Synthetic populations attempt to capture population dynamics of a geographic region and hence are widely used in large-scale multiagent applications simulating real-world phenomena. However, current synthetic populations are mostly static — individuals are assumed to perform same daily routine every day. My thesis aims at taking the first step towards making it a “live” synthetic population tha...

A recent study has introduced a new analytical approach to understanding neural circuits which has revealed previously hidden neural interactions in a large population of cells in the primate retina. The neural circuit described likely contributes to encoding visual motion.

Age-adjusted COVID-19 mortality estimates have exposed a previously hidden excess burden for the US Hispanic population. Multiple explanations been put forth, including unequal quality/access to health care, higher proportion of pre-existing

Researchers interested in studying populations that are difficult to reach through traditional survey methods can now draw on a range of methods to access these populations. Yet many of these methods are more expensive and difficult to implement than studies using conventional sampling frames and trusted sampling methods. The network scale-up method (NSUM) provides a middle ground for researche...

A profile hidden Markov model (PHMM) is widely used in assigning protein sequences to protein families. In this model, the hidden states only depend on the previous hidden state and observations are independent given hidden states. In other words, in the PHMM, only the information of the left side of a hidden state is considered. However, it makes sense that considering the information of the b...

Learning how to estimate a connectional brain template (CBT) from population of multigraphs, where each graph (e.g., functional) quantifies particular relationship between pairs regions interest (ROIs), allows pin down the unique connectivity patterns shared across individuals. Specifically, CBT is viewed as an integral representation set highly heterogeneous graphs and ideally meeting centered...

there was a turning point in each period of time which human has discovered a new sight about the world and nature order in a way, and then has presented this relation by numeral, artful and industrial language. biourbanism focuses on the urban organism, considering it as a hyper complex system, according to its internal and external dynamics and their mutual interactions. nowadays when it is t...