March 2023 - Machine-learning-nederland

[Machines] (IF: 2.899, ISSN: 2075-1702) — Special Issue "Machine Learning in Autonomous Driving"-Call for Paper
by Wilda.Wang 28 Mar '23

28 Mar '23

To Whom It May Concern: This is Wilda from the MDPI Machines Editorial Office, and I'm submitting a mailing list request. I would greatly appreciate it if you could assist me in sending out the following message. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or if something needs to be revised. Thank you once more! ----------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, Greetings from Machines, MDPI! We are getting in touch to ask whether you plan on submitting work in the Special Issue "Machine Learning in Autonomous Driving", which is edited by Prof. Dr. Young-guk Ha of Konkuk University. SI Link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/machines/special_issues/HN1P17643G The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent advances and challenges in the application of machine learning technology in autonomous driving, including in driving data preparation, object detection, trajectory prediction, driving situation awareness, vehicle localization, driving action planning, and vehicle control. This would be a good opportunity to gather researchers in developing machine learning models and algorithms for autonomous driving to discuss and share original research works and practical experiences. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Expect your reply at your first convenience. Kind regards, Wilda Wang Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone.

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April 5, 15:00: Machine Learning Theory Seminar++ Meeting with Patrick Forré
by Wouter Koolen-Wijkstra 26 Mar '23

26 Mar '23

Dear researchers, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) kindly invites you to the third Seminar++ meeting on Machine Learning Theory, taking place on Wednesday April 5 from 15:00 - 17:00. These Seminar++ meetings consist of a one-hour lecture building up to an open problem, followed by an hour of brainstorming time. The meeting is intended for interested researchers including PhD students. These meetings are freely accessible without registration. Cookies, coffee and tea will be provided in the half-time break. The meeting of 5 April will be hosted by: Patrick Forré <http://amlab.science.uva.nl/people/PatrickForre/> (Assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam <https://www.uva.nl/>) A convenient foundation of probability theory for probabilistic programming, graphical models, causality and statistics *Abstract:* Random functions and functions whose outputs are random functions arise in many areas of statistics, probability theory and computer science, like probabilistic graphical models, causality, the area of conditional independence, probabilistic programming, etc. Despite their frequent appearances the usual measure-theoretic foundations of probability theory are not capable of properly describing such random functions. To avoid typical work-arounds, which often come with inconvenient restrictions, in this talk, we describe how one can instead fix the foundations of probability theory by introducing ‘quasi-measurable spaces’, which then replace the role of measurable spaces. We then demonstrate how the mentioned problems are solved in this framework and further other convenient properties. Furthermore, we show how one can rigorously express probabilistic graphical models and typical causal assumptions using quasi-measurable spaces. The event takes place in room L016 in the CWI building, Science Park 123, Amsterdam. The Seminar++ Meetings are part of the Machine Learning Theory Semester Programme <https://www.cwi.nl/~wmkoolen/MLT_Sem23/index.html>, which runs in Spring 2023. Best regards on behalf of CWI from the program committee, Wouter Koolen

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Senior researcher position in reinforcement learning
by Marcel van Gerven 20 Mar '23

20 Mar '23

The AI Department of the Donders Centre for Cognition (DCC), embedded in the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, and the School of Artificial Intelligence at Radboud University Nijmegen are looking for a researcher in reinforcement learning with an emphasis on safety and robustness, an interest in natural computing as well as in applications in neurotechnology and other domains such as robotics, healthcare and/or sustainability. You will be expected to perform top-quality research in (deep) reinforcement learning, actively contribute to the DBI2 consortium, interact and collaborate with other researchers and specialists in academia and/or industry, and be an inspiring member of our staff with excellent communication skills. You are also expected to engage with students through teaching and master projects not exceeding 20% of your time. Profile: * You have a PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or a related discipline; * You have experience in a number of the following topics: (deep, Bayesian, safe) RL, control theory and model predictive control, applications of RL in e.g. healthcare, robotics, neurotechnology, sustainability and/or edge solutions for control of complex systems. * You have an excellent track record in scientific research, as evidenced by publications in top-tier conferences and journals. * You have a proven ability to provide inspiring teaching in English. * You are enthusiastic and you are able to work together in a team as part of the DBI2 consortium. Application deadline: April 7th To apply, please follow this link: https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/researcher-in-reinforceme…

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March 22, 15:00: Machine Learning Theory Seminar++ Meeting with Hanyuan Hang
by Wouter Koolen-Wijkstra 10 Mar '23

10 Mar '23

Dear researchers, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) kindly invites you to the second Seminar++ meeting on Machine Learning Theory, taking place on Wednesday March 22 from 15:00 - 17:00. These Seminar++ meetings consist of a one-hour lecture building up to an open problem, followed by an hour of brainstorming time. The meeting is intended for interested researchers including PhD students. These meetings are freely accessible without registration. Cookies, coffee and tea will be provided in the half-time break. The meeting of 22 March will be hosted by: Hanyuang Hang <https://people.utwente.nl/h.hang> (Assistant professor at the University of Twente <https://www.utwente.nl/en/>) Bagged k-Distance for Mode-Based Clustering Using the Probability of Localized Level Sets *Abstract:* We propose an ensemble learning algorithm named bagged /k/-distance for mode-based clustering (BDMBC) by putting forward a new measurement called the probability of localized level sets (PLLS), which enables us to find all clusters for varying densities with a global threshold. On the theoretical side, we show that with a properly chosen number of nearest neighbors /k_D / in the bagged /k/-distance, the sub-sample size /s/, the bagging rounds /B/, and the number of nearest neighbors /k_L / for the localized level sets, BDMBC can achieve optimal convergence rates for mode estimation. It turns out that with a relatively small /B/, the sub-sample size /s/ can be much smaller than the number of training data /n/ at each bagging round, and the number of nearest neighbors /k_D / can be reduced simultaneously. Moreover, we establish optimal convergence results for the level set estimation of the PLLS in terms of Hausdorff distance, which reveals that BDMBC can find localized level sets for varying densities and thus enjoys local adaptivity. On the practical side, we conduct numerical experiments to empirically verify the effectiveness of BDMBC for mode estimation and level set estimation, which demonstrates the promising accuracy and efficiency of our proposed algorithm. The event takes place in room L016 in the CWI building, Science Park 123, Amsterdam. The Seminar++ Meetings are part of the Machine Learning Theory Semester Programme <https://www.cwi.nl/~wmkoolen/MLT_Sem23/index.html>, which runs in Spring 2023. Best regards on behalf of CWI from the program committee, Wouter Koolen

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Fwd: AIM news - Game AI workshop & NMC
by Tim van Erven 09 Mar '23

09 Mar '23

Dear all, At the end of this month there will be an interesting *workshop on **Game theory for AI *organized by the Maastricht Centre Mathematics (MCM) together with the *AI and Mathematics (AIM)***initiative. See below for details. Best regards, Tim -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: AIM news - Game AI workshop & NMC Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:38:23 +0000 From: AI and Mathematics <aim(a)NWO.NL> To: AI and Mathematics <aim(a)NWO.NL> *News* ·*Workshop “Game theory for AI - Mathematical foundations, Algorithms and Future Challenge” @ Maastricht*** The Maastricht Centre Mathematics MCM & *AIM* are organizing a workshop on "Game theory for AI - Mathematical foundations, Algorithms and Future Challenge. The aim of this workshop is to create a new research agenda involving the Dutch AI community along a selected list of important topics. The research discussions will be guided and supported by the input of leading experts in the field. Beside networking opportunities, we aim for developing new research collaborations, connecting researchers with different expertises. Scientists at all levels of their career are invited to participate, but registrations will only be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. The four work packages are described below, as well as further information about location, registration and accommodation. We are looking forward to welcome you all in Maastricht! /Work//Package Leader/ Online learning in complex environments Tim van Erven (UvA) Game AI & Search Wouter Koolen (CWI) Robust AI via optimal transport & mean field games Christoph Brune (U Twente) Fast methods for large-scale bi-level programming Tristan van Leeuwen (CWI) /Venue and Dates:/ * /_Date_/: March 30 and 31, 2023. Lunches and coffee breaks will be provided. * /_Location_/: Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS), Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, Maastricht University, Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1, 6229 EN, Maastricht. * /_Registration_/: Registration via the AIM website. <https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faimath.nl…>__We might be able to reimburse a limited number of participants for their accommodation. If support is needed, please mention this in the open text box in the registration * /_Contact:_/Mathias Staudigl (UM), Barbara Franci (UM) ·*Dutch Mathematics Congres (NMC) on 11 & 12 April @Utrecht*** The Dutch Mathematics Congres (NMC) brings together mathematicians from all disciplines to exchange ideas, learn from each other & network. The NMC has 4 inspiring keynote speakers, parallel sessions, award ceremonies, speed dates and workshops. In a plenary session organized by *AIM, *Johannes Schmidt-Hieber will give a presentation about statistical learning in biological neural networks. NMC takes place on 11 & 12 April 2023 at Van der Valk Hotel Utrecht. Check out the website and the flyer attached and register for NMC! <https://mathematischcongres.nl/>

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March 8, 15:00: Machine Learning Theory Seminar++ Meeting with Julia Olkhovskaya
by Wouter Koolen-Wijkstra 03 Mar '23

03 Mar '23

Dear researchers, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) kindly invites you to the first Seminar++ meeting on Machine Learning Theory, taking place on Wednesday March 8 from 15:00 - 17:00. These Seminar++ meetings consist of a one-hour lecture building up to an open problem, followed by an hour of brainstorming time. The meeting is intended for interested researchers including PhD students. These meetings are freely accessible without registration. Cookies and tea will be provided in the half-time break. The meeting of 8 March will be: Julia Olkhovskaya (Department of Mathematics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Online reinforcement learning with linear function approximation: role of the choice of policy optimization algorithm and learner’s feedback *Abstract:* We consider learning in an adversarial MDP, where the loss function can change arbitrarily between episodes, and we assume that the Q-function of any policy is linear in some known features. We discuss two recent works, providing new insights into the solution to this problem ([1], [2]). We will look at the combination of methods proposed in these two papers to achieve better theoretical guarantees on the performance of the algorithms. More precisely, we will check if taking the best from both papers can lead to an improvement: exploration bonuses from [1] and the choice of the regularizer from [2]. If there will be time, we also discuss the variation of this problem when the information available to the learner is only the cumulative loss of the learner accumulated over the episode. * [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.13087.pdf * [2] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.12942.pdf The event takes place in room L016 in the CWI building, Science Park 123, Amsterdam. The Seminar++ Meetings are part of the Machine Learning Theory Semester Programme <https://www.cwi.nl/~wmkoolen/MLT_Sem23/index.html>, which runs in Spring 2023. Best regards on behalf of CWI from the program committee, Wouter Koolen

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