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Ted Pavlic is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University (ASU), jointly appointed in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence and the School of Life Sciences. His interdisciplinary research bridges engineering and biology, focusing on adaptive decision-making in natural and artificial systems. He leads the BEET lab, which studies collective behavior in social insects and designs bio-inspired algorithms for robotics and AI.
Education: Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (The Ohio State University, 2010), postdoctoral training in life sciences and computer science (ASU and OSU). Former industry roles include software engineering and analog electronics.
Research interests include complex adaptive systems, social insect behavior, optimal foraging theory, AI, and biomimicry. He has mentored over 20 students and postdocs, leading to impactful work in swarm robotics, collective intelligence, and sustainability.
Key awards: SWARM 2021 Best Paper Award, invited TEDx speaker. Active in professional organizations like the Animal Behavior Society and the Entomological Society of America.
Grants include NSF-funded projects on sleep-dependent learning in AI and biomimetic control systems. Collaborates across ASU’s complexity initiatives, including the Biomimicry Center and the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity.
Lab affiliations: BEET Lab, ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems. Engages in public outreach through YouTube, Twitter, and Mastodon.
