Summary of Scalable Amortized Gplvms For Single Cell Transcriptomics Data, by Sarah Zhao et al.
Scalable Amortized GPLVMs for Single Cell Transcriptomics Data
by Sarah Zhao, Aditya Ravuri, Vidhi Lalchand, Neil D. Lawrence
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Genomics (q-bio.GN); Applications (stat.AP)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a novel dimensionality reduction technique, the amortized stochastic variational Bayesian Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model (BGPLVM), designed specifically for analyzing large-scale single-cell RNA-seq data. BGPLVM combines specialized encoder, kernel, and likelihood designs to effectively cluster cell types. This approach matches the performance of leading scVI models on synthetic and real-world COVID datasets and incorporates cell-cycle and batch information to reveal more interpretable latent structures. By leveraging GPLVMs’ interpretability, BGPLVM can help identify meaningful patterns in single-cell RNA-seq data. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Scientists have developed a new way to analyze huge amounts of genetic data from individual cells. This method is called the amortized stochastic variational Bayesian Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model (BGPLVM). It helps group similar cell types together, which is important for understanding how cells work. BGPLVM works as well as other top methods on fake and real-world datasets and can even include information about what stage of cell growth a cell is in. This makes it easier to understand the results. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Dimensionality reduction » Encoder » Likelihood
