Abstract: Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD) is a prominent particle-based variational inference method used for sampling a target distribution. In this paper, we propose two novel trainable ...

These days, most best sellers are written by authors with household names. Not these five breakout books. By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris This year, the best-seller lists were again ...

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

Our editors handpick the products that we feature. We may earn commission from the links on this page. We regret to inform you that “just one chapter” won’t be an option this year. Literary ...

Former Democratic President Barack Obama has once again capped off the year by sharing his highly anticipated list of favorite books, movies and music—continuing a tradition he began during his time ...

Interested in teaching the younger generation about those things called "books"? Have little (or not-so-little) ones who are ready to broaden their reading horizons? Below you can find tried-and-true ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Before looking ahead to the new year and the exciting titles to come, critics and readers reflected on their most memorable children’s and ...

Back when I first published this list in 2017, my two daughters were just 3 years and 7 months old. Now somehow I find myself the mom of an 11-year-old and an 8-year-old who have largely outgrown ...

The family instructor tried to make the best of his behavioral issues by channeling them into 'A Chair in the Air.' By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer “Nicky is full of big feelings and even bigger ...