Day 8 - Classification

Basic approaches for and common challenges encountered with classification.

Topics

Introduction to Classification

  • Classification Approaches
    • Naïve Bayes classifier
    • Support Vector Machines
    • Neural Networks
  • Training and evaluating classifiers
  • Overfitting

Materials

Notes Exercises Solutions

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Logistics

Date 24 August 2016

Time 10 am to 12 pm (Instruction) / 1 pm to 2 pm (Intro to Exercises and Q&A) / 4 pm to 5 pm (Q&A)

Room Countway 403

Teaching Staff

Nils Gehlenborg (Course Director)

Alex Garruss (Teaching Assistant)