This course builds on the material presented in 10-701(Machine Learning), introducing new learning methods and going more deeply into their statistical foundations and computational aspects. Applications and case studies from statistics and computing are used to illustrate each topic. Aspects of implementation and practice are also treated. A tentative list of topics to be covered includes (but is not restricted to) the following: Maximum likelihood vs. Bayesian inference; Regression, Classficiation, and Clustering; Graphical Methods, including Causal Inference; The EM Algorithm; Data Augmentation, Gibbs, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithms; Techniques for Supervised and Unsupervised Learning; Sequential Decision making and Experimental Design.
