The tentative schedule is
| Date | Topic | Reading | Group Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | Variational Bayes Tutorial: Part I | Matt Hoffman | |
| Sep 24 | Variational Bayes Tutorial: Part II | PRML: Chapter 10 | Matt Hoffman |
| Oct 1 | Variational Bayes Tutorial: Part III | Blei, Ng and Jordan (2003) | Matt Hoffman |
| Oct 8 | Bayesian Clustering with Ranked Distances | Lacerda (2010) (optional) | Gustavo Lacerda |
| Oct 15 | Variational Inference for Dirichlet Processes Mixtures | Blei and Jordan (2006) | David Pfau |
| Oct 22 | No meeting - NY Machine Learning Symposium | ||
| Oct 29 | The Indian Buffet Process | Griffiths and Ghahramani (2005) Sections 1-4 | Nick Bartlett |
| Nov 5 | The Indian Buffet Process | G&G(2005) Sections 5,6 | David Pfau |
| Nov 12 | Tree-structured Stick Breaking Processes | Adams, Ghahramani and Jordan (2010) | Nick Bartlett |
| Nov 19 | Slice Sampling | Neal (2003) and Walker (2006) | Nick Bartlett |
| Nov 26 | No Meeting - Thanksgiving | ||
| Dec 3rd | Bits-back Coding | Honkela and Valpola (2004) | David Pfau |
The schedule is tentative and likely to change as the reading group evolves. Each session will have a group leader assigned, but this person is not responsible for creating a polished presentation of the reading material, only to help lead the group and provoke discussion.