My model-centric view of Bayesian optimization

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A lot of conversations at NeurIPS this year made me think that I view the role of the surrogate model in Bayesian optimization a bit differently than many other researchers in the field, and this profoundly impacts my view of many other aspects of BO. Therefore, the purpose of this post is to explain my view and contrast it with what I believe is the more mainstream view. Disclaimer: this post is…

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