Machine Learning Seminar I: Introduction to Machine Learning

It's great to see some of you posting your results of the Perceptron Challenge onto our blog! It's an amazing achievement for picking up a new tech skill so fast! I encourage the rest of you continue posting your results if you haven't done so.

Before we diving into a very specific Machine Learning (ML) technique called Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), it is reasonable to first broaden our general knowledge and perspective of Machine Learning. We are going to hold a Machine Learning Seminar to fulfill this purpose. Group members are welcome to choose specific topics in ML and presents them in our seminar. You will go deeper in certain topic(s), and we are going to learn from each other. Please use the following link to sign up for the topic(s) you are going to present. You can pair with another group member.

The details of the seminar is listed below:

• Date: March 13, 2017 (Monday)
• Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Length: 10 minutes for each topic including Q&A
• Content: Explaining a specific ML technique
• Format: PowerPoint or Google Slides
• Audience: AI Research Group + invited friends

You may use other online resource to help you prepare for the presentation. You may explain both the theoretical part (algorithm) and application part of that ML technique (run through an example). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.