Minisymposium on state space models and dynamical systems

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Lunch and introduction
Session 1(1:00pm – 2:00pm)
1:00 – 1:30
Rajesh Rao, Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
“Brain state-space models: From Kalman filters to active predictive coding”
1:30 – 1:45
Ziyu Lu, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
“Benchmarking Probabilistic Time Series Forecasting Models on Neural Activity”
1:45 – 2:00
Yiliu Wang, Shanahan Fellow, Allen Institute
“Interpretable time series analysis with Gumbel dynamics”
Coffee break (2:00pm – 2:30pm)
Session 2 (2:30pm – 3:30pm)
2:30 – 3:00
Nathan Kutz, Professor, Applied Mathematics
“Learning dynamics with shallow recurrent decoders”
3:00 – 3:15
Nick Zolman, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
“Characterizing Extreme Events in Turbulent Flows through Sensitivity-Based Modal Decomposition”
3:15 – 3:30
Elliott Abe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology
“TiDHy: Timescale Demixing via Hypernetworks to learn simultaneous dynamics from mixed observations”
Coffee break (3:30pm – 4:00pm)
Session 3 (4:00pm – 5:00pm)
4:00 – 4:30
Matthew Golub, Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
“Deep Learning Dynamical Systems for Identifying Communication Between Brain Regions”
4:30 – 4:45
James Hazelden, Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
“KP-Flow: Uncovering Implicit Constraints in Recurrent GD Learning”
4:45 – 5:00
Ulises Pereira
