MTH781

Class Schedule : M T Th 14:00-15:00 L10

Exam Schedule: Please check http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/data/endsemester2015161.pdf

Books:

Text:

1. Pattern Classification by Richard Duda, Peter Hart and David Stork , John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

References:

2. A Probabilistic Theory of Pattern Recognition by Luc Devroye, László Györfi and Gábor Lugosi.

3. The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman.

4. Multivariate Density Estimation by David W. Scott

List: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/IAPR/researchers/MLPAGES/mlbks.htm

Notes:

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Assignments:

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Exams:

Assignments will be given, and discussed in the class (if necessary). However, no grading for assignments.

Mark for each exam is stated in brackets.

The exact date of the quiz will not be announced in advance.

Quiz 1 : [10] week starting August 17

Mid-sem : [30] September 20 [one question in statistics]

Quiz 2 : [10] week starting October 12

Assignment 3 : [10] November 5 and 7

Quiz 3 : [10] week starting November 9

End-sem : [45] November 19, 16:00-19:00

Final Score = (5/6)*Mid-sem + Best of two quizzes + Assignment 3 + End-sem

Grading:

A - E : based on score quantiles

F : if score is less than or equal to 25 out of 100 [no exceptions]

For obtaining an 'A' grade, I encourage you to answer atleast one of the two questions in statistics.

Highest mark scorer in each exam gets a 'prize'.

All the best!