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Distinct mechanisms underlying in-context learning in transformers
Cole Gibson, Wenping Cui, Gautam Reddy
Modern distributed networks, notably transformers, acquire a remarkable ability (termed `in-context learning') to adapt their computation to input statistics, such that a fixed net…
Impact of heavy-tailed synaptic strength distributions on self-sustained activity in networks of spiking neurons
Ralf Tönjes, Chunming Zheng, Wenping Cui +1
We analyze states of stationary activity in randomly coupled quadratic integrate-and-fire neurons using stochastic mean-field theory. Specifically, we consider the two cases of Gau…
Les Houches Lectures on Community Ecology: From Niche Theory to Statistical Mechanics
Wenping Cui, Robert Marsland, Pankaj Mehta
Ecosystems are among the most interesting and well-studied examples of self-organized complex systems. Community ecology, the study of how species interact with each other and the…
A minimal model of pan-immunity maintenance by horizontal gene transfer in the ecological dynamics of bacteria and phages
Wenping Cui, Jemma M. Fendley, Sriram Srikant +1
Bacteria and phages have been in an ongoing arms race for billions of years. To resist phages bacteria have evolved numerous defense systems, which nevertheless are still overcome…
Diverse communities behave like typical random ecosystems
Wenping Cui, Robert Marsland, Pankaj Mehta
In 1972, Robert May triggered a worldwide research program studying ecological communities using random matrix theory. Yet, it remains unclear if and when we can treat real communi…