ADVANCED DEEP LEARNING

STAT 453

Deep learning is a field that specializes in discovering and extracting intricate structures in large, unstructured datasets for parameterizing artificial neural networks with many layers. Since deep learning has pushed the state-of-the-art in many research and application areas, it's become indispensable for modern technology. Focuses on a understanding deep, artificial neural networks by connecting it to related concepts in statistics. Beyond covering deep learning models for predictive modeling, focus on deep generative models. Besides explanations on a mathematical and conceptual level, emphasize the practical aspects of deep learning. Open-source computing provides hands-on experience for implementing deep neural nets, working on supervised learning tasks, and applying generative models for dataset synthesis.

COMPSCI 758

Advanced topics in computer architecture that explore the implications to architecture of forthcoming evolutionary and revolutionary changes in application demands, software paradigms, and hardware implementation technologies. Students are strongly encouraged to have knowledge of computer architecture (e.g.,E C E/​COMP SCI  552).

COMPSCI 541

Theoretical methods for data science. Topics include: review of probability background, concentration inequalities, geometry of high dimensional random variables, parametric and non-parametric estimation, selected topics from optimization (optimality conditions; deterministic and stochastic gradient descent), PAC learning, sample complexity and algorithms for linear classification and regression, and property/distribution testing. Uses Python programming language.

COMPSCI/ECE 760

Computational approaches to learning: including inductive inference, explanation-based learning, analogical learning, connectionism, and formal models. What it means to learn. Algorithms for learning. Comparison and evaluation of learning algorithms. Cognitive modeling and relevant psychological results.

BMI/COMPSCI 771

Addresses the problems of representation and reasoning for large amounts of visual data, including images and videos, medical imaging data, and their associated tags or text descriptions. Introduces deep learning in the context of computer vision. Covers topics on visual recognition using deep models, such as image classification, object detection, human pose estimation, action recognition, 3D understanding, and medical image analysis. Emphasizes the design of vision and learning algorithms and models, as well as their practical implementations. Strongly recommended to have knowledge in computer vision or machine learning [such asCOMP SCI 540] or medical image analysis [such as B M I /COMP SCI/​B M I  567].