Doing ML in Taipei Formerly PhD Student, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Taipei, Taiwan
Joined October 2009
Brilliant to see Marr getting some love in Developmental Biology! I firmly believe that levels of analysis have a really important role to play in our understanding of developmental systems. So much so that I dedicate 2 chapters of my thesis to the topic repository.cam.ac.uk/items/5…
Our latest: We explore how cells interpret morphogen gradients during development using optimal control theory A thread explaining some of the ideas 🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/ar… 1/12
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The trilogy is complete! My "Advanced Topics" book is officially released today. Buy it on Amazon, or get it for free at probml.github.io/pml-book/bo….
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I am delighted to announce the release of “dynamax”, an open source library for dynamic state space models in JAX. It supports inference and learning in HMMs, Linear Gaussian SSMs, as well as non-linear and non-Gaussian SSMs. See github.com/probml/dynamax
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I am delighted to announce that the camera-ready version of my new book, "Machine Learning: Advanced Topics", is finally available online for free at probml.github.io/book2 (@mitpress will publish the hard copy in 2023.)
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Replying to @CambridgeMLG
@CambridgeMLG is launching a blog, featuring a first two-part post about what keeps a Bayesian awake at night by Richard E. Turner and me. 🧵 mlg-blog.com/
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As today, Nov. 20th, is his birthday it's a great opportunity for my favourite math joke: What does the 'B' in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? ... Benoit B. Mandelbrot
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One can only hope.
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The evidence feeding into the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies #SAGE is now live. This is supporting the government response to #COVID19 gov.uk/government/news/coron…
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My friend and fellow JRF at @Cambridge_Uni been told she can't get indefinite leave to remain, because she was on fieldwork during her PhD. Ridiculous situation, the mind boggles at why @ukhomeoffice thinks this is acceptable.
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The website for our film, Here Be Monsters @HBMfilm, is now live. Check it out at searchforthepolarbear.com to read about the project! @scottpolar #polarbear #Arctic #Documentary
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Other days it is a fun football blog. Today it captures something quite significant. xitter.cf/arseblog/status/796257…