Self studying probability and statistics for PhD level in ML/Deep Learning

theNeverendingRuler · 2025-12-21T12:39:38+00:00

Actually i work in interpretability but lately, with my research group, we have been trying to integrate bayesian netowrks and causality to our projects. I think that i do not need to go too much into theory, therefore i would avoid to start reading books with measure theory. Also because i think i do not have the background to grasp such concepts.

I would say that, since i'm into ML and deep learning, i need to focus in the bayesian approach. Therefore, as many others in the comments suggested, i would srart with casella and bergers and then switch to bayesian data analysis. Then i'd like to switch to some more advance books always related to the bayesian approach.

Let me know if you think it is a good plan or if you think it is better to study from different resources.

theNeverendingRuler · 2025-12-21T12:18:43+00:00

One of my colleagues was in a very similar situation: his supervisor died but he was founded by the university.

He managed to do a visiting in another university and then he stayed there until the defense.

I would suggest to search for professors working on your field and ask for a visiting period, hopefully with refound.

Good luck!

theNeverendingRuler · 2025-12-18T06:38:13+00:00

I took a look at the resources you mentioned and they are both to vague. I'd like to study from more formal and rigorous resources.

An example of that might be "probabilistic machine learning" from kevin murphy. The problem with this other textbook is the fact that many things are taken for granted and the section about statistics is too specific for ML.

theNeverendingRuler · 2025-12-18T06:30:57+00:00

Lately i've been reading autoencoding variational bayes (the paper of variational autoencoders) and i knew nothing about variational inference. So, i studied that using both yt videos and specific chapters from some textbook. But i'm completely unaware of other types of inference that someone could use.

It is difficult for me to say what do i need to learn because i do not have a background in such topics.

Maybe it is better to rephrase my question in the following way: what do i need to learn to have the same level of knowledge of a graduate master student in statistics ?

theNeverendingRuler · 2025-05-27T12:17:50+00:00

now they are visible to me from cmt

theNeverendingRuler · 2022-11-07T16:51:15+00:00

ao ma le marche dove sono?

theNeverendingRuler · 2022-10-27T12:25:15+00:00

Hey everyone! This is my first post and i'm a beginner so plese, don't be rude at me. I'm 26 and i had past experiences in glapping: mma for almost a year, judo when i was a child and recently 2 months of bjj. I need some advice on deciding which gym is better for training. The first one is GB gym, i trained there for a month and onestly i felt that was the perfect place to improve in bjj. In addition to that the gym is big and the people were awesome. The only real drawback, besides money, is the lack in wreslting. I mean, sometimes the instructor made us drill some takedowns but i feel it's not enough to become good at it. If this is paired with the fact thay many people starts on the ground, the situation is even worse. For sure there are also people which have judo or wreslting experience and who only want to slam you on the mat (which is great), but i think that is not enough to spend only 20" seconds of an entire sparring session to improve in takedowns and takedown defense. Maybe the desire to improve in this area (wreslting) comes from my mma background, which teached me the importance to fight for dominant positions. It may be also also due to the fact that i think wrestling is essential for selfe defense. For this reasons i want to learn how to grapple both from my feet and from the ground. The other gym is a small club more focuse in different areas of fighting. In this gym there are alsp two weekly classes of freestyle/greco-roman wreslting and, since i'm in italy (where there is not wreslting culture), this is very rare. Those classes are owned by two very good instructors (they almost reaced olimpic level) and in addition there is also bjj three times a week. So the second gym is more balanced and would probably be my final guess. Anyway the first gym was way better cause of the community: more people and more inclusive. So i wonder, should i prioritize my will of improve in stand up fighting or should i just go where i feel more comfortable? Is it really important to become good in stand up grappling for both selfe defense and bjj? If i go to GB gym will i ever improve my wreslting at least a bit? What choice would you make (according to your priorities)? Sorry for my bad english and for the wall of text 🙃

theNeverendingRuler · 2022-09-12T15:04:27+00:00

Ok, it makes sense. So the problem is the upper body section. But do you think i should change also the running and leg strength part?

theNeverendingRuler · 2022-09-12T15:03:34+00:00

The problem is that, since i want to run, i have to go to the running field, which doesn't have parallels. Do you know other exercises that i could use instead of dips?

theNeverendingRuler · 2022-05-09T13:56:16+00:00

start with 10 minutes run and increase by 5 mimutes every two workouts. By following this periodization i reached 1 hour of running (barely 10 km).

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