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 15
No class
Oct 17
No class
02 Oct 22
Introduction / organization 
[slides, 8up]
Oct 24
Linear algebra (vector, matrices) 
[slides, 8up]
03 Oct 29
Linear algebra (dot product) 
Oct 31
Linear algebra (linear transformations) 
04 Nov 05
Linear algebra (solving systems of equations, matrix inverses) 
[slides, 8up]
Nov 07
canceled
05 Nov 12
Linear algebra (solving systems of equations, matrix inverses) 
Nov 14
Linear algebra (projection, regression) 
[slides, 8up]
06 Nov 19
Linear algebra (eigenvalues/eigenvectors) 
[slides, 8up]
Nov 21
Linear algebra (SVD) 
[slides, 8up]
07 Nov 26
Calculus (derivatives / intergrals) 
[slides, 8up]
Nov 28
Calculus (derivatives / intergrals) 
08 Dec 03
Calculus (finding minima/maxima, regression) 
[slides, 8up]
Dec 05
Probability theory 
09 Dec 10
Probability theory 
[slides, 8up]
Dec 12
Information Theory 
[slides, 8up]
10 Dec 17
Information Theory 
Dec 19
Summary 
Dec 24
sem. break
Dec 26
sem. break
Dec 31
sem. break
Jan 02
sem. break
11 Jan 07
Regression / Wrap up 
[slides, 8up]
Jan 09
Generalization, bias, variance, evalation 
[slides, 8up]
12 Jan 14
Classification 
[slides, 8up]
Jan 16
Classification 
13 Jan 21
Classification 
Jan 24
Clustering 
[slides, 8up]
14 Jan 28
Wrap-up 
Jan 30
Exam 
15 Feb 04
Exam solutions / discussion 
Feb 06
Linearity and NN intro