Seminars

Our virtual seminar series is where we exchange ideas with guest speakers, keeping you up to date with the latest developments and inspiring research topics. Occasionally, Secondmind researchers present their own work as well.

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March 28th, 2024

Optimal Experiment Design in Markov Chains

Optimal Experiment Design in Markov Chains

Optimal Experiment Design in Markov Chains

Mojmír Mutný

Mojmír Mutný

Mojmír Mutný

Postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich

Postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich

Postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich

Past seminars

Leveraging replication in active learning

Mickael Binois - INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

Jun 24, 2024

Leveraging replication in active learning

Mickael Binois - INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

Jun 24, 2024

Leveraging replication in active learning

Mickael Binois - INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

Jun 24, 2024

Leveraging replication in active learning

Mickael Binois - INRIA Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

Jun 24, 2024

From data to confident decisions

Ilija Bogunovic - University College London

Jun 13, 2024

From data to confident decisions

Ilija Bogunovic - University College London

Jun 13, 2024

From data to confident decisions

Ilija Bogunovic - University College London

Jun 13, 2024

From data to confident decisions

Ilija Bogunovic - University College London

Jun 13, 2024

Preference learning with Gaussian processes

Dario Azzimonti - IDSIA

May 23, 2024

Preference learning with Gaussian processes

Dario Azzimonti - IDSIA

May 23, 2024

Preference learning with Gaussian processes

Dario Azzimonti - IDSIA

May 23, 2024

Preference learning with Gaussian processes

Dario Azzimonti - IDSIA

May 23, 2024

Optimal experiment design in Markov chains

Mojmír Mutný - ETH Zurich

Mar 28, 2024

Optimal experiment design in Markov chains

Mojmír Mutný - ETH Zurich

Mar 28, 2024

Optimal experiment design in Markov chains

Mojmír Mutný - ETH Zurich

Mar 28, 2024

Optimal experiment design in Markov chains

Mojmír Mutný - ETH Zurich

Mar 28, 2024

Data-Centric Engineering for Coherent Risk Management

Domenic Di Francesco - The Alan Turing Institute

Oct 26, 2023

Data-Centric Engineering for Coherent Risk Management

Domenic Di Francesco - The Alan Turing Institute

Oct 26, 2023

Data-Centric Engineering for Coherent Risk Management

Domenic Di Francesco - The Alan Turing Institute

Oct 26, 2023

Data-Centric Engineering for Coherent Risk Management

Domenic Di Francesco - The Alan Turing Institute

Oct 26, 2023

Multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization in chemical engineering

Antonio Del Rio Chanona - Imperial College London

Jul 6, 2023

Multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization in chemical engineering

Antonio Del Rio Chanona - Imperial College London

Jul 6, 2023

Multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization in chemical engineering

Antonio Del Rio Chanona - Imperial College London

Jul 6, 2023

Multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization in chemical engineering

Antonio Del Rio Chanona - Imperial College London

Jul 6, 2023

Harnessing new information in Bayesian optimization

Luigi Nardi - Lund University, Stanford University, DBtune

Jun 7, 2023

Harnessing new information in Bayesian optimization

Luigi Nardi - Lund University, Stanford University, DBtune

Jun 7, 2023

Harnessing new information in Bayesian optimization

Luigi Nardi - Lund University, Stanford University, DBtune

Jun 7, 2023

Harnessing new information in Bayesian optimization

Luigi Nardi - Lund University, Stanford University, DBtune

Jun 7, 2023

Coin sampling: gradient-based Bayesian inference without learning rates

Christopher Nemeth - University of Lancaster

Feb 23, 2023

Coin sampling: gradient-based Bayesian inference without learning rates

Christopher Nemeth - University of Lancaster

Feb 23, 2023

Coin sampling: gradient-based Bayesian inference without learning rates

Christopher Nemeth - University of Lancaster

Feb 23, 2023

Coin sampling: gradient-based Bayesian inference without learning rates

Christopher Nemeth - University of Lancaster

Feb 23, 2023

A roadmap for ultra-scalable simulation and inference in stochastic PDEs

David K. Duvenaud - University of Toronto

Dec 14, 2022

A roadmap for ultra-scalable simulation and inference in stochastic PDEs

David K. Duvenaud - University of Toronto

Dec 14, 2022

A roadmap for ultra-scalable simulation and inference in stochastic PDEs

David K. Duvenaud - University of Toronto

Dec 14, 2022

A roadmap for ultra-scalable simulation and inference in stochastic PDEs

David K. Duvenaud - University of Toronto

Dec 14, 2022

Variational Gaussian processes for spatial modeling: the geoML project

Ítalo Gomes Gonçalves - Universidade Federal do Pampa

Nov 23, 2022

Variational Gaussian processes for spatial modeling: the geoML project

Ítalo Gomes Gonçalves - Universidade Federal do Pampa

Nov 23, 2022

Variational Gaussian processes for spatial modeling: the geoML project

Ítalo Gomes Gonçalves - Universidade Federal do Pampa

Nov 23, 2022

Variational Gaussian processes for spatial modeling: the geoML project

Ítalo Gomes Gonçalves - Universidade Federal do Pampa

Nov 23, 2022

Bézier Gaussian processes

Martin Jørgensen - University of Oxford

Nov 10, 2022

Bézier Gaussian processes

Martin Jørgensen - University of Oxford

Nov 10, 2022

Bézier Gaussian processes

Martin Jørgensen - University of Oxford

Nov 10, 2022

Bézier Gaussian processes

Martin Jørgensen - University of Oxford

Nov 10, 2022

Barbara Rakitsch

Interacting ODEs with Gaussian processes

Barbara Rakitsch - Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence

Oct 6, 2022

Barbara Rakitsch

Interacting ODEs with Gaussian processes

Barbara Rakitsch - Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence

Oct 6, 2022

Barbara Rakitsch

Interacting ODEs with Gaussian processes

Barbara Rakitsch - Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence

Oct 6, 2022

Barbara Rakitsch

Interacting ODEs with Gaussian processes

Barbara Rakitsch - Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence

Oct 6, 2022

Sebastian Farquhar

Unbiased active learning and testing

Sebastian Farquhar - University of Oxford

Sep 16, 2022

Sebastian Farquhar

Unbiased active learning and testing

Sebastian Farquhar - University of Oxford

Sep 16, 2022

Sebastian Farquhar

Unbiased active learning and testing

Sebastian Farquhar - University of Oxford

Sep 16, 2022

Sebastian Farquhar

Unbiased active learning and testing

Sebastian Farquhar - University of Oxford

Sep 16, 2022

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz

Model recycling with Gaussian processes

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz - Technical University of Denmark

Jun 23, 2022

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz

Model recycling with Gaussian processes

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz - Technical University of Denmark

Jun 23, 2022

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz

Model recycling with Gaussian processes

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz - Technical University of Denmark

Jun 23, 2022

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz

Model recycling with Gaussian processes

Pablo Moreno-Muñoz - Technical University of Denmark

Jun 23, 2022

Aryan Deshwal

Bayesian optimization over combinatorial structures

Aryan Deshwal - Washington State University

May 26, 2022

Aryan Deshwal

Bayesian optimization over combinatorial structures

Aryan Deshwal - Washington State University

May 26, 2022

Aryan Deshwal

Bayesian optimization over combinatorial structures

Aryan Deshwal - Washington State University

May 26, 2022

Aryan Deshwal

Bayesian optimization over combinatorial structures

Aryan Deshwal - Washington State University

May 26, 2022

François-Xavier Briol

Bayesian estimation of integrals: a multi-task approach

Francois-Xavier Briol - University College London

Jan 6, 2022

François-Xavier Briol

Bayesian estimation of integrals: a multi-task approach

Francois-Xavier Briol - University College London

Jan 6, 2022

François-Xavier Briol

Bayesian estimation of integrals: a multi-task approach

Francois-Xavier Briol - University College London

Jan 6, 2022

François-Xavier Briol

Bayesian estimation of integrals: a multi-task approach

Francois-Xavier Briol - University College London

Jan 6, 2022

Dino Sejdinovic

Developments at the interface between kernel embeddings and Gaussian processes

Dino Sejdinovic - University of Oxford

Dec 2, 2021

Dino Sejdinovic

Developments at the interface between kernel embeddings and Gaussian processes

Dino Sejdinovic - University of Oxford

Dec 2, 2021

Dino Sejdinovic

Developments at the interface between kernel embeddings and Gaussian processes

Dino Sejdinovic - University of Oxford

Dec 2, 2021

Dino Sejdinovic

Developments at the interface between kernel embeddings and Gaussian processes

Dino Sejdinovic - University of Oxford

Dec 2, 2021

Noémie Jaquier

Bayesian optimization on Riemannian manifolds for robot learning

Noémie Jaquier - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Nov 25, 2021

Noémie Jaquier

Bayesian optimization on Riemannian manifolds for robot learning

Noémie Jaquier - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Nov 25, 2021

Noémie Jaquier

Bayesian optimization on Riemannian manifolds for robot learning

Noémie Jaquier - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Nov 25, 2021

Noémie Jaquier

Bayesian optimization on Riemannian manifolds for robot learning

Noémie Jaquier - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Nov 25, 2021

François Bachoc

Sequential construction and dimension reduction of GP under inequality constraints

François Bachoc - Toulouse Mathematics Institute

Nov 25, 2021

François Bachoc

Sequential construction and dimension reduction of GP under inequality constraints

François Bachoc - Toulouse Mathematics Institute

Nov 25, 2021

François Bachoc

Sequential construction and dimension reduction of GP under inequality constraints

François Bachoc - Toulouse Mathematics Institute

Nov 25, 2021

François Bachoc

Sequential construction and dimension reduction of GP under inequality constraints

François Bachoc - Toulouse Mathematics Institute

Nov 25, 2021

Frank Hutter

Towards deep learning 2.0: going to the meta-level

Frank Hutter - University of Freiburg

Nov 11, 2021

Frank Hutter

Towards deep learning 2.0: going to the meta-level

Frank Hutter - University of Freiburg

Nov 11, 2021

Frank Hutter

Towards deep learning 2.0: going to the meta-level

Frank Hutter - University of Freiburg

Nov 11, 2021

Frank Hutter

Towards deep learning 2.0: going to the meta-level

Frank Hutter - University of Freiburg

Nov 11, 2021

Causal Bayesian optimisation

Javier González Hernández - Microsoft Research Cambridge

Feb 21, 2021

Causal Bayesian optimisation

Javier González Hernández - Microsoft Research Cambridge

Feb 21, 2021

Causal Bayesian optimisation

Javier González Hernández - Microsoft Research Cambridge

Feb 21, 2021

Causal Bayesian optimisation

Javier González Hernández - Microsoft Research Cambridge

Feb 21, 2021

Emtiyaz Khan

Bayesian principles for learning-machines

Emtiyaz Khan - RIKEN Centre

Sep 17, 2021

Emtiyaz Khan

Bayesian principles for learning-machines

Emtiyaz Khan - RIKEN Centre

Sep 17, 2021

Emtiyaz Khan

Bayesian principles for learning-machines

Emtiyaz Khan - RIKEN Centre

Sep 17, 2021

Emtiyaz Khan

Bayesian principles for learning-machines

Emtiyaz Khan - RIKEN Centre

Sep 17, 2021

Ciara Pike-Burke

A unifying view of optimism in episodic reinforcement learning

Ciara Pike-Burke - Imperial College London

Sep 2, 2021

Ciara Pike-Burke

A unifying view of optimism in episodic reinforcement learning

Ciara Pike-Burke - Imperial College London

Sep 2, 2021

Ciara Pike-Burke

A unifying view of optimism in episodic reinforcement learning

Ciara Pike-Burke - Imperial College London

Sep 2, 2021

Ciara Pike-Burke

A unifying view of optimism in episodic reinforcement learning

Ciara Pike-Burke - Imperial College London

Sep 2, 2021

José Miguel Hernández Lobato

Probabilistic methods for increased robustness in machine learning

José Miguel Hernández Lobato - University of Cambridge

Jul 15, 2021

José Miguel Hernández Lobato

Probabilistic methods for increased robustness in machine learning

José Miguel Hernández Lobato - University of Cambridge

Jul 15, 2021

José Miguel Hernández Lobato

Probabilistic methods for increased robustness in machine learning

José Miguel Hernández Lobato - University of Cambridge

Jul 15, 2021

José Miguel Hernández Lobato

Probabilistic methods for increased robustness in machine learning

José Miguel Hernández Lobato - University of Cambridge

Jul 15, 2021

Carl Henrik Ek

Modulating surrogates for bayesian optimization

Carl Henrik Ek - University of Cambridge

Jun 10, 2021

Carl Henrik Ek

Modulating surrogates for bayesian optimization

Carl Henrik Ek - University of Cambridge

Jun 10, 2021

Carl Henrik Ek

Modulating surrogates for bayesian optimization

Carl Henrik Ek - University of Cambridge

Jun 10, 2021

Carl Henrik Ek

Modulating surrogates for bayesian optimization

Carl Henrik Ek - University of Cambridge

Jun 10, 2021

Peter Stone

Efficient robot skill learning

Peter Stone - University of Texas at Austin & Sony AI America

May 13, 2020

Peter Stone

Efficient robot skill learning

Peter Stone - University of Texas at Austin & Sony AI America

May 13, 2020

Peter Stone

Efficient robot skill learning

Peter Stone - University of Texas at Austin & Sony AI America

May 13, 2020

Peter Stone

Efficient robot skill learning

Peter Stone - University of Texas at Austin & Sony AI America

May 13, 2020

Laurence Aitchison

Deep kernel processes

Laurence Aitchison - University of Bristol

Mar 4, 2021

Laurence Aitchison

Deep kernel processes

Laurence Aitchison - University of Bristol

Mar 4, 2021

Laurence Aitchison

Deep kernel processes

Laurence Aitchison - University of Bristol

Mar 4, 2021

Laurence Aitchison

Deep kernel processes

Laurence Aitchison - University of Bristol

Mar 4, 2021

Andrew G. Wilson

How do we build models that learn and generalize?

Andrew G. Wilson - New York University

Jan 21, 2021

Andrew G. Wilson

How do we build models that learn and generalize?

Andrew G. Wilson - New York University

Jan 21, 2021

Andrew G. Wilson

How do we build models that learn and generalize?

Andrew G. Wilson - New York University

Jan 21, 2021

Andrew G. Wilson

How do we build models that learn and generalize?

Andrew G. Wilson - New York University

Jan 21, 2021

Vincent Adam

Sparse methods for markovian GPs

Vincent Adam - Secondmind & Aalto University

Jan 14, 2021

Vincent Adam

Sparse methods for markovian GPs

Vincent Adam - Secondmind & Aalto University

Jan 14, 2021

Vincent Adam

Sparse methods for markovian GPs

Vincent Adam - Secondmind & Aalto University

Jan 14, 2021

Vincent Adam

Sparse methods for markovian GPs

Vincent Adam - Secondmind & Aalto University

Jan 14, 2021

Matthew E. Taylor

Reinforcement learning in the real world: How to “cheat” and still feel good about it

Matthew E. Taylor - University of Alberta

Dec 17, 2020

Matthew E. Taylor

Reinforcement learning in the real world: How to “cheat” and still feel good about it

Matthew E. Taylor - University of Alberta

Dec 17, 2020

Matthew E. Taylor

Reinforcement learning in the real world: How to “cheat” and still feel good about it

Matthew E. Taylor - University of Alberta

Dec 17, 2020

Matthew E. Taylor

Reinforcement learning in the real world: How to “cheat” and still feel good about it

Matthew E. Taylor - University of Alberta

Dec 17, 2020

Value-driven hindsight modeling

Arthur Guez - Google DeepMind

Nov 19, 2020

Value-driven hindsight modeling

Arthur Guez - Google DeepMind

Nov 19, 2020

Value-driven hindsight modeling

Arthur Guez - Google DeepMind

Nov 19, 2020

Value-driven hindsight modeling

Arthur Guez - Google DeepMind

Nov 19, 2020

Alexandra Gessner

Integration for and as Bayesian inference

Alexandra Gessner - University of Tuebingen

Nov 12, 2020

Alexandra Gessner

Integration for and as Bayesian inference

Alexandra Gessner - University of Tuebingen

Nov 12, 2020

Alexandra Gessner

Integration for and as Bayesian inference

Alexandra Gessner - University of Tuebingen

Nov 12, 2020

Alexandra Gessner

Integration for and as Bayesian inference

Alexandra Gessner - University of Tuebingen

Nov 12, 2020

Arno Solin

Stationary activations for uncertainty calibration in deep learning

Arno Solin - Aalto University

Oct 29, 2020

Arno Solin

Stationary activations for uncertainty calibration in deep learning

Arno Solin - Aalto University

Oct 29, 2020

Arno Solin

Stationary activations for uncertainty calibration in deep learning

Arno Solin - Aalto University

Oct 29, 2020

Arno Solin

Stationary activations for uncertainty calibration in deep learning

Arno Solin - Aalto University

Oct 29, 2020

Assisting human perception and control using theory of mind

Siddharth Reddy - University of California, Berkeley

Oct 22, 2020

Assisting human perception and control using theory of mind

Siddharth Reddy - University of California, Berkeley

Oct 22, 2020

Assisting human perception and control using theory of mind

Siddharth Reddy - University of California, Berkeley

Oct 22, 2020

Assisting human perception and control using theory of mind

Siddharth Reddy - University of California, Berkeley

Oct 22, 2020

Peter Frazier

Knowledge gradient methods for Bayesian optimization

Peter Frazier - Cornell University & Uber

Oct 8, 2022

Peter Frazier

Knowledge gradient methods for Bayesian optimization

Peter Frazier - Cornell University & Uber

Oct 8, 2022

Peter Frazier

Knowledge gradient methods for Bayesian optimization

Peter Frazier - Cornell University & Uber

Oct 8, 2022

Peter Frazier

Knowledge gradient methods for Bayesian optimization

Peter Frazier - Cornell University & Uber

Oct 8, 2022

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold

Challenges of real-world RL: definition, implementation, analysis

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold - Google Research

Oct 1, 2020

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold

Challenges of real-world RL: definition, implementation, analysis

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold - Google Research

Oct 1, 2020

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold

Challenges of real-world RL: definition, implementation, analysis

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold - Google Research

Oct 1, 2020

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold

Challenges of real-world RL: definition, implementation, analysis

Gabriel Dulac-Arnold - Google Research

Oct 1, 2020

Philipp Hennig

Computation under uncertainty

Philipp Hennig - University of Tuebingen

Sep 24, 2020

Philipp Hennig

Computation under uncertainty

Philipp Hennig - University of Tuebingen

Sep 24, 2020

Philipp Hennig

Computation under uncertainty

Philipp Hennig - University of Tuebingen

Sep 24, 2020

Philipp Hennig

Computation under uncertainty

Philipp Hennig - University of Tuebingen

Sep 24, 2020

Magnus Rattray

Non-parametric modelling of gene expression in time and space

Magnus Rattray - University of Manchester

Sep 10, 2020

Magnus Rattray

Non-parametric modelling of gene expression in time and space

Magnus Rattray - University of Manchester

Sep 10, 2020

Magnus Rattray

Non-parametric modelling of gene expression in time and space

Magnus Rattray - University of Manchester

Sep 10, 2020

Magnus Rattray

Non-parametric modelling of gene expression in time and space

Magnus Rattray - University of Manchester

Sep 10, 2020

Andreas Krause

Safe and efficient exploration in reinforcement learning

Andreas Krause - ETH Zurich

Aug 27, 2020

Andreas Krause

Safe and efficient exploration in reinforcement learning

Andreas Krause - ETH Zurich

Aug 27, 2020

Andreas Krause

Safe and efficient exploration in reinforcement learning

Andreas Krause - ETH Zurich

Aug 27, 2020

Andreas Krause

Safe and efficient exploration in reinforcement learning

Andreas Krause - ETH Zurich

Aug 27, 2020

Rahul Kidambi

MOReL: model-based offline reinforcement learning

Rahul Kidambi - Cornell University

Aug 6, 2020

Rahul Kidambi

MOReL: model-based offline reinforcement learning

Rahul Kidambi - Cornell University

Aug 6, 2020

Rahul Kidambi

MOReL: model-based offline reinforcement learning

Rahul Kidambi - Cornell University

Aug 6, 2020

Rahul Kidambi

MOReL: model-based offline reinforcement learning

Rahul Kidambi - Cornell University

Aug 6, 2020

Arthur Gretton

Generalized energy-based models

Arthur Gretton - University College London

Jul 30, 2020

Arthur Gretton

Generalized energy-based models

Arthur Gretton - University College London

Jul 30, 2020

Arthur Gretton

Generalized energy-based models

Arthur Gretton - University College London

Jul 30, 2020

Arthur Gretton

Generalized energy-based models

Arthur Gretton - University College London

Jul 30, 2020

Gergely Neu

A unified view of entropy-regularized Markov decision processes

Gergely Neu - Pompeu Fabra University

May 21, 2020

Gergely Neu

A unified view of entropy-regularized Markov decision processes

Gergely Neu - Pompeu Fabra University

May 21, 2020

Gergely Neu

A unified view of entropy-regularized Markov decision processes

Gergely Neu - Pompeu Fabra University

May 21, 2020

Gergely Neu

A unified view of entropy-regularized Markov decision processes

Gergely Neu - Pompeu Fabra University

May 21, 2020