Thanks, this is all great stuff. I've been meaning to read some of Smale's papers on learning theory. It might be over a lot of people's heads though, since w

Thanks, this is all great stuff. I've been meaning to read some of Smale's papers on learning theory. It might be over a lot of people's heads though, since we advertised this is an introduction to basic concepts that one might encounter in a first course in Machine Learning. We are doing two groups of 10. The topics will have to depend on the kinds of people that applied and their interests, but I like the idea of having a beginner group and an advanced group (possibly based on mathematical level).