TheSupportVectorMachineisapowerfulnewlearningalgorithmforsolvingavarietyoflearningandfunctionestimationproblems,suchaspatternrecognition,regressionestimation,andoperatorinversion.TheimpetusforthiscollectionwasaworkshoponSupportVectorMachinesheldatthe1997NIPSconference.Thecontributors,