In this talk, we discuss the paper "Constraining nonlinear time series modeling with the metabolic theory of ecology" by S.B. Munch et.al., PNAS, 2023. Abstract Forecasting the response of ecological systems to environmental change is a critical challenge for sustainable management. The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) posits scaling of biological rates with temperature, but …

In this talk, we discuss the paper "Quantifying information accumulation encoded in the dynamics of biochemical signaling" by Y. Tang, et.al, Nature Communications, 2021. Abstract Cellular responses to environmental changes are encoded in the complex temporal patterns of signaling proteins. However, quantifying the accumulation of information over time to direct cellular decision-making remains an unsolved …

In this talk, we discuss the paper "The Large Language Models on Biomedical Data Analysis: A Survey" by Wei Lan et.al, IEEE J. Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2025, at the Journal Club. Abstract  With the rapid development of Large Language Model (LLM) technology, it has become an indispensable force in biomedical data analysis research. However, …

In this talk, we discuss the paper "A biological model of nonlinear dimensionality reduction" by K. Yoshida and T. Toyoizumi, Science Advances, 2025, at the Journal Club. Abstract Obtaining appropriate low-dimensional representations from high-dimensional sensory inputs in an unsupervised manner is essential for straightforward downstream processing. Although nonlinear dimensionality reduction methods such as t-distributed stochastic neighbor …

In this talk, we discuss the paper "Designing microplastic-binding peptides with a variational quantum circuit–based hybrid quantum-classical approach" by R.C. Vendrell et.al., Sci. Adv. 2024 at the Journal Club. Abstract De novo peptide design exhibits great potential in materials engineering, particularly for the use of plastic-binding peptides to help remediate microplastic pollution. There are no …

In this talk, we discuss the paper "Frequency-Dependent Covariance Reveals Critical Spatiotemporal Patterns of Synchronized Activity in the Human Brain" by Rubén Calvo et al., Physical Review Letters 2024, at the Journal Club. Abstract Recent analyses, leveraging advanced theoretical techniques and high-quality data from thousands of simultaneously recorded neurons across regions in the brain, compellingly …

In this talk, we discuss the paper "Accurate predictions on small data with a tabular foundation model" by Noah Hollmann et al., Nature (2025). Abstract Tabular data, spreadsheets organized in rows and columns, are ubiquitous across scientific fields, from biomedicine to particle physics to economics and climate science1,2. The fundamental prediction task of filling in …