statistik, AI och data science
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 03 37
- E-mail:
- david.sumpter@math.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 480
751 06 UPPSALA
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I am Professor of Applied Mathematics. You can follow me on Twitter.
I have a webpage where you can learn about what I do here: www.david-sumpter.com
Publications
Recent publications
- Sharing Four Biscuits Between Three People (2024)
- The lost art of mathematical modelling (2023)
- Finding analytical approximations for discrete, stochastic, individual-based models of ecology (2023)
- Using neuronal models to capture burst-and-glide motion and leadership in fish (2023)
- Ethics as part of mathematical reasoning in sharing (2023)
All publications
Articles
- Sharing Four Biscuits Between Three People (2024)
- The lost art of mathematical modelling (2023)
- Finding analytical approximations for discrete, stochastic, individual-based models of ecology (2023)
- Using neuronal models to capture burst-and-glide motion and leadership in fish (2023)
- Ethics as part of mathematical reasoning in sharing (2023)
- Friend of a friend models of network growth (2022)
- Last night in Sweden? (2020)
- Rapid evolution of coordinated and collective movement in response to artificial selection (2020)
- Quantifying the structure and dynamics of fish shoals under predation threat in three dimensions (2020)
- Inferring the dynamics of rising radical right-wing party support using Gaussian processes (2019)
- Phenotypic variability predicts decision accuracy in unicellular organisms (2019)
- Using Bayesian dynamical systems, model averaging and neural networks to determine interactions between socio-economic indicators (2018)
- Brain size does not impact shoaling dynamics in unfamiliar groups of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) (2018)
- Is the golden ratio a universal constant for self-replication? (2018)
- Mathematical modeling reveals spontaneous emergence of self-replication in chemical reaction systems (2018)
- Choice modelling with Gaussian processes in the social sciences (2018)
- Identifying Complex Dynamics in Social Systems (2018)
- Using activity and sociability to characterize collective motion (2018)
- Assortative interactions revealed by sorting of animal groups (2018)
- How predation shapes the social interaction rules of shoaling fish (2017)
- Escape path complexity and its context dependency in Pacific blue-eyes (Pseudomugil signifer) (2017)
- Insights into resource consumption, cross-feeding, system collapse, stability and biodiversity from an artificial ecosystem (2017)
- Modelling optimal allocation of resources in the context of an incurable disease (2017)
- Setting development goals using stochastic, dynamical system models (2017)
- Body size affects the strength of social interactions and spatial organization of a schooling fish (Pseudomugil signifer) (2017)
- The Sustainable Development Oxymoron (2017)
- An efficient method for sorting and quantifying individual social traits based on group-level behaviour (2017)
- Transition from isotropic to digitated growth modulates network formation in Physarum polycephalum (2017)
- Local interactions and global properties of wild, free-ranging stickleback shoals (2017)
- Emergent Structural Mechanisms for High-Density Collective Motion Inspired by Human Crowds (2016)
- Collective selection of food patches in Drosophila (2016)
- Revising the Human Development Sequence Theory Using an Agent-Based Approach and Data (2016)
- An experimental study of segregation mechanisms (2016)
- Local cost minimization in ant transport networks (2015)
- Integration of Social Information by Human Groups (2015)
- Initiation and spread of escape waves within animal groups (2015)
- A Turing test for collective motion (2015)
- The Impact of Human Mobility on HIV Transmission in Kenya (2015)
- The Demographic Transition and Economic Growth (2015)
- Understanding Democracy and Development Traps Using a Data-Driven Approach (2015)
- The shape and dynamics of local attraction (2015)
- Phenotypic variability in unicellular organisms (2015)
- Flying insect swarms (2014)
- A model comparison reveals dynamic social information drives the movements of humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus) (2014)
- Bayesian Dynamical Systems Modelling in the Social Sciences (2014)
- The Dynamics of Democracy, Development and Cultural Values (2014)
- Solving the shepherding problem (2014)
- Symmetry Restoring Bifurcation in Collective Decision-Making (2014)
- Symmetry Restoring Bifurcation in Collective Decision-Making (2014)
- Current-reinforced random walks for constructing transport networks (2013)
- The dynamics of audience applause (2013)
- Multi-scale Inference of Interaction Rules in Animal Groups Using Bayesian Model Selection (2013)
- Foraging at the Edge of Chaos (2013)
- Interaction rules underlying group decisions in homing pigeons (2013)
- Ant colonies outperform individuals when a sensory discrimination task is difficult but not when it is easy (2013)
- Initiators, leaders and recruitment mechanisms in the collective movements of damselfish (2013)
- Synergy and Group Size in Microbial Cooperation (2012)
- Visual attention and the acquisition of information in human crowds (2012)
- How dancing honey bees keep track of changes (2012)
- Tuning positive feedback for signal detection in noisy dynamic environments (2012)
- Multi-scale Inference of Interaction Rules in Animal Groups Using Bayesian Model Selection (2012)
- The Dynamics, Causes and Possible Prevention of Hepatitis E Outbreaks (2012)
- Individual Rules for Trail Pattern Formation in Argentine Ants (Linepithema humile) (2012)
- Q & A (2012)
- The modelling cycle for collective animal behaviour (2012)
- Quorum Decision-Making in Foraging Fish Shoals (2012)
- Moving calls (2011)
- Understanding Animal Group-Size Distributions (2011)
- Inferring the rules of interaction of shoaling fish (2011)
- Structure and formation of ant transportation networks (2011)
- A first principles derivation of animal group size distributions (2011)
- A dynamical approach to stock market fluctuations (2011)
- Collective Irrationality and Positive Feedback (2011)
- Optimisation in a natural system (2011)
- Fast and accurate decisions through collective vigilance in fish shoals (2011)
- Shape and efficiency of wood ant foraging networks (2009)
- The role of multiple pheromones in food recruitment by ants (2009)
- Quorum responses and consensus decision making (2009)
- Inherent noise can facilitate coherence in collective swarm motion (2009)
- Information transfer in moving animal groups (2008)
- Consensus Decision Making by Fish (2008)
- Quorum decision-making facilitates information transfer in fish shoals (2008)
- The evolution of helping and harming on graphs (2007)
- A minimal model of cognition based on oscillatory and reinforcement processes
- Properties of the 'friend of a friend' model for network generation
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