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Aug 2021
49m 58s

Adaptivity in Machine Learning with Samo...

Sam Charrington
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Today we’re joined by Samory Kpotufe, an associate professor at Columbia University and program chair of the 2021 Conference on Learning Theory (COLT).  In our conversation with Samory, we explore his research at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and learning theory, and his goal of reaching self-tuning, adaptive algorithms. We discuss Samor ... Show More
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