Background tutorial for variational-inference, recommended in reading-roadmap. No need to understand everything — a shorter intro is fine too.
Reference
- Title: Variational Inference: A Review for Statisticians
- Authors: David M. Blei, Alp Kucukelbir, Jon D. McAuliffe
- Venue: Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2017
- Link: https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~blei/fogm/2018F/materials/BleiKucukelbirMcAuliffe2017.pdf
My notes
TBD