Mark van der Wilk

In other work, we investigate metalearning as a way to implement these ideas. The advantage being that a generative model can directly learn the conditional distribution of interest, without a bottleneck of approximate inference!

For more on that, see bsky.app/profile/anis... 3/3

This does lead to the question, what models should we use, and how should we do inference?

We use a VAE with Gaussian Process mappings (GPLVM), but the idea applies equally to Bayesian NNs, if inference can be made to work! 2/3

More in our investigation of using Bayesian Model Selection for Causal Discovery: Multivariate Graphs.

As previously, the message is: Causal discovery requires assumptions, and Bayes enables soft, realistic assumptions. Good Bayesian inference then leads to good performance. 1/3

Today at NeurIPS, we’ll be presenting our Noether's Razor paper! 📜✨
📅 Today Fri, Dec 13
⏰ 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. PST
📍 East Exhibit Hall A-C, #4710 (ALL the way in the back I believe!)
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Come say hi! 👋

I am looking for graduate students for my new lab at the University of Cambridge! Join me to understand and build models of visual perception. Apply here: t.co/NnIyI0nm8D