Lecture Schedule
| Date | Topic | Reading Materials | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/6 | Class Overview and Logistics [slides] | Course Syllabus Linear Algebra Review Probability Theory Review | |
| Wed 1/8 | Basic Concepts [slides] | Homework 1 Released (Due Jan 29) | |
| Mon 1/13 | Probability Distributions [slides] [Additional Notes] | PRML 2.1-2.3 | |
| Wed 1/15 | Probability Distributions (Continue) [slides] | PRML 2.1-2.3 | |
| Mon 01/20 | Cancelled | - | - |
| Wed 01/22 | Cancelled | - | - |
| Mon 1/27 | Probability Distributions (Continue) [slides] Conjugate Priors and Exponential Family [slides] | PRML 1.6, 2.4 | |
| Wed 1/29 | Conjugate Priors and Exponential Family (Continued) [slides] | PRML 1.6, 2.4 | Homework 2 Released (Due Feb 19) |
| Mon 2/3 | Basic Concepts in Bayesian Decision and Information Theory [slides] | PRML 1.6, 2.4, 2.4.3 | |
| Wed 2/5 | Generalized Linear Models [slides] | PRML Chapter 3 | |
| Mon 2/10 | Generalized Linear Models (Continued) [slides] | PRML Chapter 3 | |
| Wed 2/12 | Probabilistic Graphical Models [slides] | PRML Chapter 8 | |
| Mon 2/17 | Inference of PGM [slides] | PRML Chapter 8 | |
| Wed 2/19 | Inference of PGM (Continued) [slides] | PRML Chapter 8 | Homework 3 Released (Due Mar 13) |
| Mon 2/24 | Variational Inference [slides] | PRML Chapter 4.4, 4.5, Chapter 9 | |
| Wed 2/26 | Variational Inference(Continued) [slides] | PRML Chapter 4.4, 4.5, Chapter 9, Chapter 10 | |
| Mon 3/3 | Variational Inference(Continued) [slides] | PRML Chapter 4.4, 4.5, Chapter 9, Chapter 10 | |
| Wed 3/5 | Cancelled | - | - |
| Mon 3/10 | Spring Break | - | - |
| Wed 3/12 | Spring Break | - | - |
| Mon 3/17 | Laplace Approximation [slides] [recording] | PRML Chapter 8 | Homework 4 Released (Due Mar 31) |
| Wed 3/19 | Latent Dirichlet Allocation [slides] | paper | |
| Mon 3/24 | Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling [slides] | PRML Chapter 11.2 | |
| Wed 3/26 | Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling (Cont.) [slides] | PRML Chapter 11.2 | |
| Mon 3/31 | Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling (Cont.) [slides] | PRML Chapter 11.2 | |
| Wed 4/2 | Bayesian Neural Networks and Variational Autoencoder [slides] | BBB paper VAE paper GANs paper | |
| Wed 4/9 | Bayesian Neural Networks and Variational Autoencoder (Continued) [slides] | BBB paper VAE paper GANs paper | |
| Mon 4/14 | Bayesian Neural Networks and Variational Autoencoder (Continued) [slides] | BBB paper VAE paper GANs paper |