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CS 542 — Machine Learning
(dt. Maschinelles Lernen)

Level, degree of commitment Advanced module, depends on importing study program
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lecture (4 SWS), recitation class (2 SWS),
270 hours (90 h attendance, 180 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 9 CP
Course requirement(s): Oral or written examination
Examination type: Successful completion of at least 50 percent of the points from the weekly exercises as well as at least 2 presentations of the tasks.
Language,
Grading		 German,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program B.Sc. Data Science.
Subject, Origin Computer Science, B.Sc. Data Science
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
Alle 3-4 Semester
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seeger, Prof. Dr. Alfred Ultsch

Contents

Methods of machine learning and related areas such as Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining are central to current research in the field of intelligent systems and are already used in a variety of practical applications.

Content: Introduction and basic concepts, conceptual learning and version space, data preprocessing, case-based learning, decision trees, rule learning, Bayesian inference, Support Vector Machines, extensions and meta techniques, empirical evaluation of learning processes


Qualification Goals

The students shall

  • Understand the basic questions and goals of machine learning,
  • become familiar with special problem classes, such as supervised learning (classification and regression),
  • develop important methods of machine learning and their scalable implementations,
  • become familiar with concepts for the evaluation of learning methods,
  • to be enabled to solve practical problems independently using methods of machine learning,
  • practice scientific working methods (recognizing, formulating, solving problems, training the ability to abstract) and practice oral communication skills in the exercises by practicing free speech in front of an audience and during discussion.

Prerequisites

Translation is missing. Here is the German original:

Keine. Empfohlen werden die Kompetenzen, die in den Modulen Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen sowie Grundlagen der Statistik vermittelt werden.


Recommended Reading

  • D.J. Hand, H. Mannila, P. Smyth. Principles of Data Mining. MIT Press. 2000.
  • T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, J. H. Friedman. The Elements of Statistical Learning. Springer-Verlag, 2001.
  • T. Mitchell. Machine Learning. McGraw Hill, 1997.
  • I.H. Witten, E. Frank. Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques with Java Implementations. Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.
  • C.M. Bishop. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. Springer-Verlag, 2008.



Please note:

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