Exact topics and schedule subject to change, based on student interests and course discussions.

Date Topics Lectures Homeworks
8/27 Introduction
Slides, Video

8/29 Linear Algebra 1
Slides, Video

9/3 Linear Algebra 2
Slides, Video
HW 1 Release
9/5 Optimization
Slides, Video

9/10 Deterministic Representations
Slides, Video

9/12 Data-Driven Representations
Slides, Video

9/17 Classification and Metaclassifier
Slides, Video

9/19 Face Detection
Slides, Video
HW 1 Deadline
9/24 Non-Negative Matrix Factorization
Slides, Video
HW 2 Release
9/26 Probability and Information Theory
Slides, Video

10/1 Independent Component Analysis
Slides, Video

10/3 Clustering
Slides, Video

10/8 Sparse and Overcomplete Representations | Dictionary Representations
Slides, Video

10/10 Guest Lecture: Compressive Sensing
Slides, Video
HW 2 Deadline & HW 3 Release
10/15 No Class
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Fall Break
10/17 No Class
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Fall Break
10/22 Regression and Prediction
Slides, Video

10/24 Linear Classifier
Slides, Video

10/29 Expectation Maximization 1
Slides, Video

10/31 Expectation Maximization 2
Slides, Video

11/5 No Class
-

11/7 Canonical Correlation Analysis and Latent Dirichlet Allocation
Slides, Video
HW 3 Deadline & HW 4 Release
11/12 No Class
Slides, Video

11/14 Factor Analysis
Slides, Video

11/19 Hidden Markov Models
Slides, Video

11/21 Auto Regressive Models
Slides, Video

11/26 Kalman Filtering 1
Slides, Video
HW 4 Deadline
11/28 No Class
-

12/3 Kalman Filtering 2
Slides, Video

12/5 Particle Filtering
Slides, Video

12/10 Time to Predict Very Rare Events
Slides, Video

12/12 Project Presentations
Slides, Video

12/18 Project Presentations
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