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Winter School - Machine Learning with R – Advanced, 14-18 January 2019, Norway

Publish Date: Dec 26, 2018

Event Dates: from Jan 14, 2019 12:00 to Jan 18, 2019 12:00

Winter School in Empirical Research Methods

MACHINE LEARNING WITH R – ADVANCED

PREREQUISITES (KNOWLEDGE OF TOPIC)

This course is a continuation of Introductory Machine Learning with R and assumes a basic knowledge of at least several machine learning classification methods. Students having equivalent real-world experience (via other ML courses or on-the-job experiences) are also welcome.

HARDWARE

A laptop computer is required to complete the in-class exercises.

SOFTWARE

R and R Studio are available at no cost and are needed for this course.

COURSE CONTENT

With machine learning, it is often difficult to make the leap from classroom examples to the real-world. Real-world applications often present challenges that require more advanced approaches for preparing, exploring, modeling, and evaluating the data. The goal of this course is to prepare students to independently apply machine learning methods to their own tasks. We will cover the practical techniques that are not often found in textbooks but discovered through hands-on experience. We will practice these techniques by simulating a machine learning competition like those found on Kaggle. The target audience includes students who are interested in applying ML knowledge to more difficult problems and learning more advanced techniques to improve the performance of traditional ML methods.

EXAMINATION PART

80% of the course grade will be based on a project and final report (approximately 5-10 pages), to be delivered within 2-3 weeks after the course in R Notebook format. This will be graded based on its use of the methods covered in class as well as making appropriate conclusions from the data. This project is intended to evaluate an ability to apply in class learnings to a real-world topic of one’s own choosing. Students should feel free to use a project related to their career or field of study. For example, one may use this opportunity to advance his/her dissertation research or complete a task for his/her job. The exact scoring criteria for this assignment will be provided on the 1st day of class.

The remaining 20% of the course grade will be based on participation during in-class discussions and during the machine learning competitions. The ML competition winner(s) will receive maximum points, while runners-up will receive a fraction of the points based on effort, innovation, and proximity to the winners’ performance. The performance metrics for this competition will be provided prior to the competition.

SUPPLEMENTARY AIDS

Students may reference any literature as needed when writing the final report.

EXAMINATION CONTENT

The final report should illustrate an ability to apply advanced machine learning methods to a topic of the student’s choosing. The student should explain the methods applied and evaluate the machine learning model’s performance for the chosen task.

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Host Countries

Norway