Academic Catalog

CNG409 SPECIAL TOPICS: INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING

Course Code: 3550409
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Computer Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 3550223 , 3570260 , 3630221
The course set above should be completed before taking CNG409 SPECIAL TOPICS: INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING .

Course Content

This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning. The topics include supervised and unsupervised learning, Bayesion inference/classification, regression, clustering, kernels and Support Vector Machines (SVM) and accompanying concepts such as model and feature selection, combining classifiers such as boosting, active learning, dimension reduction techniques.