COMP 5011
Machine Learning and Neural Networks
Fall 2023
Topics
- Learning paradigms
- regression and gradient descent
- PCA
- nearest neighbours
- Bayesian classifiers
- trees and ensembles
- support vector machines
- clustering
- neural networks, RNNs/LSTMs and CNNs
- explainable AI.
Readings
- Suggested: Christopher M. Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning; Kevin Murphy, Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective; Tom Mitchell, Machine Learning; Hastie, Tibshirani and Friedman, The Elements of Statistical Learning; David MacKay, Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2023
- Course source ↗
- Year is established by the document class dates: Fall study week October 2023 and final classes December 2023. These are suggested books, not explicitly required purchases.