机器学习界大牛林达华推荐的书籍

Recommended Books

Here is a list of books which I have read and feel it is worth recommending to friends who are interested in computer science.

Machine Learning

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning

Christopher M. Bishop

A new treatment of classic machine learning topics, such as classification, regression, and time series analysis from a Bayesian perspective. It is a must read for people who intends to perform research on Bayesian learning and probabilistic inference.

Graphical Models, Exponential Families, and Variational Inference

Martin J. Wainwright and Michael I. Jordan

It is a comprehensive and brilliant presentation of three closely related subjects: graphical models, exponential families, and variational inference. This is the best manuscript that I have ever read on this subject. Strongly recommended to everyone interested in graphical models. The connections between various inference algorithms and convex optimization is clearly explained. Note: pdf version of this book is freely available online.

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, and Kenneth Cukier

A short but insightful manuscript that will motivate you to rethink how we should face the explosive growth of data in the new century.

Statistical Pattern Recognition (2nd/3rd Edition)

Andrew R. Webb, and Keith D. Copsey

A well written book on pattern recognition for beginners. It covers basic topics in this field, including discriminant analysis, decision trees, feature selection, and clustering -- all are basic knowledge that researchers in machine learning or pattern recognition should understand.

Learning with Kernels: Support Vector Machines, Regularization, Optimization, and Beyond

Bernhard Schlkopf and Alexander J. Smola