Neuro-Topology

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Neuro-Topology

Neuro-Topology is a new and exciting branch of applied algebraic topology which aims to investigate questions and data arising in neuroscience by topological means.

The Aberdeen Neuro-Topology Research Group is a part of the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Aberdeen. The group was established by Ran Levi in 2017 and is funded by an EPSRC grant – Topological Analysis of Neural Systems, and a collaboration agreement with the Blue Brain Project in EPFL, Switzerland.

In our research we aim to use any applicable tool in the arsenal of algebraic topology, geometry, algebra and combinatorics to gain information about natural and artificial neural networks, as well as analyse data that arises in neuroscience by topological means.

People

Ran Levi
Head of group

ntp-ran-leviInterests and specialisation: Algebraic Topology, Homotopy Theory of classifying spaces of finite groups, Applications of topology and geometry to neuroscience and other networks, Classical Homotopy Theory, Representation Theory of finite groups and interactions with homotopy theory.


Papers and Talks
Software

Software created in the group

flagser: Computing the homology of directed flag complexes.

flagser count: A program for counting directed cliques in directed graphs, adapted from Flagser

tournser: Computing the persistent homology of tournaplexes

deltser: Computing the homology of delta complexes (semi-simplicial sets)

easy-mapper: A user-focused Python implementation of the mapper algorithm.

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