Advances in Gaussian Processes Tutorial at NIPS 2006 in Vancouver Carl Edward Rasmussen Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen December 4th, 2006 Rasmussen (MPI for Biological Cybernetics) Advances in Gaussian Processes December 4th, 2006 1 / 55 The Prediction Problem 1960 1980 2000 2020 320 340 360 380 400 420 year CO 2 concentration, ppm ? Rasmussen (MPI for Biological Cyberne