Modelling brain connectomes networks: Solv is a worthy competitor to hyperbolic geometry!

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Main Authors: Celińska-Kopczyńska, Dorota, Kopczyński, Eryk
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Published: 2024
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author Celińska-Kopczyńska, Dorota
Kopczyński, Eryk
author_facet Celińska-Kopczyńska, Dorota
Kopczyński, Eryk
contents Finding suitable embeddings for connectomes (spatially embedded complex networks that map neural connections in the brain) is crucial for analyzing and understanding cognitive processes. Recent studies have found two-dimensional hyperbolic embeddings superior to Euclidean embeddings in modeling connectomes across species, especially human connectomes. However, those studies had limitations: geometries other than Euclidean, hyperbolic, or spherical were not considered. Following William Thurston's suggestion that the networks of neurons in the brain could be successfully represented in Solv geometry, we study the goodness-of-fit of the embeddings for 21 connectome networks (8 species). To this end, we suggest an embedding algorithm based on Simulating Annealing that allows us to embed connectomes to Euclidean, Spherical, Hyperbolic, Solv, Nil, and product geometries. Our algorithm tends to find better embeddings than the state-of-the-art, even in the hyperbolic case. Our findings suggest that while three-dimensional hyperbolic embeddings yield the best results in many cases, Solv embeddings perform reasonably well.
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spellingShingle Modelling brain connectomes networks: Solv is a worthy competitor to hyperbolic geometry!
Celińska-Kopczyńska, Dorota
Kopczyński, Eryk
Neurons and Cognition
Artificial Intelligence
Metric Geometry
Finding suitable embeddings for connectomes (spatially embedded complex networks that map neural connections in the brain) is crucial for analyzing and understanding cognitive processes. Recent studies have found two-dimensional hyperbolic embeddings superior to Euclidean embeddings in modeling connectomes across species, especially human connectomes. However, those studies had limitations: geometries other than Euclidean, hyperbolic, or spherical were not considered. Following William Thurston's suggestion that the networks of neurons in the brain could be successfully represented in Solv geometry, we study the goodness-of-fit of the embeddings for 21 connectome networks (8 species). To this end, we suggest an embedding algorithm based on Simulating Annealing that allows us to embed connectomes to Euclidean, Spherical, Hyperbolic, Solv, Nil, and product geometries. Our algorithm tends to find better embeddings than the state-of-the-art, even in the hyperbolic case. Our findings suggest that while three-dimensional hyperbolic embeddings yield the best results in many cases, Solv embeddings perform reasonably well.
title Modelling brain connectomes networks: Solv is a worthy competitor to hyperbolic geometry!
topic Neurons and Cognition
Artificial Intelligence
Metric Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16077