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<b style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ANTS 2026 – 15th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence</b></div>
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📢 <b>Call for Participation</b></div>
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This year’s theme, <i>Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities</i>, is reflected in six talks spanning swarm robotics, networked systems, collective dynamics, AI, ethics, smart materials, and planetary futures.</div>
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<b>Invited talks</b></div>
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<b>Guido de Croon</b> (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)</div>
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<b>Swarms of small, autonomous drones</b></div>
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From bio-inspired intelligence to tiny flying robots capable of exploring unknown environments.</div>
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<b>Sharon Glotzer</b> (University of Michigan, USA)</div>
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<b>Towards colloidal swarm robots</b></div>
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Exploring how active particle systems and “flexicles” open up new directions for emergent swarm-like robotic behaviour.</div>
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<b>Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes</b> (University of Zaragoza, Spain)</div>
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<b>From interaction structure to collective dynamics</b></div>
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On how interaction structure shapes collective dynamics, from spreading processes and synchronisation to cooperation in complex systems.</div>
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<b>Meeyoung Cha</b> (Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Germany; KAIST, South Korea)</div>
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<b>AI, Society, and Computing: Leveraging Global Data While Tackling Ethical Challenges</b></div>
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On how global-scale data and AI can support humanitarian applications while confronting ethical risks such as bias, misinformation, and democratic harm.</div>
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<b>Thomas Watteyne</b> (Analog Devices, USA)</div>
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<b>Swarm Robotics: A Low-Power Wireless Perspective</b></div>
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On communication, networking, and large-scale real-world swarm experimentation through the DotBots platform.</div>
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<b>Liam Young</b> (SCI-Arc, USA)</div>
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<b>New planetary imageries</b></div>
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A speculative and cinematic perspective on environmental futures, storytelling, and the imaginaries that shape how we think about technology and the planet.</div>
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Alongside these invited talks, ANTS 2026 will feature technical presentations, posters, demos, and opportunities for exchange across disciplines working on collective behaviour and self-organised systems, natural and artificial.</div>
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We warmly invite researchers and practitioners from across swarm intelligence and related areas to join us in Darmstadt, and we would be grateful if you could share this call with colleagues and communities who may be interested.</div>
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📍 Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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🗓️ 8–10 June 2026</div>
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🌍 Theme: <i>Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities</i></div>
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🔗 More information and registration: <a href="https://ants2026.org/" id="OWA216206b2-ed81-5f5d-60a7-6ca5a4cfd18e" class="OWAAutoLink">https://ants2026.org</a></div>
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Hosted by Technical University of Darmstadt</div>
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Co-sponsored by Robotics Institute Germany</div>
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<b>Organising Committee</b></div>
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<b>General Chair</b></div>
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Roderich Gross, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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<b>Honorary Chair</b></div>
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Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div>
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<b>Technical Program Chairs</b></div>
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Aaron T. Becker, University of Houston, USA</div>
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Gianni Di Caro, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar</div>
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Bahar Haghighat, University of Groningen, The Netherlands</div>
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M. Ani Hsieh, University of Pennsylvania, USA</div>
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<b>Late-Breaking Results Chairs</b></div>
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Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona, USA</div>
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Mary Katherine Heinrich, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div>
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<b>Conference Theme and Publicity Chair</b></div>
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Razanne Abu-Aisheh, University of Bristol, UK</div>
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<b>Finance Chair</b></div>
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Grace McFassel, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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<b>Publication Chair</b></div>
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Mohamed S. Talamali, The University of Sheffield, UK</div>
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<b>Paper Submission Chair</b></div>
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Julian Rau, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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<b>Local Organisation Committee</b></div>
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Usama Ali, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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Uta Drews, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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Ecem Isildar, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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Suet Lee, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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Jenny von Trzebiatowski, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div>
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<b>Steering Committee</b></div>
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Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div>
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Andries Engelbrecht, Stellenbosch University, South Africa</div>
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Heiko Hamann, University of Konstanz, Germany</div>
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Alcherio Martinoli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland</div>
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Radhika Nagpal, Princeton University, USA</div>
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Thomas Stützle, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div>
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Guy Theraulaz, CNRS CRCA, France</div>
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