Month: October 2019

AAII Seminar: October 30, 2019

When/where: E2-215 at 12pm

Presenter: Oskar Elek
Title: Monte Carlo Physarum Machine: Unconventional AI for astronomy and beyond

Abstract: Slime mold (Physarum Polycephallum) is a freak of the natural world that – out of decaying forest debris – builds near-optimal transport networks. We leverage a custom Monte-Carlo simulation of this organism to approximate such transport networks: both in terms of structure and their density (likelihood) in 3D space. I will discuss our analysis of the Cosmic Web using this hybrid model, as well as future prospects in training and adapting it to several other domains.

With luck this Zoom link will work.

AAII Seminar: October 23, 2019

When/where: E2-215 at 12pm

Presenter: Reuben Harry Cohn-Gordon (Stanford University)
Title: Bayesian Models of Pragmatics for Natural Language

Abstract: Emerging from work in Bayesian cognitive science and game theory, probabilistic models of pragmatic reasoning have been successful at modelling human inferences about linguistic meaning, on the basis of their interlocutor’s intentions and knowledge. However, they have largely been applied to idealized domains. Meanwhile, natural language processing systems have made significant progress at open-domain tasks requiring language understanding, but often struggle to behave in human-like ways. I describe work combining these approaches, with the aim of obtaining interpretable models of pragmatic reasoning for natural language.

AAII Seminar: October 16, 2020

Where:  CfAO (we return to E2-215 next week)

When: 12-1pm

What: Or own David Reiman (Physics) will describe his internship over the Summer at Deep Mind.  Others are encouraged to the fill the remainder of the time by describing their own AI-related activities over the summer.

We will have a formal seminar on October 23, 2020 when we return to E2-215.  And it rumored that pizza will appear.

AAII Slack

Anyone at UCSC can join the AAII Slack with this link:

https://join.slack.com/t/appliedaiinstitute/signup

Come on in.

AAII Seminar: October 9, 2019

Happy new academic year!

We will celebrate with our first ‘seminar’.  As the standard E2-215 room is needed for an interview next week, we will meet in the CfAO atrium (on the ground floor of this building on Science Hill).  We will brainstorm ideas and speakers for the coming year, discuss new papers, and introduce ourselves to one another.

If you have been before, bring a new friend.  If you are new, then welcome!

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