Advanced Topics in Machine Learning

Identifier
COMS 6730
Professor(s)

Last Updated: Spring 2025

  1. Credits and contact hours: 3 credits
  2. Textbook, title, author, and year: None required
  3. Other supplemental materials: The reading materials will primarily consist of lecture slides and recent research papers. A list of research articles will be provided within the first two weeks of the course.

Specific course information

  1. Brief description of the content of the course: Advanced topics in machine learning.
  2. Required, elective, or selected elective? Selected elective

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, students will be able to do the following:

  • Understanding of the fundamental concepts in deep learning
  • Ability to decide the appropriateness of various deep learning methods for a given task
  • An understanding of how deep learning methods work and the principles behind their design, underlying assumptions, and limitations
  • Ability to apply deep learning methods to data and to evaluate their performance
  • Familiarity with deep learning methods to data and to evaluate their performance
  • Familiarity with some current applications of deep learning
  • Ability to communicate effectively about deep learning problems algorithms, implementations, and their experimental evaluation