Talk Title: Semi-Analytic Resampling in Lasso
Biography:
Yoshiyuki Kabashima received the B.Sci., M.Sci., and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1989, 1991, and 1994, respectively. From 1993 until 1996, he was with the Department of Physics, Nara Women’s University, Japan. In 1996, he moved to Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, where he is currently a professor with the Department of Mathematical and Computing science. His research interests include statistical mechanics, information theory, and machine learning. Dr. Kabashima received the 14th Japan IBM Science Prize in 2000, the Young Scientist Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, in 2006, and the 11th Ryogo Kubo Memorial Prize in 2007.