*CANCELLED* Mohamed Omar: Algebraic geometry, convexity, and neuroscience
Mohamed Omar, Harvey Mudd College
Tid: On 2015-04-29 kl 10.15 - 12.00
Plats: Room 3418, Lindstedtsvägen 25, KTH
Given a set S of binary strings of fixed length n, when is it possible to construct a set of convex sets whose intersections are indexed exactly by the elements of S? This question is fundamental to the study of neural brain activity, and in this talk we will discuss tools from algebraic geometry and convexity to help understand when such constructions are possible and in which dimension they can be realized.