Simon Garnier
Full Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolSimon Garnier is a Full Professor at NJIT with 12 years of academic and research experience probing collective intelligence across animals, humans, and artificial systems through a blend of experiments, theory, and computational tools. He designs open-source software and automated analysis pipelines to extract behavior from video and datasets, publishes widely, and has built broad international collaborations that translate biological principles into robotic swarm control. A passionate mentor and communicator, he teaches collective intelligence, statistics, and science communication while running The Swarm Lab and curating its public-facing resources. Less obvious: he revels in hands-on curiosity—“paid to watch ants, poke slime mold, and play with robots”—which fuels a rare combination of field biology intuition and engineering rigor.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Animal Behavior and Ethology, Graduated with highest honors, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Animal Behavior and Ethology, Graduated with highest honors at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse IIIBachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Graduated with highest honors., Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Graduated with highest honors. at Université de Bordeaux
French, English, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (188)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
ruby10
deep-learning10
r10
video-tracking10
linux10
htmlwidgets10
color-blindness10
shiny10
color-scheme10
computer-vision10
r-package10
d3js10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
swarm-lab/slimeLapse
Aug 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 6 months
swarm-lab/editR
Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:7 releases, 61 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 2 months
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