Academic Catalog

CENG499 SPECIAL TOPICS: INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING

Course Code:	5710499
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Computer Engineering
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÞEYDA ERTEKÝN BOLELLÝ
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.
Prerequisite:	Set 1: 2360260 , 2460221 , 5710223 Set 2: 2360260 , 5710222 , 5710223
One of the sets above should be completed before taking CENG499 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.