NIPS 2002 Workshop
Universal Learning Algorithms and Optimal Search
Whistler/Blackcomb Resort, B.C., Canada, Saturday 14, December, 2002
Organizers: Jürgen Schmidhuber & Marcus Hutter, IDSIA, Switzerland

Main Workshop Page

Wrap Up  

• There is nothing more universal than the universe.
• Only math nerds would call 2⁵⁰⁰ finite.
• Only statisticians would call 2⁵ infinite.
• This workshop was as funny as any other, save for a constant factor.

Some photos (by Henry Tirri)

Ray Solomonoff giving his talk

Poster: Optimal ordered problem solver

Panel discussion: Left to right: Nemenman, Vitanyi, Hutter, Schmidhuber

Henry Tirri and Ray Solomonoff

Left to right: Henry Tirri, ??, Grace&Ray Solomonoff, Paul Vitanyi, Jyrki Kivinen, Marcus Hutter