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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2018-11-16

Books mentioned on Vladimir Vapnik: Statistical Learning

2 books · With Vladimir Vapnik · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Vladimir Vapnik is the co-inventor of support vector machines, support vector clustering, VC theory, and many foundational ideas in statistical learning. His work has been cited over 170,000 times.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

    Eugene Paul Wigner · at 4:14

    Discussed
    “So let me just step back a little bit first to talk about, you mentioned which I read last night the parts of the 1960 paper by Eugene Wigner, Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences.”
    Lex Fridman Vladimir Vapnik: Statistical Learning 2018-11-16 Listen at 4:14
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  2. The Second World War

    Sir Winston S. Churchill · at 23:33

    Discussed
    “Let me give you this example. One of the greatest books is Churchill's book about the history of the Second World War. He starts in his book describing that in the old times when a war is over, the great kings, they gather together--and most of them are relatives--and they discuss what should be done to create peace and they”
    Vladimir Vapnik Vladimir Vapnik: Statistical Learning 2018-11-16 Listen at 23:33
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