Week 1
Introduction, Probability
Week 2
Generative models for discrete data, Gaussian models
Week 3
Bayesian statistics, Frequentist statistics
Week 4
Linear regression, Logistic regression
Week 5
Generalized linear models and the exponential family, Directed graphical models (Bayes nets)
Week 6
Mixture models and the EM algorithms
Week 7
Sparse linear models, Kernels
Week 8
Midterm
Week 9
Gaussian processes, Adaptive basis function models
Week 10
Markov and hidden Markov models, State space models
Week 11
Undirected graphical models (Markov random fields), Exact inference for graphical models
Week 12
Variational inference, More variational inference
Week 13
Monte Carlo inference, Markov vhain Monte Carlo inference
Week 14
Clustering, Graphical model structure learning
Week 15
Latent variable models for discrete data
Week 16
Final