Pattern Recognition Schedule

CSC 475/592

Spring 2004

Introduction

This is a tentative schedule for the course and is likely to change without notice elsewhere. In addition, homework assignments and links to your colleagues’ findings will be posted for peer review, so please refer to the schedule frequently for assignments, due dates, and comparisons.

Week	Topic(s)	Assignments
1 7, 12 Jan 04	Pattern recognition/classification problems (network traffic patterns, character recognition, face recognition, speech recognition, beach etc.)	Due date for all assignments is midnight the last day of the class week in which the assignment appears in this table. For example, the first report is due by 4 Feb 04 at midnight.
2 14, 21 Jan	Problem presentations continue Note: NO CLASS 19 Jan 2004, (Martin Luther King, Jr. vacation day)
3 26, 28 Jan	Bayes Classifier
4 2, 4 Feb 04	Introduction to neural classifiers	Anticipate project discussion/status reports
5 9, 11 Feb	Feedforward networks and backpropagation	Apply Bayesian classifier to a problem of interest (POI)
6 16, 18 Feb	Project discussion/status reports: come prepared to share your plans for sensing, segmentation, and feature extraction in the problem that your group is undertaking. We will set aside time for each group to introduce their problem, describe specific problem representation issues and choices, measurements, and the planned feature extraction process.	Project discussion/status reports
7 23 Feb	Project discussion/status reports continued Kohonen networks	Apply feedforward neural networks and backpropagation training to create a classifier for a POI
8 1 Mar 04	Test 1
8, 10 Mar	Spring Vacation (begins 6 March 2004 and classes resume 15 March 2004)	Apply Kohonen or support vector network model to create a classifier for a POI
9 15, 17 Mar	Project discussion/status reports
10 22, 24 Mar	Adaptive resonance theory	Apply ART-2 or fuzzy clustering model to create a classifier for a POI
11 29, 31 Mar	Adaptive resonance theory	Project discussion/status reports
12 5, 7 Apr 04	Clustering, Fuzzy clustering
13 12, 14 Apr	Fuzzy traffic controller (WAR), Hopfield networks, Support vector networks, PCA, ICA/Blind separation	Apply PCA or ICA model to create a classifier for a POI
14 19, 21 Apr	Presentations and reports of findings	Project discussion/status reports
15 26 Apr	Reports of findings and review
Tuesday, 27 April 2004	Reading Day	The final form of any written work that is to be considered for a grade must be submitted by midnight 27 April 2004. Findings: RandallTrasti HuffSutton IngramRandSasser Nobles White DunnReeves Cassissa
Final Exams	The final exam for CSC 475/592 is scheduled for Wednesday, 5 May 2004, from 7:00-10:00 PM.