Distributed Biological Algorithms

Projektinformationen

DBA

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 648032

DOI 10.3030/648032

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 28 April 2015

Startdatum 1 Mai 2015

Enddatum 30 April 2021

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Gesamtkosten € 1 894 947,00

EU-Beitrag € 1 894 947,00

Koordiniert durch

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

Ziel

This project proposes a new application for computational reasoning. More specifically, the purpose of this interdisciplinary project is to demonstrate the usefulness of an algorithmic perspective in studies of complex biological systems. We focus on the domain of collective behavior, and demonstrate the benefits of using techniques from the field of theoretical distributed computing in order to establish algorithmic insights regarding the behavior of biological ensembles. The project includes three related tasks, for which we have already obtained promising preliminary results. Each task contains a purely theoretical algorithmic component as well as one which integrates theoretical algorithmic studies with experiments. Most experiments are strategically designed by the PI based on computational insights, and are physically conducted by experimental biologists that have been carefully chosen by the PI. In turn, experimental outcomes will be theoretically analyzed via an algorithmic perspective. By this integration, we aim at deciphering how a biological individual (such as an ant) “thinks”, without having direct access to the neurological process within its brain, and how such limited individuals assemble into ensembles that appear to be far greater than the sum of their parts. The ultimate vision behind this project is to enable the formation of a new scientific field, called algorithmic biology, that bases biological studies on theoretical algorithmic insights.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › computational science
• natural sciences › mathematics › pure mathematics › mathematical analysis › differential equations › partial differential equations
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biological behavioural sciences › ethology
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Thema/Themen

• ERC-CoG-2014 - ERC Consolidator Grant

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

ERC-2014-CoG

Finanzierungsplan

ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant

Gastgebende Einrichtung

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 1 383 638,00
• Adresse: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris ; Frankreich
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: € 1 383 638,00

Begünstigte (2)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

Frankreich

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 1 383 638,00
• Adresse: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: € 1 383 638,00

WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

Israel

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 511 309,00
• Adresse: HERZL STREET 234 ; 7610001 Rehovot
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 511 309,00