Inference and Learning from Data: Inference (2)

This extraordinary three-volume work, written in an engaging and rigorous style by a world authority in the field, provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to the full spectrum of mathematical and statistical techniques underpinning contemporary methods in data-driven learning and inference. This second volume, Inference, builds on the foundational topics established in volume I to introduce students to techniques for inferring unknown variables and quantities, including Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo Markov Chain methods, maximum-likelihood estimation, hidden Markov models, Bayesian networks, and reinforcement learning. A consistent structure and pedagogy is employed throughout this volume to reinforce student understanding, with over 350 end-of-chapter problems (including solutions for instructors), 180 solved examples, almost 200 figures, datasets and downloadable Matlab code. Supported by sister volumes Foundations and Learning, and unique in its scale and depth, this textbook sequence is ideal for early-career researchers and graduate students across many courses in signal processing, machine learning, statistical analysis, data science and inference.

Ali H. Sayed is Professor and Dean of Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He has also served as Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and as President of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and a recipient of the 2022 IEEE Fourier Award and the 2020 IEEE Norbert Wiener Society Award. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.