Thomas Graf Stonybrook University Title and abstract forthcoming Location: 3401 Walnut Street, Room 401B
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Benjamin Machta Department of Physics Yale University Information geometry and Bayesian priors for model selection Science is filled with toy models: abstractions of complicated systems that ignore microscopic details even when they are known. These toy models are often as good and even better than more accurate models. But why? In this talk […]
Penn graduate students, postdocs, and RAs are invited to lunch with Penn faculty. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dom Sisti, Asst Prof of Medical Ethics: Neuroethics of Psychiatry Location: 200 Goddard Labs
David Anderson Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Mathematics University of Wisconsin, Madison Location: David Rittenhouse Labs, A4 Relating network structure to dynamical properties in biological interaction systems Models of cellular processes are often represented with networks that describe the interactions between the constituent molecules. These networks are usually incredibly complex. However, hidden […]
Location: Levin Auditorium (lower level, Levin Building) Karine GIbbs, Harvard University Local communication of self-identifying information between cells modulates emergent behaviors of a bacterial swarm