6.437 Inference and Information
Spring 2016
Reverend Thomas Bayes
Instructors: Gregory W Wornell, Lizhong Zheng
TAs: Mina Karzand, Tianren Liu, Deniz Oktay, Min Zhang
Lecture:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-11am
(32-155)
Recitation: Fridays, 10-11am or 11am-noon
(36-156)
TA Office Hours: Mondays 6-8pm (34-301) and Fridays 4-5pm (24-310)
Lizhong's Office Hours: Thursdays 1-3 pm
(36-660)
Greg's Office Hours: By appointment
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
Office hours for final
Dear students,We have decided to hold office hour for the final at Sunday 2-4pm in 36-660
Best,
The TAs
Announced on 13 May 2016 4:04 p.m. by Min Zhang
Additional Office Hours for Project
Dear students,We have decided to add two additional office hours for help with the project. They are Wednesday 4-5 PM and Thursday 4-5 PM in 36-660.
Best,
The TAs
Announced on 19 April 2016 12:39 p.m. by Deniz Oktay
No office hour next monday
Dear 6.437 students,There will be no office hour on Monday or Tuesday next week since its holiday and there is no pset due after. If you have any questions about the project you can ask on piazza or come to today's office hour.
Best,
6.437 TAs
Announced on 15 April 2016 2:44 p.m. by Min Zhang
Pset 5, Recitation, and Office Hours Tomorrow
Because of spring break, we will be canceling Recitation and Office Hours tomorrow, March 18th.If you had an extension for Pset 5, there will be a box to turn in your pset in 36-660. Note that the doors will lock at 5 pm, so please submit it before then.
Have a good spring break!
Announced on 17 March 2016 2:50 p.m. by Deniz Oktay
Extra Office Hours
Dear students,We will hold extra office hours on Sunday from 3-5pm at 36-660 for quiz 1, in addition to our Monday's office hours as usual.
6.437 TAs
Announced on 10 March 2016 8:35 p.m. by Min Zhang
