Jason W. Rocks

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Boston University

Department of Physics

SCI 430D

590 Commonwealth Ave

Boston, MA 02215

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I am a physicist working as a postdoctoral researcher with Pankaj Mehta at Boston University. I work on a large variety of problems at the interface of soft matter physics, biophysics, and machine learning theory. I have an extensive background in machine learning, data science, and scientific computing. I am also experienced in developing, implementing, and applying custom statistical/machine learning methods to analyze unique data types with interesting and complex structure.

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  1. Integrating local energetics into Maxwell-Calladine constraint counting to design mechanical metamaterials
    Jason W Rocks, and Pankaj Mehta (2022) [arXiv]
  1. Memorizing without overfitting: Bias, variance, and interpolation in overparameterized models
    Jason W Rocks, and Pankaj Mehta
    Physical Review Research 4, 013201 (2022) [PDF] [Supp] [arXiv] [URL]
  2. Hidden topological structure of flow network functionality
    Jason W Rocks, Andrea J Liu, and Eleni Katifori
    Physical Review Letters 126, 028102 (2021) [PDF] [arXiv] [URL]
  3. Designing allostery-inspired response in mechanical networks
    Jason W Rocks, Nidhi Pashine, Irmgard Bischofberger, Carl P Goodrich, Andrea J Liu, and Sidney R Nagel
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 2520–2525 (2017) [PDF] [arXiv] [URL]