Evaluation: (with differences based on institute):
(i) 3 MCQ quizes for weeks 2-5 for the Meta-learning lectures from March 16-April-30, i.e., in-class, timed for about 15 min each. These will be based on the previous weeks' (plural) lectures' content and assigned reading(s)/hw(s), and are mandatory for all registered students from any of the 3 institutes. See readings for more details.
(ii) Final 1 hour exam (again MCQ, live with multiple questions, individually timed); based on concepts and assigned readings/hws; mandatory for all registered students from any of the 3 institutes.
(iiI) Quiz on deep-learning refresher (Lecun's course above), conducted in-class towards end-Feb, mandatory for BITS and IIITD students.
(iv) Project (individually done) to implement one paper (choices will be given but each student gets a unique paper) as an "educative" .ipynb notebook properly documented with analysis, on a dataset for which results are not already included in the paper. This is mandatory for BITS students.