CocycleHunter: A Topological and Geometric Tool for Phase Estimation in Single-Cell RNA-seq Data

This colloquium from the EWSC-MIT EECS Joint Colloquium Series features Kathryn Hess Bellwald presenting "CocycleHunter: a topological and geometric tool for phase estimation in single-cell RNA-seq data." Delivered at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on April 7, 2025, the talk is part of a series jointly hosted by the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center and AI+D within MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Explore how topological and geometric approaches can be applied to analyze single-cell RNA sequencing data, contributing to the intersection of machine learning and biomedical research. The presentation demonstrates how computational methods drive novel insights into pressing biomedical questions while simultaneously spurring foundational advances in machine learning techniques.