Andreas Krause: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2016

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause
FieldComputer Science
Address
Institut für Maschinelles Lernen
ETH Zürich, OAT Y 13.1
Andreasstrasse 5
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 63 22
Fax+41 44 623 15 62
E-mailkrausea@ethz.ch
URLhttp://las.ethz.ch/krausea.html
DepartmentComputer Science
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
252-0220-00LLearning and Intelligent Systems Information 8 credits4V + 2U + 1AA. Krause
AbstractThe course introduces the foundations of learning and making predictions based on data.
ObjectiveThe course will introduce the foundations of learning and making predictions from data. We will study basic concepts such as trading goodness of fit and model complexitiy. We will discuss important machine learning algorithms used in practice, and provide hands-on experience in a course project.
Content- Linear regression (overfitting, cross-validation/bootstrap, model selection, regularization, [stochastic] gradient descent)
- Linear classification: Logistic regression (feature selection, sparsity, multi-class)
- Kernels and the kernel trick (Properties of kernels; applications to linear and logistic regression; k-NN
- The statistical perspective (regularization as prior; loss as likelihood; learning as MAP inference)
- Statistical decision theory (decision making based on statistical models and utility functions)
- Discriminative vs. generative modeling (benefits and challenges in modeling joint vy. conditional distributions)
- Bayes' classifiers (Naive Bayes, Gaussian Bayes; MLE)
- Bayesian networks and exact inference (conditional independence; variable elimination; TANs)
- Approximate inference (sum/max product; Gibbs sampling)
- Latent variable models (Gaussian Misture Models, EM Algorithm)
- Temporal models (Bayesian filtering, Hidden Markov Models)
- Sequential decision making (MDPs, value and policy iteration)
- Reinforcement learning (model-based RL, Q-learning)
LiteratureTextbook: Kevin Murphy: A Probabilistic Perspective, MIT Press
Prerequisites / NoticeDesigned to provide basis for following courses:
- Advanced Machine Learning
- Data Mining: Learning from Large Data Sets
- Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence
- Probabilistic Graphical Models
- Seminar "Advanced Topics in Machine Learning"
252-0945-02LDoctoral Seminar Machine Learning (FS16) Restricted registration - show details
Only for Computer Science Ph.D. students.
2 credits2SJ. M. Buhmann, T. Hofmann, A. Krause
AbstractAn essential aspect of any research project is dissemination of the findings arising from the study. Here we focus on oral communication, which includes: appropriate selection of material, preparation of the visual aids (slides and/or posters), and presentation skills.
ObjectiveThe seminar participants should learn how to prepare and deliver scientific talks as well as to deal with technical questions. Participants are also expected to actively contribute to discussions during presentations by others, thus learning and practicing critical thinking skills.
Prerequisites / NoticeThis doctoral seminar of the Machine Learning Laboratory of ETH is intended for PhD students who work on a machine learning project, i.e., for the PhD students of the ML lab.