He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Biology from Cornell University and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Vermont. Nick has also held visiting and affiliated research positions at Columbia University, the Santa Fe Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center. His work uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to study emergent behaviors in Complex Adaptive Systems, with a particular interest in autonomous robots and vehicles. Nick’s research has been popular in both scientific and public venues, winning numerous awards at academic conferences, and also featured by venues such as NBC, Popular Science, Discover, and TEDx.