时间：2019年6月14日(周五)上午10:00-11:00
地点：中北校区理科大楼A1514会议室
题目：Wasserstein information geometric learning
主持人：方方 副教授
主讲人：Wuchen Li （University of Californiauniversity Los Angeles）
摘要：
Optimal transport (Wasserstein metric) nowadays play important roles in data science and machine learning. In this talk, we brief review its development and applications in machine learning. In particular, we will focus its induced differential structure. We will introduce the Wasserstein natural gradient in parametric models. The metric tensor in probability density space is pulled back to the one on parameter space. We derive the Wasserstein gradient flows and proximal operator in parameter space. We demonstrate that the Wasserstein natural gradient works efficiently in several statistical machine learning problems, including Boltzmann machine, generative adversary models (GANs) and variational Bayesian statistics.
主讲人简介：
Wuchen Li received his BSc in Mathematics from Shandong University in 2009, and a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Georgia institute of Technology in 2016. After then, he is appointed as a CAM assistant professor in University of California, Los Angeles.