MLSS 2019 David Blei: Variational Inference: Foundations and Innovations (Part 1)

David Blei
Topic: Variational Inference: Foundations and Innovations (Part 1)

[@SY-me5rk]

Can we take a moment to appreciate Blei's dry sense of humor

[@sucramgnat8157]

42:30 x_i is dependent on z_j. But x_i is conditionally independent from z_j if beta is known.

[@rexrex1484]

Thanks for uploading the video. A great and interesting talk.

[@vozzen]

Video is too focused on just the speaker. I need to see what he is pointing at

[@jpzhang8290]

Part 2:ruclips.net/video/Wd7R_YX4PcQ/видео.html

[@korawattanwisuth3402]

The slide on the log normalizer is missing the base density h(x).

[@barcode0928]

Part 2 please

[@itsjustme4467]

Part 2 was posted earlier: ruclips.net/video/Wd7R_YX4PcQ/видео.html

[@VarunTulsian]

can someone help me get the slides?

[@simoncrase5360]

Varun, try www.cs.columbia.edu/~blei/talks/Blei_VI_tutorial.pdf

[@bnglr]

this is Blei, not Blie