Topics and Readings:


The schedule will be updated weekly, to reflect the plan on upcoming lectures, as well as provide slides and other material from the most recent lectures.

 

(Aug 29) Introduction - The basics [pdf]                                                
(Aug 31) Introduction - Design of a system (Ch. 1) [pdf]                                                            
(Sep 7) Concept Learning (Ch.2) [pdf]
(Sep 12) Decision Tres (Ch.3) [pdf]
(Sept 14) Bayesian Learning p.1 (Ch.6) [pdf]
... and a probability tutorial [pdf]
(Sept 19) Bayesian Learning p.2 (Ch.6) [pdf]
.... except chapters 6.5, 6.6, 6.11, 6.12
(Sept 21) Neural Networks I (Ch. 4) [pdf]
(Sept 26) Neural Networks II (Ch. 4) [pdf]
(Oct 3) Sampling - Evaluating algorithms (Ch. 5) [pdf]
(Oct 5) Less naive classifiers (Ch. 6) [pdf]
(Oct 10) Review
(Oct 12) Review continued and intro to PAC learning [pdf]
(Oct 17) PAC learning I   (Ch. 7) [pdf]
(Oct 17) PAC learning II  (Ch. 7) [pdf]
(Oct 31) Genetic Algorithms I (Ch. 9) [pdf]
(Nov 2) Genetic Algorithms II (Ch. 9) [pdf]
(Nov 7) Instance-Based Learning (Ch. 8) [pdf]
(Nov 23) Reinforcement Learning I (Ch. 13) [pdf]
(Nov 28) Reinforcement Learning II (Ch. 13) [pdf]