# Research Showcase

Published research that has used VisualTorch to visualize model architectures.

| Paper                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Venue (Year)                        |
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| [Deep learning-based high-information-content graph representation of early stage bacterial biofilms](#deep-learning-based-high-information-content-graph-representation-of-early-stage-bacterial-biofilms)                                                                               | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2026) |
| [Energy-Efficient Epileptic Seizure Prediction Using Spiking Neural Networks](#energy-efficient-epileptic-seizure-prediction-using-spiking-neural-networks)                                                                                                                               | IEEE ISCAS (2026)                   |
| [Failure Evaluation of Steel Plate Shear Walls in Multi-Storey Steel Buildings Under Seismic Excitation Using Convolutional Neural Networks](#failure-evaluation-of-steel-plate-shear-walls-in-multi-storey-steel-buildings-under-seismic-excitation-using-convolutional-neural-networks) | Materials, MDPI (2026)              |

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## Deep learning-based high-information-content graph representation of early stage bacterial biofilms

**Authors:** Nersesyan, L. E., Boiko, D. A., Kurbanalieva, S., Dzhemileva, L. U., Kozlov, K. S., Ananikov, V. P. (2026)
**Venue:** _npj Biofilms and Microbiomes_
**Link:** https://www.nature.com/articles/s41522-026-00971-3

Models early-stage bacterial biofilms as interaction graphs (cells as vertices, predicted
intercellular interactions as edges), combining Mask R-CNN for cell segmentation with a custom
network (BINet) for interaction prediction - enabling classification of developmental stage and
substrate type from image-derived graph features.

![BINet architecture](../../_static/images/showcase/nature-biofilm.png)

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## Energy-Efficient Epileptic Seizure Prediction Using Spiking Neural Networks

**Authors:** Brady, A., Moore-Hill, D., Khan, F., Daoud, H. (2026)
**Venue:** IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
**Link:** https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11562867

A patient-specific model, trained on the CHB-MIT scalp EEG dataset, that combines convolutional
layers with Leaky Integrate-and-Fire spiking neurons and a recurrent network to detect pre-ictal
(pre-seizure) brain states - the low energy consumption of spiking neurons targets
power-constrained, on-device seizure prediction for wearable/IoT devices.

![Spiking neural network + LSTM architecture](../../_static/images/showcase/ieee-seizure.png)

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## Failure Evaluation of Steel Plate Shear Walls in Multi-Storey Steel Buildings Under Seismic Excitation Using Convolutional Neural Networks

**Authors:** Bonfini, P., Schetakis, N., Sukhnandan, J., Drosopoulos, G. A., Stavroulakis, G. E. (2026)
**Venue:** _Materials_ (MDPI)
**Link:** https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/19/5/878

Trains a CNN on physics-based finite element simulations to predict equivalent plastic strain
(failure distribution) on steel plate shear walls from building geometry and seismic intensity,
for use in structural digital twins.

![CNN architecture](../../_static/images/showcase/mdpi-shear-wall.png)

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