Information Geometry

[C.M. Bishop]

                         A Newton Institute Themed Week

                             INFORMATION GEOMETRY 

                                8 - 12 December

                    Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, U.K.

             Organisers: S Amari (RIKEN) and C M Bishop (Microsoft)


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This themed week is aimed at bringing together researchers from 
different disciplines with a common interest in the field of 
information geometry. 

Registration: Since the week falls during the Cambridge academic term, 
the Newton Institute will unfortunately not be able to provide any 
assistance with accommodation. Participants must therefore make their 
own arrangements for accommodation and evening meals. However, light 
lunches will be available for purchase in the Institute. In order to 
gauge numbers, participants are requested to complete and return the 
short registration form, attached below.


Programme
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Abstracts for each talk will are also available from the web site.

Monday 8 December
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Informal discussion


Tuesday 9 December 
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10:00 - 11:00 S Amari (RIKEN)
Introduction to information geometry and applications to neural networks

11:00   Coffee

11:30   Informal discussion

12:30   Lunch

14:30 - 15:30 G Pistone (Torino)
Non-parametric Information Geometry

15:30   Tea

16:00 - 17:30  Informal discussion


Wednesday 10 December
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10:00 - 11:00  J-F Cardoso (CNRS)
Information geometry of blind source separation and ICA

11:30 Informal discussion

12:30   Lunch

14:30 - 15:30 S Eguchi (ISM Japan)
Near parametric inference

15:30  Tea

16:00 - 17:30  Informal discussion


Thursday 11 December 
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10:00 - 11:00  N Murata (RIKEN)
Characteristics of AIC type criteria in case of singular Fisher 
Information matrices

11:30   Informal discussion

12:30   Lunch

14:30 - 15:30  H Zhu (Santa Fe) 
Some consideration of information geometry on function spaces and 
non-parametric inference

15:30   Tea

16:00 - 17:30  Informal discussion


Friday 12 December 
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Informal discussions 

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                     A Newton Institute Themed Week

                          INFORMATION GEOMETRY

                         8 - 12 December,  1997

                 Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, U.K.

Registration form
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Name:

Address:

Tel:

Fax:

Email:

Days on which you plan to attend and on which you plan to have lunch
in the Institute:

Please return to Heather Hughes (H.Hughes at newton.cam.ac.uk)

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