2019-1 Advanced Machine Learning

Time: Tue 13:00-16:00

Location: Cluster Bd. (학연산클러스터) R. 507

References: no textbook is required, but following references will be helpful:

Grading:

    • Homework/discussion, Midterm, Final Exam = 30%, 30%, 30%
    • Attendance: 10%

Homework

Lecture Notes

Topics will be selected from learning models, learning theory, and large-scale optimization.

  • Lecture 1. Introduction (pdf)
  • Lecture 2. Supervised Learning (pdf)
    • Linear Regression, Weighted Linear Regression, Perceptron, Exponential Family, Generalized Linear Models
    • Suppl : Linear algebra review (pdf)
  • Lecture 3. Generative Models (pdf)
    • Gaussian discriminative analysis, naive Bayes, Laplace smoothing
    • Suppl : Probability theory review (pdf)
    • HW1 is out!
  • Lecture 4. Support vector machines (pdf)
    • Suppl: Convex optimization (pdf1, pdf2)
    • Suppl: SMO paper by John Platt 1998 (link), String kernel by Leslie & Kuang 2004 (link)
  • Lecture 5. HW1 Discussion & Learning Theory part I (pdf)
    • Suppl: Hoeffding's inequality (pdf)
    • HW2 is out!
  • Lecture 6. Learning Theory part 2
  • Lecture 7. HW2 Discussion, SMO algorithm, Regularization and Model Selection (pdf)
  • Midterm (April 23, in class)
  • Lecture 8. EM algorithm (pdf1, pdf2)
    • Bayesian inference (remainder of L7)
    • Midterm review
  • Lecture 9. Mixture of Gaussian, Factor Analysis (pdf)
  • Lecture 10. PCA (pdf) and ICA (pdf)
  • Lecture 11. Reinforcement learning and control (pdf)
  • Lecture 12. LQR, DDP, and LQG (pdf)
  • Lecture 13. POMDP, Policy Search, Reinforce, Pegasus
  • Final Exam (June 11, in class)