Machine Learning
This web page gives information on the lecture 'Machine Learning' which is held during winter term 2011/2012 by Sebastian Stober. It will be constantly updated during the course.
The course provides an introduction to the principles, techniques, and applications of Machine Learning. Topics covered include among others:
- value functions
- concept spaces and concept learning
- instance based learning
- clustering
- decision trees
- neural networks
- Bayesian learning
- reinforcement learning
- association rule learning
- genetic algorithms
Course Schedule and Room Assignments
| Time | Start | Room | |
| Lecture | Tuesday 3:00 - 5:00pm | 11.10.2011 | G22A-208 |
| Exercises | Monday 5:00 - 6:30pm | 17.10.2011 | G29-K058 |
Course Staff
If you have any questions concerning the lectures or assignments please contact (if possible by email):
- Sebastian Stober
E-Mail: sebastian.stober@ovgu.de - Thomas Low
E-Mail: thomas.low@ovgu.de
Requirements for the Oral Exam and the 'Schein'
All students are required to participate in the exercise classes. Every week, there will be an assignment sheet that will be handed out one week in advance. This sheet has to be prepared by every student and will be discussed in class. There are two different types of assignments: questions of understanding and programming assignments. The programming assignments can be solved in small groups of up to three students and must be sent in before the respective class. Prerequisites for an oral exam and a 'Schein' is fulfillment of the following criteria:
- Gaining at least 1/2 of all programming points
- Solving at least 2/3 of all questions of understanding
- Presenting at least 2 solutions in class.
The exam will be oral. For the 'Schein', there will be also an oral colloquium of about 10 minutes.
Materials
Lecture Slides
- General Course Information
- Introduction
- Concept Learning
- Decision Trees
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Bayesian Learning
- Instance-Based Learning
Extra: Paper on Instance Based Learning
Extra: Slides for Learning Distance Measures - Cluster Analysis (updated)
- Reinforcement Learning
- Association Rule Learning (updated)
- Genetic Algorithms
Assignment Sheets
- Assignment Sheet 1 (download TicTacToe Environment v1.1.0)
- Assignment Sheet 2
- Assignment Sheet 3 (download Car-data)
- Assignment Sheet 4
- Assignment Sheet 5
- Assignment Sheet 6
- Assignment Sheet 7
- Assignment Sheet 8
- Assignment Sheet 9
- Assignment Sheet 10
- Assignment Sheet 11
- Assignment Sheet 12 (due by 23th of January 2012)
Other Resources
Literature
- Machine Learning
Tom Mitchell
McGraw-Hill, 1997. - Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
S. Russel und P. Norvig
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 2003