Statistical mechanics of deep learning

Y Bahri, J Kadmon, J Pennington… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The recent striking success of deep neural networks in machine learning raises profound
questions about the theoretical principles underlying their success. For example, what can …

[HTML][HTML] Piezoelectric scaffolds as smart materials for neural tissue engineering

A Zaszczynska, P Sajkiewicz, A Gradys - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Injury to the central or peripheral nervous systems leads to the loss of cognitive and/or
sensorimotor capabilities, which still lacks an effective treatment. Tissue engineering in the …

Classification methods based on complexity and synchronization of electroencephalography signals in Alzheimer's disease

S Nobukawa, T Yamanishi, S Kasakawa… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Electroencephalography (EEG) has long been studied as a potential diagnostic method for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The pathological progression of AD leads to cortical …

[BOK][B] Statistical field theory for neural networks

M Helias, D Dahmen - 2020 - Springer
Many qualitative features of the emerging collective dynamics in neuronal networks, such as
correlated activity, stability, response to inputs, and chaotic and regular behavior, can be …

Unlearnable games and “satisficing” decisions: A simple model for a complex world

J Garnier-Brun, M Benzaquen, JP Bouchaud - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
As a schematic model of the complexity economic agents are confronted with, we introduce
the “Sherrington-Kirkpatrick game,” a discrete time binary choice model inspired from mean …

Theory of coupled neuronal-synaptic dynamics

DG Clark, LF Abbott - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
In neural circuits, synaptic strengths influence neuronal activity by sha** network
dynamics, and neuronal activity influences synaptic strengths through activity-dependent …

Optimal sequence memory in driven random networks

J Schuecker, S Goedeke, M Helias - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Autonomous, randomly coupled, neural networks display a transition to chaos at a critical
coupling strength. Here, we investigate the effect of a time-varying input on the onset of …

Neural mechanisms underlying the temporal organization of naturalistic animal behavior

L Mazzucato - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Naturalistic animal behavior exhibits a strikingly complex organization in the temporal
domain, with variability arising from at least three sources: hierarchical, contextual, and …

Dimension of activity in random neural networks

DG Clark, LF Abbott, A Litwin-Kumar - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Neural networks are high-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems that process
information through the coordinated activity of many connected units. Understanding how …

Theory of gating in recurrent neural networks

K Krishnamurthy, T Can, DJ Schwab - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are powerful dynamical models, widely used in machine
learning (ML) and neuroscience. Prior theoretical work has focused on RNNs with additive …