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NIPS papers to discuss (in order)

For Wed. 1/16:

  • Loh & Wainwright, Structure estimation for discrete graphical models (Link): Qiang L.
  • Hsieh et al., A Divide-and-Conquer Method for Sparse Inverse Covariance Estimation, (Link), Dave K.

For Wed. 1/23:

  • Ermon et al., Density Propagation and Improved Bounds on the Partition Function, (Link), Qiang C.

For Wed. 1/30:

  • Zhou et al., Learning from the Wisdom of Crowds by Minimax Entropy, (Link), Wei P.

For Wed. 2/6:

  • Liu et al., Learning as MAP Inference in Discrete Graphical Models, (Link), Drew F.

For Wed. 2/13:

For Wed. 2/20:

For Wed. 2/27: Mike Carey

For Wed. 3/06:

  • Kedem et al., Non-linear Metric Learning, Link, Wei

For Wed. 3/13:

Possible:

  • Mohan et al., Structured Learning of Gaussian Graphical Models, Link, ?
  • Jebara & Choromanska, Majorization for CRFs and Latent Likelihoods, Link, ?
  • Defazio et al., A Convex Formulation for Learning Scale-Free Networks via Submodular Relaxation, (Link), Sholeh F.
  • Zhang et al., Communication-Efficient Algorithms for Statistical Optimization, Link, ?
  • Belanger et al., MAP Inference in Chains using Column Generation, Link, ?

Older papers of possible interest to read:

  • Sheldon & Diettrich, Collective Graphical models Link
  • Weller & Jebara, Bethe Bounds and Approximating the Global Optimum Link
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