Welcome to CS 489: Machine Learning

CS 489 -- Section 1 (spring2017)

Section 1
Professor: Renzhi Cao
Office: MCLT 248
Email: caora@plu.edu
Phone: 253-535-7409
Office hours: Online Schedule
Pre-course Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DG6QM8Z
Instructor: Renzhi Cao (Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science). Email Guest Lecture: Yajun An (Assitant Professor at Department of Mathematics). Email




Course logs

Day 33. May 12 2017

  • Don't forget to complete the survey!

  • Slides posted at resources web page

  • Good luck to your final project presentation.

  • Presentation from next Monday, and check the slides for requirement.



Day 29. April. 28 2017

  • Slides posted at resources web page

  • Think about how to solve the problem at the end of the class.

  • Literatural presentation started on May. 3



Day 28. April. 26 2017

  • Slides posted at resources web page

  • Reading materials posted on website

  • Literatural presentation started on May. 3



Day 27. April. 24 2017

  • Slides posted at resources web page

  • Reading materials posted on website

  • Homework's due date is April 24

  • Literatural presentation started on May. 1



Day 26. April. 19 2017

  • Slides posted at reso urces web page

  • No class this Friday April 21, meet with your group members for the final projects

  • Homework's due date is April 24

  • Literatural presentation started on May. 1



Day 25. April. 17 2017

  • No class this Friday April 21, meet with your group members for the final projects

  • Turn in your proposal and slides before April 17 on Sakai

  • Homework 2 will be posted on Sakai next Monday and due date is April 24

  • Literatural presentation started on May. 1



Day 22. April. 7 2017

  • Invited talk by Prof. An. Slides posted at resources web page

  • Mid-term on next Monday and Wednesday, check slide for requirement

  • Turn in your proposal and slides before April 17 on Sakai

  • Homework 2 will be posted on Sakai next Monday and due date is April 24



Day 21. April. 5 2017

  • Recurrent Neural Network. Slides posted at resources web page

  • Invited talk on this Friday, be ready to communicate with Prof. An

  • Mid-term on next Monday and Wednesday, check slide for requirement

  • Turn in your proposal and slides before April 17 on Sakai

  • Homework 2 will be posted on Sakai next Monday and due date is April 24



Day 20. April. 3 2017



Day 19. March. 24 2017



Day 18. March. 22 2017



Day 17. March. 20 2017

  • Reading assignment posted on website

  • Introduction to Neural Network III. Slides posted at resources web page



Day 16. March. 17 2017

  • Literature presentation



Day 15. March. 15 2017

  • Literature presentation



Day 14. March. 13 2017



Day 13. March. 7 2017



Day 12. March. 7 2017

  • Logistic and Linear Regression. Slides posted at resources webpage, Reading materials posted on the course website

  • Literature presentation at March 15. Groups without selecting literatures should check the website and find one as soon as possible.
  • Summer research application due on March 15, please apply as soon as possible at: http://www.plu.edu/nsci/undergraduate-research-program/


Day 11. March. 6. 2017



Day 10. March. 3. 2017



Day 9. March. 1. 2017



Day 8. Feb. 27. 2017

  • Bayesian network, EM algorithm and decision tree. Slides posted at resources webpage



Day 7. Feb. 24. 2017



Day 6

  • Model based machine learning applications. Slides posted at resources webpage

  • In-class exercise and homework due today and Monday.



Day 5

  • Naive Bayesian algorithm II. Slides posted at resources webpage

  • Home work due on next Monday.



Day 4



Day 3

  • Mathmatics basics. Slides posted at resources webpage

  • Finish in-class exercises and email Dr. Cao if you have any interesting literatures to present.

  • Homework has been posted on Sakai, due date is Feb. 20.



Day 2

Introduction to Machine learning. Slides posted at resources webpage



Day 1

Introduction to CS489. Slides posted at resources webpage