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Statistical learning 2

Niveau

Master's course

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The following skills are developed in the course:

- Students can practically understand advanced algorithms of data science.
- Students can configure advanced algorithms of data science for specific purposes.
- Students can apply the algorithms in isolated problems.

Prerequisites for the course

1st semester: Students have previous knowledge of mathematics/statistics up to 8 ECTS and therefore know simple statistical measures as well as basic statistical test procedures (e.g. t-test). / 2nd semester: No prerequisites / 2nd semester: Module examination MLAL.A1 (Algorithmic 1)

Course content

The following content is discussed in the course:

- Advanced modelling techniques
- Ensemble methods
- Optimization of models

Recommended specialist literature

PRIMARY LITERATURE:
- Murphy, K. P. (2012): Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Ed. 1), MIT Press, Cambridge (ISBN: 978-0-262-01802-9)
- Bishop, C. (2006): Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Ed. 1), Springer-Verlag, New York (ISBN: 978-0-387-31073-2)

SECONDARY LITERATURE:
- James, G.; Witten, D; Hastie, T.; Tibshirani, R. (2013): An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Ed. 1), Springer Science and Business Media, New York (ISBN: 978-1-461-471387)
- Steele, B.; Chandler, J.; Reddy, S. (2016): Algorithms for Data Science (Ed. 1), Springer, Berlin (ISBN: 978-3319457956)

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

6

Share of e-learning in %

33

Semester hours per week

3.0

Planned teaching and learning method

The following methods are used:

- Lecture with discussion
- Processing of exercises
- Interactive workshop

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Prof. (FH) Dr. Lukas Huber

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

MLAL.5

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)