Wow, I didn't realize there was a limit! Sorry guys, maybe it's time
to think about another technology for video chats.
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Matt Taylor
OS Community Flag-Bearer
Numenta


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Jeff Fohl <[email protected]> wrote:
> If there is someone who wants to get on, I can drop off to make room.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Fergal Byrne <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting the same. Google hangouts says the hangout is full.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Pete Cumberland <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The Hangout is full it seems, so I’ll have to stick to the YouTube feed.
>>>
>>> Thanks for doing this!
>>>
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 Nov 2013, at 23:53, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hangout: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7ecpjh57bqs47e27f1hqkkcdps
>>> > YouTube: http://youtu.be/rSpYyUN4iP0
>>> > ---------
>>> > Matt Taylor
>>> > OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>> > Numenta
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> At this office hour[1], Subutai is going to lead us through the "CLA
>>> >> Quiz". We'll focus on the spatial pooler. The questions are below.
>>> >> Bring your brains!
>>> >>
>>> >> **Spatial Pooler / SDR Questions**
>>> >>
>>> >> 0) Is an untrained CLA spatial pooler just a “random hash” (random
>>> >> mapping from input to output vector)?  Why or why not? What happens to
>>> >> the output of the spatial pooler if you randomly change one bit in the
>>> >> input.
>>> >>
>>> >> 1) Can you do spatial pooling with small numbers?  For example, is it
>>> >> reasonable to have an SP with 20 columns? If not, why are large
>>> >> numbers important in SDR's?
>>> >>
>>> >> a) What's the difference between picking "5 columns out of 50" vs "50
>>> >> out of 500"?  Both have 10% sparsity.
>>> >>
>>> >> b) What's the difference between picking "50 out of 100" vs "50 out of
>>> >> 1000"? Both will output 50 1's.
>>> >>
>>> >> 2) Suppose the input vector (input to the SP) is 10,000 bits long,
>>> >> with 5% sparsity. What is the right value of coincInputPoolPct? How do
>>> >> you figure this out?
>>> >>
>>> >> 3) How does the SDR representation of input A in isolation, and input
>>> >> B in isolation, compare with the SDR representation of input A
>>> >> overlapped with B?  Alternatively, how does the representation of a
>>> >> horizontal line and the representation of a vertical line compare with
>>> >> the representation of a cross?
>>> >>
>>> >> 4) Suppose we have an input vector that is 10,000 bits long.  Suppose
>>> >> the spatial pooler has 500 columns, of which 50 are active at any
>>> >> time.
>>> >>
>>> >>     a) Can we distinguish many patterns, or a small number? Which
>>> >> patterns are likely to be confused?
>>> >>
>>> >>     b) What happens to the SDR representation if we add noise to the
>>> >> patterns?
>>> >>
>>> >>     c) What happens if we add occlusions?
>>> >>
>>> >> 5) What are disadvantages of SDR's?
>>> >>
>>> >> 6) How does online learning happen in the SP?
>>> >>
>>> >> ---------
>>> >> Matt Taylor
>>> >> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>> >> Numenta
>>> >>
>>> >> [1]
>>> >> https://plus.google.com/b/100642636108337517466/events/crmrf6k58s77hlgk4v30bll8hp8
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