Principles of Machine Learning

Boston University CAS CS 542, Fall 2024

Time/Location: Mon, Wed 4:30PM - 5:45PM / CAS B12

Course Number: CAS CS 542

Instructors:

Prof. Kate Saenko; office hours: Wed 6:00PM - 7:00PM / CDS 845

Prof. Boqing Gong; office hours: Tue 11:00AM - 12:00PM / CDS 822

Teaching Fellows:

Piotr Teterwak; office hours: Thu 1:00PM - 3:00PM / Location: CDS 362D

Aoming Liu; office hours: Tue 4:00PM-6:00PM / Location: Blue lounge of 8th floor CDS

Graders:

Yiwen Gu

Hao Qi

Labs:

Thu 8:00-8:50, 9:30-10:20, 11:15-12:05, 3:35-4:25 / 665 Comm Ave CDS 364

Piazza: https://piazza.com/bu/fall2024/cs542/ Please use Piazza's "private message to Instructors", not email, for all questions regarding grading, missing a test, etc.

Who should take this class?

If you are a PhD, Master’s or upper-class undergrad interested in doing research in machine learning, this class is for you! It is a math- and programming-intensive class geared primarily towards graduate students in CS/EE.

If you are not comfortable with the prerequisites listed in the syllabus, please DO NOT take this class and consider the suggested alternatives instead.