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

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, Microsoft Research
- 10:03
Stein Variational Gradient Descent, an optimization algorithm for sampling.
Watch video | Download video: 202204110900-Salim.mp4 (225M)
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
, Luxembourg University
- 11:35
An introduction to the Malliavin-Stein method
Watch video | Download video: 202204111030-Peccati.mp4 (118M)
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
, Universite Paris-Cité
- 10:17
Stein's method for stability of variational problems in spaces of probability measures
Watch video | Download video: 202204120918-Fathi.mp4 (83M)
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
, UC Davis
- 11:50
Regularized Stein Variational Gradient Descent
Watch video | Download video: 202204121040-He.mp4 (93M)
Video: Ye He, "Regularized Stein Variational Gradient Descent" http://www.birs.ca/events/2022/5-day-workshops/22w5092/videos/watch/202204121040-He.html
, University College London
- 10:14
A Kernel Stein Test for Comparing Latent Variable Models
Watch video | Download video: 202204140904-Gretton.mp4 (92M)
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