MICCAI Researcher: Recent NeurIPS Spectral Learning Papers Ignore the Strasbourg Gamma-Calculus Tradition

PTenigma · x · 2026-09-28

A researcher posting ahead of MICCAI in Strasbourg notes that the city's math tradition — Meyer of Doob-Meyer decomposition fame, plus Bakry and Emery, who developed Gamma and Gamma₂ calculus there over 50+ years — essentially discovered multiple descent in deep learning, yet recent NeurIPS papers on the spectral theory of learning use these tools without citing or knowing the Strasbourg school.

He invites attendees to his Thursday MICCAI session for the full story.

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