Timme, Marc, Prof. Dr.
- 1994-99 Undergraduate and graduate studies of Physics at the University of Würzburg and the State University of New York at Stony Brook
- 1998 Master of Arts in Physics (SUNY Stony Brook)
- 2002 Dr. rer. nat in Theoretical Physics (University of Göttingen)
- 1999-2002 Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Flow Research, Göttingen
- 2003 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Mathematical Science, University of Exeter, UK
- 2003-2005 Post-Doc, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics & Self-Organization, Göttingen
- 2005-2006 Research Scholar, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, USA
- since 2006 Head of Research Group Network Dynamics (Associate Professor Level, 5 yrs) of the Max Planck Society at the MPI-ds Göttingen
Major Research Interests
We develop and use methods of Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Stochastic Processes and Time Series Analysis to investigate cooperative phenomena on large networks:
Theoretical Neuroscience: exact dynamics of spiking neural networks; methods for detecting precise timing in experimental data.
Statistical Physics and Graph Theory: Random Matrix Theory and applications; reversible aggregation phenomena (explained by developing a unifying theory); developing symbolic algorithms for invariant polynomials of large graphs (an NP-complete problem).
Dynamical Systems: theory of Unstable Attractors; high-dimensional systems; synchronization; topology - dynamics relations in complex networks; artificial computation by exploiting instabilities.
Homepage Department/Research Group
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~timme/
Selected Recent Publications
Jahnke S, Memmesheimer R-M, Timme M (2008) Stable Irregular Dynamics in Complex Neural Networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100:048102
Denker M, Roux S, Timme M, Riehle A, Grün S (2007) Phase Synchronization between LFP and Spiking Activity in Motor Cortex During Movement Preparation. Neurocomputing 70:2096 (2007)
Timme M (2007) Revealing Network Connectivity From Response Dynamics. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98(22): 224101
Memmesheimer R-M, Timme M (2006) Designing the Dynamics of Spiking Neural Networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97:188101.
Timme M (2006) Does Dynamics Reflect Topology in Directed Networks? Europhys. Lett. 76:367.
Ashwin P and Timme M (2005) Nonlinear dynamics: When instability makes sense. Nature 436:36.
Timme M, Wolf F, and Geisel T (2004) Topological Speed Limits to Network Synchronization. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92:074101.
Timme M, Wolf F, and Geisel T (2002) Prevalence of Unstable Attractors in Networks of Pulse-Coupled Oscillators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89:154105
