The schedule below represents my current best estimate concerning due dates (and everything else). I am providing this information to give you a general idea of the pace and timing of the class. This schedule will certainly change as the semester progresses.

Unless otherwise noted, all readings are from

Readings followed by (S) are supplemental. You may find them helpful.

WEEK DATE TOPIC READING/VIDEOS OUT IN
1 08-21 Introduction to ML
decision_trees_p_1_2.pdf
CH 1 through "Types of Machine Learning Systems" Python Setup
2 08-26 Decision Tree Activity (.pdf) CH 6
Fast Numpy Video
https://scipy-lectures.org/ (1.3.1-1.3.2)


08-28 Numpy Lab
PA1
3 09-02 Expectation Bias/Variance Trade-off Activity Expected Value
Bias/Variance


09-04 Testing And Validation Activity
CH 1 "Main Challenges of Machine Learning" to end
Cross Validation (3.1)
Leave One Out


4 09-09 Evaluating Classifiers CH 3 through "Error Analysis"

09-11 EXAM 1


5 09-16 Bagging
Random Forest
random_forest_quiz.pdf
Ada Boost Activity (pdf)
CH 7 through "AdaBoost"

09-18 Probability Intro
Probability Activity


PA1
6 09-23 Naive Bayes
linear_algebra_exercises.pdf
Linear Algebra Review (S)
Video (S)
More Videos (S)
PA2
09-25
Gradient Descent
linear_regression.pdf
linear_regression.py
X_mpg.npy
y_mpg.npy
Calculus Refresher (S) 9-14
Neural Net Video 1/2
Neural Net Video 2/2
CH 4 through "Mini-Batch Gradient Descent"


7 09-30 Logistic Regression
CH 4 "Logistic Regression" to end

10-02 MLP
CH 10 to "Implementing MLPs with Keras"
3Blue1Brown Videos 1-3 (S)


8 10-07 pytorch_intro.zip
PyTorch Practice
PyTorch Tensors
PyTorch Autograd
PyTorch Tutorial
Poster Project
10-09 EXAM 2


9 10-14 Regularization CH 4 "Polynomial Regression"
Through "Early Stopping"
CH 10 "Number of Hidden Layers" to end
CH 11 Full chapter


10-16 Autodiff Appendix B
Autodiff Video


10 10-21 FALL BREAK


10-23 Convnets https://setosa.io/ev/image-kernels/
CNN Intro 1/3
CNN Intro 2/3
CNN Intro 3/3 (s)

Poster Proposal
11 10-28
RNN
Word Embedding Tutorial
"Unreasonable Effectiveness"
deeplearningbook.org
10-10.2.0 (s)


10-30 RNN LSTM Tutorial
Transformer Tutorial


12 11-04 EXAM 3


11-06 Transformers ThreeBlueOneBrown 5
ThreeBlueOneBrown 6
ThreeBlueOneBrown 7

Poster Bibliography
13 11-11 Transformers


11-13
SVM
CH 4.9

14 11-18 PCA
Covariance Tutorial
Video


11-20 Nonlinear Dimensionality
Reduction
t-SNE Paper
PDSH: Manifold Learning
Poster Draft
15 11-25 THANKSGIVING


11-27 THANKSGIVING


16 12-02 Clustering


12-04 EXAM 4