Free Workshop at Northwestern University:
Artificial Intelligence for Research, Analytics, and Reasoning
A Free 2-Hour Workshop on Applied Research with Bayesian Networks and BayesiaLab
May 12, 2015, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
In fields ranging from bioinformatics to marketing science, Bayesian networks have revolutionized the way scientists explore high-dimensional problem domains. And, since the first release of the BayesiaLab software package in 2001, practitioners have been able to leverage this powerful paradigm for their research without having to write a single line of code.
Learn what the Bayesian networks revolution is all about and join Stefan Conrady and Dr. Lionel Jouffe for a complimentary workshop on knowledge discovery and reasoning with Bayesian networks and BayesiaLab. In this presentation, they will first lay out the basics of the Bayesian network formalism and then illustrate several applications in a live software demo.
Agenda
- Why Bayesian Networks? To Explain or to Predict?
- Introducing the Bayesian Network Formalism
- Bayesian Networks and Artificial Intelligence
- A Desktop Laboratory for Research and Reasoning: BayesiaLab
- Unsupervised Learning and Structural Knowledge Discovery in Unknown Domains
- Supervised Learning for Prediction
- Observational and Causal Inference with Bayesian Networks
- Q&A
Date and Location
May 12, 2015, 3 to 5 pm
Northwestern University
2311 N. Campus Drive
Suite 1440 (Krebs Classroom)
Evanston, IL 60208
About the Presenters
Stefan Conrady is the managing partner of Bayesia USA, the North American sales and marketing organization of France-based Bayesia S.A.S.
Stefan studied Electrical Engineering in Ulm, Germany, and has extensive international management experience in the fields of product strategy, marketing, market research, and analytics, all with leading car brands, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Nissan, and Infiniti. Most recently, prior to joining Bayesia, Stefan was heading the Analytics & Forecasting group at Nissan North America.
Dr. Lionel Jouffe is cofounder and CEO of Bayesia S.A.S., headquartered in Laval, France. Lionel holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Rennes and has been working in the field of Artificial Intelligence since the early 1990s. While working as a Professor/Researcher at ESIEA, Lionel started exploring the potential of Bayesian networks. After co-founding Bayesia in 2001, he and his team have been working full-time on the development BayesiaLab, which has since emerged as the leading software package for knowledge discovery, data mining, knowledge modeling, and reasoning using Bayesian networks.