CSCI 441/541
Neural Networks
Spring, 2008
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COURSE PAGE
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Instructor: Bryant Julstrom
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Time and place: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45, in ECC-115.
Text: José Principe, Neil R. Euliano, and W. Curt Lefebvre:
Neural and Adaptive Systems: Fundamentals Through Simluations.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1999.
Projects are due at the beginning of class
on their due dates. Work handed in late will be penalized.
- Project 1: Explore NeuroSolutions.
Due Tuesday, February 5.
- Project 2: Develop, exercise,
and describe several neural networks for classification.
Due Tuesday, March 11.
- Project 3: - A research project in several parts
- Develop and write up a proposal for
an original research project, which will lead to a paper and a presentation
to the class. Due Tuesday, March 25.
- Write a progress report: one page describing the current state
of your project. Due Tuesday, April 8.
- Turn in five copies of a draft of
your paper.
Follow these formatting instructions.
Other members of the class will review your paper, and you will review
two other papers.
Though you will revise your paper, this version should be complete
and polished. Due Tuesday, April 15.
- Turn in reviews of the papers you
were given to look over. You will receive reviews of your own paper.
Due Tuesday, April 22.
- Turn in the final version of your paper. This version too should
adhere to the formatting instructions.
You will receive a book of all the papers at the final exam.
Due Tuesday, April 29.
- Present your project to the class. Plan to take no more than 20
minutes, including set-up, the presentation itself, and questions
(for which you should leave a few minutes).
Prepare overheads or PowerPoint slides to illustrate your
presentation, but do not just read from them. Overheads or slides
illustrate; they do not replace or provide your words.
Tuesday and Thursday, April 29 and May 1.
For this course's projects and in general, it is important to write
clearly and effectively. There are many resources that you can use
to improve your writing.
Among them, the Write Place
on campus offers both on-line and in-person help. Note, however, that
it is not their job, but yours, to copy-edit your papers.
Exams:
There will be one hour exam during the course and a comprehensive
final exam. The exam dates are:
- Hour exam - Thursday, February 28.
- Final exam - Tuesday, May 6, 8:00 a.m.
Exams will be based on the notes.
Calculators will be neither necessary nor allowed.
Make-up exams will be given only for documented emergencies and
with prior notice. Rides home, airplane flights, wedding rehearsals,
and the fishing opener do not constitute emergencies. Plan ahead.
Grading: Grades will be based on your projects
and exams in these proportions:
| Projects | 40%
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| Hour exam | 20%
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| Final exam | 40%
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It will not be possible to do "extra credit" during the course or
after its end.
Your grade will be based on the items listed in the table.
Attendance: You are responsible for knowing what happens at each
class meeting, and that is most easily and efficiently accomplished by
being there. The instructor will not repeat a presentation just for you.
Decorum: Conduct yourself so as not to distract others.
In particular:
- Arrive for class on time, and be ready to begin. If you must be
late, be quiet.
- If you are early, sit toward the middle of a row, so those who
come later can slip in easily.
- Do not engage in distracting activities like reading a newspaper
or sleeping.
- Turn off all cell phones and similar devices.
- Do not start packing up before class ends.
Academic honesty: Using other people's words or ideas as if
they were your own in written work, including programs and simulations,
is theft, known in this case as plagiarism. Do not do it.
Getting other people's answers for exams is cheating. Do not do it.
Both are very serious, and will result in a grade of zero on the work
in question, probably an F in the course, and possibly other
disciplinary actions.
- If anyone has a disability that may require modification of seating,
testing, or some other feature of the course, please see Dr. Julstrom
after class or during his office hours.
- Please bring any complaints to Dr. Julstrom.