Round Table

One Day Meeting on Advanced Statistics Topics

CIDMA- University of Aveiro


The role of statistics in machine learning



What statistical foundations need to be considered when developing machine learning techniques?


What recent advances in statistics are influencing the development of new machine learning techniques?



What synergies should be developed between the two fields to advance knowledge?



These and other interesting questions will be discussed by:

Mário Figueiredo -IT& Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa 

Isabel Natário - NOVA Math & NOVA Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Eugénio Rocha - CIDMA & University of Aveiro and President of the Portuguese Mathematical Society


in the round table moderated by:

Luís Machado - University of Minho and President of the Portuguese Statistical Society