CS 6780 - Advanced Machine Learning

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: programming skills (at the level of CS 2110) and basic knowledge of linear algebra (at the level of MATH 2940) and probability theory (at the level of MATH 4710) and multivariable calculus (at the level of MATH 1920). Enrollment limited to: Ph.D. students or permission of instructor.

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Gives a graduate-level introduction to machine learning and in-depth coverage of new and advanced methods in machine learning, as well as their underlying theory. Emphasizes approaches with practical relevance and discusses a number of recent applications of machine learning in areas like information retrieval, recommender systems, data mining, computer vision, natural language processing and robotics. An open research project is a major part of the course.