In recent decades, physicists and astronomers have discovered two beautiful standard models, one for the quantum world of extremely short distances and one for the universe as a whole. Both models have had spectacular success, but there are also strong arguments for new physics beyond these models.
In recent decades, physicists and astronomers have discovered two beautiful standard models, one for the quantum world of extremely short distances and one for the universe as a whole. Both models have had spectacular success, but there are also strong arguments for new physics beyond these models.
Dr. Schadt provides an overview of how his team organizes very large scale data across many different types, and then integrates these data using sophisticated mathematical algorithms to construct predictive network models of disease, and discusses the application of this type of modeling in the cancer arena.
Probabilistic topic models provide a suite of tools for analyzing large collections of electronic documents. A traditional topic model analyzes a collection of documents to discover its hidden themes. These themes can be used to organize, visualize, summarize and navigate the collection. Many collections are associated with corresponding reader behavior data, which is useful both for making predictions about readers (such as which articles they will like) and in understanding patterns in how they read.
Probabilistic topic models provide a suite of tools for analyzing large collections of electronic documents. A traditional topic model analyzes a collection of documents to discover its hidden themes. These themes can be used to organize, visualize, summarize and navigate the collection. Many collections are associated with corresponding reader behavior data, which is useful both for making predictions about readers (such as which articles they will like) and in understanding patterns in how they read.
Although most people regularly tune up their cars, you probably haven’t needed to bring your brain in for a tune-up, despite the fact that the human brain is far more complex than the internal combustion engine. What’s more, unlike most machines, your brain is constantly changing in order to store memories and adapt to a fluid environment. Our brains are faced with a fundamental challenge: They must preserve the integrity of the neural circuits that subserve behaviors over the lifetime of an organism, while at the same time allowing plastic mechanisms to shape and fine-tune their function.
Although most people regularly tune up their cars, you probably haven’t needed to bring your brain in for a tune-up, despite the fact that the human brain is far more complex than the internal combustion engine. What’s more, unlike most machines, your brain is constantly changing in order to store memories and adapt to a fluid environment. Our brains are faced with a fundamental challenge: They must preserve the integrity of the neural circuits that subserve behaviors over the lifetime of an organism, while at the same time allowing plastic mechanisms to shape and fine-tune their function.
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014 Scientific Program: 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM Evening Program: 4:30 - 7:45 PM Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Avenue, New York, New York, 10010 What...
Andrew Gelman will illustrate this concept with various examples from his recent research and discuss more generally how statistical methods can help or hinder the scientific process.
