Universität Wien

200138 SE Theory and Empirical Research (Mind and Brain) 1 (2021S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work
REMOTE

Diese LV kann für alle Schwerpunkte absolviert werden.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 16.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 23.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 13.04. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 20.04. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 27.04. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 04.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 11.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 18.05. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 01.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 08.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 15.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 22.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital
  • Tuesday 29.06. 13:15 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims and contents: Upon successful completion, students will have knowledge about:
- historical outline of machine-learning development
- key terms of the field (AI, ML, ...)
- important concepts (bias-variance trade off, cross-validation, ...)
- overview of important algorithms in the field
- basic programming in python
- application of ML algorithms to real-world data
Methods: Online course. Every lesson of this seminar consists of three parts. The first part is spent on Q&A (online), part two on theory (online videos), whereas the third part is used to expand the theoretical knowledge by practical exercises in python (online jupyter notebooks).

Assessment and permitted materials

A multiple-choice exams will be held online, with time limitation, at the end of the seminar. Students need a computer (PC, Laptop, Tablet, etc.) and an internet connection. If you encounter technical problems, you need to report them immediately (email or moodle forum). Reports after the end of the exam cannot be considered.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Percentage of achieved points >50% is necessary for a positive end result. >50% to 63%: grade 4, >63% to 75%: grade 3, >75% to 88%: grade 2, >88%: grade 1

Examination topics

All topics covered in the seminar are relevant for the exams. The exam will ask for topics of the theoretical and the practical part.

Reading list

- An Introduction to Statistical Learning, Free download from: http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/ISLR%20Seventh%20Printing.pdf
- The Elements of Statistical Learning, Free download from: https://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/Papers/ESLII.pdf

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Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:19