| Detailed information | 
                    
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Bachelor's programme Artificial Intelligence 2023W | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      This practical course complements the lecture "Machine Learning: Unsupervised Techniques" and aims at practicing the concepts and methods acquired in the lecture.
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                      | Subject | 
                      - Error models
 - Information bottleneck
 - Maximum likelihood and the expectation maximization algorithm
 - Maximum entropy methods
 - Basic clustering methods, hierarchical clustering, and affinity propagation
 - Mixture models
 - Principal component analysis, independent component analysis, and other
projection methods
 - Factor analysis
 - Matrix factorization
 - Auto-associator networks and attractor networks
 - Boltzmann and Helmholtz machines
 - Hidden Markov models
 - Belief networks
 - Factor graphs
 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      Assignments during the semester plus final exam
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                      | Methods | 
                      Students are given assignments in 1-2 week intervals. Homework must be handed in. Results are to be presented and discussed in the course.
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                      | Language | 
                      English | 
                    
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      Assignments and homework submissions are managed via JKU Moodle.
Where necessary, complimentary course material is provided for download.
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                    
                                        
                      | Earlier variants | 
                      They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to) 875BIMLMUTU16: UE Machine Learning: Unsupervised Techniques (2016W-2019S) 875BIN2MUTU13: UE Machine Learning: Unsupervised Techniques (2013W-2016S)
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