CIS4930/5930 Machine Learning -- Schedule

  • Week 1 (Aug. 26 -- Aug. 30).

    Topic: Intro + PAC Learning (MRT, Chapters 1,2)

    • Mon (slides): Go over syllabus, Chapter 1
    • Wed (slides): MRT, Chapter 1
    • Fri (slides): MRT, Section 2.1, HW 1 out

  • Week 2: (Sep. 2 -- Sep. 6).

    Topic: PAC Learning

    • Mon: No class (Labor Day)
    • Wed (slides): MRT, Section 2.2
    • Fri(slides): MRT, Section 2.3

  • Week 3: (Sep. 9 -- Sep. 13)

    Topic: Rademacher Complexity & VC Dimension (MRT, Chapter 3)

    • Mon: MRT, Section 3.1
    • Wed: MRT, Section 3.2
    • Fri: MRT, Section 3.3. HW1 due, HW2 out.

  • Week 4: (Sep. 16 -- Sep. 20)

    Topic: Support Vector Machines (MRT, Chapter 5). SVM slides,Optimization slides.

    • Mon: MRT, Sections 5.1,5.2
    • Wed: MRT, Section 5.3
    • Fri: MRT, Sections 5.4.

  • Week 5: (Sep. 23 -- Sep. 27)

    Topic: Kernel Methods (MRT, Chapter 6) Kernel methods

    • Mon: MRT, Sections 6.1,6.2
    • Wed: MRT, Sections 6.3,6.4
    • Fri: MRT, Section 6.5.

  • Week 6: (Sep 30 -- Oct 4)

    Exam 1 + Online Learning

    • Mon: MRT, Sections 8.1,8.2. HW 2 due
    • Wed: Review
    • Fri: Exam 1

  • Week 7: (Oct 7 -- Oct 11)

    Regression

    • Mon: Linear regression slides
    • Wed: Beyond linear regression slides
    • Fri: Logistic regression slides

  • Week 8: (Oct 14 -- Oct 18)

    Boosting MRT, Chapter 7. (slides)

  • Week 9: (Oct 21 -- Oct 25)

    Multi-Class Classification. MRT, Chapter 9. (slides)

    No class Friday, Oct. 25 (Homecoming).

  • Week 10: (Oct 28 -- Nov 1)

    Reinforcement Learning. MRT, Chapter 17. (slides)

  • Week 11:

    Dimensionality Reduction.

    Monday, no class.