Ethics Highlight ‘Day of Machine Learning Discussion’ | College of Computing

Machine learning at Georgia Tech was in the spotlight recently as The Center for Machine Learning at Georgia Tech (ML@GT) hosted its spring seminar on Feb. 22 in the Klaus Advanced Computing Building.Billed as a “day of discussions around machine learning,” more than 200 students and faculty from across campus registered for the daylong event.“AI is… Continue reading Ethics Highlight ‘Day of Machine Learning Discussion’ | College of Computing

ML@GT Spring Event – 2/22

Please join us on Thursday 2/22/2018 for the ML@GT Center Spring Event featuring talks from internal faculty and invited speakers.  Event runs from 10AM to 5PM in the Klaus Atrium. Invited Speakers Sanjeev Arora     -     Princeton University Sanjeev Arora is Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University. He is interested in… Continue reading ML@GT Spring Event – 2/22

ML/Statistics Seminar by Shama Kakade on “Faster least squares and faster eigenvector computation: Improved algorithms for both optimization and statistics in the big data regime”

ML/Statistics Seminar Series Date/Time: Thursday Sep 28 2017, 11:00 am - 12:00 pmLocation: Advisory Boardroom, #402 Groseclose Speaker: Sham Kakade; Department of Statistics and Computer Science, University of Washington Title: Faster least squares and faster eigenvector computation: Improved algorithms for both optimization and statistics in the big data regime Abstract: Least squares and eigenvector computations… Continue reading ML/Statistics Seminar by Shama Kakade on “Faster least squares and faster eigenvector computation: Improved algorithms for both optimization and statistics in the big data regime”

Seminar by Nathan Silberman on “TF-Slim: A Lightweight Library for Defining, Training and Evaluating Complex Models in TensorFlow” Thursday Sep 7 2017, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm in Clough 144

ML@GT Seminar and Guest Speaker for CS 7643 Deep Learning Title: TF-Slim: A Lightweight Library for Defining, Training and Evaluating Complex Models in TensorFlow Speaker: Nathan Silberman Date/Time: Thursday Sep 7 2017, 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm Location: Clough 144 Abstract: TF-Slim is a TensorFlow-based library with various components. These include modules for easily defining neural network models… Continue reading Seminar by Nathan Silberman on “TF-Slim: A Lightweight Library for Defining, Training and Evaluating Complex Models in TensorFlow” Thursday Sep 7 2017, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm in Clough 144

ML/Statistics Seminar by Xiaodong Li on “Convex Relaxation for Community Detection”

Machine Learning/Statistics Seminar Series Date/Time: Thursday Sep 7 2017, 11:00 pm - 12:00 pm Location: Advisory Boardroom, #402 Groseclose Speaker: Xiaodong Li Title: Convex Relaxation for Community Detection Abstract: Cluster structures are ubiquitous for large data, and community detection has recently attracted much research attention in applied physics, sociology, computer science and statistics due to… Continue reading ML/Statistics Seminar by Xiaodong Li on “Convex Relaxation for Community Detection”

ML/Statistics Seminar by Jason Lee on “Matrix Completion, Saddlepoints, and Gradient Descent”

ML/Statistics Seminar Series Date/Time: Wed. Sep 6 2017, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location: Advisory Boardroom, #402 Groseclose Speaker: Jason Lee Title: Matrix Completion, Saddlepoints, and Gradient Descent Abstract: Matrix completion is a fundamental machine learning problem with wide applications in collaborative filtering and recommender systems. Typically, matrix completion are solved by non-convex optimization procedures,… Continue reading ML/Statistics Seminar by Jason Lee on “Matrix Completion, Saddlepoints, and Gradient Descent”

Seminar by Soumith Chintala on “An Overview of Deep Learning Frameworks and an Introduction to PyTorch” 9/6/17, 12:30, Nano 1118

ML@GT Seminar Series Title: An Overview of Deep Learning Frameworks and an Introduction to PyTorch Speaker: Soumith Chintala, Facebook Date/Time: Wednesday Sep 6 2017, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Location: Marcus Nanotechnology Building, Room 1118 Abstract: In this talk, you will get an exposure to the various types of deep learning frameworks – declarative and imperative frameworks such… Continue reading Seminar by Soumith Chintala on “An Overview of Deep Learning Frameworks and an Introduction to PyTorch” 9/6/17, 12:30, Nano 1118

ML/Statistics Seminar by Junwei Lu on “Topological Inference on Large Scale Graphon”

Machine Learning/Statistics Seminar Series Date/Time: Thursday Aug 31 2017, 11:00 pm - 12:00 pm Location: Advisory Board Room, #402 Groseclose Speaker: Junwei Lu Title: Topological Inference on Large Scale Graphon Abstract: We propose to test the topological structures of complex networks under the graphon model. Graphon is a nonparametric model for large scale stochastic graphs.… Continue reading ML/Statistics Seminar by Junwei Lu on “Topological Inference on Large Scale Graphon”

ML/Statistics Seminar by Mengyang Gu on “An improved approach to Bayesian computer model calibration and prediction”

Statistics/Machine Learning Seminar Series Date/Time: Tuesday Aug 15 2017, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location: Advisory Board Room, #402 Groseclose Speaker: Mengyang Gu Title: An improved approach to Bayesian computer model calibration and prediction Abstract: We consider the problem of calibrating inexact computer models using experimental data. To compensate for the misspecification of the computer… Continue reading ML/Statistics Seminar by Mengyang Gu on “An improved approach to Bayesian computer model calibration and prediction”

ML@GT Seminar by Le Song (CSE) on “Embedding as a Tool for Algorithm Design” on April 5, 2017, 12:00n in EBB CHOA Room

Speaker: Le Song,  Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), GA Tech Location: Engineered Biosystems Building, CHOA Room (Map) Date/Time: April 5, 2017, 12:00n - 1:00pm (Lunch at 11:30am) Title: Embedding as a Tool for Algorithm Design Abstract: Many big data analytics problems are intrinsically complex and hard, making the design of effective and scalable algorithms very challenging.… Continue reading ML@GT Seminar by Le Song (CSE) on “Embedding as a Tool for Algorithm Design” on April 5, 2017, 12:00n in EBB CHOA Room