Looking for volunteer speakers!

[patrickwalls]

The first few weeks of the seminar explore basic examples using scikit-learn but otherwise the plan is open! If you would like to volunteer to give a talk, please give a brief description below! Here are the dates:

October 7 - Introduction to scikit-learn Part I - @patrickwalls
October 14 - Introduction to scikit-learn Part II - @patrickwalls
October 21 - Introduction to scikit-learn Part III - @patrickwalls
October 28
November 4 - Kernel density estimation and Gaussian processes - @sempwn
November 11 - Remembrance Day
November 18 - Feature extraction and image classification - @dbhaskar92
November 25 -
December 2 -
December 9 -

[sempwn]

I can talk about using kernel density estimation and Gaussian processes to understand spatial data such as species count data or mapping of disease ( example ) I can do any week except November 18.

Cheers,
Mike

[patrickwalls]

Awesome! Thanks, Mike. I'll put you in for November 4 but we can always shuffle things around.

[dbhaskar92]

I can talk about feature extraction and image classification in a biological context. Topics include feature extraction (mathematical morphology, watershed algorithm, 3-pixel vector method, etc.) from phase-contrast and fluorescent microscopy (some parts may require MATLAB), hierarchical clustering, k-means and PCA. Both Oct 28 and Nov 18 work for me - I prefer the latter.

[patrickwalls]

Thanks, Jay! I've put you in for November 18.