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Contents	p. v
Preface	p. xix
Donors	p. xxi
NIPS foundation	p. xxii
Committees	p. xxiii
Reviewers	p. xxiv
Learning first-order Markov models for control	p. 1
A Large Deviation Bound for the Area Under the ROC Curve	p. 9
Learning Preferences for Multiclass Problems	p. 17
Harmonising Chorales by Probabilistic Inference	p. 25
The Correlated Correspondence Algorithm for Unsupervised Registration of Nonrigid Surfaces	p. 33
A Direct Formulation for Sparse PCA Using Semidefinite Programming	p. 41
Comparing Beliefs, Surveys, and Random Walks	p. 49
The power of feature clustering: An application to object detection	p. 57
Blind One-microphone Speech Separation: A Spectral Learning Approach	p. 65
Computing regularization paths for learning multiple kernels	p. 73
Breaking SVM Complexity with Cross-Training	p. 81
Co-Training and Expansion: Towards Bridging Theory and Practice	p. 89
Large-Scale Prediction of Disulphide Bond Connectivity	p. 97
Spike Sorting: Bayesian Clustering of Non-Stationary Data	p. 105
Exponentiated Gradient Algorithms for Large-margin Structured Classification	p. 113
Maximising Sensitivity in a Spiking Network	p. 121
Non-Local Manifold Tangent Learning	p. 129
Who's in the Picture	p. 137
At the Edge of Chaos: Real-time Computations and Self-Organized Criticality in Recurrent Neural Networks	p. 145
A Second Order Cone programming Formulation for Classifying Missing Data	p. 153
Support Vector Classification with Input Data Uncertainty	p. 161
Responding to Modalities with Different Latencies	p. 169
Nonlinear Blind Source Separation by Integrating Independent Component Analysis and Slow Feature Analysis	p. 177
Hierarchical Distributed Representations for Statistical Language Modeling	p. 185
Markov Networks for Detecting Overlapping Elements in Sequence Data	p. 193
Reducing Spike Train Variability: A Computational Theory Of Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity	p. 201
Convergence and No-Regret in Multiagent Learning	p. 209
Dependent Gaussian Processes	p. 217
Proximity Graphs for Clustering and Manifold Learning	p. 225
Incremental Algorithms for Hierarchical Classifications	p. 233
Worst-Case Analysis of Selective Sampling for Linear-Threshold Algorithms	p. 241
Sub-Microwatt Analog VLSI Support Vector Machine for Pattern Classification and Sequence Estimation	p. 249
A Machine Learning Approach to Conjoint Analysis	p. 257
Using Machine Learning to Break Visual Human Interaction Proofs (HIPs)	p. 265
Hierarchical Eigensolver for Transition Matrices in Spectral Methods	p. 273
Modeling Conversational Dynamics as a Mixed-Memory Markov Process	p. 281
Theories of Access Consciousness	p. 289
Distributed Information Regularization on Graphs	p. 297
Confidence Intervals for the Area Under the ROC Curve	p. 305
Similarity and Discrimination in Classical Conditioning: A Latent Variable Account	p. 313
Trait Selection for Assessing Beef Meat Quality Using Non-linear SVM	p. 321
Semigroup Kernals on Finite Sets	p. 329
Analysis of a greedy active learning strategy	p. 337
The Power of Selective Memory: Self-Bounded Learning of Prediction Suffix Trees	p. 345
Bayesian inference in spiking neurons	p. 353
Triangle Fixing Algorithms for the Metric Nearness Problem	p. 361
Pictorial Structures for Molecular Modeling: Interpreting Density Maps	p. 369
Sparse Coding of Natural Images Using an Overcomplete Set of Limited Capacity Units	p. 377
Making Latin Manuscripts Searchable using gHMM's	p. 385
Seeing through Water	p. 393
Experts in a Markov Decision Process	p. 401
Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoffs for Experts Algorithms in Reactive Environments	p. 409
A Cost-Shaping LP for Bellman Error Minimization with Performance Guarantees	p. 417
Learning Hyper-Features for Visual Identification	p. 425
Sampling Methods for Unsupervised Learning	p. 433
On-Chip Compensation of Device-Mismatch Effects in Analog VLSI Neural Networks	p. 441
Object Classification from a Single Example Utilizing Class Relevance Metrics	p. 449
A Hidden Markov Model for de Novo Peptide Sequencing	p. 457
Implicit Wiener Series for Higher-Order Image Analysis	p. 465
Joint Probabilistic Curve Clustering and Alignment	p. 473
Discriminant Saliency for Visual Recognition from Cluttered Scenes	p. 481
Instance-Based Relevance Feedback for Image Retrieval	p. 489
Euclidean Embedding of Co-Occurrence Data	p. 497
Hierarchical Clustering of a Mixture Model	p. 505
Neighbourhood Components Analysis	p. 513
Parallel Support Vector Machines: The Cascade SVM	p. 521
Semi-Supervised Learning by Entropy Minimization	p. 529
Integrating Topics and Syntax	p. 537
Result Analysis of the NIPS 2003 Feature Selection Challenge	p. 545
Theory of localized synfire chain: characteristic propagation speed of stable spike pattern	p. 553
The Entire Regulation Path for the Support Vector Machine	p. 561
An Auditory Paradigm for Brain-Computer Interfaces	p. 569
The Cerebellum Chip: an Analog VLSI Implementation of a Cerebellar Model of Classical Conditioning	p. 577
Schema Learning: Experience-Based Construction of Predictive Action Models	p. 585
Unsupervised Variational Bayesian Learning of Nonlinear Models	p. 593
A Generalized Bradley-Terry Model: From Group Competition to Individual Skill	p. 601
Message Errors in Belief Propagation	p. 609
Parametric Embedding for Class Visualization	p. 617
The Laplacian PDF Distance: A Cost Function for Clustering in a Kernal Feature Space	p. 625
Economic Properties of Social Networks	p. 633
Online Bounds for Bayesian Algorithms	p. 641
Maximal Margin Labeling for Multi-Topic Text Categorization	p. 649
Generalization Error and Algorithmic Convergence of Median Boosting	p. 657
Boosting on Manifolds: Adaptive Regularization of Base Classifiers	p. 665
Face Detection -- Efficient and Rank Deficient	p. 673
Neural Networks Computation by In Vitro Transcriptional Circuits	p. 681
Synchronization of neural networks by mutual learning and its application to cryptography	p. 689
Nearly Tight Bounds for the Continuum-Armed Bandit Problem	p. 697
Optimal Aggregation of Classifiers and Boosting Maps in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging	p. 705
Newscast EM	p. 713
On Semi-Supervised Classification	p. 721
An Application of Boosting to Graph Classification	p. 729
Methods Towards Invasive Human Brain Computer Interfaces	p. 737
Beat Tracking the Graphical Model Way	p. 745
Semi-supervised Learning via Gaussian Processes	p. 753
Joint MRI Bias Removal Using Entropy Minimization Across Images	p. 761
Rate- and Phase-coded Autoassociative Memory	p. 769
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Intrinsic Dimension	p. 777
Planning for Markov Decision Processes with Sparse Stochasticity	p. 785
Incremental Learning for Visual Tracking	p. 793
Adaptive Discriminative Generative Model and Its Applications	p. 801
Bayesian Regularization and Nonnegative Deconvolution for Time Delay Estimation	p. 809
Multiple Alignment of Continuous Time Series	p. 817
An Investigation of Practical Approximate Nearest Neighbor Algorithms	p. 825
Mistake Bounds for Maximum Entropy Discrimination	p. 833
A Three Tiered Approach for Articulated Object Action Modeling and Recognition	p. 841
Semi-supervised Learning with Penalized Probabilistic Clustering	p. 849
Limits of Spectral Clustering	p. 857
Methods for Estimating the Computational Power and Generalization Capability of Neural Microcircuits	p. 865
Co-Validation: Using Model Disagreement on Unlabeled Data to Validate Classification Algorithms	p. 873
PAC-Bayes Learning of Conjunctions and Classification of Gene-Expression Data	p. 881
Joint Tracking of Pose, Expression, and Texture using Conditionally Gaussian Filters	p. 889
Linear Multilayer Independent Component Analysis for Large Natural Scenes	p. 897
Conditional Models of Identity Uncertainty with Application to Noun Coreference	p. 905
Multiple Relational Embedding	p. 913
Kernels for Multi--task Learning	p. 921
A Topographic Support Vector Machine: Classification Using Local Label Configurations	p. 929
Optimal Information Decoding from Neuronal Populations with Specific Stimulus Selectivity	p. 937
Validity Estimates for Loopy Belief Propagation on Binary Real-world Networks	p. 945
Common-Frame Model for Object Recognition	p. 953
Optimal sub-graphical models	p. 961
Detecting Significant Multidimensional Spatial Clusters	p. 969
Stable adaptive control with online learning	p. 977
Mass Meta-analysis in Talairach Space	p. 985
A Harmonic Excitation State-Space Approach to Blind Separation of Speech	p. 993
Expectation Consistent Free Energies for Approximate Inference	p. 1001
Discrete profile alignment via constrained information bottleneck	p. 1009
Synergistic Face Detection and Pose Estimation with Energy-Based Models	p. 1017
Log-concavity Results on Gaussian Process Methods for Supervised and Unsupervised Learning	p. 1025
Variational Minimax Estimation of Discrete Distributions under KL Loss	p. 1033
Modeling Nonlinear Dependencies in Natural Images using Mixture of Laplacian Distribution	p. 1041
Approximately Efficient Online Mechanism Design	p. 1049
Efficient Out-of-Sample Extension of Dominant-Set Clusters	p. 1057
A Feature Selection Algorithm Based on the Global Minimization of a Generalization Error Bound	p. 1065
Active Learning for Anomaly and Rare-Category Detection	p. 1073
VDCBPI: an Approximate Scalable Algorithm for Large POMDPs	p. 1081
New Criteria and a New Algorithm for Learning in Multi-Agent Systems	p. 1089
Conditional Random Fields for Object Recognition	p. 1097
Chemosensory Processing in a Spiking Model of the Olfactory Bulb: Chemotopic Convergence and Center Surround Inhibition	p. 1105
Hierarchical Bayesian Inference in Networks of Spiking Neurons	p. 1113
An Information Maximization Model of Eye Movements	p. 1121
Brain Inspired Reinforcement Learning	p. 1129
Coarticulation in Markov Decision Processes	p. 1137
Learning, Regularization and Ill-Posed Inverse Problems	p. 1145
Following Curved Regularized Optimization Solution Paths	p. 1153
A Method for Inferring Label Sampling Mechanisms in Semi-Supervised Learning	p. 1161
Outlier Detection with One-class Kernel Fisher Discriminants	p. 1169
Semi-parametric Exponential Family PCA	p. 1177
Semi-Markov Conditional Random Fields for Information Extraction	p. 1185
Kernel Methods for Implicit Surface Modeling	p. 1193
Edge of Chaos Computation in Mixed-Mode VLSI - A Hard Liquid	p. 1201
Learning Gaussian Process Kernels via Hierarchical Bayes	p. 1209
Assignment of Multiplicative Mixtures in Natural Images	p. 1217
On the Adaptive Properties of Decision Trees	p. 1225
Real-Time Pitch Determination of One or More Voices by Nonnegative Matrix Factorization	p. 1233
Probabilistic Inference of Alternative Splicing Events in Microarray Data	p. 1241
Resolving Perceptual Aliasing In The Presence Of Noisy Sensors	p. 1249
Algebraic Set Kernels with Application to Inference Over Local Image Representations	p. 1257
Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Brain-Computer Interfaces	p. 1265
A Temporal Kernel-Based Model for Tracking Hand Movements from Neural Activities	p. 1273
Intrinsically Motivated Reinforcement Learning	p. 1281
Learning Efficient Auditory Codes Using Spikes Predicts Cochlear Filters	p. 1289
Learning Syntactic Patterns for Automatic Hypernym Discovery	p. 1297
Surface Reconstruction using Learned Shape Models	p. 1305
Using the Equivalent Kernel to Understand Gaussian Process Regression	p. 1313
Generalization Error Bounds for Collaborative Prediction with Low-Rank Matrices	p. 1321
Maximum-Margin Matrix Factorization	p. 1329
Density Level Detection is Classification	p. 1337
Fast Rates to Bayes for Kernel Machines	p. 1345
Modelling Uncertainty in the Game of Go	p. 1353
Constraining a Bayesian Model of Human Visual Speed Perception	p. 1361
Distributed Occlusion Reasoning for Tracking with Nonparametric Belief Propagation	p. 1369
Temporal-Difference Networks	p. 1377
Sharing Clusters among Related Groups: Hierarchical Dirichlet Processes	p. 1385
Heuristics for Ordering Cue Search in Decision Making	p. 1393
Contextual Models for Object Detection Using Boosted Random Fields	p. 1401
Spike-timing Dependent Plasticity and Mutual Information Maximization for a Spiking Neuron Model	p. 1409
Synergies between Intrinsic and Synaptic Plasticity in Individual Model Neurons	p. 1417
Matrix Exponential Gradient Updates for On-line Learning and Bregman Projection	p. 1425
Supervised Graph Inference	p. 1433
Binet-Cauchy Kernels	p. 1441
Instance-Specific Bayesian Model Averaging for Classification	p. 1449
Saliency-Driven Image Acuity Modulation on a Reconfigurable Array of Spiking Silicon Neurons	p. 1457
Identifying Protein-Protein Interaction Sites on a Genome-Wide Scale	p. 1465
Adaptive Manifold Learning	p. 1473
Exponential Family Harmoniums with an Application to Information Retrieval	p. 1481
Machine Learning Applied to Perception: Decision Images for Gender Classification	p. 1489
The Variational Ising Classifier (VIC) Algorithm for Coherently Contaminated Data	p. 1497
Generative Affine Localisation and Tracking	p. 1505
L_0-norm Minimization for Basis Selection	p. 1513
Multi-agent Cooperation in Diverse Population Games	p. 1521
Efficient Kernel Discriminant Analysis via QR Decomposition	p. 1529
Maximum Margin Clustering	p. 1537
Using Random Forests in the Structured Language Model	p. 1545
Solitaire: Man Versus Machine	p. 1553
Efficient Kernel Machines Using the Improved Fast Gauss Transform	p. 1561
Two-Dimensional Linear Discriminant Analysis	p. 1569
Inference, Attention, and Decision in a Bayesian Neural Architecture	p. 1577
The Rescorla-Wagner Algorithm and Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Causal Parameters	p. 1585
The Convergence of Contrastive Divergences	p. 1593
Self-Tuning Spectral Clustering	p. 1601
Probabilistic Computation in Spiking Populations	p. 1609
A Probabilistic Model for Online Document Clustering with Application to Novelty Detection	p. 1617
Class-size Independent Generalization Analsysis of Some Discriminative Multi-Category Classification	p. 1625
Semi-supervised Learning on Directed Graphs	p. 1633
Nonparametric Transforms of Graph Kernels for Semi-Supervised Learning	p. 1641
Kernel Projection Machine: a New Tool for Pattern Recognition	p. 1649
Subject Index	p. 1657
Author Index	p. 1664