ECE 657
Introduction to Machine Learning
Spring 2025 · Course Outline:
Topics
- ECE 657 | Tools of Intelligent System Design
- s may be distributed electronically.
Readings
- Deep Learning (2016). I. Goodfellow, Y. Bengio, A. Courville.
- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (2006). C. Bishop.
- Machine Learning: a Probabilistic Perspective (2012). K. Murphy.
- Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (2018). R. Sutton, A. Barto.
- Elements of Statistical Learning (2009). T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani and J. Friedman.
- Mathematics for Machine Learning (2020). M. P. Deisenroth, A. A. Faisal, and C. S. Ong
- An Introduction to Statistical Learning (2013). G. James, D. Witten, T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani.
- Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms (2014). S. Shalev-Shwartz and S. Ben- David.
Spring 2023 · Tools of Intelligent System Design
Topics
- Machine learning and artificial neural networks
- Classification, support-vector machines and nonlinear regression
- Deep learning and applications
- Approximate reasoning and fuzzy inference
- Evolutionary computing and hybrid intelligent systems
Readings
- Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems DesignAddison Wesley/Pearson, 2004; principal source.
- Machine LearningCRC, 2015; principal source.
- Computational Intelligence: A Methodical IntroductionSpringer, 2016; principal source.
- Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent SystemsPearson, 2006; related text.
- Neural Fuzzy SystemsPrentice Hall, 1995; related text.
- NeuroFuzzy and Soft ComputingPrentice Hall, 1997; related text.
- Online supplementary material on computational intelligence is posted on LEARN.
Spring 2022 · Computational Intelligence/ Intelligent Systems Design
Topics
- Machine learning and artificial neural networks
- Classification, support-vector machines and nonlinear regression
- Deep learning and applications
- Approximate reasoning and fuzzy inference
- Evolutionary computing and hybrid intelligent systems
Readings
- Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems DesignAddison Wesley/Pearson, 2004; principal source.
- Machine LearningCRC, 2015; principal source.
- Computational Intelligence: A Methodical IntroductionSpringer, 2016; principal source.
- Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent SystemsPearson, 2006; related text.
- Neural Fuzzy SystemsPrentice Hall, 1995; related text.
- NeuroFuzzy and Soft ComputingPrentice Hall, 1997; related text.
- Online supplementary material on computational intelligence is posted on LEARN.
Spring 2021 · Computational Intelligence
Topics
- Machine learning and artificial neural networks
- Classification, support-vector machines and nonlinear regression
- Deep learning and applications
- Approximate reasoning and fuzzy inference
- Evolutionary computing and hybrid intelligent systems
Readings
- Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems DesignAddison Wesley/Pearson, 2004; principal source.
- Machine LearningCRC, 2015; principal source.
- Computational Intelligence: A Methodical IntroductionSpringer, 2016; principal source.
- Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent SystemsPearson, 2006; related text.
- Neural Fuzzy SystemsPrentice Hall, 1995; related text.
- NeuroFuzzy and Soft ComputingPrentice Hall, 1997; related text.
- Online supplementary material on computational intelligence is posted on LEARN.
Spring 2020 · Computational Intelligence
Topics
- Machine learning and artificial neural networks
- Classification, support-vector machines and nonlinear regression
- Deep learning and applications
- Approximate reasoning and fuzzy inference
- Evolutionary computing and hybrid intelligent systems
Readings
- Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems DesignAddison Wesley/Pearson, 2004; principal source.
- Machine LearningCRC, 2015; principal source.
- Computational Intelligence: A Methodical IntroductionSpringer, 2016; principal source.
- Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent SystemsPearson, 2006; related text.
- Neural Fuzzy SystemsPrentice Hall, 1995; related text.
- NeuroFuzzy and Soft ComputingPrentice Hall, 1997; related text.
- Online supplementary material on computational intelligence is posted on LEARN.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- course_outline ↗Spring 2025
- course_outline ↗Spring 2023
- course_outline ↗Spring 2022
- course_outline ↗Spring 2021
- course_outline ↗Spring 2020
- Official public PDF outline or course description. Materials and topic extracts may be partial; consult the linked source for the full list.
- Official public PDF outline or course description. Materials and topic extracts may be partial; consult the linked source for the full list.
- Official public PDF outline or course description. Materials and topic extracts may be partial; consult the linked source for the full list.
- Official public PDF outline or course description. Materials and topic extracts may be partial; consult the linked source for the full list.
- Official public PDF outline or course description. Materials and topic extracts may be partial; consult the linked source for the full list.