6.867 Machine Learning (Fall 2009)


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Mon/Wed 1-2:30pm in 54-100

Date Lecture Notes etc
Wed Sep 09 Lecture 1: Introduction, linear classification, perceptron lecture1_slides.pdf, lecture1_notes.pdf
Mon Sep 14 Lecture 2: perceptron analysis, support vector machine lecture2_slides.pdf, lecture2_notes.pdf
Wed Sep 16 Lecture 3: non-linear classification, kernels lecture3_slides.pdf, lecture3_notes.pdf
Mon Sep 21 Lecture 4: kernels, support vector machines lecture4_slides.pdf, lecture4_notes.pdf, tutorial notes on Lagrange multipliers lagrange.pdf
Wed Sep 23 Lecture 5: anomaly detection lecture5_slides.pdf, lecture5_notes.pdf
Mon Sep 28 Lecture 6: multi-way classification, rating, ranking lecture6_slides.pdf, lecture6_notes.pdf
Wed Sep 30 Lecture 7: ranking (cont'd), regression, collaborative filtering lecture7_slides.pdf, related notes lecture7_notes1.pdf, lecture7_notes2.pdf
Mon Oct 05 Lecture 8: collaborative filtering (cont'd), feature selection lecture8_slides.pdf
Wed Oct 07 Lecture 9: ensembles, boosting lecture9_slides.pdf, lecture9_notes.pdf
Tue Oct 13 Lecture 10: active learning lecture10_slides.pdf, lecture10_notes.pdf
Wed Oct 14 MIDTERM EXAM : open book
Mon Oct 19 Lecture 11: model selection, complexity lecture11_slides.pdf, lecture11_notes.pdf
Wed Oct 21 Lecture 12: VC-dimension, generalization guarantees lecture12_slides.pdf, lecture12_notes.pdf
Mon Oct 26 Lecture 13: mixture models, the EM algorithm lecture13_slides.pdf, lecture13_notes.pdf
Wed Oct 28 Lecture 14: mixtures (cont'd), EM algorithm lecture14_slides.pdf, lecture14_notes.pdf
Mon Nov 02 Lecture 15: topic models, Markov and Hidden Markov Models lecture15_slides.pdf
Wed Nov 04 Lecture 16: Hidden Markov Models cont'd lecture16_slides.pdf
Mon Nov 09 Lecture 17: Bayesian networks lecture17_slides.pdf, lecture17_notes.pdf
Mon Nov 16 Lecture 18: Learning Bayesian networks lecture18_slides.pdf, lecture18_notes.pdf
Wed Nov 18 Lecture 19: Markov Random Fields, Factor graphs, inference lecture19_slides.pdf, lecture19_notes.pdf
Mon Nov 23 Lecture 20: Belief propagation, learning MRFs lecture20_slides.pdf
Wed Nov 25 Lecture 21: Inference, junction trees
Mon Nov 30 Lecture 22: conditional models, structured prediction
Wed Dec 02 Lecture 23: Learning conditional models
Mon Dec 07 FINAL EXAM : open book
Wed Dec 09 Lecture 24: current topics in machine learning, wrap-up