Bifurcations in the era of big data: applications in cardiology and ecology
Thomas Bury (91社区)
Tuesday September 22, 12-1pm
Zoom Link:聽
Abstract:Numerous biological systems have the capacity to undergo abrupt transitions to an alternative dynamical regime as the result of crossing a bifurcation. In ecology, a lake may undergo a runaway algal bloom as excess nutrients are deposited; in medicine, a human heart may transition to a dangerous arrhythmia upon premature excitation; in epidemiology, a pandemic may rapidly emerge from a sufficiently infectious virus. Two fundamental questions are 1) can we determine the system-specific mechanisms that give rise to these bifurcations, and 2) can we predict them. In this talk, we discuss how the emergence of 鈥榖ig data鈥� can help with these endeavours, while providing examples from our research in cardiology and ecology. This talk is aimed at a general scientific audience and does not require prior understanding of bifurcations.
