Abstract:The past two decades have witnessed deep cross-fertilization between the two culturesstatistics (data/generative modeling) and machine learning (algorithmic modeling), which is in stark contrast to the scene pictured in Breiman's inspiring work. In light of this major confluence, we find it helpful to single out a few salient examples showcasing the impacts of one to the other, and the research progress out of them. We point out in the end that the current big data era especially requires joint efforts from bo… Show more
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