CSE6327

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• Weeks 1-2: A. Machine Learning (basic concepts); B. Math foundation (updated a bit): probabilities, Bayes theorem, statistics, Entropy, mutual information, decision tree, optimization, matrix decomposition (Weekly Reading: W2) (A useful online manual on Matrix Calculus)

• Week 3: Feature Extraction in Machine Learning: PCA, LDA, manifold learning (MDS, SNE, LLE, Isomap), data virtualization. (Weakly reading: a tutorial paper on PCA, a paper on ML).

• Week 4: Bayesian Decision Rule: MAP decision rule; The Bayes Error; Statistical Data Modelling.