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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Schedule

Please note the schedule and readings may change during the quarter. Any changes will be announced in-class.

Week Topics Notes
--- Classification ------
1 Overview, Nearest Neighbor Classification
Elements of Statistical Learning, Ch. 2.1-2.3, Ch. 13 (Ch. 1 recommended)
2 Bayesian Decision Theory; Linear Classifiers Wed: Assign 1 due
(opt) "Pattern Classification" Duda, Hart and Stork Ch. 2
3 Decision Trees and AdaBoost Fri: Assign 2 due
"Boosting" by Schapire & Freunde (Excerpts)

4 (Boosting, Continued) Wed: Res. Paper 1
--- Dimensionality Reduction ------
5 Principal Component Analysis, Dim. Reduction Wed: **Class Cancelled
Bishop 4.1.3-4.1.6, 12.1
--- Segmentation and Clustering ------
6 Segmentation
TPAMI Character Segmentation Survey by Casey and Lecolinette
7 Clustering Fri: Proj. 1 due

Sections of DHS Ch. 10 Wed: Res. Paper 2
--- Parsing ------
8 Structural Pattern Recognition and Parsing Fri: Assign 3 due
Research papers (e.g. related to math recognition)
9 Structural PR continued
Additional SPR-related research papers
10 Review; Discussing Proj. 2 Wed: Res. Paper 3
--- Exam Week ------
11 Project 3 Submission Fri: Proj. 2 due

Week	Topics	Notes
---	Classification	------
1	Overview, Nearest Neighbor Classification
	Elements of Statistical Learning, Ch. 2.1-2.3, Ch. 13 (Ch. 1 recommended)
2	Bayesian Decision Theory; Linear Classifiers	Wed: Assign 1 due
	(opt) "Pattern Classification" Duda, Hart and Stork Ch. 2
3	Decision Trees and AdaBoost	Fri: Assign 2 due
	"Boosting" by Schapire & Freunde (Excerpts)
4	(Boosting, Continued)	Wed: Res. Paper 1
---	Dimensionality Reduction	------
5	Principal Component Analysis, Dim. Reduction	Wed: Class Cancelled**
	Bishop 4.1.3-4.1.6, 12.1
---	Segmentation and Clustering	------
6	Segmentation
	TPAMI Character Segmentation Survey by Casey and Lecolinette
7	Clustering	Fri: Proj. 1 due
	Sections of DHS Ch. 10	Wed: Res. Paper 2
---	Parsing	------
8	Structural Pattern Recognition and Parsing	Fri: Assign 3 due
	Research papers (e.g. related to math recognition)
9	Structural PR continued
	Additional SPR-related research papers
10	Review; Discussing Proj. 2	Wed: Res. Paper 3
---	Exam Week	------
11	Project 3 Submission	Fri: Proj. 2 due