Welcome to Knowledge Discovery Course 2023.
Syllabus
SCHEDULE
| Classes |
|---|
| Wednesday 12-14 - Room B - Polo Tecnologico |
| Friday 11-13 - Room B - Polo Tecnologico |
NEWS
- Jun 5, 2023 - The final marks (for Round 1) of the KD module are published at the link. Students who accept the marks are invited to send a discord message to obtain the mark for the total course (ML + KD).
- **May 19, 2023 ** - The deadlines have been reorganized (in two rounds) after discussion with students. Check the roadmap section for details. The students are invited to fill in the following form to select the proper round for their exams. Finally, upon homework delivery, students are invited to fill in the following file.
- May 02, 2023 - The HW1 deadline is extended to May 10th 2023.
- Apr 28, 2023 - Procedure for homeworks’ delivery: the deadline for completing the competition (HW1) is May 3rd, while the report for the homework and the can be submitted using github link on May 22nd. The same deadline holds for HW2. Please note that both homeworks should be discussed during the class of May 24th. A template for the powerpoint presentation will be shared in the next days.
- Apr 06, 2023 - The Kaggle Competition for the HW1 is available here.
- Mar 30, 2023 - The due date for the exercise is postponed to next Friday, April 7th 2023. The HW1 assignment is also postponed to the same date. The due date has been updated accordingly.
- Mar 06, 2023 - The course will start on March 8th 2023.
FORUM
During the course we will be using Discord for off-line communication. Discord channel is available at link.
HOMEWORK ROADMAP
The final roadmap of the course homeworks is the following:
| Homework | Topic | Assignment | Due | Submission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | CIFAR10 | March 24, 2023 | April 07, 2023 | Link |
| HW1 | CNN | April 05, 2023 | May 10, 2023 | — |
| HW2 - Round 1 | GANs | April 28, 2023 | May 25, 2023 | — |
| Homework discussion - Round 1 | Presentation | May 26, 2023 | — | — |
| Theory test - Round 1 | Theory | May 31, 2023 | — | — |
| HW2 - Round 2 | GANs | April 28, 2023 | June 4, 2023 | — |
| Homework discussion - Round 2 | Presentation | June 7, 2023 | — | — |
| Theory test - Round 2 | Theory | June 9, 2023 | — | — |
- Powerpoint template for homework discussion is here.
- The time slot for each presentation is 20 minutes (10 for each HW).
ASSESSMENT
- For students attending the course:
| % | |
|---|---|
| Homeworks | 55% |
| Theory test | 35% |
| Class attendance | 10% |
- For students not attending the course:
| % | |
|---|---|
| AI project in Pytorch | 65% |
| Theory test | 35% |
The theory test contains five multiple-choice questions and five essay questions. The total mark for the test is 30: 2 points for each correct “multiple-choice” question (-0.5 points for each wrong answer) and maximum 4 points for each essay question.