CS 542 Machine Learning
CS 542 Machine Learning
CS 542: Machine Learning
Definition: [Wikipedia*]: Machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is about the construction and study of systems that can learn from BIG data. (*-I added BIG in the Wiki definition to reflect my personal bias :=).)
Introduction
Textbook: Bishop, Christopher M., Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-0-387-31073-2.
Office Hours: Prof. Chin (by appointments, but mostly available 5-6pm on Tu & Th). Mr. Cakir (1-2:30pm, M & W)
If you are a student at CS 542 in the spring semester of 2014, please refer to the BU blackboard site for the course.
Course Plan: (totally subject to change! :=)
Course Term: Spring, 2014, Tu & Th at 3:30-5pm at CAS 116
Course Instructor: Prof. Sang (“Peter”) Chin, spchin@cs.bu.edu
Course Teaching Fellow: Mr. Fatih Cakir, fcakir@bu.edu