Advances in Stein’s method and its applications in Machine Learning and Optimization

Videos from BIRS Workshop

Adil Salim, Microsoft

Monday Apr 11, 2022 09:00 - 10:03

Stein Variational Gradient Descent, an optimization algorithm for sampling.

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Video: Adil Salim, "Stein Variational Gradient Descent, an optimization algorithm for sampling." http://www.birs.ca/events/2022/5-day-workshops/22w5092/videos/watch/202204110900-Salim.html

Giovanni Peccati, Luxembourg University

Monday Apr 11, 2022 10:30 - 11:35

An introduction to the Malliavin-Stein method

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Video: Giovanni Peccati, "An introduction to the Malliavin-Stein method" http://www.birs.ca/events/2022/5-day-workshops/22w5092/videos/watch/202204111030-Peccati.html

Max Fathi, Universite Paris-Cité

Tuesday Apr 12, 2022 09:18 - 10:17

Stein's method for stability of variational problems in spaces of probability measures

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Video: Max Fathi, "Stein's method for stability of variational problems in spaces of probability measures" http://www.birs.ca/events/2022/5-day-workshops/22w5092/videos/watch/202204120918-Fathi.html

Ye He, UC Davis

Tuesday Apr 12, 2022 10:40 - 11:50

Regularized Stein Variational Gradient Descent

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Video: Ye He, "Regularized Stein Variational Gradient Descent" http://www.birs.ca/events/2022/5-day-workshops/22w5092/videos/watch/202204121040-He.html

Arthur Gretton, University College London

Thursday Apr 14, 2022 09:04 - 10:14

A Kernel Stein Test for Comparing Latent Variable Models

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Video: Arthur Gretton, "A Kernel Stein Test for Comparing Latent Variable Models" http://www.birs.ca/events/2022/5-day-workshops/22w5092/videos/watch/202204140904-Gretton.html