Sunday, April 17, 2016

Wooden blocks and rails - David MacKay ( Information, Inference, and Energy A symposium to celebrate the work of Professor Sir David MacKay FRS)

    
 
 

A month ago, the Cambridge community held a symposium in honor of David MacKay who left us this past week. They just released the videos:

 Here is the full set of videos:

Information, Inference, and Energy

A symposium to celebrate the work of Professor Sir David MacKay FRS

 

Time and Location

14–15 March 2016
Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
 

Monday 14th

Andy Hopper Welcome address
Zoubin Ghahramani Introduction
David Spiegelhalter Risk in whole numbers
Tom Counsell Global Calculator

Amin ShokrollahiChoral codes
Jossy SayirStoring data on DNA
Brief reminiscences I
Christian SteinrueckenInverse calculators

Mark LynasScience and Society
Brendan FreyDeep learning in medicine
Brief reminiscences II

Oliver StegleDisentangling cell diversity
Richard DurbinAnalysis of genome data



Tuesday 15th


John HopfieldEmergent dynamics
Carlos BrodyDecision-making in rats

Andreas HerzActivity of grid cells
Per Ola KristenssonNext-generation text entry
Brief reminiscences III
Alan BlackwellDasher videos

John WinnDemocratising data
Iain MurraySlice sampling
Geoff HintonSensory cortex
David MacKaySurprise lecture

 
  Godspeed David...
 
 
 
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