Spring 2012: CS429/529: Introduction to Machine Learning

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Introduction to Machine Learning

Spring, 2012
Lecture: Tues/Thurs, 12:30-1:45 PM Mitchell Hall 211
Instructor: Terran Lane

Office hours:

FEC325
Tues 1:45-3:00 PM
Wed 10:00-11:00 AM
Thu 1:45-2:30 PM

The syllabus is now available.

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News:

Mar 4
Homework 3 is now available.
Mar 1
By popular vote in the class, we decided that the timeline for the near future will be:
  • Thurs, Mar 8: R4 due
  • Mon, Mar 12-Fri, Mar 16: Spring Break
  • Tues, Mar 20: HW3 due
  • Thurs, Mar 22: Midterm exam (in class)
Mar 1
Due to a substantial leak (!?!?) in our normal classroom (Mitchell 211), class on Tuesday, Mar 6 will be held in Mitchell 119.
Feb 23
Reading 4 is:
Feb 9
Barnes, C. P. and Silk, D. and Sheng, X. and Stumpf, M. P. H., "Bayesian design of synthetic biological systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 108(37), pp 15190-15195. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1017972108
Due: Thurs, Mar 8

Electronic turnin key: cs429-529.r4

Reading 3 is:
Allwein, E. L., Schapire, R. E., and Singer, Y., "Reducing Multiclass to Binary: A Unifying Approach for Margin Classifiers". Journal of Machine Learning Research 1 (Dec), pp 113-141, 2000.
Due: Thurs, Feb 23

Electronic turnin key: cs429-529.r3

Feb 2
Homework 2 is now available.
Jan 27
The second reading is:
Caruana, R., Overfitting is a Many Splendored Thing. Machine Learning Workshop (Snowbird), 2011.
This is a brief abstract version. If he has a full paper version of it, I haven't seen it yet. (If you should run across one, I would appreciate hearing about it.)

Due: Feb 9

If you would like to turn in your summary electronically, you can use the turnin key cs429-529.r2

Jan 24
Homework 1 is now available.
Jan 17
The first reading is:
Samuel, A., "Some Experiments in Machine Learning Using the Game of Checkers". IBM J. of Research and Development, 3(3) pp 210-229. 1959. doi: 10.1147/rd.33.0210. This paper is not directly available through UNM libraries. We have access to two different scanned copies, though (for use only by members of the UNM CS429/529, Spring 2011 course):
  • Version A (smaller file, and probably higher quality scan).
  • Version B (longer file, good as backup if you find a problem in version A).
Jan 17
Reminder: Reading 1 will be discussed in class on Thurs, Jan 26. Each group should turn in a (less than or equal to) one page analysis including:
  • The names of all group members.
  • One paragraph abstract of the paper. (Your own, novel abstract, not the paper's abstract.)
  • At least one novel bit of analysis, including any subset of: ideas for refinements or extenstions, observations of mistakes or incomplete bits in the paper, open questions, suggestions for other applications for the material in the paper, questions about confusing bits, etc.