Category Archives: Machine Learning

LION20: The 20th Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference

The 20th Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference (LION) will be held on 15-19 June 2026, in Milan, Italy. It will include a special session: LEARNING AND OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY FOR DYNAMIC AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION. https://www.lion20.org/

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Making Operational Repetitive Decisions Under Uncertainty

While just completed DecisionCAMP-2025 was dominated by the integrated use of Generative AI (LLMs) and Symbolic AI (Rules, Machine Learning, Optimization), in my closing notes I concentrated on the topic of making repetitive operational decisions in the real-world, frequently uncertain environments. In this article, I … Continue reading

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ML: Pros and Cons

A right-to-the-ground discussion about Machine Learning (ML) is happening on LinkedIn. After François Piednoel de Normandie explained why “ML can neither be safe nor secure“, Philippe Kahn wrote: “First off, you’re right: ML isn’t perfect (yet). But neither is my … Continue reading

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“Expert Systems Will Lead the Next Chapter of AI”

Clive Spenser pointed to a very interesting Oct-2024 article by Martin Milani that makes the case for coupling deep learning with expert systems. “In the next generation of AI, advanced expert systems will serve as the core “intelligence,” acting as … Continue reading

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Focus on Learning Not On Knowledge

Peter Voss lists “Focus on Knowledge, Not Learning” as one of The 7 Deadly Sins of AGI Design: “There’s a common misconception that knowledge is a good measure of intelligence. This is not so. An encyclopedia has a lot of knowledge but … Continue reading

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The evolution of machine learning experts

Published by Andriy Burkov, author of The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book: Link

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Linear Regression in DMN

In his recent post Bruce Silver wrote: “DMN is not optimized for machine learning algorithms, but it’s good enough for simple problems such as fitting a straight line to a set of data points, known as linear regression.  In this … Continue reading

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Learning Decision Rules with GPT

On Feb 26 Simon Vandevelde, a frequent presenter at DecisionCAMPs, will talk about how to combine learning and reasoning in AI. Register for this free webinar. Here is his abstract: “Operational decisions are an important part of knowledge-intensive organizations, as these … Continue reading

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The seven levels of artificial intelligence by Warren B. Powell

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A new family of antibiotics discovered with graph deep learning

“The discovery of novel structural classes of antibiotics is urgently needed to address the ongoing antibiotic resistance crisis… Our approach enables the deep learning-guided discovery of structural classes of antibiotics and demonstrates that machine learning models in drug discovery can … Continue reading

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