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Semester 1

Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition (INFR11130)

Course Website

https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/mlpr/

Subject

Informatics

College

SCE

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

4

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

This course is only available to visiting students taking the majority of their credits in the school of Informatics who are either on a general or subject-specific exchange.

Course Summary

Machine learning is a field devoted to developing algorithms that adapt their behaviour to data, providing useful representations of the data and/or predictions. This course covers some fundamental theoretical concepts in machine learning, and common patterns for implementing methods in practice. The intended audience are those wanting the background required to begin research and development of machine learning methods.This is an advanced course. Students should not choose this class without the required background (see "Other Requirements" box); students without this background are strongly advised to take a more practical-based course, such as Applied Machine Learning (INFR11211).

Course Description

The precise set of methods and algorithms used to illustrate and explore the main concepts will change slightly from year to year. However, the main topic headings are expected to be fairly stable.- Classification and Regression: Linear Regression, logistic regression, Bayes classifiers- Expanded feature representations: Basis functions, neural networks, kernel methods- Generalization, regularization and inference: Penalised cost functions, Bayesian prediction, learning theory- Model selection, pruning and combination: Cross-validation, Bayesian methods, sparsifying regularizers, ensemble methods.- Representation and metric learning: Dimensionality reduction, clustering, feature learningTo support these topics we will also cover:- Optimization and Inference algorithms: Stochastic gradient descent, simple Monte Carlo ideas, and more specialised methods as required.- Practical issues: Formulating problems as machine learning, adapting methods to fit problems. Numerical and programming issues important for machine learning. Ethical issues, such as responsible application of methods and privacy concerns.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 75%, Coursework 25%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Assessment Information

The assessment will consist of ;75% exam25% assignment

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