Short Presentation in Foreign Language (JP)Yuta Hagiwara
To learn languages with fun, we are going to throw this event periodically in a language exchange share house: Lang Boat Kanda.
こんな機会あったらおもしろいよね？ということで企画してみました。学習意欲が高くて、楽しくマジメ過ぎずに学びたい人達で集まれたらいいなぁと思っています。
Short Presentation in Foreign Language (JP)Yuta Hagiwara
To learn languages with fun, we are going to throw this event periodically in a language exchange share house: Lang Boat Kanda.
こんな機会あったらおもしろいよね？ということで企画してみました。学習意欲が高くて、楽しくマジメ過ぎずに学びたい人達で集まれたらいいなぁと思っています。
English basics for beginners - Lesson 19 (K)SkimaTalk
I was waiting for Ellen. The document is an English lesson about waiting for someone. It contains exercises to practice conversations about what someone was doing while waiting for another person and what the other person was doing. It teaches vocabulary words related to feelings, places, and activities. Grammar is practiced through filling in blanks in sentences. Useful phrases are also introduced such as "I forgot...", "I'm about to...", "It's too...", and "It's a little...".
Dual Learning for Machine Translation (NIPS 2016)Toru Fujino
The paper introduces a dual learning algorithm that utilizes monolingual data to improve neural machine translation. The algorithm trains two translation models in both directions simultaneously. Experimental results show that when trained with only 10% of parallel data, the dual learning model achieves comparable results to baseline models trained on 100% of data. The dual learning mechanism also outperforms baselines when trained on full data and can help address the lack of large parallel corpora.
Introduction of "TrailBlazer" algorithmKatsuki Ohto
論文「Blazing the trails before beating the path: Sample-efficient Monte-Carlo planning」紹介スライドです。NIPS2016読み会@PFN(2017/1/19) https://connpass.com/event/47580/ にて。
Conditional Image Generation with PixelCNN Decoderssuga93
The document summarizes research on conditional image generation using PixelCNN decoders. It discusses how PixelCNNs sequentially predict pixel values rather than the whole image at once. Previous work used PixelRNNs, but these were slow to train. The proposed approach uses a Gated PixelCNN that removes blind spots in the receptive field by combining horizontal and vertical feature maps. It also conditions PixelCNN layers on class labels or embeddings to generate conditional images. Experimental results show the Gated PixelCNN outperforms PixelCNN and achieves performance close to PixelRNN on CIFAR-10 and ImageNet, while training faster. It can also generate portraits conditioned on embeddings of people.
Safe and Efficient Off-Policy Reinforcement Learningmooopan
This document summarizes the Retrace(λ) reinforcement learning algorithm presented by Remi Munos, Thomas Stepleton, Anna Harutyunyan and Marc G. Bellemare. Retrace(λ) is an off-policy multi-step reinforcement learning algorithm that is safe (converges for any policy), efficient (makes best use of samples when policies are close), and has lower variance than importance sampling. Empirical results on Atari 2600 games show Retrace(λ) outperforms one-step Q-learning and existing multi-step methods.
Improving Variational Inference with Inverse Autoregressive FlowTatsuya Shirakawa
This slide was created for NIPS 2016 study meetup.
IAF and other related researches are briefly explained.
paper:
Diederik P. Kingma et al., "Improving Variational Inference with Inverse Autoregressive Flow", 2016
https://papers.nips.cc/paper/6581-improving-variational-autoencoders-with-inverse-autoregressive-flow
Value Iteration Networks is a machine learning method for robot path planning that can operate in new environments not seen during training. It works by predicting optimal actions through learning reward values for each state and propagating rewards to determine the sum of future rewards. The method was shown to be effective for planning in grid maps and continuous control tasks, and was even applied to navigation of Wikipedia links.
Introduction of “Fairness in Learning: Classic and Contextual Bandits”Kazuto Fukuchi
1. The document discusses fairness constraints in contextual bandit problems and classic bandit problems.
2. It shows that for classic bandits, Θ(k^3) rounds are necessary and sufficient to achieve a non-trivial regret under fairness constraints.
3. For contextual bandits, it establishes a tight relationship between achieving fairness and Knows What it Knows (KWIK) learning, where KWIK learnability implies the existence of fair learning algorithms.
http://philenglish.vn/khu-vuc-va-truong/cebu/first-english/
Trường Anh ngữ First English được thành lập năm 2013 dưới sự điều hành của tập đoàn toàn cầu G-Net, luôn phấn đấu mang lại giá trị cao trong việc du học tiếng Anh tại Philippines thông qua việc tạo ra một chương trình học riêng biệt, độc đáo, môi trường học tập ấm cúng, lành mạnh theo tiêu chuẩn và phong cách Nhật Bản.
First English được công nhận bởi Tổ chức chứng nhận chất lượng giáo dục CHED, hoạt động với phương châm “Kiến tạo và thực hiện ước mơ”, giúp phát triển tối đa khả năng của học viên trong việc học tập tiếng Anh. Tập thể quản lý, giáo viên và nhân viên tại First English luôn làm việc bằng niềm đam mê, sẵn sàng nỗ lực hết mình vì công việc, trung thực và vui vẻ.
The document introduces SkimaTalk, an online English learning service that provides 25-minute lessons with native English coaches via Skype. It offers affordable and flexible lessons to address common problems with cost, time, and motivation that English learners face. Learners can easily search and book lessons from experienced teachers and track their English skill progression over time. The service aims to make continuous English learning accessible through a user-friendly system.
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This document provides instructions for a business English lesson about Intel's recent restructuring that involved large-scale layoffs. The lesson includes three tasks: 1) a 1-2 minute presentation summarizing an article about Intel's layoffs and their impact on the company's income statement, 2) expressing agreement or disagreement with the statement that a profitable company should not conduct large layoffs and providing 2-3 reasons, and 3) answering questions from the teacher about the opinion and discussing the topic to reach a consensus.
This document is a lesson plan for an English language course on business small talk conversations. The lesson focuses on talking about the weather and current events. It includes sample dialogues practicing small talk about rain and a recent earthquake, as well as exercises discussing appropriate small talk topics and phrases for business settings.
This document is a lesson on making business proposals. It discusses internal proposals within a company and external proposals to outside companies. It provides examples of monologues for proposing changes internally and to external companies. It includes exercises where students practice phrases for proposals and discuss questions related to writing effective proposals. The goal is to teach intermediate English learners how to structure and deliver business proposals.
This document is a lesson on negotiating deals from an English for business course. It discusses opening negotiations and making a deal. There are exercises that role play a dialogue between a buyer and sales representative negotiating a bulk purchase discount. The sales representative initially offers 5% off for an order of 100 units, but is pushed by the buyer to increase the discount and quantity. They tentatively agree to a 10% discount on an order of 300 units pending supervisor approval.
This document is a lesson plan for an English course discussing advertising. It includes exercises for students to practice talking about popular TV commercials in their countries and the future of advertising. Students practice sample dialogues about funny commercials and new social media marketing campaigns. They also discuss how important good advertising is and factors in creating effective advertisements.
This document is an English lesson about asking for a raise or promotion. It discusses requesting a meeting in advance and preparing for that meeting. It provides sample dialogues of conversations with a boss, requesting to discuss a raise and then in the actual meeting. It includes exercises where students practice relevant phrases and discuss topics like mentioning accomplishments when asking for more money or responsibilities.
This document is an English lesson about giving and receiving invitations. It covers the topics of offering casual invitations, responding to invitations, and extending formal invitations. The lesson includes sample dialogues demonstrating inviting and being invited. It provides useful phrases for invitations and discusses cultural norms around accepting or declining invitations. Exercises practice the sample invitations and discussion questions about inviting coworkers and responding to work events.
This document is a lesson plan for a business English course about attending a job performance review. The lesson discusses reviewing past job performance and accomplishments, and setting future goals and expectations. It includes sample dialogues of performance review conversations and exercises where students practice discussing and preparing for a performance review. Students role play conversations between a supervisor and employee, discussing past successes and areas for improvement, as well as goals for the future.
This document is a lesson plan for a business English course about networking at trade shows. It provides guidance on introducing oneself and one's company at a trade show booth. Sample dialogues demonstrate asking questions to learn about a company's products, clients, and marketing strategies. Students practice common networking phrases and discuss the importance of networking at trade shows and other questions that could be asked at a booth.
This document is an English lesson about dealing with customer complaints. It discusses addressing complaints, listening to customers, following up, and solving problems. It includes dialogues between customers and business representatives. The dialogues demonstrate apologizing for issues, investigating problems, and offering solutions or compensation. The lesson emphasizes the importance of good customer service and following up with customers until their complaints are resolved.
This document is a lesson plan on scheduling meetings in English for intermediate business learners. It covers topics like calling to schedule a meeting, asking for additional details, and holding practice dialogues. Exercises include role playing phone calls to set up meetings, changing words in sample phrases, and discussing cultural norms around scheduling. The goal is to give students practice with the key language and etiquette for setting up professional meetings over the phone in English.
This document provides instruction for a lesson on writing IELTS task 2 problems and solutions essays. It gives an example essay prompt about problems caused by overcrowding in urban areas and ways governments can address these issues. The document outlines the structure and organization students should follow in their response, including introducing the topic, identifying two problems and examples, suggesting solutions, and summarizing. It also provides vocabulary for students to use when discussing overcrowding, measures, changes, and responsibility. The goal is to help students understand how to answer IELTS task 2 style questions in a clear and organized manner using academic language.
This document provides instruction on writing an IELTS Academic Task 2 essay on the causes and effects of climate change. It outlines the structure and content of the essay, recommending that students introduce the topic in paragraph 1, discuss causes in paragraph 2, discuss effects in paragraph 3, and conclude by summarizing and making a prediction or recommendation in paragraph 4. Tips are provided on using vocabulary to clearly express how some causes have more significant effects than others. For homework, students are prompted to write a 250-300 word essay answering the question: "What are the causes of climate change and what problems are expected to arise if it remains unchecked?"
This document provides instruction for an IELTS writing task that asks students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using communication technology in an international business setting. It gives tips on how to structure a response, including introducing the topic in the first paragraph, discussing advantages in one paragraph and disadvantages in another, and concluding by stating whether advantages or disadvantages outweigh the other. The document also provides vocabulary examples for discussing benefits, challenges, and weighing different positions. Students are asked to submit a 250-300 word answer to their teacher before the lesson.
This document provides instruction for students on how to structure and answer an IELTS academic writing task 2 question that requires them to agree or disagree with a given statement. It recommends introducing the topic in paragraph 1, arguing one position in paragraph 2, the opposing position in paragraph 3, and then summarizing and providing a conclusion in paragraph 4. It also provides tips on using vocabulary from sources like National Geographic, The Economist and BBC World News to help answer the questions. As an example, it gives phrases like "to be related to", "to be arguable that" and "to be grounds for believing something" that could be used when formulating responses.
