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August 23, 2010ants, artificial intelligence, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, computational psychology, cybernetics, Marco Dorigo, optimization, particle swarm optimization, spontaneous order, stigmergic, stigmergic cognition, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence

Swarm intelligence

Here’s an article from The Economist on the practical application of swarm intelligence to human optimization problems.

April 5, 2010akamai, data visualization, distributed cognition, distributed knowledge, edge platform, internet, internet traffic, network theory, optimization, stigmergic, stigmergy, streaming

Visualizing the internet: Akamai’s network traffic

Check out Akamai‘s data visualizations for the internet traffic it handles. Though pretty cool seeing this in their Cambridge control room when I visited, I was told it was more for show than anything else. Check out their online vizualizations page. Also, do check out their EdgePlatform blurb, a superb example of distributed computing.