WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department
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CS539 Machine Learning 
Schedule of Classes - Spring 2005

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 Jan 18   Introduction - Machine Learning 1
Jan 20   Introduction - Weka & Pre-processing  
2 Jan 25 Proj1 - Pre-processing Decision Trees 3
Jan 27   Project 1 presentations  
3 Feb 01   Neural Networks (I) 4
Feb 03 Proj2 - Decision Trees Project 2 presentations  
4 Feb 08   Neural Networks (II) 4
Feb 10 Proj3.1 - Neural Networks (I) Project 3.1 presentations  
5 Feb 15 Proj3.2 - Neural Networks (II) Evaluating Hypotheses 5
Feb 17   Project 3.2 presentations  
6 Feb 22   Evaluating Hypothesis 5
Feb 24 Proj4 - Evaluating Hypotheses Project 4 presentations  
7 Mar 01   Bayesian Learning (I) 6
Mar 03   Bayesian Learning (II) 6
8 Mar 08   CATCH UP  
Mar 10   Bayesian Learning (III) - K2 algorithm 6
9 Mar 15 Proj5 Bayesian Learning Project 5 presentations  
Mar 17   Instance-based Learning 8
10 Mar 22   Genetic Algorithms 9
Mar 24 Proj6 - Instance-based Learning Project 6 presentations  
11 April 05 Proj7 - Genetic Algorithms Project 7 presentations  
April 07   Rule Learning (I) 10
12 April 12   Rule Learning (II) 10
Apr 14   Analytical Learning 11
13 Apr 19 Proj8 - Rule Learning Project 8 presentations  
Apr 21   Reinforcement Learning 13
14 Apr 26 Proj9 - Final Project Project 9 presentations  
Apr 28   Project 9 presentations and final remarks