• Logistics:

– My office hours: T, Th 4-5pm or by appointment

– Class Web page: http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~mm/aml2010/index.html

• All slides will be posted to Web page

– Class mailing list: aml2010@cs.pdx.edu

CS 446/546: Advanced Topics in Machine Learning

Course work

– Reading (approx. two papers per week)

– Discussion: Each student will lead discussion during one class period:

• Overview of topic/method

• Discussion of paper(s) related to topic/method

– Project: Each student will do a research project, write a paper, give a 15-20-minute talk on their project. (Aim: publishable paper)

• Note: ICML: In Seattle, summer 2011. Submissions are due in early 2011.

– Reviewing: Each student will review three other students’ papers

Grading

Students will be graded on their class presentations, class participation, and final project talk and paper.

Dates

• One-page project proposal, with 4+ paper literature review list, due by Tuesday April 6

• First draft of paper due by Thursday May 27, assigned to reviewers

• Reviews due by Thursday June 3

• Paper presentations Tuesday June 1, Thursday June 3, Monday June 7

• Final papers due by Friday June 11

Interests / Topics / Current Projects

Project proposal

Reading assignment

S. Wooldridge, Bayesian Belief Networks

(link on class Web page)