WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department
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CS539 Machine Learning 
Schedule of Classes - Spring 2011

PROF. CAROLINA RUIZ 

WARNING: Changes to this schedule may be made during the course of the semester. 
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Week Date Due Topic Chapters
1 Th Jan 13   Introduction to Machine Learning 1
Tu Jan 18   Introduction to Weka  
2 Th Jan 20   Data Preprocessing  
Tu Jan 25   Introduction to Matlab. HL234 (Design Studio)  
3 Th Feb 03   Decision Trees (I) 3
Tu Feb 08 Proj1 - Pre-processing Project 1 presentations  
4 Th Feb 10   Decision Trees (II) 3
Tu Feb 15   Neural Networks (I) 4
5 Th Feb 17 Proj2 - Decision Trees Project 2 presentations  
Tu Feb 22   Neural Networks (II) 4
6 Th Feb 24   Evaluating Hypothesis (I) 5
Tu Mar 01   Evaluating Hypothesis (II) 5
7 Th Mar 03 Proj3 - Neural Networks Project 3 presentations  
Tu Mar 15 Proj4 - Evaluating Hypotheses Project 4 presentations  
8 Th Mar 17   Bayesian Learning (I) 6
Tu Mar 22   Bayesian Learning (II) 6
9 Th Mar 24   Bayesian Learning (III) - K2 algorithm 6
Tu Mar 29 Proj5 Bayesian Learning Project 5 presentations  
10 Th Mar 31   Instance-based Learning 8
Tu Apr 05   Genetic Algorithms (I) 9
11 Th Apr 07 Proj6 - Instance-based Learning Project 6 presentations  
Tu Apr 12   Genetic Algorithms (II) 9
12 Th Apr 14   Rule Learning (I) 10
Tu Apr 19 Proj7 - Genetic Algorithms Project 7 presentations  
13 Th Apr 21   Rule Learning (II) 10
Tu Apr 26   Reinforcement Learning 13
14 Th Apr 28 Proj8 - Rule Learning Project 8 presentations  
Tu May 03   Project 8 presentations (cont.) and final remarks