Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2023 APS March Meeting
Volume 68, Number 3
Las Vegas, Nevada (March 5-10)
Virtual (March 20-22); Time Zone: Pacific Time
Session 4B: GSNP Short Course on Adventures with Computational Modeling and Machine Learning: From Grains to Bits PART II–
12:45 PM–5:30 PM,
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Room: Room 222/223
Abstract: 4B.00001 : GSNP Short Course on Adventures with Computational Modeling and Machine Learning: From Grains to Bits PART II–
12:45 PM–5:30 PM
Author:
Information theory concerns the relationship between data, models, and reality. Its striking generality allows information theory to show up in myriad places and lend a powerfully unifying perspective. As such, it serves as a critical bridge to bring physicists to the issues of today. It is, first and foremost, the language of deep learning and therefore a route to using and understanding the capacities of modern AI -- undoubtedly a timely matter. It is also the language of model forming and model evaluation, be it a human's imperfect model of reality influenced by social media, or a trillion-parameter language model containing hidden biases, or a policy-guiding model of climate change. This tutorial would showcase a range of ways to bring ideas from information theory to the understanding of models, and would serve as a rich foray into the topic to excite all levels of background.
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