Course Schedule / Reading / Assignments (Fall 2005)
This schedule is subject to change, and should be used as a guide only.
Updated 7 December 2006
| Wk | Date | Topic, Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | Introduction and Overview of course |
| Aug 31 | Probability, Entropy, and Inf.Th. (1) | |
| 2 | Sep 05 |
Probability, Entropy, and Inf.Th. (2)
Assignment 1 out: Statistical Foundations |
| Sep 07 | Probability, Entropy, and Inf.Th. (3) | |
| 3 | Sep 12 | Decision Trees (1) |
| Sep 14 | Decision Trees (2) | |
| 4 | Sep 19 | no class |
| Sep 21 |
Latent Variable Models for Clustering & DimReduct (1)
Assignment 1 due Assignment 2 out: Decision Trees | |
| 5 | Sep 26 | Latent Variable Models for Clustering & DimReduct (2) |
| Sep 28 | Neural Networks (1) | |
| 6 | Oct 03 | Neural Networks (2) |
| Oct 05 |
Neural Networks (3)
Assignment 2 due | |
| 7 | Oct 10 | Midterm Review |
| Oct 12 | class cancelled | |
| 8 | Oct 17 | class cancelled |
| Oct 19 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Oct 24 | Expectation-Maximization (EM) for hidden variables (1) |
| Oct 26 |
Expectation-Maximization (EM) for hidden variables (2)
Assignment 3 out: Mixture models & Dimensionality Reduction | |
| 10 | Oct 31 | Graphical Models (1) |
| Nov 02 | Graphical Models (2) | |
| 11 | Nov 07 |
Time Series Models (1)
Assignment 4 out: Neural Networks |
| Nov 09 |
Time Series Models (2)
Assignment 3 due | |
| 12 | Nov 14 | Reinforcement Learning |
| Nov 16 |
Capacity of the single neuron / VC theory
Assignment 5 out: EM & Graphical Models Project component begins | |
| 13 | Nov 21 |
Support Vector Machines (1)
Assignment 4 due |
| Nov 23 | no lecture: Fall Recess | |
| 14 | Nov 28 |
Support Vector Machines (2) |
| Nov 30 | Maximum-Entropy and Conditional Random Fields | |
| 15 | Dec 05 |
Project open discussion session
Assignment 5 due |
| Dec 07 |
Course Syllabus Review (LAST LECTURE) Exam room allocation announced | |
| 16 | Dec 11 |
MONDAY Final Exam 03:30 PM - 06:30 PM ALUMNI 97 This examination dominates Prof. Scott's exam at the same time. It is your responsibility to arrange an alternative time for Prof. Scott's examination. Please arrive 10 minutes early to peruse the examination paper. |
| Dec 14 | THURSDAY Projects electronically submitted by end of day . | |
| 17 | Dec 18 | MONDAY Project examinations. Times TBA. |