Statistical mechanics approach to interactive learning (2007)
The principles of statistical mechanics and information theory play an important role in learning and have been widely studied. The new aspect here is a focus on integrating feedback from the...
Optimal Causal Inference (2007)
Still, Susanne, Crutchfield, James P., Ellison, Christopher J.
We consider an information-theoretic objective function for statistical modeling of time series that embodies a parametrized trade-off between the predictive power of a model and the model's...
Still, Susanne, Crutchfield, James P.
We show how rate-distortion theory provides a mechanism for automated theory building by naturally distinguishing between regularity and randomness. We start from the simple principle that model...
Geometric Clustering using the Information (2004)
Susanne Still, William Bialek, L Eon Bottou
We argue that K--means and deterministic annealing algorithms for geometric clustering can be derived from the more general Information Bottleneck approach. If we cluster the identities of data...
Network information and connected correlations (2003)
Schneidman, Elad, Still, Susanne, Berry II, Michael J., Bialek, William
Entropy and information provide natural measures of correlation among elements in a network. We construct here the information theoretic analog of connected correlation functions: irreducible...
How many clusters? An information theoretic perspective (2003)
Still, Susanne, Bialek, William
Clustering provides a common means of identifying structure in complex data, and there is renewed interest in clustering as a tool for the analysis of large data sets in many fields. A natural...
Four-legged Walking Gait Control Using a (2001)
Susanne Still, Bernhard Sch Olkopf, Rodney J. Douglas
To control the walking gaits of a four-legged robot we present a novel neuromorphic VLSI chip that coordinates the relative phasing of the robot's legs similar to how spinal Central Pattern...
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Traveling Waves in a Ring of Three Inhibitory Coupled Model Neurons (1999)
Susanne Still, Gwendal Le Masson
The pyloric network of the stomatogastric ganglion of the lobster generates motor patterns with specific phase-lags between single neurons. This network inspired us to investigate a simplified model...