Interactive communication networks

我研究的是交互式交流，这是当个体互相交换信号时发生的。我的研究项目贡献了有影响力的理论，方法和研究结果的互动交流的二人组。我现在正在扩大我的研究范围，研究网络中的交互式通信。交互式通信网络是常见的、多样的和重要的（例如，细胞信号网络，在线社区），但动物的通信网络知之甚少。我的模型系统是一种名为阿德莱德莺的鸣禽，在这种鸣禽中，相邻的雄性鸣禽相互交流，而雌性鸣禽则倾听。目标一：描述一个互动通讯网络HQP和我将同时记录一个焦点男性和他的邻居。我们将描述他们的交互式通信网络和模型的焦点男性的信号选择作为一个功能，他自己的首选信号序列和邻居的信号的影响。 目标2和目标3通过阐明鸟类在通信网络中交换的信号的功能来支持目标1。 目的二：测试阿德莱德莺歌唱歌曲类型（平均值= 29首歌曲）的信号功能。有些歌曲类型与其他男性共享。我们将使用现有的数据来测试歌曲类别和共享歌曲类型的功能。 目的三：检验歌曲表演的功能意义。“表演”是衡量一首歌对演唱的要求。我们将使用现有的数据来研究动机，个人能力和气候变化如何影响绩效。我们还将进行实验，以测试女性是否更喜欢高性能的歌曲，以及歌曲类型匹配（鸟类中的常见行为）是否有助于准确选择。影响集体行为理论对群体中的个体行为进行建模（例如，人群，成群的蝗虫），通过假设规则支配个体如何相互作用。通信网络理论对通信个体网络上的信息流进行建模。我的研究通过将集体行为理论与网络传播理论相结合，对通过遵循交互规则的个体网络的信息流进行建模，从而推进了动物传播的研究。这项研究也有利于动物交流和社会以外的学科。它的方法和研究结果可以应用于传统的（例如，会议）和新兴的（计算机辅助的）人类交互式通信网络。对互动交流的基础研究可以更好地诊断和治疗人类的病态交流。我用来研究鸟鸣表现的许多方法和假设都可以应用于人类的表现（例如，体育、舞蹈）。这项工作的直接实际好处包括HQP的发展，增加对研究不足的热带系统的关注，以及更好地了解气候变化对野生动物的影响。

I study interactive communication, which occurs when individuals reciprocally exchange signals. My research program has contributed influential theory, methods, and findings about interactive communication in dyads. I am now expanding the scope of my research to study interactive communication in networks. Interactive communication networks are common, diverse, and important (e.g., cell-signalling networks, online communities), but animal communication networks are poorly understood. My model system is a songbird called Adelaide's warbler, in which networks of neighbouring males sing interactively while females listen. Objective 1: Characterize an interactive communication network HQP and I will simultaneously record a focal male and his neighbours. We will describe their interactive communication network and model the focal male's signal choice as a function of his own preferred signal sequence and the influence of its neighbours' signals. Objectives 2 and 3 support Objective 1, by elucidating the functions of the signals that birds exchange in communication networks. Obj. 2: Test the functions of signal repertoires Adelaide's warblers sing song type repertoires (avg = 29 songs) that are divided into 2 categories. Some song types are shared with other males. We will use existing data to test the function of song categories and shared song types. Obj. 3: Test the functional significance of song performance "Performance" measures how demanding a song is to sing. We will use existing data to study how motivation, individual ability, and climate change affect performance. We will also run experiments to test whether females prefer high performance song, and whether song type matching (a common behaviour in birds) facilitates accurate choice. Impacts Collective behavior theory models the behaviour of individuals in groups (e.g., crowds of people, hordes of locusts), by assuming that rules govern how individuals interact with one another. Communication network theory models the flow of information over a network of communicating individuals. My research advances the study of animal communication by synthesizing collective behaviour theory with network communication theory to model information flow through a network of individuals that follow interaction rules. This research also benefits academic disciplines outside of animal communication and society. Its methods and findings can be applied to traditional (e.g., meetings) and emerging (computer-aided) interactive communication networks in humans. Basic research on interactive communication could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of pathological communication in humans. Many of the methods and hypotheses I use to study birdsong performance can be applied to human performance (e.g., sport, dance). Immediate practical benefits of this work include HQP development, added attention to under-studied tropical systems, and an improved understanding of the effects of climate change on wildlife.