Lectures

Important Information

  • 9am on Tuesdays and Thursdays

    • Will be recorded [link]

    • Limited lectures compared to previous years

    • Later lectures will be converted into paper discussions

  • All lectures will be via Zoom

    • Need Caltech authentication


Lecture Etiquette

  • Do not send private messages!

    • Private messages are saved in the recorded lecture.

  • If you ask a question, your question will be recorded for other students to hear.

  • Do not un-mute unless you are called.

    • Use "Raise Hand" feature, available from the "Participants" menu:

Lecture 1

  • April 7th, 2020 -- 9:00am-10:25am

  • Topics: Introduction & Administrivia

  • [Slides][Video]


Lecture 2


Lecture 3

  • April 14th, 2020 -- 9:00am-10:25am

  • Topics: Continuous Optimization & Learning to Optimize

    • Includes brief overview of Differentiable Computation

    • Includes brief introduction to Reinforcement Learning

  • [Slides][Video]


Lecture 4

  • April 16th, 2020 -- 9:00am-10:25am

  • Topics: Learning to Search (Discrete)

    • Includes a brief overview of classical search algorithms.

  • [Slides][Video]


Lecture 5

  • April 21st, 2020 -- 9:00am-10:25am

  • Topic: Imitation Learning & Reinforcement Learning

  • [Slides][Video]


Lecture 6

  • April 23rd, 2020 -- 9:00am-10:25am

  • Advanced Bayesian Optimization Approaches

  • [Slides][Video]


Lecture 7

  • April 28th, 2020 -- 9:00am-9:55am

  • Guest Lecture by Brandon Amos

    • See Piazza Post for Special Zoom Link

    • Differentiable Optimization-Based Modeling for Machine Learning

    • Relevant Papers: [link1][link2]

  • [Slides][Video]


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Lecture 9


Lecture 10

  • May 7th, 2020 -- 9:00am-9:55am

  • Guest Lecture by Jennifer Listgarten

    • See Piazza Post for Special Zoom Link

    • Design by Adaptive Sampling & Biochemistry Applications

    • Relevant Papers: [link]

  • [Slides][Video]


Lecture 11

  • May 12th, 2020 -- 9:00am-9:55am

  • Guest Lecture by Tianqi Chen

    • See Piazza Post for Special Zoom Link

    • Automated Compiler Optimization

    • Relevant Papers: [link1][link2]

  • [Slides][Video]


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Lecture 17