EDBT 2026 Demo / reviewers in the wild / expert
Sonja Soskic
dblp:346/4808
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2ranked-venue papers
0as first author
2since 2021 · last 2026
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 2 · 2 since 2021Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Graph learning · 100% | |
| Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
1 paper |
Medical and health informatics · 100% |
Topics — the 1 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Graph learning › graph neural network › continuous graph neural network
graph neural diffusion |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | A Stage-Aware Mixture of Experts Framework for Neurodegenerative Disease Progression Modelling · AAAI 2026 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
mixture of experts · 2.0graph neural network · 2.0dual optimization · 2.0
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A Stage-Aware Mixture of Experts Framework for Neurodegenerative Disease Progression ModellingabstractThe long-term progression of neurodegenerative diseases is commonly conceptualized as a spatiotemporal diffusion process that consists of a graph diffusion process across the structural brain connectome and a localized reaction process within brain regions. However, modeling this progression remains challenging due to 1) the scarcity of longitudinal data obtained through irregular and infrequent subject visits and 2) the complex interplay of pathological mechanisms across brain regions and disease stages, where traditional models assume fixed mechanisms throughout disease progression. To address these limitations, we propose a novel stage-aware Mixture of Experts (MoE) framework that explicitly models how different contributing mechanisms dominate at different disease stages through time-dependent expert weighting. This architecture is a key innovation designed to maximize the utility of small datasets and provide interpretable insights into disease etiology. Data-wise, we utilize an iterative dual optimization method to properly estimate the temporal position of individual observations, constructing a cohort-level progression trajectory from irregular snapshots. Model-wise, we enhance the spatial component with an inhomogeneous graph neural diffusion model (IGND) that allows diffusivity to vary based on node states and time, providing more flexible representations of brain networks. We also introduce a localized neural reaction module to capture complex dynamics beyond standard processes.The resulting IGND-MoE model dynamically integrates these components across temporal states, offering a principled way to understand how stage-specific pathological mechanisms contribute to progression. When used to model tau pathology propagation in human brains, IGND-MoE outperforms purely pathophysiological and purely neural baselines in long-term prediction accuracy. Moreover, its stage-wise weights yield novel clinical insights that align with literature, suggesting that graph-related processes are more influential at early stages, while other unknown physical processes become dominant later on. Our findings highlight the necessity of designing hybrid and expert-constrained models that account for the evolving nature of neurodegenerative processes. Tiantian He 0002, Keyue Jiang, Anna Schroder, Elinor Thompson, Sonja Soskic, Frederik Barkhof, Daniel C. Alexander |
AAAI | 6 |
| 2023 | Domain-Agnostic Segmentation of Thalamic Nuclei from Joint Structural and Diffusion MRI
Henry F. J. Tregidgo, Sonja Soskic, Mark D. Olchanyi, Juri Althonayan, Benjamin Billot, Chiara Maffei, Polina Golland, Anastasia Yendiki, Daniel C. Alexander, Martina Bocchetta, Jonathan D. Rohrer, Juan Eugenio Iglesias |
MICCAI (8) | 2 |