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Last update 24-01-2019
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Statistics

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Or Zuk

Coordinator Email: or.zuk@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Monday, 11-12

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Or Zuk

Course/Module description:
We will learn about classification and neural networks

Course/Module aims:
The goal is for students to learn the core principals of neural networks, to implement neural networks, apply them to image datasets and analyze classification performance.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To implement classifiers in R, to apply them to large scale datasets and to analyze results.

Attendance requirements(%):
none

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: I will explain the basic principals of neural networks. Some of learning of material will be by self reading.
Each group, consisting of one or two students, will implement a classifier and evaluate it on image data

Course/Module Content:
Neural Networks

Required Reading:
http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/

Additional Reading Material:
None

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 100 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
There will be a few computerize exercises during the semester and at the end where students will implement classifiers and apply them to image datasets - the grades will be determined by classification accuracy.
 
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