M. Hoffman, D. Blei, C. Wang, and J. Paisley, "Stochastic Variational Inference," submitted. pdf

D. Mimno, M. Hoffman, and D. Blei, "Sparse Stochastic Inference for Latent Dirichlet Allocation," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, Edinburgh, 2012. pdf code

S. Gershman, M. Hoffman, and D. Blei, "Nonparametric Variational Inference," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, Edinburgh, 2012. pdf

M. Hoffman, "Poisson-Uniform Nonnegative Matrix Factorization," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Audio, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Kyoto, 2012. pdf

M. Hoffman, A. Gelman, "The No-U-Turn Sampler: Adaptively setting path lengths in Hamiltonian Monte Carlo," submitted. pdf code Stan

M. Hoffman, D. Blei, F. Bach, "Online Learning for Latent Dirichlet Allocation," in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 2010, Vancouver, 2010. pdf supplement code
(2nd place winner, best student paper award at the New York Academy of Sciences Machine Learning Symposium, 2010)

M. Hoffman, "Probabilistic Graphical Models for the Analysis and Synthesis of Musical Audio," Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, Department of Computer Science, 2010. pdf

M. Hoffman, D. Blei, P. Cook, "Bayesian Nonparametric Matrix Factorization for Recorded Music," in Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Machine Learning, Haifa, 2010. pdf

M. Hoffman, D. Blei, P. Cook, "Easy as CBA: A Simple Probabilistic Model for Tagging Music," in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), Kobe, 2009. pdf
(Winner of the best student paper award at ISMIR 2009.)

M. Hoffman, D. Blei, P. Cook, "Finding Latent Sources in Recorded Music With a Shift-Invariant HDP," in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Como, 2009. pdf
(2nd place winner, best student paper award at the New York Academy of Sciences Machine Learning Symposium, 2009)

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, D. Blei, "Bayesian Spectral Matching: Turning Young MC into MC Hammer via MCMC Sampling," in Proceedings of the 2009 International Computer Music Conference, Montreal, 2009. pdf

M. Hoffman, D. Blei, P. Cook, "Content-Based Musical Similarity Computation Using the Hierarchical Dirichlet Process," in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval, Philadelphia, 2008. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, "Real-Time Dissonancizers: Two Dissonance-Augmenting Audio Effects," in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, Espoo, 2008. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, D. Blei, "Data-driven recomposition using the hierarchical Dirichlet process hidden Markov model," in Proceedings of the 2008 International Computer Music Conference, Belfast, 2008. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, "The FeatSynth Framework for Feature-Based Synthesis: Design and Applications," in Proceedings of the 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen, 2007. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, "Real-time Feature-Based Synthesis for Live Musical Performance," in Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, New York, 2007. pdf

M. Hoffman and P. Cook, "Feature-Based Synthesis: Mapping from Acoustic and Perceptual Features to Synthesis Parameters," in Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, New Orleans, 2006. pdf

Z. Wang, M. Hoffman, P. Cook, K. Li, "VFerret: Content-Based Similarity Tool for Continuous Archived Video," in Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Workshop on Continuous Archival and Retrieval of Personal Experiences, Santa Barbara, 2006. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, "Feature-Based Synthesis: A Tool for Evaluating, Designing, and Interacting with Music-IR Systems," in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval, Victoria, 2006. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, D. Vilkomerson, "Staining Doppler Audio," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, 2006. pdf

M. Hoffman, P. Cook, "Feature-Based Synthesis for Sonification and Psychoacoustic Research," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, London, 2006. pdf