Kalvik on Kalvik Jakkalahttps://www.itskalvik.com/authors/kalvik/Recent content in Kalvik on Kalvik JakkalaHugoenMon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000Tutorial on streaming sparse Gaussian processeshttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/ssgp/Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/ssgp/Walkthrough of the derivation of streaming sparse Gaussian processes [Bui et al., 2017]Conjugate-Computation Variational Inference (CVI)https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/cvi/Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/cvi/Tutorial on Conjugate-Computation Variational Inference (CVI). A computationally efficient, modular, and parameter efficient generalization of variational inferenceVariational Gaussian approximation with only $O(N)$ free parametershttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/vgafreeparams/Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/vgafreeparams/Tutorial on variational Gaussian approximation and why using Gaussian priors and factorizing likelihoods leads to only $O(N)$ instead of $O(N^2)$ variational parameters, $N$ being the number of random variablesWhat is so natural about the seemingly unnatural "natural parameters"?https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/naturalparams/Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/naturalparams/Tutorial on the natural parameterization of the exponential-family distributions and how it leads to computationally efficient natural gradient descent in conjugate modelsTutorial on variational sparse Gaussian processeshttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/vfe/Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/vfe/Walkthrough of the derivation of the variational sparse Gaussian processes [Titsias 2009]Taxonomy of Key Sparse Gaussian Process Approacheshttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/sgpmindmap/Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/sgpmindmap/A flow chart showing key Sparse Gaussian process methods and how they relate to each other.How to read an academic paperhttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/howtoread/Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/howtoread/A flow chart showing my process to effectively grasp the content of an academic paperStochastic gradient Markov chain Monte Carlo (SGMCMC) methodshttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/sgmcmc/Sun, 04 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/sgmcmc/A flow chart showing various SGMCMC methods in machine learning and how they relate to each otherTutorial on Gaussian Processeshttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/gps/Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/gps/Gaussian processes are one of the dominant approaches in Bayesian learning. This tutorial explains Gaussian processes with interactive figures and codeSimultaneous Optimization of Assignments and Goal Formations for Multiple Robots with Variable Rotation, Scale and Translationhttps://www.itskalvik.com/blog/soagf/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.itskalvik.com/blog/soagf/Algorithms to simultaneously compute the optimal assignments and formation parameters for a team of robots from a given initial formation to a variable goal formation (where the shape of the goal formation is given, and its scale and location parameters must be optimized)