| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Bioinformatics 2015W |
| 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 |
Marking is based on homework
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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 |
| Corresponding lecture |
in collaboration with 675MLDAMSTU13: UE Machine Learning: Supervised Techniques (1,5 ECTS) equivalent to
875BIN2TMLU12: UE Theoretical Bioinformatics and Machine Learning (3 ECTS) -or- BIMPHUEBIN2: UE Bioinformatik II: Theoretische Bioinformatik und Maschinelles Lernen (3 ECTS)
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