3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Emergence of criticality in models of real neurons
David P. Carcamo, Christopher W. Lynn
Critical systems sit near boundaries between qualitatively distinct behaviors. When inferring models of neural activity, this proximity to criticality is thought to require the pre…
q-bio.QM2025
Minimax entropy: The statistical physics of optimal models
David P. Carcamo, Nicholas J. Weaver, Purushottam D. Dixit +1
When constructing models of the world, we aim for optimal compressions: models that include as few details as possible while remaining as accurate as possible. But which details --…
physics.bio-ph2024
Statistical physics of large-scale neural activity with loops
David P. Carcamo, Christopher W. Lynn
As experiments advance to record from tens of thousands of neurons, statistical physics provides a framework for understanding how collective activity emerges from networks of fine…