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Title: Towards a quantitative analysis of gradient descent for infinitely wide two-layer neural networks Abstract: I will consider fully connected two-layer neural networks with a number …

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Moderator: Bob Carpenter Discussion: Sean Talts, Michael Betancourt, Daniel Simpson, Aki Vehtari, Andrew Gelman. Validating Bayesian Inference Algorithms with Simulation-Based Calibration https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.06788 …

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Neuropixels probes represent a major advance in neural recording technology. The workshop will consist of both interactive seminars and hands-on training sessions, with the goal of teaching …

Tetrahedra are three-dimensional shapes with four triangular faces. Which tetrahedra can tile to fill a three-dimensional space? Which tetrahedra have rational dihedral angles (the angle between …

… Sutherland, and J. Voight Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory, and Computation: Simons Collaboration Director’s Overview View Slides (PDF) Jennifer Balakrishnan Boston University Rational Points on Modular Curves …

SFARI hosted a virtual social focused on the Bridge to Independence (BTI) Award, in conjunction with the SfN Global Connectome: A Virtual Event on January 13, 2021.

Topic: Cilia, collectively

SFARI hosted a virtual Social in conjunction with the SfN Global Connectome: A Virtual Event on January 11, 2021.

Presenter: Nikta Fakhri, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Broken Symmetries in Living Matter Abstract: Active processes in living systems create a novel class of non-equilibrium …

Presenter: Yuan-nan Young, Ph.D Topic: Hydrodynamics of a semipermeable vesicle underflow and confinement

Presenter: Jamie Morton, Ph.D., Systems Biology Group, Center for Computational Biology Inferring Principal Components in the Simplex with Multinomial Variational Autoencoders Covariance estimation on high-dimensional data …

This brand-new, cross-cutting digital neuroscience event is designed to facilitate scientific exchange – regardless of area of specialty – across the globe and across the field, providing scientists …

Spring 2021 Date Name Title January 29, 2021 Mike Blanton TBD February 5, 2021 Nick Battaglia TBD February 12, 2021 Andrei Beloborodov TBD February 26, 2021 Lam Hui …

Title: Non-linear Black Hole Ringdown Abstract: Several problems will benefit from a detailed understanding of the dynamics of perturbed Kerr black holes beyond linear order. These include …

Our seminar focuses on efficient computational methods for numerical problems, mostly phrased in a mathematical language, arising in areas of science throughout the Institute and beyond.

Speaker: Dr. Sushmita Roy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Wisconsin Institue for Discovery / University of Wisconsin, Madison Topic: Network-based approaches for examining …

Title: Solving Inverse Problems with Deep Learning Abstract: This talk is about some recent progress on solving inverse problems using deep learning. Compared to traditional machine learning problems …

Machine learning and artificial intelligence play an increasingly critical role in modern science. This lecture series will provide an introductory tutorial on these methods for researchers interested in …

Topic: Making Use of Imaged Spotted Stellar Surfaces Abstract: For stars with convective outer layers, stellar magnetism manifests as dark starspots–localized regions of stifled convection. Starspots affect …

Guest Presenter: Evelyn Tang, Ph.D., Group Leader, Department of Living Matter Physics Max Planck Institute of Dynamics and Self-Organization Title: Surfacing robust function in living matter …

Agenda Abstract The method of hypergraph containers – Jozsef Balogh and Wojciech Samotij We will give a gentle introduction to a recently-developed technique, the method of hypergraph containers …

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Scientists often treat general relativity and quantum mechanics as separate subjects that don’t comfortably fit together. There is a tension, even a contradiction between them — or so …

… Radiation December 11, 2020 Brian Swingle- Chaos-Protected Locality

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain holds a virtual program-wide postdoc and student group meeting to bring together trainees interested in neural coding and dynamics to …

Our seminar focuses on efficient computational methods for numerical problems, mostly phrased in a mathematical language, arising in areas of science throughout the Institute and beyond.

… grid, Where do galaxies get their spin from? December 11, 2020 John ZuHone: Astrophysical Simulation Analysis with yt: Examples Using Galaxy Cluster Simulations

Speaker: Pilar Cossio, Ph.D., Tandem Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics & and University of Antioquia Topic: Recovering the rates from metadynamics simulations Abstract: Metadynamics enables the …

Title: Solving Linear Inverse Problems Using the Prior Implicit in a Denoiser Abstract: Prior probability models are a central component of many image processing problems, but density estimation …

Moderator: Lu Zhang, Columbia University Topic: The pathfinder algorithm—using optimization paths to find good initializations for MCMC. *no advance reading* Please email Sara Mejias Gonzalez at smgonzalez …