NWI-IMC030
Machine Learning in Practice
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleNWI-IMC030
Credits (ECTS)6
CategoryMA (Master)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Science; Informatica en Informatiekunde;
Lecturer(s)
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Lecturer
dr. T.M. van Laarhoven
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Lecturer
prof. dr. ir. D.A. van Leeuwen
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Examiner
prof. dr. E. Marchiori
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Contactperson for the course
prof. dr. E. Marchiori
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Lecturer
prof. dr. E. Marchiori
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Academic year2020
Period
KW3-KW4  (25/01/2021 to 31/08/2021)
Starting block
KW3
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
At the end of this course, the student is able to 
  • reason and argue about what type of algorithms and efficient source code to develop and apply to tackle real-life problems;
  • understand the basic principles underlying effective machine learning methods;
  • use and adapt state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to tackle a challenge;
  • properly evaluate a machine learning algorithm's performance in a real-life context.
Content
Machine learning addresses the fundamental problem of developing computer algorithms that can harness the vast amounts of digital data available in the 21st century and then use this data in an intelligent way to solve a variety of real-world problems. Examples of such problems are recommender systems, (neuro) image analysis, intrusion detection, spam filtering, automated reasoning, systems biology, medical diagnosis, microarray genomics, and many more. The goal of this course is to learn how to tackle specific real-life problems through the selection and application of state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms, by entering international machine learning competitions organized at Kaggle.

Instructional Modes
  • Lecture
  • Response course
  • Presentation
  • Self-study
Level

Presumed foreknowledge
Bachelor course "Data Mining".
Test information
Group work, flash talk presentations, and reports. Individual performance will also be assessed through peer review.
Specifics
Examples of running machine learning competitions can be found at http://www.kaggle.com. If none of the ones actually running is appropriate, we will organize our own competition using data related to ongoing research at the Radboud University. Students interested in the mathematical backgrounds of machine learning are advised to do the course Statistical Machine Learning, students interested in background on deep learning are advised to do the course Deep Learning.
Required materials
Articles
Scientific papers and material available at Kaggle related to (machine learning solutions for) the domain of the competition.

Instructional modes
Course occurrence

Project
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Final grade
Test weight1
OpportunitiesBlock KW4, Block KW4