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Schedule

Assignments are due on the day on which they are listed.

DateReadingTopicAssignments Due
Aug 22Intro and MotivationRead syllabus/schedule
Aug 241, 2.1, 3.1-3.3Perceptron and Delta RuleInstall toolkit (before class)
Aug 293.4Perceptron and Delta RulePerceptron HW (before class)
Aug 312.2
Perceptron Lab description
Data, Testing, and ML ToolkitQuadric Machine HW (before class)
Sep 53.5
Logistic Regression
Linear Regression and Logistic Regression
Sep 72.4-2.5
Group Project proposal description
Inductive BiasLinear Regression HW (before class)
Logistic Regression HW (before class)
Sep 124.1-4.3BackpropagationPerceptron Lab (due by 11 pm)
Sep 144.4-4.5
Experiment with TensorFlow playground
Backpropagation Lab description
BackpropagationBackpropagation HW (before class)
Sep 194.6Backpropagation
Sep 212.2 (review)Comparing Classifiers, Grad SchoolGroup Project Proposal
Sep 266.1
Optional: Data Preparation
Feature Selection
Sep 286.2,6.5-6.6
Optional: 6.3-6.4
Feature Reduction (PCA)Group Project Voting (due by 11 pm)
Oct 312.1-12.2Decision TreesBackpropagation Lab (pushed to 10/5, due by 11 pm)
Begin gathering data for group project
Oct 5
Decision TreesData gathering email report (due by 11 pm)
Oct 1012.3-12.4
Decision Tree Lab description
Decision TreesDecision Tree HW (before class)
Oct 12Midterm (must start exam by 9pm)
Oct 177.2
Nearest Neighbor Lab description
Nearest Neighbor
Oct 192.3Bayesian Learningk-Nearest Neighbor HW (before class)
Oct 2413EnsemblesNaïve Bayes HW (before class)
Oct 2614.1
Section 5.4 of this reading
Clustering and Unsupervised LearningDecision Tree Lab (due by 11 pm)
Group Project Progress Report
Oct 3114.2-14.3
Clustering Lab description
Clustering and Unsupervised LearningHAC HW (before class)
Nov 210.1-10.4Genetic AlgorithmsNearest Neighbor Lab (due by 11 pm)
k-Means HW (before class)
Nov 711.1-11.3Markov Models
Nov 9Supercomputing with Linux
Nov 1411.4-11.7Reinforcement Learning and Q-LearningClustering Lab (due by 11 pm)
Nov 16Case Study #3: Optimizing Schools
Additional Optional Reading
Ethics of Machine LearningRL HW (before class)
Nov 21FALL RECESS
Nov 23FALL RECESS
Nov 288.1-8.3SVMsEmail to Mr. Vulcani
Nov 30Final Exam Review
Dec 5Group Project Oral Presentations
Dec 7Group Project Oral Presentations
Group Project report (due by 11 pm)
Dec 14Final Exam (7:30am)

The schedule is subject to change.