COT 5615: Mathematical Methods for
Intelligent Systems I
Schedule: MWF, 7th Period
Location: CSE E118
Texts:
- Notes and on-line material
Instructor: Prof. Anand Rangarajan,
CSE E352. Phone: 352 505 1583, email: anand@cise.ufl.edu
Teaching Assistant: Hang Guan, CSE E309,
email: hguan@cise.ufl.edu
Office hours: Anand: MWF 3-4PM or
by appointment. Hang Guan: T 4-5, R 3-5PM
Grading:
- Homeworks: 30%.
- Two Midterms: 35% each. The first midterm will in all
likelihood be held on Wednesday, October 9th, 2013. Time: TBA
(but most likely from 7-9PM). The second midterm will be held on
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013. Time: TBA (but most likely from
7-9PM).
Notes:
- Prerequisites: Basic calculus and probability theory
- Homeworks/programs will be assigned bi-weekly. Please use
MATLAB for the programming exercises.
- We'll use E-learning
(Sakai) to administer the course.
Syllabus
- Linear Algebra and Vector Spaces: matrix algebra,
eigenvectors, singular value decomposition (SVD), norms,
determinants, subspaces
- Probability Theory: Functions of a random variable,
moments, distances between distributions, basic
inference
- Information Theory: Convexity, Jensen's
inequality, entropy, maximum entropy principle