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Mark van der Wilk

@mvdw

Associate Professor in Machine Learning at the University of Oxford. Interested in automatic inductive bias selection using Bayesian tools.

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In other work, we investigate metalearning as a way to implement these ideas. The advantage being that a generative model can directly learn the conditional distribution of interest, without a bottleneck of approximate inference!

For more on that, see bsky.app/profile/anis... 3/3

14.07.2025 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This does lead to the question, what models should we use, and how should we do inference?

We use a VAE with Gaussian Process mappings (GPLVM), but the idea applies equally to Bayesian NNs, if inference can be made to work! 2/3

14.07.2025 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More in our investigation of using Bayesian Model Selection for Causal Discovery: Multivariate Graphs.

As previously, the message is: Causal discovery requires assumptions, and Bayes enables soft, realistic assumptions. Good Bayesian inference then leads to good performance. 1/3

14.07.2025 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today at NeurIPS, weโ€™ll be presenting our Noether's Razor paper! ๐Ÿ“œโœจ
๐Ÿ“… Today Fri, Dec 13
โฐ 11 a.m. โ€“ 2 p.m. PST
๐Ÿ“ East Exhibit Hall A-C, #4710 (ALL the way in the back I believe!)
w/ @mvdw.bsky.social @pimdh.bsky.social
Come say hi! ๐Ÿ‘‹

13.12.2024 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/egegpdpeg

I am looking for graduate students for my new lab at the University of Cambridge! Join me to understand and build models of visual perception. Apply here: t.co/NnIyI0nm8D

01.12.2024 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1