CSC2535 -- Spring 2013
Advanced Machine Learning

Students should check these pages at least once a week for important information.

News:

    Navdeep has now graded assignment 2 and the final test. You can pick them up from him in LP 275. Geoff

Lectures: Wednesdays 1.00-3.00pm (Room WB 219)
First lecture January 9; No lecture on February 20
Final test April 3

Instructor: Geoffrey Hinton; email csc2535prof[at sign]cs.toronto.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 5.00-6.00pm (Pratt 290G)

Tutor for assignment 1: Navdeep Jaitly
TBA; email csc2535ta1[at sign]cs.toronto.edu;
Office Hours in Pratt 290C (times to be confirmed by TBA)
4.00-5.00pm Friday Jan 25
4.00-5.00pm Friday Feb 1
4.00-5.00pm Monday Feb 4

Tutor for assignment 2:
TBA; email csc2535ta1[at sign]cs.toronto.edu;
Office Hours in Pratt 290C (times to be confirmed by TBA)
4.00-5.00pm Friday Feb 15
4.00-5.00pm Friday Feb 22
4.00-5.00pm Monday Feb 25

Please do NOT send email about the class directly to the personal accounts of the instructor or TA.
They will not answer class email except to csc2535prof or csc2535ta1 or csc2535ta2

Prerequisites: CSC2515: Introduction to Machine Learning (or equivalent -- ask instructor).
Load: 22 hours of lectures; two assignments; one project, one test.

Required Readings: Some of the lectures will be based on "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Chris Bishop which you should have if you have taken CSC2515. Other lectures will have a few required and optional papers or chapters per lecture. (see Lectures, Readings, & Due Dates). These readings will be available on the web.

Marking Scheme
Two assignments worth 20% each
Final test worth 25%
Project worth 35%

Computing
Many of the algorithms will be implemented in Matlab, and the projects will be mostly done in Matlab, but prior knowledge of Matlab is not required.

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.