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Schedule

All labs and hw are due on Fridays at midnight.

Week 1 - Aug. 21

Wed
Read Discuss syllabus; install DataSpell
Fri
ReadTM_Ch. 1 - Introduction-ppt
LabLab1-Intro. Read MG Ch.1 Intro
Lab due Friday 8/30 at midnight; Complete the installation part before class. Link to upload Lab1.

Week 2 - Aug. 26

Mo
Complete Lab1 and TM_Ch. 1 from last class
Wed
ReadTM_Ch.2 - Concept learning (Find-S alg.)-pdf
Activity Class activity
Fri
Lab Lab2 - covers MG_Ch.1 pg. 13-23
Lab2-Intro k-NN due Friday 9/6 at midnight; Complete the installation part before class. Link to upload lab.

Week 3 - Sept. 2

Mon
Read TM_Ch. 2 - Concept learning (Candidate elim. alg.)
Wed
ReadTM_Ch.3 - Decision trees-pdf
Activity Class activity
Activity due Friday 9/13 at midnight; Link to upload activity.
Fri
Complete last lecture, and Lab2 if students still need help with it;
HW Hw 1(5pts)
Hw due Friday 9/13 at midnight; Link to upload your hw as Word doc.

Week 4 - Sept. 9

Mon
Continue with ch3 lecture
Wed
Section Complete class activity with dec. trees :Ex. Gain Ratio
Fri
Read TM_Ch. 4 - Neural Networks(pdf)
Activity Activity perceptron
Activity due Friday 9/20 at midnight; Link to upload activity.
HW Hw 2(5pts)
Hw due Friday 9/20 at midnight; Link to upload your hw as Word doc.

Week 5 - Sept. 16

Mon
SectionContinue Ch. 4
Activity Activity perceptron alg.
Activity due Friday 9/20 at midnight; Link to upload activity.
Wed
SectionContinue Ch. 4
Lab Lab3 - covers part of MG_Ch.2
Lab3-Dec. Trees due Friday 9/27 at midnight; Link to upload lab.
Fri
Proofessor attends conference, no class; work on your own on Lab3 and hw

Week 6 - Sept. 23

Mon
Section Continue Ch. 4
For fun Google’s Quick, Draw!
Wed
Review Exam 1 Review: Ch. 2, 3, 4
Fri
Exam Exam 1
HW Hw 3(5pts)
Hw due Friday 10/4 at midnight; Link to upload your hw.

Week 7 - Sept. 30

Mon
Lab Lab4 - perceptron
Lab4-Perceptron due Friday Oct.4 at midnight; Link to upload lab.
Wed
Activity Activity sigmoid unit ex.
Fri
Lab Lab5 - NN
Lab5-NN due Friday Oct.18 at midnight; Link to upload lab.

Week 8 - Oct. 7 - Fall Break

Mon:
Break
No class
Wed:
Break
No class
Fri:
Break
No class

Week 9 - Oct. 14

Week 10 - Oct. 21

Mon
SectionSVM vs Perceptron
Wed
ReadTM_Ch.6 Bayesian Learning - MAP and ML
Activity Probab. activity
Due Friday at midnight; Link to upload activity.
Fri
Activity Naive Bayes activity
Section[Continue Ch. 6 - Bayesian Belief Networks]

Week 11 - Oct. 28

Week 12 - Nov. 4

Mon
SectionTM_Ch. 8 - continuation
Project[Work on final project and creation of teams]
ProjectTeams pitch a project idea - Link to upload project idea; please sign both student names as confirmation that entire team agrees on the topic - due tonight.
Wed
Activity/Hw Activity/hw k-NN (will count as 3pts hw)
Due Friday at midnight; Link to upload activity.
SectionTM_Ch. 9 - Genetic Algorithms
Fri
ProjectStep 1 due today - Decide on project[Entire team must present idea in class in ~3min or less (“elevator speach”). Be clear, and rehears your brief presentation, you may use 1-2 slides. Note: 2/5 points will be class attendance when project is discussed.]
SectionTM_Ch. 9 - continuation

Week 13 - Nov. 11

Week 14 - Nov. 18

Mon
Project[Work on final project]
SectionTM_Ch. 9 - Genetic Algorithms
Activity GA Demo GA Roulette
Wed
Project[Work on final project]
LabLab7-Bayesian Belief Networks - Inferences
Lab is optional, do it on your own time to learn more about BBN
Fri
Project[Work on final project]

Week 15 - Nov. 25

Mon
ProjectStep 3 due - Complete paper due, upload at this link
Wed
Thanksgiving break
Fri
Thanksgiving break

Week 16 - Dec. 2

Mon
Project[Work on final project]
ProjectStep 4 due - Presentations
Wed
ProjectStep 4 due - Presentations
Fri
ProjectStep 4 due - Presentations
ProjectStep 5 due at midnight - Final submission
Due at midnight; Link to upload final project
Classes end Fri, Dec 6.

Week 17 - Dec.9-12 Exam Days