Advanced Machine Learning. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: CS 634 or CS 670 or CS 675 or CS 677 or DS 675 or DS 677 or instructor permission. This course explores contemporary advanced topics in machine learning with emphasis on understanding neural networks. Students will examine foundations of generalization including uniform convergence bounds, complexity measures, and modern perspectives on why overparameterized models can still generalize well beyond their training data.