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… they afford, especially in the field of neuropsychiatric disorders, in which disruptions of neural systems, circuitry and connectivity may be implicated. The talk will focus on the … -
Since at least the time when it was understood that the circumference of a circle is pi multiplied by its diameter, the applications of mathematics have raced on … -
On 3 December 2014, Karen E. Adolph discussed how infants learn to generate and control their movements by adapting to environmental and social factors. -
Basic motor skills such as looking, reaching and walking do not simply appear as the result of maturation. Rather, infants must learn to move. Learning entails discovering new … -
December 3, 2014, 4:30-6:30 p.m. EST Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation 160 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY In this lecture, Karen … -
Topology, the "rubber sheet geometry", studies properties that do not change when objects are pulled and stretched. Accepting somewhat fuzzy input, it is the part of mathematics typically … -
In this talk, Christian Borgs will give an introduction to belief propagation, discuss how the accuracy of belief propagation has been rigorously established, and present recent applications to … -
In this lecture, Mauro Maggioni will discuss a family of ideas, algorithms and results for learning from high-dimensional data. -
On 29 October 2014, Dan Littman described how intestinal bacteria affect immune system cell functioning, potentially contributing to systemic inflammation and autism. -
In this lecture, Dan Littman will describe how intestinal commensal bacteria shape functions of immune system cells that prevent invasion by pathogenic microbes but can also contribute to … -
The MoSAIC Festival includes a variety of hands-on workshops, lectures, a mathematical art exhibit, short films and an area for informal exchange. It is designed to be … -
… established the best current bounds to the restriction problem. Extending this work, he and Katz essentially solved one of the most well-known problems in incidence geometry … -
Simulating quantum mechanics on classical computers appears at first to require exponential computational resources, yet at the same time rapid progress is being made in accurate simulations of … -
The enormous amount of information that is now available about cities and the people who live in them offers intriguing opportunities for better understanding human behavior. That understanding … -
In his talk, Carey Priebe will present the conjecture that neurons in the neocortex are connected in a graph that exhibits motifs representing repeated processing modules. -
On 23 September 2014, Nancy Kanwisher discussed the functional architecture of the social brain as an avenue for considering which functions are affected and which are preserved in … -
In this talk, Nancy Kanwisher will consider the functional architecture of the social brain in typical subjects as an avenue for considering which functions are affected and which … -
In the disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP), disease genes directly cause the dysfunction and death of rod photoreceptors, the photoreceptor type that mediates vision in dim light, causing night … -
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. -
… armamentarium that it is easy to think they are part of the eternal firmament of physics. But they, like the objects and laws they helped establish, are … -
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 … -
… Technological Innovation and Neurobiology of Disease awards, an NIH director’s pioneer award, the HFSP Nakasone Award, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and … -
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 … -
… assumptions and scalable algorithms for using those assumptions to uncover hidden patterns in massive data. David Blei is associate professor of computer science at Princeton University. Blei … -
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 … -
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 … -
On 23 April 2014, Gail Mandel presented the complex pathology of Rett syndrome. -
A central goal in neuroscience is determining the genetic basis of neurological disorders — from autism to brain tumors. Many of these pathological states result from defects in gene … -
In this lecture, Gerald Joyce focuses on the perpetuation of genetic information as a defining characteristic of life. He draws a connection between digital computers (von Neumann machines … -
Depression is a common, chronic, and debilitating disease. Although many patients benefit from antidepressant medications or other therapies, only about half show complete remission. Factors that precipitate depression … -
On 26 March 2014, Ami Klin presented two new infant and toddler behavioral measures of social behaviors. -
Advances in molecular genetics have implicated a variety of genetic variations in autism, yet understanding of what these variations mean is still limited. Advances in classification of diseases … -
Learning Using Privileged Information (LUPI) is a new paradigm that uses an intelligent agent (a ‘nontrivial teacher’) to supplement standard training data in the context of supervised learning … -
… computer science and machine learning, including a general theory for minimizing the expected risk of losses using empirical data, and the widely used Support Vector Machine approach … -
This Biotech Symposium will focus on perspectives on big data in biology from leading practitioners in the field. -
… video below) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Global Alliance for Genomics and Health -
Circadian (~24 hour) clocks are endogenous mechanisms that time the recurring, daily activities observed in most organisms. These clocks are genetically regulated, and generate biochemical oscillations within individual … -
On 26 February 2014, David Amaral discussed different types of altered brain development among children with autism. -
While autism clearly involves altered function of the central nervous system, the neuropathology of the disorder remains controversial. This is due in part,to the enormous complexity of …