HAIBO HE, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. He received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and Providence Business News (PBN) Rising Star Innovator Award. YUNQIAN MA PhD, is a senior principal research scientist of Honeywell Labs at Honeywell Inter-national, Inc. He received the International Neural Network Society (INNS) Young Investigator Award.
This book certainly qualifies as a reference for graduate studies in machine learning. Research students are sure to find it highly valuable and a prized possession, especially taking into account the wealth of supporting literature that the authors have brought to the fore. (Computing Reviews, 27 March 2014)