Study programme 2019-2020Français
First-Order Methods for Large Scale Machine Learning
Learning Activity
CodeLecturer(s)Associate Lecturer(s)Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)Establishment
I-MARO-303
  • GILLIS Nicolas
      • Université de Mons
      Language
      of instruction
      Language
      of assessment
      HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
      AnglaisAnglais816000Q1

      Organisational online arrangements for the end of Q3 2019-2020 assessments (Covid-19)
      • Production of individual or group work, essay, report, dissertation...
      Description of the modifications to the Q3 2019-2020 online assessment procedures (Covid-19)
      Report on the project. 

      Content of Learning Activity

      Organization of the calss:  - Introduction and motivation to the use of firt-order methods.  - Optimal first-order methods for convex optimization.  - Stochastic gradient methods.  - Project: Comparison of first-order methods for solving a classification problem. 

      Required Learning Resources/Tools

      Slides and other references available on Moodle

      Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

      Bottou, L., Curtis, F. E., & Nocedal, J. (2018). Optimization methods for large-scale machine learning. Siam Review60(2), 223-311.  Newton, D., Yousefian, F., & Pasupathy, R. (2018). Stochastic Gradient Descent: Recent Trends. In Recent Advances in Optimization and Modeling of Contemporary Problems (pp. 193-220). INFORMS.

      Other Recommended Reading

      Not applicable

      Mode of delivery

      • Face to face

      Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

      • Cours magistraux
      • Travaux pratiques
      • Projet sur ordinateur

      Evaluations

      The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)

      (*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term
      Date de génération : 13/07/2020
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