Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
Prerequisites
18.05 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Description
Broadly speaking, Machine Learning refers to the automated identification of patterns in data. As such it has been a fertile ground for new statistical and algorithmic developments. The purpose of this course is to provide a mathematically rigorous introduction to these developments with emphasis on methods and their analysis.
The Topics Covered
The class will be split in three main parts:
- The Statistical Theory of Machine Learning.
- Classification, Regression, Aggregation
- Empirical Risk Minimization, Regularization
- Suprema of Empirical Processes
- Algorithms and Convexity.
- Boosting
- Kernel Methods
- Convex Optimization
- Online Learning.
- Online Convex Optimization
- Partial Information: Bandit Problems
- Blackwell’s Approachability
Grading
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
| Assignments | 40% |
| Final Project | 50% |
| Lecture Notes Scribing | 10% |
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Homework 40%
There are 3 homework assignments.
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Final project 50%
The final project should be in any area related to one of the topics of the course or use tools that are developed in class. Examples include: implementing an algorithm for real data, extend an existing method or prove a theoretical result (or a combination of these). You will need to submit a written report (~10 pages) and give a presentation in class in the last week of semester (the duration will depend on the size of the class).
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Lecture notes scribing 10%
