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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Reminder of Peter Norvig’s talk on Wednesday in *<b>Campbell Hall</b>* at 3:30pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> UCSB-ML [mailto:ucsb-ml-bounces@lists.cs.ucsb.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sang-Yun Oh<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 23, 2017 4:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> ucsb-ml@lists.cs.ucsb.edu<br><b>Cc:</b> Jean-Pierre Fouque <jpfouque54@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [UCSB-ML] Lecture Series in Data Science - Peter Norvig (Google)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear UCSB ML community,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is a reminder that the inaugural data science lecture series will take place this Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The lecture will also be broadcast live to this url: <a href="http://live.id.ucsb.edu/">http://live.id.ucsb.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>An updated flyer with all pertinent information is attached. Please feel free to forward to anyone that may find this talk interesting.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jean-Pierre and Sang<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>==========================================================================<br><br>Speaker: Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google Inc)<br><br>Title: Creating Software with Machine Learning: Challenges and Promise <br><br>Abstract: Traditionally, software is built by programmers who consider the possible situations and write rules to deal with them. But recently, many applications have been created by machine learning: the programmer is replaced by a trainer, who shows the computer examples until it learns to complete the task. This shift in the way software is built is opening up exciting new possibilities and posing new challenges.<br><br>Biography: Peter Norvig is a Director of Research at Google; previously he directed Google's core search algorithms group. He is co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook in the field, and co-teacher of an Artificial Intelligence class that signed up 160,000 students, helping to kick off the current round of massive open online classes. He is a Fellow of AAAI, ACM, the California Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences<br><br>Date/Time: October 25, 2017, 3:30 - 4:30 pm<br>Location: Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara<br>Live video: <a href="http://live.id.ucsb.edu/">http://live.id.ucsb.edu/</a><br><br>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:18 PM Sang-Yun Oh <<a href="mailto:syoh@pstat.ucsb.edu">syoh@pstat.ucsb.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Statistics and Applied Probability department is pleased to announce the NEW Distinguished Lecture Series in Data Science.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, will kick off the series on October 25, 3:30 - 4:30 pm. More information can be found below and on the attached flyer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Hope you can join us<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Jean-Pierre and Sang<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>PS. Please feel free to forward this email to those who may be interested<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Speaker: Peter Norvig (Director of Research, Google Inc)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Title: Creating Software with Machine Learning: Challenges and Promise <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Abstract: Traditionally, software is built by programmers who consider the possible situations and write rules to deal with them. But recently, many applications have been created by machine learning: the programmer is replaced by a trainer, who shows the computer examples until it learns to complete the task. This shift in the way software is built is opening up exciting new possibilities and <span class="m6554152186865420521m1955085553734813144m-8633165841338468438inbox-inbox-m7041819984353020158inbox-inbox-gr">posing</span> new challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Biography: Peter Norvig is a Director of Research at Google; previously he directed Google's core search algorithms group. He is <span class="m6554152186865420521m1955085553734813144m-8633165841338468438inbox-inbox-m7041819984353020158inbox-inbox-gr">co-author</span> of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook in the field, and co-teacher of an Artificial Intelligence class that signed up 160,000 students, helping to kick off the current round of massive open online classes. He is a Fellow of AAAI, ACM, the California Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Date/Time: October 25, 2017, 3:30 - 4:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>Location: Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121'>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>