Bad Talk
So my seminar last Monday (not today) went horribly. At first I had the simple goals of presenting on 1) learning parameters of Bayesian networks and 2) learning structure of Bayesian networks. In my quest I quickly discovered that these topics are as deep as you’d like them to be, and that it takes 2/3 of the Neapolitan text book to cover it all. Instead of doing a nice, concise presentation that covers only the essential details, I dragged my audience through my own tumultuous learning process. Even though I’ve posted notes from bad talks before, these ones aren’t going up.
Next week I will give it another shot. While my background knowledge must be extensive and airtight, my talk should be just an overview of important concepts. I look forward very much to posting notes from the talk that don’t suck so much.
