Lecturer: Prof. Pavel Krapivsky
Affiliation: Department of Physics,
Boston University
Abstract:
Synchronization and alignment are
emergent collective behaviors which are
widespread in nature, society, and
technology. The goal of this talk 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.