Publications
2024
- E. L. Bolager, A. Cukarska, I. Burak, Z. Monfared, F. Dietrich, "Gradient-free training of recurrent neural networks," arXiv:2405.08967, 2024.
- A. Datar, C. Datar, Z. Monfared, F. Dietrich, "Role of Parameterization in Learning Dynamics of Recurrent Neural Networks," NeurIPS OPT2024, 2024.
- M. Brenner, C. Hemmer, Z. Monfared, D. Durstewitz, "Almost-Linear RNNs Yield Highly Interpretable Symbolic Codes in Dynamical Systems Reconstruction," Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024), 2024.
- N. Göring, F. Hess, M. Brenner, Z. Monfared, D. Durstewitz, "Out-of-Domain Generalization in Dynamical Systems Reconstruction," Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (ICML 2024), 2024.
- *L. Eisenmann, *Z. Monfared, N. Göring, D. Durstewitz, "Bifurcations and loss jumps in RNN training," Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2023), 2024.
- Z. Monfared, S. Malhotra, S. Hajime, I. Kevrekidis, F. Dietrich, "On the algebra of Koopman eigenfunctions," Preprint, 2024.
2023
- F. Hess, Z. Monfared, M. Brenner, D. Durstewitz, "Generalized Teacher Forcing for Learning Chaotic Dynamics," Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (ICML 2023), 2023.
2022
- *J. Mikhaeil, *Z. Monfared, D. Durstewitz, "On the difficulty of learning chaotic dynamics with RNNs," Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2022), 2022.
- M. Brenner, F. Hess, J. Mikhaeil, L. Bereska, Z. Monfared, P-C. Kuo, D. Durstewitz, "Tractable dendritic RNNs for reconstructing nonlinear dynamical systems," Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (ICML 2022), Vol. 162, pp. 2292-2320, 2022.
- Z. Monfared, M. Patra, D. Durstewitz, "Robust chaos and multi-stability in piecewise linear recurrent neural networks," Research Square, 2022.
- P. H. Maleki, Z. Monfared, Y. Golzadeh, Y. Qaseminezhad Raeini, "A brief overview of recurrent neural networks from dynamical systems perspective," 53rd Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, 2022.
2021
- D. Schmidt, G. Koppe, Z. Monfared, M. Beutelspacher, D. Durstewitz, "Identifying nonlinear dynamical systems with multiple time scales and long-range dependencies," International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2021), 2021.
- Z. Monfared, Z. Dadi, A. Darijani, Y. Qaseminezhad Raeini, "Dynamics of a harmonic oscillator perturbed by a non-smooth velocity-dependent damping force," Journal of Mahani Mathematical Research Center, Vol. 10, pp. 145-162, 2021.
2020
- Z. Monfared, D. Durstewitz, "Transformation of ReLU-based recurrent neural networks from discrete-time to continuous-time," Proceedings of Machine Learning (ICML 2020), Vol. 119, pp. 6999-7009, 2020.
- Z. Monfared, D. Durstewitz, "Existence of n-cycles and border-collision bifurcations in piecewise-linear continuous maps with applications to recurrent neural networks," Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 101, 2020.
- Z. Monfared, F. Omidi, Y. Qaseminezhad Raeini, "Investigating the effect of pyroptosis on the slow CD4+ T cell depletion in HIV-1 infection, by dynamical analysis of its discontinuous mathematical model," International Journal of Biomathematics, Vol. 13, No. 06, 2050041, 2020.
- Z. Monfared, Z. Dadi, Z. Afsharnezhad, "Lyapunov exponents for discontinuous dynamical systems of Filippov type," Computational Methods for Differential Equations, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2020.