Recent Advances in Bayesian Deep Learning

• Vincent Fortuin (TU Munich)

Room: SR 2 Combining Bayesian principles with the power of deep learning has long been an attractive direction of research, but its real-world impact has fallen short of the promises. Especially in the context of uncertainty estimation, there seem to be simpler methods that perform at least as well. In this talk, I want to argue that uncertainties are not the only reason to use Bayesian deep learning models, but that they also offer improved model selection and incorporation of prior knowledge. I will showcase these benefits supported by the results of two recent papers and situate them in the context of current research trends in Bayesian deep learning.

Discussion Room: SR 2