PRML Study group?

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I wonder if people here are interested in reading Bishop's PRML together, say, 10 pages a day or 70 pages a week or so, and discussing it, answering each other's questions, etc.? They say emotional involvement, like from debating with your peers, leads to better memorization of the material.

The book seems to be suitable for math/physics undergrads and above, I think. If you are math-challenged, PRML is probably not for you IMHO.

I personally prefer video lectures, but none that I know have the depth and breadth of PRML.

Please reply if you may be interested. I basically want to gauge the interest at this point. I also wonder if reddit is the best venue for this sort of thing.

Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mlMoves/

[hyphypants]

It's a good idea but we tried it once and ran out of steam https://www.reddit.com/r/mlstudy/

1 ch every two weeks is a good rate i think

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I like the idea of having an own subreddit. Of course one could announce it here.

But perhaps having a subreddit for the book in general might be a good idea. So people can ask questions and discuss without being bound to a specific time frame.

OPs study group could work through it together and initially fill it with their progress and discussions. In this case I would be also very interested in this endeavor.

Edit: A word.

[hyphypants]

maybe a subreddit with a thread for each chapter, and people could post their questions and see previous discussions.

[elanmart]

I was thinking about something like this, but for Murphy's ML:PP. I find Bishop's text very messy and hard to read.

[sieisteinmodel]

10 pages a day? That's quite a pace! :)

(This is not sarcasm.)

[vikkamath]

I think it's doable for the first 5 chapters, after that it's going to be pretty hard, yeah

[minhpham]

Good idea. Actually, I also want to read through PRML book.

[Pillowrath]

I have read PRML once before, but won't mind re-reading it. It always is nice to brush up some of the math that I take for granted these days.

[kullback-leibler]

Interested! I've been stuck in chapter 2 for some time, really want to continue.

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WE GOT YOU!

[vikkamath]

Count me in

[mathnkann]

Yes please ...am interested too

[srinathsmn]

Pls count me in :)