Syllabus

Class: Advanced Algorithms 2

Term: Winter 2024

Instructor: Fede Camara Halac

03.10.23 - week1 - Basic Data Analysis

Intro to the class. Using spotify data Python: numpy, pandas

10.10.23 - week2 - Spotify data analysis

Using spotify data Python: numpy, pandas

17.10.23 - week3 - Binary Classification

Perceptron revisited

24.10.23 - week4 - Binary Classification

Support Vector Machine (intro)

31.10.23 - week5 - Binary Classification

Support Vector Machines Audio Feature Extraction: MCFF

07.11.23 - week6 - Multinomial Classification

Audio analysis Spectral feature descriptors

14.11.23 - week7 - Clustering

K-means

21.11.23 - week8 - Artificial Neural Networks

using sklearn

28.11.23 - week9 - Artificial Neural Networks

using sklearn

05.12.23 - week10 - Convolutional Neural Networks

deep learning basics using tensorflow and keras

12.12.23 - week11 - MIDTERM: choose a final project

For this class you will choose a final project and we'll start from there. We'll also go through some CNN stuff we have not seen so far.

19.12.23 - no class

26.12.23 - no class

02.01.24 - week12 - Deep Learning with Audio

current tools for music making out there

09.01.24 - week13 - Guest presentation

TBD

16.01.24 - week14 - Unsupervised learning

GANs preparing for final projects

23.01.24 - week15 - Unsupervised learning

Reinforcement learning preparing for final projects

30.01.24 - week16 - Unsupervised learning

Reinforcement learning, revisited preparing for final projects

06.02.24 - week17 - Final project presentations

Final project: create a musical excerpt using one of the techniques viewed in class.