Room 515, Cosmology Building, NTU
Organizers:
Tai-Chia Lin (National Taiwan University)
Te-Sheng Lin (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University )
Feng-Bin Wang (Chang Gung University)
Aim & Scope:
The NCTS Interdisciplinary Distinguished Lecture series aims to introduce important research directions in science to the Taiwan mathematical community. And at the same time create a platform that people with different backgrounds can meet, discuss and develop interdisciplinary collaborations. Each Interdisciplinary Distinguished Lecture is designed to be a half day activity with lectures, discussions and a close up. The exact format will take some time to fix, or can vary according to the needs. We are very happy to have Drs. Lani Wu and Steven Altschuler from the University of California at San Francisco to give the first two Interdisciplinary Distinguished Lectures.
Overview:
The primary focus of research in the Altschuler and Wu labs is to understand how biological networks become altered in complex diseases. Complex diseases, such as heart or neurodegenerative diseases, are challenging to trace back to single changes in genes, proteins, or cellular states. To address this, their research harnesses two major advances: extensive quantitative biological measurements across various scales—from genes to physiology—and the application of mathematical models and machine learning. These tools are employed to distill high-dimensional biological data into more comprehensible, low-dimensional spaces, elucidate how healthy cells transition into diseased states, and design more effective therapeutic strategies.
Drs. Altschuler and Wu received their PhDs in mathematics working with Dr. Richard Hamilton in geometric heat flows. Their work was at the intersection of low-dimensional topology, differential geometry, and non-linear PDEs. They left faculty positions at Princeton University to join Microsoft Research, where they lead an advanced technology team to develop machine learning algorithms with applications to video, speech, and social networks. In 2000, they transitioned to biomedical research as Fellows at Harvard, and they are currently Professors at UC San Francisco.
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Speaker: Lani Wu (University of California, San Francisco)
Tilte: Can mathematical thinking help us to identify patterns of cells that predict neurodegenerative diseases?
Speaker: Steven Altschuler (University of California, San Francisco)
Tilte: Can mathematical thinking help us to understand how cells make (bad) decisions in neurodegenerative diseases?
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Demonstration from Labfront: How mathematics can be used to quantify physiology?
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Registration 【LINK】Please register by May 6th. Thank you for your cooperation.
Contact: Peggy Lee (peggylee@ncts.tw)
