Searching for simpler models

Date
Nov 15, 2019, 9:30 am9:30 am
Location
The Graduate Center - Skylight Room, 9100

Details

Event Description

Detailed Schedule for Friday November 15 Symposia

Using simple models to understand complex processes
Mark Transtrum, Brigham Young University

Neural network pruning and the lottery ticket hypothesis
Jonathan Frankle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Finding and explaining structural hierarchies in complex systems
Katherine Quinn, The CUNY Graduate Center

No equations, no variables, no parameters
Yannis Kevrekidis, Johns Hopkins University

Events begin at 9:30 AM with coffee and bagels, and conclude a bit after 6 PM. Lunch will be served.

Sponsors
  • CPBF an NSF PFC
  • Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences (ITS)
  • CUNY doctoral programs in Physics and Biology