TrueSkill: a player ranking system using Microsoft Infer.NET framework

This time, it's our pleasure to have Søren Johansen from Microsoft, who will present their framework for probabilistic programming: Infer.NET.

Outline of presentation:

1. Introduction to probabilistic programming using Infer.NET
2. The TrueSkill model for ranking players on Xbox Live, based on Infer.NET
3. Training Infer.NET probabilistic programs on Azure Machine Learning Services

Bio:
Søren has over 20 years of experience in advanced analytics and worked for customers in Finance, Telco and Shipping / Transport industry. He is a frequent speaker at Universities and Conference on topics within machine learning and deep learning. Søren has a keen interest in how Deep Learning can help customers in solving business challenges and digital transformation. Lately special focus has been on applications of computer vision. Came across probabilistic programming when Pyro was released. To be aligned with all the new developments within deep learning is a 24/7 job.