Variational Inference - Monte Carlo Approximation of the ELBO is unbiased.
Proving the unbiased nature of the Monte Carlo Approximation of the ELBO.
Proving the unbiased nature of the Monte Carlo Approximation of the ELBO.
July LTM talk resources.
The Reparam. trick.
Using the ELBO in practice, and an introduction to a few of the issues of Monte Carlo estimation for the ELBO.
The theory of the ELBO, with intuition as to what role each part plays.
An introduction to Variational Inference, and why we need it.