From vassilis.tsotras at ucr.edu Thu Jun 4 06:56:08 2026 From: vassilis.tsotras at ucr.edu (Vassilis Tsotras) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 06:56:08 -0700 Subject: [AI Seminar Series] REMINDER: Seminar by Prof. Thomas Bury, Friday June 5th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Reminder about the AI-seminar tomorrow (last for this quarter) in MRB at noon. Please register below if you plan to attend. V.Tsotras --------------------- On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 1:32?PM Vassilis Tsotras wrote: > The next AI Seminar (last for this quarter) will be on Friday June 5th, > 12-1pm, in the MRB Seminar Room (1st floor). > > *** Pizza and refreshments will be provided **** > > To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at: > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-seminar-series-tickets-1990736274787 > > The talk will be given by *Prof. Thomas Bury*, Department of Mathematics, > UCR > > TITLE: Deep learning for early warning signals of tipping points > > ABSTRACT: > Tipping points - abrupt, qualitative changes in the state of a dynamical > system - can occur in systems ranging from the Earth?s climate to the human > heart, often with dire consequences. An abundance of research has focused > on developing early warning signals for tipping points based on generic > properties of dynamical bifurcations, such as critical slowing down. In our > work, we trained a deep learning classifier to predict tipping points using > a massive library of randomly generated dynamical systems. I will show how > the classifier generalizes to real ecological and cardiac systems, > achieving higher accuracy than conventional indicators. Finally, I will > present recent work using reinforcement learning to discover triggers for > cardiac arrhythmia by interacting with a mathematical model of cardiac > tissue. This talk will highlight the potential of combining deep learning > with dynamical models to better understand and predict critical transitions > in complex natural systems. > > Bio > Dr. Thomas Bury is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University > of California, Riverside whose research sits at the intersection of > nonlinear dynamics, machine learning, and the natural sciences. His current > focus is on developing mathematical and computational methods to better > understand and predict cardiac arrhythmia. Dr. Bury received his PhD in > Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completed a > postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. His work has been published > in leading journals, including PNAS and Nature Communications. > > ------------------------------------ > Sponsored by the RAISE at UCR Institute, the AI Seminar Series presents > speakers working on cutting edge Foundational AI or applying AI in their > research. The goal of these seminars is to inform the UCR community about > current trends in AI research and promote collaborations between faculty > in this emerging field. These seminars are open to interested faculty and > graduate/undergraduate students. Please forward this email to other > colleagues or students in your lab that may be interested. After the > seminar a discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for > possible collaborations etc. > > Sincerely, > Vassilis Tsotras > Professor, CSE Department > co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute > > Amit Roy-Chowdhury > Professor, ECE Department > co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vassilis.tsotras at ucr.edu Thu Jun 4 15:43:28 2026 From: vassilis.tsotras at ucr.edu (Vassilis Tsotras) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:43:28 -0700 Subject: [AI Seminar Series] CANCELLED --- Re: REMINDER: Seminar by Prof. Thomas Bury, Friday June 5th, 12-1pm, MRB Seminar Room In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, tomorrow's seminar is CANCELLED and will be rescheduled at a later date. Apologies for the inconvenience. Sincerely, V. Tsotras --------------------------------------- On Thu, Jun 4, 2026 at 6:56?AM Vassilis Tsotras wrote: > Reminder about the AI-seminar tomorrow (last for this quarter) in MRB at > noon. > Please register below if you plan to attend. > > V.Tsotras > --------------------- > > On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 1:32?PM Vassilis Tsotras > wrote: > >> The next AI Seminar (last for this quarter) will be on Friday June 5th, >> 12-1pm, in the MRB Seminar Room (1st floor). >> >> *** Pizza and refreshments will be provided **** >> >> To keep track of the number of attendees, please *register* at: >> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-seminar-series-tickets-1990736274787 >> >> The talk will be given by *Prof. Thomas Bury*, Department of >> Mathematics, UCR >> >> TITLE: Deep learning for early warning signals of tipping points >> >> ABSTRACT: >> Tipping points - abrupt, qualitative changes in the state of a dynamical >> system - can occur in systems ranging from the Earth?s climate to the human >> heart, often with dire consequences. An abundance of research has focused >> on developing early warning signals for tipping points based on generic >> properties of dynamical bifurcations, such as critical slowing down. In our >> work, we trained a deep learning classifier to predict tipping points using >> a massive library of randomly generated dynamical systems. I will show how >> the classifier generalizes to real ecological and cardiac systems, >> achieving higher accuracy than conventional indicators. Finally, I will >> present recent work using reinforcement learning to discover triggers for >> cardiac arrhythmia by interacting with a mathematical model of cardiac >> tissue. This talk will highlight the potential of combining deep learning >> with dynamical models to better understand and predict critical transitions >> in complex natural systems. >> >> Bio >> Dr. Thomas Bury is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the >> University of California, Riverside whose research sits at the intersection >> of nonlinear dynamics, machine learning, and the natural sciences. His >> current focus is on developing mathematical and computational methods to >> better understand and predict cardiac arrhythmia. Dr. Bury received his PhD >> in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completed a >> postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. His work has been published >> in leading journals, including PNAS and Nature Communications. >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Sponsored by the RAISE at UCR Institute, the AI Seminar Series presents >> speakers working on cutting edge Foundational AI or applying AI in their >> research. The goal of these seminars is to inform the UCR community >> about current trends in AI research and promote collaborations between >> faculty in this emerging field. These seminars are open to interested >> faculty and graduate/undergraduate students. Please forward this email to >> other colleagues or students in your lab that may be interested. After the >> seminar a discussion will follow for questions, open problems, ideas for >> possible collaborations etc. >> >> Sincerely, >> Vassilis Tsotras >> Professor, CSE Department >> co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute >> >> Amit Roy-Chowdhury >> Professor, ECE Department >> co-Director, RAISE at UCR Institute >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: