Stomatopods v Cephalopods: discovery from an information coding arms-race

这项提议旨在解开地球上两种最成功的捕食者头足类动物（如章鱼）和螳螂虾（口足类动物）之间4亿年前进化军备竞赛的力量。这两个群体在视觉（传感器设计）、神经编码（电路和信息流）和行为（决策和行动）创新方面的新知识将产生基础和应用成果。该项目的跨学科和比较性质旨在扩大有效神经编码，光学设计和生物启发解决方案等问题的成果。这项研究的好处包括海洋工程中的无GPS导航，以及通过现有的通信程序将研究结果快速曝光给数百万人。

This proposal aims to unlock the power of a 400 million year old evolutionary arms race between two of earth's most successful predators, cephalopods (e.g. octopus) and mantis shrimp (stomatopods). New knowledge in vision (sensor design), neural coding (circuits and information flow) and behavioural (decisions and actions) innovations from these two groups will have fundamental and applied outcomes. The interdisciplinary and comparative nature of the project aims to amplify outcomes in questions of efficient neural coding, optical design and bio-inspired solutions. Benefits from the study include GPS-free navigation in marine engineering and rapid exposure of research results to millions of people through existing communication programs.