Introduction to Machine Learning
(Fall 2024)

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Announcements and Term-end Matters

  • The end-of-term subject evaluations are open from December 2 until December 16. We'd love to hear your thoughts on 6.390! This provides valuable feedback for us and other students for future semesters.

  • Please be sure to review final exam logistics page.

  • Homework 13 is optional. However, as non-parameteric methods will be on the final exam, it may be useful for your preparation.

  • Tuesday, Dec 10:

  • Wednesday, Dec 11:

    • The 20-day extensions are applicable up through the end of this day.
    • The last day of regular office hours will held on Dec 11. After Dec 11, only Instructor OHs will be held.

  • Thursday, Dec 12:

    • Optimization of the 20-day extensions will be applied. The results will be reflected on the Progress page.

  • Friday, Dec 20: the final exam will be held 9:00am-12:00pm at Johnson Track.

The calendar below will be populated throughout the semester with links to notes, lectures, recitations, labs, and homeworks. The current week is highlighted vertically in blue.

Topic 1: Intro to ML

First class: Lab on Wed, 4 Sep
Notes:  Course Overview Slides, Chap. 1, Chap. 2 up to 2.4
No Exercises
No Recitation
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 2: Analytical Regression

Notes:  Chap. 2, Appendix A - Matrix derivatives
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 6 Sep at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 9 Sep at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 3: Gradient Descent

Notes:  Chap. 3
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 13 Sep at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 16 Sep at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 4: Linear Classifiers and Logistic Regression

Fri, 20 Sep (Student holiday)
Notes:  Chap. 4
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 20 Sep at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 23 Sep at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 5: Features

Add Date: Fri, 4 Oct
Notes:  Chap. 5
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 27 Sep at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 30 Sep at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 6: Neural Networks

Notes:  Chap. 6 up to 6.5
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 4 Oct at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 7 Oct at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 7: Neural Networks II, Autoencoders

No class on Mon, 14 Oct (Indigenous Peoples' Day)
Notes:  Chap. 6 to end, Chap. 10
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 11 Oct at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
No Recitation
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Midterm Exam Week (Mon, 21 Oct - Fri, 25 Oct)

Midterm Exam: Wed, 23 Oct at 7:30pm
Review Session: in class
  Start: Fri, 18 Oct at 12:00pm, 45-230
No Recitation on Mon, 21 Oct
No Lab on Wed, 23 Oct
Topic 8: Convolutional Neural Networks

Notes:  Chap. 8
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 25 Oct at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 28 Oct at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 9: Transformers

Notes:  Chap. 9
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 1 Nov at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 4 Nov at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 10: Clustering

No class on Mon, 11 Nov (Veterans Day)
Notes:  Chap. 7
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 8 Nov at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
No Recitation
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 11: Markov Decision Processes

Notes:  Chap. 11
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 15 Nov at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 18 Nov at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 12: Reinforcement Learning

Notes:  Chap. 12
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 22 Nov at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 25 Nov at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 13: Decision Trees and Nearest Neighbors

Last Due Date: Fri, 6 Dec
Notes:  Chap. 13
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 29 Nov at 12:00pm
Exercises: online
Recitation: in class
   Start: Mon, 2 Dec at 9:30am
Lab: in class
Homework: online
Topic 14: End of term wrapup

Guest Speaker Prof. Marzyeh Ghassemi for Lecture on Fri, 6 Dec
Lecture: in class
   Start: Fri, 6 Dec at 12:00pm
No Exercises
No Recitation
No Lab
No Homework
Final Exam Week (Mon, 16 Dec - Fri, 20 Dec)

Final Exam: Fri, Dec 20 at 9:00am
Information and Practice Materials


Batch download/materials: Complete Lecture Notes Draft - Note that chapters are subject to change week by week.