Dear all, Last January, we have organized an interface meeting in Switzerland between researchers in the field of machine learning and statistical physics. The topic of common interest was approximate inference and in particular message passing methods.
The meeting was very interesting for both sides. Clearly, machine learning benefits from statistical physics methods, but also the reverse is true, in particular where it concerns the development of robust algorithms and challenging applications. The IOP Journal of Statistical Mechanics has published a focus issue on the meeting, which you will find at http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.focus2/jstat Bert Kappen, Manfred Opper, Riccardo Zecchina and Ruedi Stoop Bert Kappen SNN Radboud University Nijmegen URL: www.snn.kun.nl/~bert The Netherlands tel: +31 24 3614241 fax: +31 24 3541435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ uai mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
