Data-driven decision-making is an essential component of emerging systems that generate and consume very large amounts of sensing data from autonomous vehicles to digital pathology. This course covers technologies and methodologies necessary for inferring useful information and identifying underlying patterns from often raw, incomplete, noisy and corrupted data that is present in real-life applications. It will also give students the opportunity to explore advanced solutions of data analytics such as dimensionality reduction, sparse encoding, compressive sensing, nonlinear filtering, manifold learning, and generative data modelling.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe a number of models for inference from data
- Assess the strength and weakness of each of these models
- Interpret the mathematical equations from Linear Algebra, Statistics, and Probability Theory used in the learning models
- Implement efficient data analysis algorithms on a computer
- Design test procedures in order to evaluate a model
- Combine several models in order to gain better results
Indicative Assessment
- Assignments (40) [LO 1,2,3]
- Group research project (30) [LO 3,4,5,6]
- Final Exam (30) [LO 1,2,3]
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Workload
Total 120 hours
12 x 2 hr Lectures
12 x1 hr Tutorial
Homework assignments
Research project
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
None.
Preliminary Reading
"Pattern Recognition"
"Element of statistical machine Learning"
"Data science"
"Big Data"
Assumed Knowledge
Linear algebra
Probability
Statistics
Computer programming
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
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| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
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