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SUMMARY:Scientific computing on .NET - Jurgen Van Gael (University of Camb
 ridge)
DTSTART:20090701T154000Z
DTEND:20090701T160000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: I strongly believe in being able to use the right 
 tool for the right job. The .NET platform has allowed me to achieve exactl
 y that: I’ve chosen to write most of my own code in F#\, a language whic
 h gives me the flexibility to code in a functional\, imperative and object
 -oriented style. dnAnalytics\, the open source numerical library I use fro
 m F#\, is written in a mix of C# and C. Whenever I need to do rapid protot
 yping or glue together an experiment\, I script it in either Python or F#.
  The key enabler is the .NET platform: it makes sure that all these langua
 ges understand each other. In my presentation I want to elaborate on dnAna
 lytics and how you can use it in your own research. dnAnalytics contains m
 any essential tools for scientific computing: numerical linear algebra\, s
 pecial function evaluation\, statistical tests\, various distribution clas
 ses and much more. Using a short interactive demo I will highlight some of
  the key features of dnAnalytics.\n\n*Biography*: After receiving an under
 graduate degree in computer science from Leuven\, I started a Master’s d
 egree at the University of Wisconsin where my research was focused on appl
 ying statistical machine learning techniques to problems in natural langua
 ge processing. In 2007\, I joined the machine learning group at the Univer
 sity of Cambridge where my research shifted to developing new algorithms a
 nd techniques for probabilistic modeling. More recently\, I have been invo
 lved in a project to build a tool that makes probabilistic machine learnin
 g more accessible to the data mining community. Since the start of my PhD 
 I have been actively contributing to dnAnalytics: an open source numerical
  library for the .NET platform.
LOCATION:Large public lecture room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Bu
 ilding\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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