The schedule is tentative, it will very likely change as we go. Links to the course material will be provided in the schedule below before each class.

The course schedule

Week Tuesday Thursday
01 Oct 13
No class
Oct 15
No class
02 Oct 20
Introduction / organization 
[slides, 8up]
Oct 22
Linear algebra: intro 
[slides, 8up]
03 Oct 27
Linear algebra: intro 
Oct 31
Linear algebra (solving systems of equations, matrix inverses) 
[slides, 8up]
04 Nov 03
Linear algebra (solving systems of equations, matrix inverses) 
Nov 05
Linear algebra (projection, regression) 
05 Nov 10
Linear algebra (eigenvalues/eigenvectors) 
Nov 12
Linear algebra (SVD) 
06 Nov 17
Linear algebra (SVD) 
Nov 19
Linear algebra (summary) 
07 Nov 24
Calculus (derivatives / intergrals) 
Nov 26
Calculus (finding minima/maxima, regression) 
08 Dec 01
Probability theory 
Dec 03
Probability theory 
09 Dec 08
Information Theory 
Dec 10
Information Theory 
10 Dec 15
Regression / Wrap up 
Dec 17
Evalation, generalization, bias, variance 
Dec 22
Summary
Dec 24
sem. break
Dec 29
sem. break
Dec 31
sem. break
11 Jan 05
sem. break
Jan 07
Classification 
12 Jan 12
Classification 
Jan 14
Classification / evaluation 
13 Jan 19
Dimensionality reduction 
Jan 22
Clustering 
14 Jan 26
Wrap-up 
Jan 28
Exam preparation 
15 Feb 04
Exam 
Feb 06
Exam solutions / discussion