Perturb-and-MAP and Machine Learning in the Flint Water Crisis
In episode fourteen of season two, we talk about Perturb-and-MAP, we take a listener question about classic artificial intelligence ideas being used in modern machine learning, plus we talk with Jake ...
21 Juli 201638min
Automatic Translation and t-SNE
In episode thirteen of season two, we talk about t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) we take a listener question about statistical physics, plus we talk with Hal Daume of the Universit...
7 Juli 201632min
Fantasizing Cats and Data Numbers
In episode twelve of season two, we talk about generative adversarial networks, we take a listener question about using machine learning to improve or create products, plus we talk with Iain Murray of...
16 Juni 201649min
Spark and ICML
In episode eleven of season two, we talk about the machine learning toolkit Spark, we take a listener question about the differences between NIPS and ICML conferences, plus we talk with Sinead Willia...
2 Juni 201639min
Computational Learning Theory and Machine Learning for Understanding Cells
In episode ten of season two, we talk about Computational Learning Theory and Probably Approximately Correct Learning originated by Professor Leslie Valiant of SEAS at Harvard, we take a listener ques...
19 Maj 201640min
Sparse Coding and MADBITS
In episode nine of season two, we talk about sparse coding, take a listener question about the next big demonstration for AI after AlphaGo. Plus we talk with Clement Farabet about MADBITS and the work...
5 Maj 201641min
Remembering David MacKay
Recently Professor David MacKay passed away. We’ll spend this episode talking about his extensive body of work and its impacts. We’ll also talk with Philipp Hennig, a research group leader at the Max ...
21 Apr 201653min
Machine Learning and Society
Episode seven of season two is a little different than our usual episodes, Ryan and Katherine just returned from a conference where they got to talk with Neil Lawrence of the University of Sheffield a...
8 Apr 201648min
