Model-Based Machine Learning

Today machine learning is centre stage in the world of technology, and thousands of scientists and engineers are applying machine learning to an extraordinarily broad range of domains. However, making effective use of machine learning in practice can be daunting, especially for newcomers to the field. Over the last five decades, researchers have created literally thousands of machine learning algorithms. Traditionally an engineer wanting to solve a problem using machine learning must choose one or more of these algorithms to try, often constrained those algorithms they happen to be familiar with, or by the availability of software implementations. In this talk we view machine learning from a fresh perspective which we call'model-based machine learning', in which a bespoke solution is formulated for each new application.