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075r - Reinforcement learning for the real world with Dr. John Langford and Rafah Hosn

Posted January 1, 2020

This episode originally aired in May, 2019.
Dr. John Langford, a partner researcher in the Machine Learning group at Microsoft Research New York...

053r - Chasing convex bodies and other random topics with Dr. Sébastien Bubeck

Posted December 25, 2019

Dr. Sébastien Bubeck is a mathematician and a senior researcher in the Machine Learning and Optimization group at Microsoft Research. He’s also a...

052r - Chris Bishop

Posted December 18, 2019

This episode first aired in November, 2018.

Dr. Christopher Bishop is quite a fellow. Literally. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering....

102 - Adaptive systems, machine learning and collaborative AI with Dr. Besmira Nushi

Posted December 11, 2019

With all the buzz surrounding AI, it can be tempting to envision it as a stand-alone entity that optimizes for accuracy and displaces human capabilities....

101 - Going meta: learning algorithms and the self-supervised machine with Dr. Philip Bachman

Posted December 4, 2019

Deep learning methodologies like supervised learning have been very successful in training machines to make predictions about the world. But because...