4 papers
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…