John L. Taylor

These are my links for June 17th from 11:29 to 11:31: An Introduction to MCMC for Machine Learning.pdf (application/pdf Object) – Abstract. This purpose of this introductory paper is threefold. First, it introduces the Monte Carlo method with emphasis on probabilistic machine learning. Second, it reviews the main building blocks of modern Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation, thereby providing and introduction to the remaining papers of this special issue. Lastly, it discusses new interesting research horizons. Abstract for “Probabilistic Inference using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods” – Blurb”In this review, I outline the role of probabilistic inference in artificial intelligence, […]

A new Mersenne prime has been found with the assistance of distributed computing: A computer professional in Norway, with the help of an online computing project, has discovered a new Mersenne prime. This sought-after number represents the 47th Mersenne prime discovered since ancient Greek mathematicians first uncovered them. (See the NPR story for details) A Mersenne prime is a positive integer satisfying the following equation while also being prime: $$ M_n=2^n-1.\ $$ n must be prime too, as a matter of consequence. The new number is about 13 million digits long and would require 3,461 pages to display the number […]