I thought I'd make a brief post about what Georg is up to these days! He is really enjoying his post-doc position and making a lot of good progress! One of his main fascinations is this ant farm he set up in his office. It was given to him by one of his advisers at IU when he finished his dissertation. It is a special ant farm...instead of sand and water, the ants eat and drink from the special blue gel that you see here. Since the gel doesn't cave in as the ants tunnel (as sand would), you can very clearly see their movements and actions. Since Georg studies (among other things) collective intelligence, it is neat for him to have this in his office. The other faculty and students like to watch the ants' progress too!
Here is where Georg goes to work every day. It's called Assiniboia Hall, which I believe was named after a group of native peoples. The University of Alberta campus is really pretty; I'll have to post more pictures sometime.
I thought I'd make a brief post about what Georg is up to these days! He is really enjoying his post-doc position and making a lot of good progress! One of his main fascinations is this ant farm he set up in his office. It was given to him by one of his advisers at IU when he finished his dissertation. It is a special ant farm...instead of sand and water, the ants eat and drink from the special blue gel that you see here. Since the gel doesn't cave in as the ants tunnel (as sand would), you can very clearly see their movements and actions. Since Georg studies (among other things) collective intelligence, it is neat for him to have this in his office. The other faculty and students like to watch the ants' progress too!
Here is where Georg goes to work every day. It's called Assiniboia Hall, which I believe was named after a group of native peoples. The University of Alberta campus is really pretty; I'll have to post more pictures sometime.
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Wonderful blog. I sometimes look to it.
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