4005-738-01: Pattern Recognition (RIT CS, Fall 2011)

RIT Department of Computer Science
4005-738-01 Pattern Recognition, Fall 2012

Lectures: 2:00 - 3:50pm Mondays and Wednesdays, GOL-3550 (Mon), GOL-3560 (Wed)
Instructor: Richard Zanibbi
Office hours: 2:00-3:50pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, GOL-3550 (Lab on 3rd floor)

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Announcements

Week 10

The final paper presentations will be given on Wednesday.
Project 2 is due Friday of Week 11 (11am).

Week 9

Assignment 4 has been removed from the schedule, and the class grading scheme has been revised accordingly (see Syllabus).
Project 2 and the final paper presentation requirements have been posted on MyCourses. Final presentations will be given next Wednesday; Project 2 is due Friday of Week 11 (exam week) at 11am.
The last three readings for the course (research papers) have been posted on MyCourses.

Week 8

Assignment 3 has been posted. It is due Friday at 11:59pm. Note that DHS (provided reading) also summarizes k-means clustering.
Project 2 will be assigned later this week.

Week 7

The evaluation library has been updated (available through MyCourses). There was a bug with how relationships between symbols (i.e. segments) were being computed, which has been fixed.
Grades and comments for Assignment 2 have been posted on MyCourses.
Readings on clustering from Duda, Hart and Stork ("Pattern Classification") have been posted on MyCourses.
Extension: Project 1 is now due next Friday at 11:59pm. The syllabus and course schedule have been updated to reflect this change.
The second set of research paper presentations will be given in-class on Wednesday.

Week 6

Research Paper Presentation #2 (segmentation/clustering) has been posted on MyCourses. Presentations (in teams of two) will be given in-class next Wednesday.
Read Casey and Lecolinette's survey of character segmentation methods before class on Wednesday.
Readings for PCA/LDA are available through MyCourses.

Week 5

Class is cancelled on Wednesday.
Project 1 is due Wednesday of Week 6.
Grades and comments for the first paper presentations have been posted on MyCourses.
Data and the evaluation tools for project 1 have been updated on MyCourses.

Week 4

Project 1 is now available through MyCourses. It is due Wed. of Week 6 (Oct. 10th) by 11:59pm.
The first research paper presentation session will be held at the start of class on Wednesday.
Read Chs. 9 + 10 of 'Boosting,' and Chs. 1-2 and 4 of 'C4.5' (Quinlan). Both are available through MyCourses.

Week 3

The requirements for the first research paper presentation have been posted on MyCourses. Presentations will be given during the first half of lecture next Wednesday (Week 4).
Assignment 2 has been posted. It is due this Friday.
Read Ch. 1 of Boosting by Schapire and Freund (available through MyCourses), along with Ch 3.4 (on decision stumps, also available through MyCourses).

Week 2

Assignment 1 is available through MyCourses. It is due Wednesday.
Location Change: The classroom will be GOL-3550 on Mondays, and GOL-3560 on Wednesdays.
Reading (Wed.): Hastie Sections 2.4-2.5; also see lecture slides, which have been posted.

Week 1

Assignment 1 has been posted on MyCourses.
Location Change: The classroom will be GOL-3550 on Mondays, and GOL-3560 on Wednesdays.
Reading (Wed): Elems. of Statistical Learning, Ch. 2.1-2.3, Ch. 13 (available through MyCourses)