Conference, Lab Updates

BID4R Goes to CSER2026

Congratulations to our lab members — Morgan Kendall, Ava Neubert, and Nathan George — on presenting at the Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) and achieving publication. Bryan Watson, P. E. also represented the Biologically Inspired Design-for-Resilience (BID4R) Lab by chairing a session on Swarms and Multi-Agent Systems.

CSER is a premier conference in Systems Engineering, bringing together leading experts from academia and industry to deliver distinguished keynote presentations and drive discussions that shape the future of the field. Our lab members were grateful for the opportunity to learn from and connect with fellow innovators, as well as to share perspectives on how biologically inspired design can advance ongoing work in Systems Engineering.

“This year’s CSER focused on Intelligent Digital Twins, which is not typically a primary focus of our lab. I appreciated the exposure to a different area of Systems Engineering, as it sparked new research ideas and broadened my perspective. The conference was also an excellent opportunity to learn, connect with leaders in the field, and gain a deeper appreciation for the impact engineers can have on the world.”
Nathan George

We are very grateful to George Mason University for hosting and look forward to seeing everyone again at University of Alabama Huntsville next year!

The papers we presented were:

A quorum sensing algorithm for emergent multi-agent system organization, By: Nathan George, Emel Sen Kilic, and Bryan Watson, P. E.

Demonstration of a Novel Biologically Inspired Swarm Consensus Algorithm in a Simulated Search and Rescue Case Study, By: Jack Capuano, Austen Pallen, Grace Gratton, Morgan Kendall, and Bryan Watson, P. E.

Interplay between Physical Design Choices and Emergent Cyber System Consensus: A Case Study with an Underwater Swarm, By: Ava Neubert and Bryan Watson, P. E.

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