[Quantum-ms] Mark Your Calendar 11/7: Puzzle- Solving Bumblebees Show a Capacity for Complex Learning

[Columbia EE Events]

Hi all, This event is happening tmrw from 12-1pm at EE conference room. The
seminar is hosted by Professor Lazar. If you have any questions about the
seminar, please reach out.
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 8:00 AM Xintian Tina Wang <xw2729 at columbia.edu>
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> *EE Seminar Series: **Puzzle-solving bumblebees show a capacity for
> complex learning that is shaped by observer and demonstrator
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> <https://www.ee.columbia.edu/events/ee-seminar-puzzle-solving-bumblebees-show-capacity-complex-learning-shaped-observer-and>*
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> *November 7, 2024*
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> *12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLocation: EE Conference Room, 1300 Mudd BuildingAlice
> D. BridgesCentre for Cognition in Small BrainsSchool of
> Biosciences,University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK*
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> *Abstract*
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> The astonishing behavioral repertoires of social insects have historically
> been thought to be largely innate, constrained by limited brainpower and
> short lifespans. For example, the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris
> is capable of learning even complex, non-natural behaviour both through
> individual trial and error and via social learning, and of sustaining local
> variations of behaviour as a socially-transmitted 'culture'. However,
> recent research suggests that the bumblebees can achieve a feat previously
> only seen in humans: they can learn a behavior from others that is so
> complex that they could not reasonably have replicated it in their own
> lifetime through individual trial and error learning. This ability is
> thought to underlie the expansive, superlatively cumulative culture seen in
> humans, and was thought to fundamentally set us apart from non-humans. The
> ability of naive bumblebees to learn this novel behaviour successfully from
> trained demonstrators differed between individuals, with both observer and
> demonstrator behaviour affecting its acquisition.
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> Bridges et al., Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to
> innovate alone, Nature, 627, pages 572–578 (2024),
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1038_s41586-2D024-2D07126-2D4&d=DwIFaQ&c=009klHSCxuh5AI1vNQzSO0KGjl4nbi2Q0M1QLJX9BeE&r=SD-9ztpHDQVkXLFc0zdc9RZWqGhdQ2vAJZ0O73eMlt0&m=lQArdOsm2km6iTaK-6TaMC0eZgIoW3d_Le0RhrsCTyRqAKv7Z5D6kavIGciqdLTM&s=aGABrzYny-ArT6pdCzmGsN0zI0kSJafVmP396nT95pc&e= 
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