Johns Hopkins CS 600.475: Machine Learning
Fall 2010
Schedule: Mon/Wed 1:30-2:45pm
Location: Shaffer 300
Instructor: Prof. Mark Dredze
Office hours: Tuesday 9-10:30am, CSEB 226C

TA: Svitlana Volkova
Office hours: Monday 11am-1pm, CSEB 322

Contact email:
Assignments, lectures, etc.: http://blackboard.jhu.edu/
Message board: http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~cs475/cgi-bin/bb/
Description

This course takes an application driven approach to current topics in machine learning. The course covers supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, and several other learning settings. We will cover popular algorithms and will focus on how statistical learning algorithms are applied to real world applications. Students will implement several learning algorithms throughout the semester. The goal of this course is to provide students with the basic tools they need to approach various applications, such as:
  • Biology/Bioinformatics
  • Information Retrieval
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Speech Processing
  • Vision
We will focus on fundamental methods applicable to all applications. Application specific techniques, such as feature extraction, will be covered only to the benefit of understanding the basic methods.