Darwinian Neurodynamics

Despite eminent and numerous attempts to understand complex thinking, insight problem solving and language acquisition, one is left with the feeling that an essential component of these processes is being overlooked. This project offers and elaborates the Neural Replicator Hypothesis (NRH) stating that this missing ingredient is true Darwinian neurodynamics of replicators within the brain itself. Previous related approaches have been either sketchy, metaphorical, merely philosophical, or have used selection but not replication. INSIGHT is based on, and will refine, plausible neurobiological foundations of neuronal replicators despite the fact that neurons do not reproduce. It will show that Darwinian neurodynamics offers a credible and efficient algorithm for approximate Bayesian inference in the brain.

Publications

 

Motility and Societal Transformations

V. Kaufmann 

Mobility / Society ; Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2023-11.

Photocatalyzed [2σ + 2σ] and [2σ + 2π] Cycloadditions for the Synthesis of Bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes and 5- or 6-Membered Carbocycles

T. V. T. Nguyen; A. Bossonnet; M. D. Wodrich; J. Waser 

Journal of the American Chemical Society

2023

Vol. 145 , num. 46, p. 25411-25421.

DOI : 10.1021/jacs.3c09789

A Topological Data Analysis of Navigation Paths within Digital Libraries

B. Kaabachi; S. Dumas Primbault 

CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2023, Computational Humanities Research 2023

2023-11-23

Computational Humanities Research 2023, Paris, France, December 6-8, 2023.

p. 111-134

Sustaining Knowledge and Governing its Infrastructure in the Digital Age: An Integrated View

P. Mounier; S. Dumas Primbault 

2023-10-24

The Societal and Scientific Importance of Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity in Machine Learning for Chemistry

D. Probst 

CHIMIA

2023

Vol. 77 , num. 1/2, p. 56.

DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2023.56

Parameter-Free Molecular Classification and Regression with Gzip

J. Weinreich; D. Probst 

2023

Alchemical analysis of FDA approved drugs

M. Orsi; D. Probst; P. Schwaller; J-L. Reymond 

Digital Discovery

2023

Vol. 2 , num. 5, p. 1289-1296.

DOI : 10.1039/D3DD00039G

Molecular set representation learning

M. Boulougouri; P. Vandergheynst; D. Probst 

2023

An explainability framework for deep learning on chemical reactions exemplified by enzyme-catalysed reaction classification

D. Probst 

Journal of Cheminformatics

2023

Vol. 15 , num. 113.

DOI : 10.1186/s13321-023-00784-y

Modelling mode dependent lane discipline in hybrid traffic

G. Anagnostopoulos; N. Geroliminis 

2023-07-26

The Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee Summer Meeting (TFTC-2023), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 26-28 2023.

Faire l’histoire : Lausanne, ville de rivière

T. Paré; S. Aprea 

AS Architecture Suisse

2023-10-01

Vol. 229 , p. 31-38.

Clinical, genomic, and epigenomic analyses of H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma long-term survivors reveal a distinct group of tumors with MAPK pathway alterations

H. J. Roberts; S. Ji; A. Picca; M. Sanson; M. Garcia et al. 

Acta Neuropathologica

2023

Vol. 146 , num. 6, p. 849-852.

DOI : 10.1007/s00401-023-02640-7

Everolimus for Children With Recurrent or Progressive Low-Grade Glioma: Results From the Phase II PNOC001 Trial

D. A. Haas-Kogan; M. S. Aboian; J. E. Minturn; S. E. Leary; M. S. Abdelbaki et al. 

Journal of Clinical Oncology

2023

DOI : 10.1200/JCO.23.01838

Building a Knowledge Graph of Chinese Kung Fu Masters From Heterogeneous Bilingual Data

Y. Hou; L. Yuan 

Journal of Open Humanities Data

2023-11-24

Vol. 9 .

DOI : 10.5334/johd.136

Statistical learning quantifies transposable element-mediated cis-regulation

C. Pulver; D. Grun; J. Duc; S. Sheppard; E. Planet et al. 

Genome Biology

2023

Vol. 24 , num. 258.

DOI : 10.1186/s13059-023-03085-7

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks a cell damage response, which induces transcription of a more efficient Spike S-acyltransferase

F. S. Mesquita; L. Abrami; L. Bracq; N. Panyain; V. Mercier et al. 

Nature Communications

2023

Vol. 14 , num. 7302.

DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-43027-2

New ingredients for old recipes

O. Rosspopoff; F. Martins; D. Trono 

Nature Genetics

2023

DOI : 10.1038/s41588-023-01591-9

Avian-Inspired Claws Enable Robot Perching or Walking

M. Askari; W. D. Shin; D. Floreano 

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

2023-11-21

DOI : 10.1109/TMECH.2023.3331357

The irreducibility of vision: Gestalt, crowding and the fundamentals of vision

M. H. Herzog 

Vision

2022-06-15

Vol. 6 , num. 2, p. 35, 1-17.

DOI : 10.3390/vision6020035

A multi-model analysis of the EU’s path to net zero

B. Boitier; A. Nikas; A. Gambhir; K. Koasidis; A. Elia et al. 

Joule

2023

DOI : 10.1016/j.joule.2023.11.002

A Visionary Look at the Security of Reconfigurable Cloud Computing

M. Stojilović; K. Rasmussen; F. Regazzoni; M. B. Tahoori; R. Tessier 

Proceedings of the IEEE

2023

p. 1-24.

DOI : 10.1109/JPROC.2023.3330729

On the number of regions of piecewise linear neural networks

A. Goujon; A. Etemadi; M. Unser 

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

2024

Vol. 441 , p. 115667.

DOI : 10.1016/j.cam.2023.115667

Culture du bâti dans l’existant: Inventaire et contexte/ Baukultur im Bestand: Inventar und Kontext

S. Nichols; D. Dietz; A. Widmer 

2023-11-08

Culture du bâti dans l’existant/ Baukultur im Bestand, Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-24.11.2022.

THEMA/ANATHEMA, or, Things on Topic and Things off Topic

S. Nichols 

Berlage BASE, Antwerp, Belgium, 2023-09-29.

Promises, Lies, and Other Material Stories

S. Nichols 

Foundation Suisse, Paris, France, 2023-09-28.

Opération Béton

S. Nichols 

Material Investigations: Concrete in Switzerland, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2023-11-02.

Sustainable is beautiful. Du projet à la construction

E. Rey; D-A. Bolomey 

2013-12-02

Structure of a membrane-bound menaquinol:organohalide oxidoreductase

L. Cimmino; A. G. Duarte; D. Ni; B. E. Ekundayo; I. A. C. Pereira et al. 

Nature Communications

2023

Vol. 14 , p. 7038.

DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-42927-7

Structural Measures as Guides to Ultrastable States in Overjammed Packings

S. Kim; S. Hilgenfeldt 

Physical Review Letters

2022

Vol. 129 , p. 168001.

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.168001

Mechanics of the cellular microenvironment as probed by cells in vivo during zebrafish presomitic mesoderm differentiation

A. Mongera; M. Pochitaloff; H. J. Gustafson; G. A. Stooke-Vaughan; P. Rowghanian et al. 

Nature Materials

2022

Vol. 22 , num. 1, p. 135-143.

DOI : 10.1038/s41563-022-01433-9

Embryonic tissues as active foams

S. Kim; M. Pochitaloff; G. A. Stooke-Vaughan; O. Campàs 

Nature Physics

2021

Vol. 17 , num. 7, p. 859-866.

DOI : 10.1038/s41567-021-01215-1

Mechanical control of tissue shape and morphogenetic flows during vertebrate body axis elongation

S. P. Banavar; E. K. Carn; P. Rowghanian; G. Stooke-Vaughan; S. Kim et al. 

Scientific Reports

2021

Vol. 11 , p. 8591 (2021).

DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-87672-3

A simple landscape of metastable state energies for two-dimensional cellular matter

S. Kim; S. Hilgenfeldt 

Soft Matter

2019

Vol. 15 , num. 2, p. 237-242.

DOI : 10.1039/C8SM01921E

Universal Features of Metastable State Energies in Cellular Matter

S. Kim; Y. Wang; S. Hilgenfeldt 

Physical Review Letters

2018

Vol. 120 , num. 24.

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.248001

Hexagonal Patterning of the Insect Compound Eye: Facet Area Variation, Defects, and Disorder

S. Kim; J. J. Cassidy; B. Yang; R. W. Carthew; S. Hilgenfeldt 

Biophysical Journal

2016

Vol. 111 , num. 12, p. 2735-2746.

DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.11.004

Heterogeneous vesicles: an analytical approach to equilibrium shapes

S. Kim; S. Hilgenfeldt 

Soft Matter

2015

Vol. 11 , num. 46, p. 8920-8929.

DOI : 10.1039/C5SM02245B

Cell shapes and patterns as quantitative indicators of tissue stress in the plant epidermis

S. Kim; S. Hilgenfeldt 

Soft Matter

2015

Vol. 11 , num. 37, p. 7270-7275.

DOI : 10.1039/C5SM01563D

Lewis’ law revisited: the role of anisotropy in size–topology correlations

S. Kim; M. Cai; S. Hilgenfeldt 

New Journal of Physics

2014

Vol. 16 , num. 1, p. 015024.

DOI : 10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/015024

Performance of energy piles foundation in hot-dominated climate: A case study in Dubai

S. ten Bosch; E. Ravera; L. Laloui 

Renewable Energy

2024

Vol. 220 , p. 119632.

Field guide to tree-related microhabitats. Descriptions and size limits for their inventory

R. Bütler Sauvain; T. Lachat; F. Krumm; D. Kraus; L. Larrieu 

Birmensdorf, Switzerland: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 2020.

Disorder-induced bulk photovoltaic effect in a centrosymmetric van der Waals material

C-Y. Cheon; Z. Sun; J. Cao; J. F. Gonzalez Marin; M. Tripathi et al. 

npj 2D Materials and Applications

2023

Vol. 7 , p. 74 (2023).

DOI : 10.1038/s41699-023-00435-8

The inductive bias of deep learning: Connecting weights and functions

G. Ortiz Jimenez / Director(s) : P. Frossard 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 188.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9898

Separable Brønsted acidic imidazolium salts for polysaccharide hydrolysis in water

K. A. Abhyankar / Director(s) : P. J. Dyson 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 140.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10685

Magnetic orderings and electronic structure of complex oxides from advanced Hubbard functionals

L. Binci / Director(s) : N. Marzari 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 144.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10565

Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion

D. Zhang / Director(s) : K. Sivula; U. A. Hagfeldt 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 164.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10560

The role of secondary ice production in mixed-phase clouds

P. Georgakaki / Director(s) : A. Nenes 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 210.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10462

Deep Learning for 3D Surface Modelling and Reconstruction

B. A. R. Guillard / Director(s) : P. Fua 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 179.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10386

Multivalent Virucidal Antivirals: Synthesis, Mechanisms of Action, and Immune-stimulating Effects

Y. Zhu / Director(s) : F. Stellacci 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 206.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10366

Data-Driven Control and Optimization under Noisy and Uncertain Conditions

B. Guo / Director(s) : G. Ferrari Trecate; M. Kamgarpour 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 148.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10304

Three-dimensional fluid-driven frictional ruptures: theory and applications

A. A. Sáez Uribe / Director(s) : B. T. A. Lecampion 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 245.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10303

Self-Supervised Learning for Patient Stratification and Survival Analysis in Computational Pathology: An Application to Colorectal Cancer

C. R. Abbet / Director(s) : J-P. Thiran; I. Zlobec 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 236.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10296

Towards a Framework for Estimation of User Susceptibility to Cybersickness

N. Tian / Director(s) : R. Boulic 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 216.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10256

Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning on Graphs

S. Sajadmanesh / Director(s) : D. Gatica-Perez 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 165.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10245

Snow transport in extreme environments: from small to large scale modeling

D. Brito Melo / Director(s) : M. Lehning 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 150.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10150

The Effects of Spatial Organization and Fluid Flow on the Social Interactions in Microbial Communities

J. P. H. Wong / Director(s) : A. L. A. Persat; T. I. Battin 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 163.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10119

Quantifying online citizen science: Dynamics and demographics of public participation in science

B. J. Strasser; E. Tancoigne; J. Baudry; S. Piguet; H. Spiers et al. 

PLOS ONE

2023-11-21

Vol. 18 , num. 11, p. e0293289.

DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0293289

In Medio Stat Virtus: Combining Boolean and Pattern Matching

G. Radi; A. Tempia Calvino; G. De Micheli 

2024-01-22

29th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Incheon Songdo Convensia, South Korea, January 22-25, 2024.

Algebraic and Boolean Methods for SFQ Superconducting Circuits

A. Tempia Calvino; G. De Micheli 

2024-01-22

29th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, Incheon Songdo Convensia, South Korea, January 22-25, 2024.

Technology Mapping Using Multi-output Library Cells

A. Tempia Calvino; G. De Micheli 

2023-11-01

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Fransisco, California, USA, October 29 – November 2, 2023.

Data-Driven Control Synthesis using Koopman Operator: A Robust Approach

M. Eyuboglu; N. R. Powell; A. Karimi 

2024-07-12

p. 7.

Achieving high hybridization density at DNA biosensor surfaces using branched spacer and click chemistry

A. Kavand; P. Robin; L. Mayoraz; M. Mensi; S. Gerber-Lemaire 

RSC Advances

2023

Vol. 13 , p. 34003 – 34011.

DOI : 10.1039/D3RA04928K

Scalable Logic Rewriting Using Don’t Cares

A. Tempia Calvino; G. De Micheli 

Design, Automation and Test in Europe

2024-03-25

The Paris/Geneva Divide. A Network Analysis of the Archives of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations

M. Grandjean 

Culture as Soft Power: Bridging Cultural Relations, Intellectual Cooperation, and Cultural Diplomacy; De Gruyter, 2022. p. 399.

ISBN : 9783110744040

DOI : 10.1515/9783110744552-004

Densification des villages alpins : vers un nouveau mode de vie

D. Zanolo 

2023

Advisor(s): P. Viganò; J. Chenal; N. Lecoanet

Maison de l’Algoculture: transformation de la STEP de Rolle

S. Yun 

2023

Advisor(s): E. Rey; E. Cogato Lanza; M. Laprise

Traversée nourricière : pour un approvisionnement local par la ligne du LEB

S. Wirth 

2023

Advisor(s): P. Viganò; L. Pattaroni; F. Del Puppo

Investigateur de zones inhabitées

M. Wermuth 

2023

Advisor(s): M. Bakker; F. Graezer Bideau; R. Dubuis

Ancré au Léman: la réappropriation des débarcadères comme révélateur identitaire

E. Vulliez 

2023

Advisor(s): E. Cogato Lanza; N. Braghieri; N. Lecoanet

Préserver la relation avec le bâti: évolutions du site industriel du Closel à Renens (VD)

S. Vuillemin 

2023

Advisor(s): C. Fivet; S. Nichols; M. Grangeot

Reconstruction de la cathédrale de l’Annonciation à Alexandrette

L. J. Viandier 

2023

Advisor(s): N. Braghieri; Y. Weinand; T. Paturet

Un toit sur la rue : requalification d’une polarité du village de Reconvilier

G. Verrillo 

2023

Advisor(s): A. Blanc; E. Cogato Lanza; R. Dubuis

Vie communautaire et élevage ovin pour donner une seconde vie aux bâtiments de l’ancienne station de ski de Château-d’Oex

N. Tschabold 

2023

Advisor(s): N. Braghieri; L. Pattaroni; F. Del Puppo

Cuisine, Résistance et Partage: intégration d’une cuisine inclusive et évolutive dans la friche urbaine de Malley

S. Toktas 

2023

Advisor(s): D. Dietz; Y. Pedrazzini; J. Lafontaine C.

The Urban Paragraph – Sharing every day

M. D. Thévenaz 

2023

Advisor(s): A. Fröhlich; J. F. Taillieu; T. Borges

La fabrique de la transition. Vivre autour d’une chaufferie à Sébeillon

M. Stoppa 

2023

Advisor(s): E. Rey; E. Cogato Lanza; M. Laprise

(dis)appearance : unearthing the fragile fossil of Geamăna through new narratives

O-T. Stefan 

2023

Advisor(s): J. F. Taillieu; A. Fröhlich; A. Chevroulet

L’habitat minimal au sein des bureaux vacants

J. G. Silva 

2023

Advisor(s): J. Huang; M. Andersen; C. Doumpioti

Optimisation du confort de l’usager par la certification WELL: projet de rénovation du bâtiment de la Miséricorde de l’UNIFR

C. Shehata 

2023

Advisor(s): F. Graf; M. Andersen; M. Danell

Potentiel oublié: réinventer la cité jardin d’Aire

V. Seljmani 

2023

Advisor(s): F. Graf; E. Cogato Lanza; T. Buache

Engaging Caring Practices through Water Narratives in Le Vallon, Lausanne

K. Schmit 

2023

Advisor(s): D. Dietz; J. F. Taillieu; A. Chevroulet

Habiter la coexistence, le cas de la Nièvre

C. Schindler 

2023

Advisor(s): D. Dietz; L. Pattaroni; M. Villaret

Vers une agriculture flottante: faire face à la diminution des ressources de la pêche dans les villages sur pilotis du Tonlé Sap (Cambodge)

J. Rognon 

2023

Advisor(s): P. Viganò; Y. Pedrazzini; S. Nguyen

Parcours de mémoire: découverte d’un port ostracisé à l’architecture hybride

E-A. Rizou 

2023

Advisor(s): F. Graf; E. Cogato Lanza; T. Buache

Le repas pour recoudre l’espace public. Quai du Mont-Blanc et quartier des Pâquis

J. Riondel 

2023

Advisor(s): P. Viganò; F. Graezer Bideau; M. Villaret

L’usine imaginaire. Transformation d’un monument industriel en centre de création dans le vieux Port de Rio de Janeiro

E. Ribadeau Dumas 

2023

Advisor(s): E. Lapierre; C. Van Gerrewey; T. Auffret-Postel

Repenser les contextes périurbains montpelliérains : la réhabilitation d’une ancienne ligne de chemin de fer comme levier de transformation territoriale

E. Reymond 

2023

Advisor(s): P. Viganò; V. Kaufmann; N. Lecoanet

Logements collectifs datant du XXe siècle: (Ré)confort et (éco)énergie

R. Ramseyer 

2023

Advisor(s): S. Parascho; M. Andersen; S. Aguacil

Une coopérative de transformation alimentaire au cœur d’un hangar à tabac dans la Broye

L. V. Progin 

2023

Advisor(s): N. Braghieri; Y. Pedrazzini; A. Pontais

SMALL – Un nouveau dispositif d’accueil d’urgence pour le Service social de Genève

L. Primiceri 

2023

Advisor(s): J. Chenal; F. Graezer Bideau; M. Sivers

Urbanités familiales. Revitalisation de l’îlot Beauvais à Paris

B. Porcher 

2023

Advisor(s): E. Rey; C. Fivet; S. Lufkin

One possible future for Grande Dixence

S. Planchamp 

2023

Advisor(s): C. Fivet; S. Nichols; A. Ullal

Les tourelles de Serendip: application d’expériences sérendipiennes pour la réactivation du Funicolare degli Angioli à Lugano

C. Pezzetta; D. Veyry 

2023

Advisor(s): D. Dietz; S. Nichols; R. Valdez Juarez

Construction d’un EMS au cœur du village de Colombier sur Morges

L. Perretten 

2023

Advisor(s): A. Blanc; V. Kaufmann; F. Del Puppo

(re) savoir-faire à Brionne, un renouveau de l’artisanat textile au fil de l’eau

Q. Paillat; K. Schuler 

2023

Advisor(s): D. Dietz; Y. Pedrazzini; R. Valdez Juarez

Oteka: Centre de formation professionnel à Pemba

T. Özcan; M. Theubet 

2023

Advisor(s): J. Chenal; C. Fivet; A. Konou

Mutation d’une gare routière à Rabat. Plateforme pour une scène de transit.ion

G. Ouassini 

2023

Advisor(s): J. F. Taillieu; Y. Pedrazzini; A. Chevroulet

Aux Diablerets, l’impossible deuil de la station d’Isenau: réaffectation des vestiges d’une télécabine

N. Noth 

2023

Advisor(s): M. Bakker; E. Cogato Lanza; M. Michlig

Requalification de la route du Jorat et implantation d’une coopérative permaculturelle dans le village de Montblesson

C. Nicolet 

2023

Advisor(s): A. Blanc; L. Pattaroni; F. Del Puppo

La serre : un nouveau moyen de réaffecter l’inhabitable

P. Mourelle 

2023

Advisor(s): J. Huang; N. Braghieri; G. Ledermann