Hi,
The next seminar will be given by Pedro Ferreira on "Generative modelling of
single-cell transcriptomic data" (see information below).
Please register for the seminar in the link below, where you can inform us of
your food preference:
https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/generative-modelling-of-single-cell-transcriptomic-data-tickets-47113096540
Please take into account that, for logistical reasons, we can only guarantee
lunch for people registering before Friday at 11:00. The attendance is limited
by the room capacity.
Thanks,
Pedro Balage
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TALK ANNOUNCEMENT -- Room PA2
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Priberam Machine Learning Lunch Seminar
Speaker: Pedro F. Ferreira (IST, Jungle AI)
Venue: IST Alameda, Room PA2 (Pavilhão de Matemática)
Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2018
Time: 13:00
Lunch will be provided
Title:
Generative modelling of single-cell transcriptomic data
Abstract:
Single-cell sequencing technology holds the promise of unravelling cell
heterogeneities hidden in ubiquitous bulk-level analyses. However, limitations
of current experimental methods pose new obstacles that prevent accurate
conclusions from being drawn. To overcome this, researchers have developed
computational methods which aim at extracting the biological signal of interest
from the noisy observations. In this talk, we will focus on probabilistic
models designed for this task. First, we will overview the difficulties
associated with the data. Then, we look at some of the generative models
designed by researchers to disentangle the assumed factors of variation
underlying the observations. Finally, we overview variational inference and how
it helps in making these models useful for analysis.
Bio:
Pedro F. Ferreira is an Electrical Engineering MSc student at Instituto
Superior Técnico currently developing his master thesis with professors
Alexandra M. Carvalho and Susana Vinga. He will be joining Jungle AI as a data
scientist.
Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/generative-modelling-of-single-cell-transcriptomic-data-tickets-47113096540
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General info about our seminars:
http://labs.priberam.com/Academia-Partnerships/Seminars
Please forward this link to whoever might be interested in attending the
seminars.
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Pedro Balage
Research Scientist
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Email: pedro.balage@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:pedro.balage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
URL: http://labs.priberam.com
