All students will be evaluated through four (mini) course projects and two exams . The final grade will be allocated to the different components as follows:
40%: Course Projects
There are 4 mini course projects in total, focusing on applied problems that involve writing code and working with real or synthetic data sets.
60%: Exams
There are two exams (25%: midterm, 35%: final), focusing on foundational questions that involve mathematical reasoning, derivations and proofs, etc.
Midterm is tentatively scheduled at week 5, covering contents up till kernel methods, and final exam will take place in the final week (week 10).
Letter grades will be assigned using the following hard cutoffs:
A: 93% or higher
A-: 90% or higher
B+: 87% or higher
B: 83% or higher
B-: 80% or higher
C+: 77% or higher
C: 60% or higher
C-: 57% or higher
D: 50% or higher
F: less than 50%
We reserve the right to curve the grades, but only in a fashion that would improve the grade earned by the stated rubric.
Late Policy. Late assignment will lose 5% of the available points per day late, with a maximal of 5 days of late submission allowed.Â
Pass/Fail Grading. A grade of P is given only for work of C- quality or higher. You should make the request for Pass/Fail grading in writing (private note on Ed Discussion).