Pattern Recognition, Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University ELEN 649: Pattern Recognition, Fall'05

Coordinator: Zixiang Xiong, WERC 244C, zx@ee.tamu.edu, 862-8683
Prerequisites: MATH/STAT 601, ELEN 662 and ELEN 646
Class time and location: TR 3:55-5:10PM ZACH 119A

Textbooks:

    DHS: R. Duda,. P. Hart. and D. Stork, "Pattern Classification," 2nd ed., Wiley & Sons, 2001
    DGL: L. Devroye, L. Gyorfi and G. Lugosi, "A Probabilistic Theory of Pattern Recognition," Springer, 1996

Coverage:

  1. DHS: Chapter 2 (Bayesian decision theory): Sections 2.1-2.11
  2. DHS: Chapter 3 (ML and Bayesian parameter estimation): Sections 3.1-3.10
  3. DHS: Chapter 4 (Nonparameter techniques): Sections 4.1-4.6
  4. DHS: Chapter 5 (Linear discriminant functions): Sections 5.1-5.12
  5. DHS: Chapter 6 (Multilayer neural networks): Sections 6.1-6.10
  6. DHS: Chapter 7 (Stochastic methods): Sections 7.1-7.6
  7. DHS: Chapter 8 (Nonmetric methods): Sections 8.1-8.5
  8. DHS: Chapter 10 (Unsupervised learning and clustering): Sections 10.1-10.8 and 10.13
  9. DHS: Chapter 9 (Algorithm-indep. machine learning): Sections 9.1-9.5
  10. DGL: Chapter 1 (Introduction)
  11. DGL: Chapter 12 (Vapnik-Chervonenkis thoery)

Homeworks:
  1. HW 1, assigned on 8/30/05
  2. HW 2, assigned on 9/13/05
  3. HW 3, assigned on 9/28/05
  4. HW 4, assigned on 10/11/05
  5. HW 5, assigned on 10/27/05
  6. HW 6, assigned on 11/8/05
  7. HW 7, assigned on 11/22/05

Grading
  1. Problem sets: 30%
  2. Midterm exam: 30%
  3. Final exam: 40%