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Friday, October 21, 2011 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sixth Annual Machine Learning Symposium
Machine learning, the study of computer algorithms that improve automatically through experience, has a wide spectrum of applications, including natural language processing, search engines, medical diagnosis, bioinformatics and cheminformatics, detecting credit card fraud, and stock market analysis.
The Machine Learning Discussion Group at the New York Academy of Sciences holds an annual symposium each fall to discuss advanced research related to such topics. The aim of this series is to continue to build a community of leading scientists in machine learning from the New York City area's academic, government, and industrial institutions by convening and promoting the exchange of ideas in a neutral setting. Top scientists in both applied and theoretical machine learning are invited to present their research.
The symposium will be followed by a series of short presentations by tech startups, sponsored by hackNY, an organization that connects math and computer science students with emerging enterprises. Attendance is open to all but space is limited.
Speakers & Talks
Stochastic Algorithms for One-Pass Learning
Léon Bottou, PhD, Microsoft adCenter
Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
Stephen Boyd, PhD, Stanford University
Online Learning without a Learning Rate Parameter
Yoav Freund, PhD, University of California, San Diego
The transcriptome of the cell is dynamic, and varies according to chemical perturbations. This symposium will explore connectivity maps, dose-dependent transcriptome responses, characterization of drug activity and chemical genomics in cancer.
Speakers & Talks:
Next Generation Connectivity Map
Aravind Subramanian, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University
Dose-Dependent Transcriptome Response to Compound Perturbation: a New Paradigm to Characterize Drug Activity
Rui-Ru Ji, Bristol-Myers Squib
Chemical Genomics in Cancer: Rebalancing the Unbalanced Equation Inherent in the Programming of the Disease
Duane C. Hassane, Weill Cornell Medical College
SCIENCE & THE CITY PRESENTS:
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The Anthropology of Online WorldsOnline games allow people to form intense relationships, new economies, and complex societies that sometimes replace real world interactions. Anthropologist Thomas Malaby and game designer Lee Guzofski discuss how our humanity shapes virtual worlds.
* Get $10 dollars off full-price tickets by using the promo code GAMEDISC (enter the code in the promotional field under your address on the first page of registration)
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NYCE 2011 is the fourth annual New York Computer Science and Economics Day. The goal of the meeting is to bring together researchers in the larger New York metropolitan area with interests in computer science, economics, marketing and business, and a common focus in understanding and developing the economics of Internet activity. Examples of topics of interest include theoretical, modeling, algorithmic and empirical work on advertising and marketing based on search, user-generated content, or social networks, and other means of monetizing the Internet.
Call for Participation:
We solicit contributors for short talks (10 minutes) and posters. Please send:
(1) Abstract
(2) Affiliation/position, including student status
(3) Whether the applicant would like to be considered for a talk/poster or both
(4) Whether the applicant would like financial support (for students only)
Submissions should be emailed to nyce.d...@gmail.com by Friday, August 26.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by Wednesday, August 31.
PRIZE OPPORTUNITY:
Aspen Brain Forum Prize in NeuroEducation
The New York Academy of Science and The Aspen Brain Forum will award two prizes of $7,500 in unrestricted funds to recognize innovation and excellence in translating discoveries from developmental cognitive neuroscience into new curricula or tools that enhance learning. The presentation of the award will take place during the 'Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning: Implications for Education Conference' taking place September 22-24, 2011 at The Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado.
Prize Application Deadline: Friday, August 5, 2011
