Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
CSM6420
Module Title
MACHINE LEARNING FOR INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Academic Year
2010/2011
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 30 hours |
| Practical | 10 hours |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Written assessment of scientific papers (up to 3000 words), followed by an oral presentation and discussion. | 40% |
| Semester Assessment | Report (up to 3000 words) on contrasting the application of (at least) two ML methods to an identified dataset. | 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmission of failed/nonsubmitted components or others of equivalent value. | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate competence with the implementation methods and tools used in the development of the types of autonomous system considered in this scheme.
Show proficiency in building autonomous systems using the appropriate tools.
Demonstrate skills in designing, running and documenting experiments using autonomous systems.
Demonstrate capability to write a detailed project proposal.
Brief description
This module will equip students with the main concepts in Machine Learning by engaging them in seminar-based discussions on scientific papers. It will then help the students build towards a term paper, which will describe their practical investigation of the issues involved in applying two machine learning methods to an appropriate data set that they will have found.
Content
The content will closely follow Alpaydin¿s book, with additional use of Mitchell's book. The lectures will introduce the ideas, and the students will be expected to read further from the book. This will be tested by getting them to do presentations on sections of the book not covered in class.
1. What is Machine Learning? (2 hrs)
Foundations and assumptions of ML.
2. Supervised Learning. (2 hrs)
Learning from labelled examples.
3. Bayesian Decision Theory. (3 hrs)
Probability and optimality in learning.
4. Parametric Methods. (2 hrs)
5. Dimensionality Reduction. (2 hrs)
Detecting unnecessary attributes and removing them to improve accuracy.
6. Clustering. (3 hrs)
K-means, hierarchical, consensus clustering techniques.
7. Nonparametric Methods. (3 hrs)
Learning without constructing a model (esp. kNN); transductive learning.
8. Hidden Markov models. (3 hrs)
Probabilistic, structural models from data.
9. Assessing and Comparing Classification Algorithms. (3 hrs)
10. Combining Multiple Learners. (3 hrs)
Obtained improved results by combining the predictions of multiple classifiers.
11. Reinforcement Learning. (2 hrs)
Learning sequences of actions with reward.
Additional material requested by students via questionnaire. (2 hrs)
1. What is Machine Learning? (2 hrs)
Foundations and assumptions of ML.
2. Supervised Learning. (2 hrs)
Learning from labelled examples.
3. Bayesian Decision Theory. (3 hrs)
Probability and optimality in learning.
4. Parametric Methods. (2 hrs)
5. Dimensionality Reduction. (2 hrs)
Detecting unnecessary attributes and removing them to improve accuracy.
6. Clustering. (3 hrs)
K-means, hierarchical, consensus clustering techniques.
7. Nonparametric Methods. (3 hrs)
Learning without constructing a model (esp. kNN); transductive learning.
8. Hidden Markov models. (3 hrs)
Probabilistic, structural models from data.
9. Assessing and Comparing Classification Algorithms. (3 hrs)
10. Combining Multiple Learners. (3 hrs)
Obtained improved results by combining the predictions of multiple classifiers.
11. Reinforcement Learning. (2 hrs)
Learning sequences of actions with reward.
Additional material requested by students via questionnaire. (2 hrs)
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Inherent to subject |
| Communication | Seminar |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Inherent to subject |
| Information Technology | Inherent to subject |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Encourages students to see roles in subject for career and personal development |
| Problem solving | Inherent to subject |
| Research skills | Essay |
| Subject Specific Skills | Representation and Reasoning for Intelligent Systems |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7