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Reunion of David MacKay's Inference Group | Reunion of [[David MacKay]]'s Inference Group | ||
Darwin College, 13 March 2016 | |||
09:30-11:00 Casual family brunch (with partners & kids) | |||
11:00-11:15 Welcome from Martin Jones (Vice Master) & Alan Blackwell | |||
* Jossy Sayir (Teaching with David) | |||
11:15-12:30 talks I (less technical), chair Oliver Stegle | |||
* Jossy Sayir (Teaching with David) | |||
* Sanjoy Mahajan (21st-century instructional design: Task-centered instruction) | * Sanjoy Mahajan (21st-century instructional design: Task-centered instruction) | ||
* Mark Gibbs (How to waste your PhD in an investment bank) | * Mark Gibbs (How to waste your PhD in an investment bank) | ||
* Keith Vertanen (Eyes Free Text Entry) | * Keith Vertanen (Eyes Free Text Entry) | ||
* Matt Davey(Trading in Nanoseconds) | * Matt Davey(Trading in Nanoseconds) | ||
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12:30-14:30 Lunch break | 12:30-14:30 Lunch break | ||
14:30-15:30 talks II (scientific), chair Brendan Frey | |||
* | * Philipp Hennig (Probabilistic Numerics) | ||
* Steve Gull (Bayes, MaxEnt and Thermodynamics) | * Steve Gull (Bayes, MaxEnt and Thermodynamics) | ||
* David Stern ( | * David Stern (Machine Learning in Go and the Stock Market) | ||
* Hanna Wallach (Poisson Tensor Factorization for International Relations) | |||
* Hanna Wallach ( | |||
15:30-16:00 tea break | 15:30-16:00 tea break | ||
16:00-17:00 talks III (scientific), chair Iain Murray | |||
* | * Ryan Adams (Performing Inference with Biomolecules) | ||
* Alan Lawrence (A Simple Inference at Google Scale) | |||
* Alan Lawrence ( | * Alex Selby (Solving the Eternity Puzzle) | ||
* Seb Wills (Building a distributed calculation engine) | |||
* Edward Ratzer (Machine learning competitions) | |||
17:10-18:00 Music in the dining hall | 17:10-18:00 Music in the dining hall | ||
* Graeme Mitchison and Helen Arnold | * Graeme Mitchison (piano) and Helen Arnold (soprano) | ||
* | * Darwin College Music Society (vocal group) | ||
* Christian Steinruecken | * Christian Steinruecken (piano and voice) | ||
* | * Jossy Sayir (saxophone) and Elizabeth Blackwell (guitar) | ||
19:00 for 19:30 Dinner, preceded by drinks. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 18 March 2016
Reunion of David MacKay's Inference Group
Darwin College, 13 March 2016
09:30-11:00 Casual family brunch (with partners & kids)
11:00-11:15 Welcome from Martin Jones (Vice Master) & Alan Blackwell
11:15-12:30 talks I (less technical), chair Oliver Stegle
- Jossy Sayir (Teaching with David)
- Sanjoy Mahajan (21st-century instructional design: Task-centered instruction)
- Mark Gibbs (How to waste your PhD in an investment bank)
- Keith Vertanen (Eyes Free Text Entry)
- Matt Davey(Trading in Nanoseconds)
12:30-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30 talks II (scientific), chair Brendan Frey
- Philipp Hennig (Probabilistic Numerics)
- Steve Gull (Bayes, MaxEnt and Thermodynamics)
- David Stern (Machine Learning in Go and the Stock Market)
- Hanna Wallach (Poisson Tensor Factorization for International Relations)
15:30-16:00 tea break
16:00-17:00 talks III (scientific), chair Iain Murray
- Ryan Adams (Performing Inference with Biomolecules)
- Alan Lawrence (A Simple Inference at Google Scale)
- Alex Selby (Solving the Eternity Puzzle)
- Seb Wills (Building a distributed calculation engine)
- Edward Ratzer (Machine learning competitions)
17:10-18:00 Music in the dining hall
- Graeme Mitchison (piano) and Helen Arnold (soprano)
- Darwin College Music Society (vocal group)
- Christian Steinruecken (piano and voice)
- Jossy Sayir (saxophone) and Elizabeth Blackwell (guitar)
19:00 for 19:30 Dinner, preceded by drinks.
