6.437 Inference and Information
Spring 2012
Reverend Thomas Bayes
Instructor: Polina Golland
TAs: Hye Won Chung, Kimon Drakopoulos
Lecture:
TR9.30-11
(32-155)
Recitations : F10 or F11
(26-322)
Office Hours: M5-7,F1-2
(24-308)
Information:
Introduction to principles of Bayesian and non-Bayesian statistical inference. Hypothesis testing and parameter estimation, sufficient statistics; exponential families; EM algorithm. Log-loss inference criterion, entropy and model capacity. Kullback-Leibler distance and information geometry. Asymptotic analysis and large deviations theory. Model order estimation; nonparametric statistics. Computational issues and approximation techniques; Monte Carlo methods. Selected special topics such as universal prediction and compression.
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Announcements
Quiz #2
This is a reminder for our upcoming quiz on Wednesday, May 16th, at 5:00pm in room 32D-141.Moreover, please check your stellar Gradebook and make sure that all your grades show up properly.
Good luck with the exam!!!
Announced on 15 May 2012 3:35 p.m. by Kimon Drakopoulos
Office hours
We are holding office hours today 5:00pm-7:00pm and tomorrow 6:00-7:00pm.The room is 24-308! Good luck with studying!
Announced on 14 May 2012 10:21 a.m. by Kimon Drakopoulos
Office hours on Thursday
I will be holding office hours on Thursday, 5:00pm-6:00pm in room 24-308 instead of Friday.Announced on 09 May 2012 10:50 a.m. by Kimon Drakopoulos
Course evaluations
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and enter your comments on the class. We really appreciate your feedback and would love to hear from everyone!
Announced on 09 May 2012 9:28 a.m. by Polina Golland
Office Hour (Right now!)
We are holding additional office hours today from 4pm to 6pm.THE ROOM IS CHANGED TO 32-D677.
Please feel free to come and talk to us if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Announced on 20 March 2012 4:06 p.m. by Kimon Drakopoulos
