Statistical Methods in Biophysics

Course

Lecturer:
Mattia Miotto (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Life Nano & Neuro Science@Sapienza di Roma)

Board Contact:
Federico Fogolari

SSD: FIS/07

CFU: 3 CFU + assignment: 2 CFU 

Period: May–June 2025

Lessons / Hours: 12 hours, 6 Lectures

Program:

  • Why do we need statistical models? Noise and heterogeneity in biological systems (~2h)

  • How do we model biological systems? Rate Equations (~2h)

  • How do we model biological systems? Agent based models and spatial information/correlations (~2h)

  • Efficient representation, Entropy and Information (~2h)

  • Maximum Entropy principle and statistical inference (~4h)