Daniele Tantari - Università di Roma "La Sapienza" #
Retrieving an infinite number of patterns in a spin glass model of the immune system #
I will introduce a statistical mechanic model of a network able to exhibit
multitasking capabilities. In addition to their relevance in artificial
intelligence, these models are increasingly important in immunology, where
stored patterns represent strategies to fight pathogens and nodes
represent lymphocyte clones. They allow us to understand the crucial
ability of the immune system to respond simultaneously to multiple
distinct antigen invasions.