STA 4273H (Fall 2011): Research Topics In Statistical Machine Learning - Assignments/Project

Assignment/Project Schedule

Assignment 1: Due Oct 4, 2011, 9am at start of class.
Assignment 2: Due Oct 18, 2011, 9am at start of class.
digitstrain.txt , and digitstest.txt .
If you are using Matlab you can load the file using textread command:
[data] = textread('digitstrain.txt','','delimiter',',');
Assignment 3: Due Nov 11, 2011 Slide under my door. I will not be in the office on Friday Nov 11.
a3train.txt , and a3test.txt .
Projects Proposals Due Nov 8, 2011.
Send 1-page description of the project to me via e-mail: rsalakhu@utstat.toronto.edu
Send me 3-4 slides in pdf format by Sunday Nov 27, 2011 describing your project.
Next class, Nov 29, 2011, you will have 4-5 mins to briefly describe your project and what you would want to accomplish in this project.
Projects due Dec 15, 2011.
I will not be in the office on Friday Dec 2.

Project info sheet pdf.
NIPS style file and example paper for latex (sty) (tex)
and formatting guide for other packages (pdf) (ps).
Please note that 8 pages is a hard upper limit on length. Do not go over.

Marking Scheme

3 assignments worth 60%.

1 final project worth 40%.

Collaboration Policy

The assignments are to be done by each student individually. You may discuss the general idea of the questions with anyone you like, but your discussion may not include the specific answers to any of the problems.

Late Work

Late assignments/projects are not accepted except in the case of an official Student Medical Certificate or a written (not email) request submitted at least one week before the due date and approved by the instructor.

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