Dr. Eick
COSC 6342“Machine Learning” Project2 Spring 2014
Making Sense of Data—Apply Machine Learning to an Interesting Dataset/Problem
Group Project (4 (3) Student per group)
Due date: Report due: Fr., April 25, 11p, 11p for groups presenting on Mo.,April 21 (Groups 12); Th.,, April 24, 11p for groups presenting on We., April 23 (Groups 3-9).
Last updated: March 18, 2014 at 2p
This course project is an opportunity for you to explore an interesting machine learning
problem of your choice in the context of a real-world data set. The idea is to apply multiple
machine learning techniques/major variations of a single approach (typically, different group
members will explore different approaches), to compare the results, and to summarize your
findings in a report and to share your project findings with your class mates in a 11-minute
presentation on April 21 (2 groups) or April 23 (7 groups). In your course project you can't
use results you have developed in previous research or former course projects, but it can
build on past work. As far as project themes are concerned, hints will be given in the lecture;
moreover, other machine learning courses employ very similar projects; therefore, checking
the webpages of other machine learning courses might help you finding interesting data
sets/project themes:
 http://select.cs.cmu.edu/class/10701-F09/projects.html
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ph-__LSg6I-BftTY3yBk2erh8hp0Kik12fjj9PUOygM/pub
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http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarti/Class/10601/proj.shtml
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~epxing/Class/10701/project.html
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/conferences/mmchallenge/
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6780/2010fa/projects_2010.html
This is the timeline for Project2 (all deadlines are 11p):
March 19: Form Groups
March 27 or earlier: Submit 1-page Project Description for Approval
April 8: Submit 2-page Progress Report (will count 10% towards your project grade)
April 24/25: Submit 9-11 page Project Report (in NIPS format: http://nips.cc/Conferences/2013/PaperInformation/StyleFiles )
April 19/April 21: Submit talk slides to Wellington
April 21/23: Project2 Student Presentations
Please submit the following information in your 1-page draft project description (due March
27, 11p the latest—submit it as soon as possible!):
1. Names
2. Project Title
3. Dataset Used
4. Project Idea (use 2 paragraphs)
5. Software you will write and/or use are
6. List of Papers to read that relevant for your project
7. Project Milestones
8. Project Completion Plan
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Your project description can be sketchy with respect to items 5-8. The progress report, you
deliver on April 8, should address items 5-8 in much more details.
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