CSC321 Spring 2003 - Information page

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.00-2.00pm
Room: GB 248
First lecture January 7; Last lecture April 10; No lectures on February 18 and 20

Instructor: Geoffrey Hinton; email csc321@cs.toronto.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2.15 - 4.00pm (Pratt 290G)

Tutors: Nina Thiessen and Mustansir Mukhles; email csc321@cs.toronto.edu
Tutorials: Fridays at 10.00am (Rooms GB 304 and GB 412)

Please do NOT send Hinton or the tutors email about the class directly to their personal accounts.
They are not able to answer class email except to csc321@cs.toronto.edu.

Prerequisites: CSC270H1, MAT223H1/240H1, STA107H1/250H1/257H1; CGPA 3.0/enrolment in a CSC subject POSt
Load: 25 hours of lectures; 13 hours of Tutorials.

Required Readings: There is no required textbook for the class.
There will be one or two required papers or chapters per week. (see Lectures, Readings, & Due Dates). Some of these required readings will be available on the web. I will hand out copies of required readings that are not on the web.

Marking Scheme
Closed book Midterm test worth 25%
Closed book Final exam worth 25%
Five assignments worth 10% each

Computing
The assignments will all be done in Matlab, but prior knowledge of Matlab is not required. Basic Matlab will be taught during the first few tutorials.

Auditing
If you are not registered in the class, it is possible for you to audit it (sit in on the lectures), but only if you get the instructor's permission and follow some rules. See the audit page for more info.

CSC321 - Computation In Neural Networks: || www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/csc321/