Seminar on Algorithms and Machine Learning

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Algorithms and machine learning
Advanced studies
The seminar is mainly intended for students who have completed at least most of the compulsory courses in the specialisation area Algorithms and Machine Learning. Each student will prepare a written paper and give an oral presentation on some topic within the specialisation area. The students are also expected to be active in providing feedback on fellow students" papers, accepting feedback on their own papers and participating in discussions. The paper and presentation may either be based on some recent reseach article, or be an introduction to some more classic work that is not covered in regular courses. A list of suggested topics will be made available before the first meeting. Students are also encouraged to suggest their own topics.
Year Semester Date Period Language In charge
2014 summer 12.05-20.06. 5-5 English Jyrki Kivinen

Lectures

Time Room Lecturer Date
Mon 10-12 C220 Jyrki Kivinen 12.05.2014-12.05.2014
Fri 9-17 C220 Jyrki Kivinen 13.06.2014-13.06.2014

First meeting on Monday 12th of May at 10-12 C220! Contact also Jyrki Kivinen by email!

Information for international students

The seminar will be in English.  All material will appear on the English version of this page.

Seminaarin kieli on englanti.  Kaikki materiaali ilmestyy tämän sivun englanninkieliseen versioon.

The first session will be on Monday, 12 May, at 10:15–12:00 in C220.

The students' presentations of their seminar papers will take place on Friday, 13 June, beginning at 10:15 in Exactum C220. A detailed schedule with links to the draft papers is available on department intranet.

General

The seminar is mainly intended for students who have completed at least most of the compulsory courses in the specialisation area Algorithms and Machine Learning. Each student will prepare a written paper and give an oral presentation on some topic within the specialisation area. The students are also expected to be active in providing feedback on fellow students' papers, accepting feedback on their own papers and participating in discussions.

The paper and presentation may either be based on some recent reseach article, or be an introduction to some more classic work that is not covered in regular courses. A list of suggested topics will be made available before the first meeting. Students are also encouraged to suggest their own topics.

The precise schedule and work methods of the course are negotiable depending on the interests of the participants. Generally, the plan is to follow the structure of a similar seminar held in 2011. Thus, there would be an initial meeting or two to agree on the schedule and find topics for each student, then a period where students work independently but get some feedback from the instructor, and a final day of oral presentations.

Timetable

 

12 May opening meeting
16 May topic description sent to Jyrki Kivinen
19 to 23 May students meet JK individually to discuss topics
28 May first draft of paper
2 June, 10:15–12:00 meeting for feedback (room TBA)
9 June final paper
13 June presentations (whole day)

The deadlines 28 May for draft and 9 June for final paper mean that I expect to find the papers in my mailbox when I log on next morning (29 May and 10 June, respectively). At the same time you should also send them to other students in the seminar. Both the draft and the final paper should be submitted as a single PDF file. The final paper should be roughly 10 pages in the department's Master's thesis format.

For the final presentations, if we keep the presentations at 45 minutes each, we can comfortably fit them to, say, betwee 9:15–16:00, with time for lunch and some shorter breaks. We can still discuss this.