David Bierbach
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David Bierbach is a biologist working on topics that range from individual differences to large-scale collective behaviors. He integrates field-based studies with analytical and experimental approaches in the laboratory. Through his highly interdisciplinary work, he has developed several experimental techniques to study animal behavior in the most standardized ways, from video playbacks and computer animations to the use of bio-mimetic robots. His main research objectives are tropical freshwater fish like clonal mollies (Poecilia formosa), guppies (P. reticulata) or sulfur mollies (P. sulphuraria). At SCIoI, he is investigating how fish use anticipation in their social interactions. The overall aim is to implement this knowledge to build better bio-mimetic robots and social interaction algorithms. He mainly works in Project 41. Further more he supports Project 10 and co-supervises two projects dealing with information processing and information spread in larger collectives (SCIoI Project 11 and SCIoI Project 12). He is also a team member of Project 21, and Project 58.
Projects
David Bierbach is member of Project 41, Project 10, Project 11, Project 21, Project 58.
Publications +
For the Public -
Science of Intelligence Fair 2023
Thursday Morning Talk -
David Bierbach (Science of Intelligence), “Anticipation in social interactions among live and artificial agents”
Thursday Morning Talk -
David Bierbach (Science of Intelligence), “Anticipation in fish-robot interactions”
Der Tagesspiegel – May 2023 - Denken zwischen Stillstand und Chaos
Natur – October 2022 - Können Fische antizipieren?
SWR – February 2022 - Wenn Fische sprechen könnten
CBC – January 2022 - Tiny fish do 'the wave' to scare off predatory birds
Science et avenir – January 2022 - Des poissons forment d'étonnantes vagues pour repousser les prédateurs
Geo – January 2020 - Skurriles Schauspiel: Fische vertreiben Vögel mit La-Ola-Welle
The New York Times – January 2022 - Why These Mexican Fish Do the Wave
Syfy – January 2022 - By their powers combined, fish act as waterbenders to defend from predators
Der Standard – January 2022 - Warum mexikanische Fische die La-Ola-Welle machen
Berliner Morgenpost – December 2021 - Fishe in Mexico vertreiben Vögel mit La-Ola Quelle
Scientias – December 2021 - Fish sometimes also seem to do the 'wave'
Earth – December 2021 - Massive groups of fish create waves to deter predators
Swissinfo – December 2021 - Fischschwärme machen die La-Ola-Welle als Drohgebärde
Science – December 2021 - Watch fish make a shimmering wave to avoid predators
Scientific American – December 2021 - Fish Do the Wave to Ward Off Predatory Birds
WhatsNew2day – January 2021 - Wildlife: Fish in Mexico team up to produce waves to protect them from birds of prey
The Scientist – December 2021 - Making Waves and Avoiding Beaks
WDR 5 KiRaKa – December 2021 - Fische wehren mit La-Ola-Wellen Feinde ab
Wissenschaft – December 2021 - Geheimnis fischiger La-Ola-Wellen gelüftet
Haaretz – December 2021 - Researchers have been following minnows for five years and have discovered why they create waves in water
Ethologisch – December 2021 - La Ola unter Wasser: Außergewöhnliches Schwarmverhalten schützt Schwefelmollys vor Vogelattacken
Scienmag – December 2021 - These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves
ZME Science – December 2021 - Some fish start Mexican waves to keep themselves safe from predators
Courthouse News Service – December 2021 - Researchers explore why hundreds of thousands of fish work together to make waves
Spektrum – August 2021 - Auch Fishe haben Persönlichkeit
Berliner Zeitung – August 2021 - Synchronschwimmen
Profil – September 2020 - Schwarmverhaltensforschung