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Fast SVM training using approximate extreme points
Applications of non-linear kernel Support Vector Machines (SVMs) to large
datasets is seriously hampered by its excessive training time. We propose a
modification, called the approximate extreme points support vector machine
(AESVM), that is aimed at overcoming this burden. Our approach relies on
conducting the SVM optimization over a carefully selected subset, called the
representative set, of the training dataset. We present analytical results that
indicate the similarity of AESVM and SVM solutions. A linear time algorithm
based on convex hulls and extreme points is used to compute the representative
set in kernel space. Extensive computational experiments on nine datasets
compared AESVM to LIBSVM \citep{LIBSVM}, CVM \citep{Tsang05}, BVM
\citep{Tsang07}, LASVM \citep{Bordes05},
\citep{Joachims09}, and the random features method \citep{rahimi07}. Our AESVM
implementation was found to train much faster than the other methods, while its
classification accuracy was similar to that of LIBSVM in all cases. In
particular, for a seizure detection dataset, AESVM training was almost
times faster than LIBSVM and LASVM and more than forty times faster than CVM
and BVM. Additionally, AESVM also gave competitively fast classification times.Comment: The manuscript in revised form has been submitted to J. Machine
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Sustainability in higher education for the global south a conversation across geographies and disciplines
A workshop on ‘Sustainability in Higher Education from the vantage of the Global South’ was organized by the Azim Premji University between 12 and 14 January 2015 in Bengaluru, India. Its goal was to explore how sustainability can be integrated into undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses. The workshop was divided into four sessions with interlinked themes – the first, with a focus on framing sustainability; the second, on integrating sustainability in higher education; the third, on sustainability curricula; and the last, on pedagogy for sustainability. All four sessions were informed by the broader educational goal of enabling students from diverse backgrounds to envision, conceptualise, research and implement sustainability in varied personal and professional contexts. Participants of the workshop drew upon their varied experiences, from India and institutions across the world, in the teaching and learning of the multidimensional concept of sustainability in diverse geographies. The questions, counterquestions, discussions and potential solutions raised during the workshop are presented in this paper in a dialogic styl
Sustainability in higher education for the global south: A conversation across geographies and disciplines
A workshop on ‘Sustainability in Higher Education from the vantage of the Global South’
was organized by the Azim Premji University between 12 and 14 January 2015 in
Bengaluru, India. Its goal was to explore how sustainability can be integrated into undergraduate,
postgraduate and professional courses. The workshop was divided into
four sessions with interlinked themes – the first, with a focus on framing sustainability;
the second, on integrating sustainability in higher education; the third, on sustainability
curricula; and the last, on pedagogy for sustainability. All four sessions were informed
by the broader educational goal of enabling students from diverse backgrounds to
envision, conceptualise, research and implement sustainability in varied personal and
professional contexts. Participants of the workshop drew upon their varied experiences,
from India and institutions across the world, in the teaching and learning of the multidimensional
concept of sustainability in diverse geographies. The questions, counterquestions,
discussions and potential solutions raised during the workshop are presented
in this paper in a dialogic style
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Fast SVM Training Using Approximate Extreme Points
Applications of non-linear kernel Support Vector Machines (SVMs) to large
datasets is seriously hampered by its excessive training time. We propose a
modification, called the approximate extreme points support vector machine
(AESVM), that is aimed at overcoming this burden. Our approach relies on
conducting the SVM optimization over a carefully selected subset, called the
representative set, of the training dataset. We present analytical results that
indicate the similarity of AESVM and SVM solutions. A linear time algorithm
based on convex hulls and extreme points is used to compute the representative
set in kernel space. Extensive computational experiments on nine datasets
compared AESVM to LIBSVM \citep{LIBSVM}, CVM \citep{Tsang05}, BVM
\citep{Tsang07}, LASVM \citep{Bordes05},
\citep{Joachims09}, and the random features method \citep{rahimi07}. Our AESVM
implementation was found to train much faster than the other methods, while its
classification accuracy was similar to that of LIBSVM in all cases. In
particular, for a seizure detection dataset, AESVM training was almost
times faster than LIBSVM and LASVM and more than forty times faster than CVM
and BVM. Additionally, AESVM also gave competitively fast classification times