Speaker: Michael E. Houle, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USAAbstract: Researchers have long considered the analysis of similarity applications in terms of the intrinsic dimensionality (ID) of the data. Although traditionally ID has been viewed as a characterization of the complexity of discrete datasets, more recently a local model of intrinsic dimensionality (LID) has been extended to the case of smooth growth functions in general, and distance distributions in particular, from its first principles in terms of similarity, features, and probability. Since then, LID has found applications — practical as well as theoretical — in such areas as similarity search, data mining, and deep learning. LID has also been shown to be equivalent under transformation to the well-established statistical framework of extreme value theory (EVT). In this tutorial, we will survey some of the wider connections between ID and other forms of complexity analysis, including EVT, power-law distributions, chaos theory, anddynamical systems. We will then see how LID can potentially serve as a unifying framework for the understanding of these theories in the context of machine learning in general, and deep learning in particular.Short Biography: Michael Houle obtained his PhD degree in 1989 from McGill University in Canada, in the area of computational geometry. Since then, he developed research interests in algorithmics, data structures, and relational visualization, first at Kyushu University and the University of Tokyo in Japan, and from 1992 at the University of Newcastle and the University of Sydney in Australia.From 2001 to 2004, while at IBM Japan's Tokyo Research Laboratory, he first began working on approximate similarity search and shared-neighbor clustering methods for data mining applications.From 2004, at the National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, his research interests expanded to include dimensionality and scalability in the context of fundamental AI / machine learning / data mining tasks such as search, clustering, classification, and outlier detection.In 2021, he relocated to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Currently he is with the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, USA, and divides his time between Newark and Vancouver.Read more here: https://people.njit.edu/profile/meh43
"Addressing Loneliness: Current Interventions and Future Directions"On the occasion of Mathias Lasgaard’s appointment as professor of applied psychology at the Department of Psychology, SDU, the Faculty of Health Sciences hereby invites you to attend an inaugural seminar on August 30, 2024, from 14:00 hrs. CEST, in the Auditorium O100, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M.14.00-14.05: Introduction and welcome Uffe Holmskov, Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU14.05-14.40: “Exploring the landscape of interventions for loneliness " Mathias Lasgaard, Professor, Department of Psychology, SDU14.40-15.15: “What is missing from the intervention landscape " Pamela Qualter, Professor, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, United Kingdom15.15-15.30: Discussion and closing of the seminarAfter the seminar, a reception will be held in “Panoramaudsigten”, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M.The Faculty of Health Sciences would like to invite all interested persons to attend the seminar and the following reception. If you wish to participate, we kindly ask you to register HERE no later than August 23, 2024.For further information or questions, please contact administrative officer Mette Bach Moesgaard by email [email]mbmoesgaard@health.sdu.dk[/email]
"Addressing Loneliness: Current Interventions and Future Directions"On the occasion of Mathias Lasgaard’s appointment as professor of applied psychology at the Department of Psychology, SDU, the Faculty of Health Sciences hereby invites you to attend an inaugural seminar on August 30, 2024, from 14:00 hrs. CEST, in the Auditorium O100, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M.14.00-14.05: Introduction and welcome Uffe Holmskov, Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU14.05-14.40: “Exploring the landscape of interventions for loneliness " Mathias Lasgaard, Professor, Department of Psychology, SDU14.40-15.15: “What is missing from the intervention landscape " Pamela Qualter, Professor, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, United Kingdom15.15-15.30: Discussion and closing of the seminarAfter the seminar, a reception will be held in “Panoramaudsigten”, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M.The Faculty of Health Sciences would like to invite all interested persons to attend the seminar and the following reception. If you wish to participate, we kindly ask you to register HERE no later than August 23, 2024.For further information or questions, please contact administrative officer Mette Bach Moesgaard by email [email]mbmoesgaard@health.sdu.dk[/email]