Tuesday, October 12, 1999
4:00 PM (reception following)
Room 35-225
LIDS Colloquium
Abstract
We explore the intricate connections between codes, representations of messages in a communication system, and models, mathematical postulations about data. We draw parallels between theories of information and algorithmic complexity on the one side and concepts and approaches to building statistical models on the other. In particular, codes provide insight into models -- through the principle of Minimum Description Length (MDL) for modeling; while statistical models give rise to effective codes -- as in current wavelet image coding schemes.
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