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May 20, 2005

"Machine learning" is Beal’s focus

MIT calls it one of the hot 10 emerging technologies that will change your world: Bayesian Machine Learning. It also happens to be the focal point of research for Matthew J. Beal, who last fall joined the faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Bayesian Machine Learning is a head-spinning concept based on a mathematical basis for probability inference discovered by 18th-century mathematician and clergyman Thomas Bayes. Today it is used in applications such as tracking the time evolution of cells, gene expression and interaction, and drug development.

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Posted by thinkingmachine at May 20, 2005 07:46 PM

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