CS 761: Advanced Machine Learning
2016 Spring Semester

CS 761 covers advanced theory and methods in machine learning, including probabilistic modeling, hypothesis testing, classification and regression, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference, PAC learning and VC theory, nonparametric methods, and state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms.

Open to all students with advanced computing and mathematics/statistics background.

Instructor:          
Robert Nowak 

Lectures:  
Monday and Wednesday, 11:00am-12:15pm, location: 1140 Gym-Nat

Grading:  
25% midterm, 25% project, 50% homework

Office Hours:  
Monday 12:15-1:15pm 1140 Gym-Nat
Wednesday 10-11am 3539 Engineering Hall

Course Outline:  

	Part 1: Basic Theory (Weeks 1-7)
		Probabilistic Decision Making
		Probabilistic Inference and Model Selection
		Statistical Learning Theory

	Midterm Exam

	Part 2: Methods, Algorithms, and Applications (Weeks 8-15)

Recommended Textbooks (both free online): Understanding Machine Learning, Statistical Learning Theory

Recommended Software: Matlab or Python / IPython