Math majors present their research at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2023
20 Sep 2023
Students from the Collaborative Analytics Group of the Department of Mathematics, Jimson Paulo Layacan (BS MA '23) and Aengus Martin Donaire (BS AMF '23), made their mark at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2023 (IJCNN 2023), which was held in Gold Coast, Australia last June 18-23, 2023. IJCNN is the premier international conference in the area of neural networks theory, analysis, and applications, jointly organized by the International Neural Network Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
Layacan and Donaire presented their paper titled "Revealing Causal Graph Structure in Pigeon Flocks Using Attentions in Temporal ConvNet," which employs a deep learning approach to study collective animal behavior. In this joint work with Harvey Felipe (4 BS AMDSc), and under the guidance of Dr. Clark Kendrick C. Go, the head of the Ateneo Collaborative Analytics group, the researchers used high-resolution spatiotemporal data of moving pigeons and employed an attention-based deep learning architecture to infer causal relationships between pigeons. Their paper has been published in a Scopus-indexed conference proceedings by IEEE.
![Layacan](/sites/default/files/inline-images/jp_2.jpeg)
![Donaire](/sites/default/files/inline-images/martin_0.jpeg)
The researchers would like to extend their gratitude to the following offices who provided them some financial support: Ateneo Office of Admission and Aid, Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Creative Work, School of Science and Engineering, and Department of Mathematics Abaya Endowment Fund.