Machine Learning Reading Group (or Heavy Reading Group) Topics

Please add the topics you're interested in discussing for the 'Heavy' Reading Group then we can make a rough schedule.

The topics I'm interested in discussing are:

1. Conditional Random Fields
2. Sampling Techniques
3. Approximate Inference Techniques

Heavy Reading Group

Chapter 12 - Bishop till Kernel PCA
July 17th 2pm...

Next light reading group: Gokul

Hi everyone,
I'm posting this on behalf of Gokul

Next reading group will take place on:

[Either 19th or 26th June.... still to be decided. please post preferences here]

Presented by:

[Gokul]

Paper to read:

[www.idiap.ch/~hhung/IS07-enos-p1085-1.pdf]

Light Reading group order of presenters..

Hi,
I just thought I'd repost the ordered list of presenters for the light reading group. Please try to choose short papers of around 4 pages. The idea of this reading group is to present work that interests you and gives others a 'window into your world'...

paco,
gokul,
radu,
hari,
dinesh,
kate
dayra,
hayley,
nikhil,
oya,
jaggan

next heavy reading group

Next reading group will take place on:

[26 June, 2pm, 309]

We'll continue with Chris Bishop's book chapter 12, reading sections 12.2 and 12.3

Next normal reading group

Next reading group will take place on:

[June 19th]

Presented by:

[Paco]

Paper to read:

[Sketch-Based Retrieval of Drawings using Topological Proximity]
http://www.inesc-id.pt/ficheiros/publicacoes/4887.pdf

proposal for next heavy reading group

We were thinking of reading section 12.1 on principal component analysis from Chris Bishop's book next Tuesday(9th June) at 2pm. I can send out the pdf of the chapter.

Please reply to this post if you are interested in coming.

Hayley