ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Course Web Page - NCTU 2007 Spring - Pattern Recognition</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#E0FFFF"> <center> <font size="6"><b>Pattern Recognition</b></font><br><br> <font size="4">Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University<br>Spring 2007<br></font> </center> <br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Instructor:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> Tsaipei Wang<br> Office: EC709<br> Phone: (03)5712121-56689<br> E-mail: wangts@cs.nctu.edu.tw<br> </font> <br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Meeting Time/Place:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> 2CD4G EC115<br> </font> <br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Course Objective:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> The goal of this course is to introduce students to concepts and techniques of pattern recognition. Necessary background includes some knowledge of statistics and probability theory, linear algebra, and the ability to program in high-level compuater language.<br> <br> The content will include the following subjects: <li>Introduction and classifier evaluation <li>Bayesian Decision Theory and probability density function estimation <li>Linear classifiers (mainly least-mean-square and perceptron algorithm) <li>Nonlinear classifiers (mainly back-propagation neural networks) <li>Feature selection <li>Dimensionality reduction / Principle component analysis (PCA) <li>Clustering algorithms - sequential, hierarchical, and c-means <li>Clustering validity <li>Other selected topics </font> <br><br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Textbook:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> Pattern Recognition (3rd edition), by Sergios Theodoridis and Konstantinos Koutroumbas, Academic Press, 2006. </font> <br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Grading:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> <li>Mid-term exam: 30% <li>Final exam: 30% <li>Homework and programming assignments: 40% <br><br> * Exams are open-book.<br> * Programming assignments should be written in C/C++ or Matlab.<br> </font> <br><br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Course Slides:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set01.pdf>Slides Set #01</a> (posted Feb. 27, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set02.pdf>Slides Set #02</a> (posted Mar. 05, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set03.pdf>Slides Set #03</a> (posted Mar. 12, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set04.pdf>Slides Set #04</a> (posted Mar. 19, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set05.pdf>Slides Set #05</a> (posted Apr. 02, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set06.pdf>Slides Set #06</a> (posted Apr. 17, 2007) updated <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set07.pdf>Slides Set #07</a> (posted May 08, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set08.pdf>Slides Set #08</a> (posted May 15, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set09.pdf>Slides Set #09</a> (posted May 22, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set10.pdf>Slides Set #10</a> (posted May 24, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set11.pdf>Slides Set #11</a> (posted May 29, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set12.pdf>Slides Set #12</a> (posted June 7, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_Set13.pdf>Slides Set #13</a> (posted June 14, 2007) </font><br> <br><hr> <font size="5"><b>Annoucements:</b></font><br> <font size="4"> <li><a href=PattRec2007_HW1.pdf>Homework #1</a> due 03/27/2007 (posted Mar. 15, 2007) <li><a href=ProgramAssignment1.pdf>Program Assignment #1</a> -- <b>(due 4/12)</b>. Data: <a href="data-ellipse.txt">set1</a> <a href="data-iris.txt">set2</a>. (posted Mar. 19, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_HW2.pdf>Homework #2</a> due 04/24/2007 (posted Apr. 12, 2007) <li>We will schedule the mid-term exam to be on 5/1/2007 Tuesday. (posted Apr. 12, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_HW1key.pdf>Homework #1 solutions</a> (posted Apr. 18, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_HW2key.pdf>Homework #2 solutions</a> (posted Apr. 30, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_HW3.pdf>Homework #3</a> due 05/29/2007 (posted May 17, 2007) <li><a href=ProgramAssignment2.pdf>Program Assignment #2</a> -- <b>(due 6/21)</b>. Data: <a href="data-digits.txt">set3</a>. (posted May 29, 2007; data set updated June 3, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007_HW3key.pdf>Homework #3 solutions</a> (posted June 22, 2007) <li><a href=PattRec2007grading.pdf>Final Grade</a> (posted June 29, 2007) </font><br> <br><hr> <font size="2"><i>Last updated: June 29, 2007</i></font> </body> </html>