Tokita Lab

AboutAbout the lab

Understanding complex phenomena through mathematics and computation

The Tokita Lab studies how to understand and control "complex systems", in which many interacting elements cause the whole to behave in complex ways, using methods from mathematics and physics.
The subjects include ecosystems, metabolic systems inside cells, the immune system, biopolymers, neural networks and deep learning, combinatorial optimization problems, information systems, economic systems, and social systems.
The lab uses methods such as nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics, and computational physics.
The lab regards seemingly unrelated problems as mathematically close, in that they are phenomena that appear when many simple components interact in complex ways.

ResearchResearch themes

Many things in the world can be described by simple equations, but when their number grows, the whole system behaves in very complex ways. This lab studies how to understand and control such complex systems mathematically, using methods such as nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics, and computational physics.

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Understanding and controlling complex systems through mathematics↗

The lab seeks to open new research fields using a range of methods, from analytical approaches in mathematics and physics to large-scale simulations on supercomputers and GPUs.

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