[RAISE at UCR] Fwd: [ICQMB] Seminar, Feb 24th, 2pm, Dr. Thomas Bury

[Vassilis Tsotras]

Colleagues,
an interesting seminar tomorrow at ICQMB in Skye 284 (2-3:20pm)
Deep learning and early warning in cardiac systems.

V. Tsotras

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From: Qixuan Wang <qixuan.wang at ucr.edu>
Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Subject: [ICQMB] Seminar, Feb 24th, 2pm, Dr. Thomas Bury
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Dear all,

I hope this email finds you well!

Dr. Thomas Bury from UCR math department will give a talk in our ICQMB
seminar tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24th, 2:00-3:20pm. This talk will be in
person only in Skye 284. Below please find Dr. Bury's talk information. For
more information of our ICQMB seminars this quarter, please check:
https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/icqmbucr/winter-2026

Best regards
Qixuan

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February 24th 2026, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Pacific Time

Dr. Thomas Bury, UCR

Title: Combining dynamical systems and deep learning for early warning of
critical transitions in cardiac systems

Abstract: The human heart is a complex dynamical system that can undergo
critical transitions to abnormal rhythms, known as cardiac arrhythmias.
Predicting when such transitions will occur remains a major challenge. In
this talk, I will demonstrate how deep learning can be combined with
mechanistic mathematical models of cardiac dynamics to (i) improve
prediction of an arrhythmia precursor known as alternans (a beat-to-beat
oscillation in cardiac activity), and (ii) uncover dynamical mechanisms
that can lead to arrhythmia onset. We validate these approaches in vitro
using heart cell aggregates and monolayers. I will argue that the rapid
development of cardiac monitoring technologies is creating exciting
opportunities at the interface of cardiology, dynamical systems, and
machine learning.

Bio: - Undergraduate and Masters in Math at Uni of Cambridge

- PhD in Applied math from University of Waterloo

- Postdoc at McGill in Dept. of Physiology where I worked with
experimentalists and clinicians to study the nonlinear dynamics of cardiac
arrhythmia.

- Joined UCR as an Assistant Prof in the Math dept. at beginning of January



-- 
Qixuan Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology
Biophysics Graduate Program
University of California, Riverside
UCI NIAMS P30 Skin Biology Center, external member
Website: https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/qixuanwang/


-- 
Qixuan Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology
Biophysics Graduate Program
University of California, Riverside
UCI NIAMS P30 Skin Biology Center, external member
Website: https://sites.google.com/ucr.edu/qixuanwang/
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