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| − | Reunion of David MacKay's Inference Group | + | Reunion of [[David MacKay]]'s Inference Group |
| − | 09:30-11:00 Casual family brunch (with partners & kids) | + | Darwin College, 13 March 2016 |
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| + | 09:30-11:00 Casual family brunch (with partners & kids) | ||
11:00-11:15 Welcome from Martin Jones (Vice Master) & Alan Blackwell | 11:00-11:15 Welcome from Martin Jones (Vice Master) & Alan Blackwell | ||
11:15-12:30 talks I (less technical), chair Oliver Stegle | 11:15-12:30 talks I (less technical), chair Oliver Stegle | ||
| − | * Jossy Sayir (Teaching with David) | + | * 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) |
12:30-14:30 Lunch break | 12:30-14:30 Lunch break | ||
14:30-15:30 talks II (scientific), chair Brendan Frey | 14:30-15:30 talks II (scientific), chair Brendan Frey | ||
| − | * Philipp Hennig (Probabilistic Numerics) | + | * Philipp Hennig (Probabilistic Numerics) |
| − | * Steve Gull (Bayes, MaxEnt and Thermodynamics) | + | * Steve Gull (Bayes, MaxEnt and Thermodynamics) |
| − | * David Stern (Machine Learning in Go and the Stock Market) | + | * David Stern (Machine Learning in Go and the Stock Market) |
| − | * Hanna Wallach (Poisson Tensor Factorization for International Relations) | + | * Hanna Wallach (Poisson Tensor Factorization for International Relations) |
15:30-16:00 tea break | 15:30-16:00 tea break | ||
16:00-17:00 talks III (scientific), chair Iain Murray | 16:00-17:00 talks III (scientific), chair Iain Murray | ||
| − | * Ryan Adams (Performing Inference with Biomolecules) | + | * Ryan Adams (Performing Inference with Biomolecules) |
| − | * Alan Lawrence (A Simple Inference at Google Scale) | + | * Alan Lawrence (A Simple Inference at Google Scale) |
| − | * Alex Selby (Solving the Eternity Puzzle) | + | * Alex Selby (Solving the Eternity Puzzle) |
| − | * Seb Wills (Building a distributed calculation engine) | + | * Seb Wills (Building a distributed calculation engine) |
| − | * Edward Ratzer (Machine learning competitions) | + | * 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. | ||
| − | + | [[Category: Events]] | |
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.
