Note: Due dates of exams/quizzes will not move, however the timeline of topics and smaller assignments might be updated throughout the semester. There will not likely be any videos with this course, so please ignore these for the moment, however, these may be utilized in future versions of the course. Also, the webpage and materials are currently under development and will be updated during the semester.
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Week 00 (Due before 1st Day of Class) |
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| Wed., Aug 28 |
Module 0/1: Welcome to STA 325 |
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| Fri, August 30 |
Module 2: Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Cleaning |
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| Fri, August 30 |
Homework 1 |
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Week 01 |
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| Wed., Sept. 4 |
Module 3: Deterministic Blocking |
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| Fri., Sept. 6 |
Module 3: Deterministic Blocking |
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| Fri., Sept. 6 |
Homework 2 |
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Week 02 |
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| Wed., Sep. 11 |
Module 4: Probabilistic Blocking |
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| Fri., Sep. 13 |
Module 4: Probabilistic Blocking |
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| Fri., Sep 13 |
Homework 3 |
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Week 03 |
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| Wed. Sep 18 |
Module 4: In Class Review of LSH and HW 3 |
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| Fri., Sep. 20 |
Module 5: Intro to Classical Entity Resolution |
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Week 04 |
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| Wed., Sep 25 |
Module 5: Mixture Models, FS, and the EM Algorithm |
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| Fri, Sep 27 |
Module 5: Mixture Models, FS, and the EM Algorithm |
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Week 05 |
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| Wed., Oct 2 |
Exam I (Take Home) |
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| Fri, Oct. 4 |
Exam I (Take Home) |
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| Fri, Oct. 4 |
Exam I (Take Home) |
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Week 06 |
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| Wed, Oct 9. |
Module 5: Clustering, Mixture Models, and the EM Algorithm |
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| Fri, Oct 11 |
Module 5: Clustering, Mixture Models, and the EM Algorithm |
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Week 07 |
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| Wed. Oct 16 |
Module 6: k-means clustering |
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| Fri, Oct. 18 |
Module 6: k-means clustering (continued) |
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| Fri, Oct. 18 |
Work on Exercises (not to be graded) |
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Week 08 |
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| Mon., Oct. 21 |
Applications to Entity Resolution |
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| Wed, Oct. 23 |
Module 6: hierachical clustering |
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| Fri, Oct 25 |
Office Hours in Class With Athena (Old Chem 216) |
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Week 09 |
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| Wed., Oct. 30 |
Module 6: choosing number of clusters |
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| Fri., Nov. 1 |
Module 6: Work on Exercises |
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Week 10 |
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| Wed., Nov. 6 |
Clustering Exercises |
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| Fri., Nov. 8 |
Ted Edmorando Lecture on Mixture Models (Gross Hall) |
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| Fri., Nov. 8 |
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Week 11 |
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| Wed., Nov. 13 |
Review for Exam II |
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| Fri., Nov. 16 |
Review for Exam II |
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| Fri., Nov. 16 |
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Week 12 |
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| Mon., Nov. 18 |
Exam II (Review Session I) |
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| Wed., Nov. 20 |
Exam II (Review Session II) |
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| Fri., Nov. 22 |
Exam II (Take Home) |
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Week 13 |
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| Mon., Nov. 25 |
Exam II Due and Extra Self-Study Material |
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| Wed., Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving |
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| Fri., Nov. 29 |
Thanksgiving |
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Week 14 |
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| Mon., Dec. 2 |
Exam III Review/ Exam III |
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| Wed., Dec. 4 |
Exam III |
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| Fri., Dec. 6 |
Exam III |
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