Variational Inference Lecture I|Probabilistic Modelling|Machine Learning

[@mlandaiacademy]

Hope you enjoy. For any questions, please feel free to contact us at @hbouammar. We are looking forward to your comments.

[@Janamejaya.Channegowda]

Thank you for sharing.

[@jayeshkurdekar126]

Very organic way of explaining from first principals..thnks a ton

[@luyongci]

This is the most down to earth explanation of variational inference

[@jayeshkurdekar126]

Absolutely

[@haroldsu]

good job Sir, and Thank you

[@micahdelaurentis6551]

Doesn't get any better than this folks

[@nihirvedd2104]

Honestly this is such a brilliant resource. Excited to rewatch it and attempt the challenges you laid out. Thank you for putting the time into this!

[@anisnehmar725]

@hbouammar thanks for this great explanation, but im wondering what is the difference between variational inference and EM algorithme ?

[@juliandavidariaslondono2288]

Great video, thank you for sharing it. Have you already uploaded a video addressing stochastic variational inference as you said in the last part of this video? I can't find it. Thank you.

[@mlandaiacademy]

Sorry for the delay Julian. We are trying to get back to this ASAP. In the meantime we have a video on the reparam trick which can be useful as well 😊

[@gamefaq]

Great video! I have a few follow-up questions. 1. Do we still have to calculate optimal values for sigma, sigma2 and K? 2. Maybe it’s because this example is too simple, but I don’t see the advantage of introducing q(z) and calculating the ELBO. Why can’t we just apply Jensen’s inequality directly to log(integral p(x, z) dx) instead of log(integral p(x, z)/q(z) * q(z)dz? Wouldn’t the former also allow us to put the log inside the integral in order to break it up into a sum of simpler integrals as well?

[@jayasimhatalur5503]

Thanks for the wonderful content. Can you please add links to papers that you cite in the video? Thanks!

[@mlandaiacademy]

Will do asap.

[@billykotsos4642]

I need this.... but need to review Venn diagrams first !

[@lunew.1479]

Great lecture! When is the next video coming?

[@mlandaiacademy]

Sorry took a while, I put some out.

[@gamefaq]

Is there a smoke alarm that's low on battery? I hear a beeping noise every few minutes.

[@undisclosedmusic4969]

Gentlemen, you need a better microphone!