Approximating Probability Distributions (IV): Variational Methods
- đ¤ Speaker: David MacKay (Cavendish Laboratory)
- đ Date & Time: Monday 09 July 2012, 14:30 - 16:30
- đ Venue: Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory
Abstract
Lecture 14 of a lecture series on Information Theory, Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/itprnn_lectures/
Topics include:- Variational Inference.
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Monday 09 July 2012, 14:30-16:30