CS 786 - Machine Learning and Probabilistic Inference

Fall 2001
Department of Computer Science
University of Waterloo

Instructor: Dale Schuurmans, DC1310, x3005, dale@cs.uwaterloo.ca


Room: DC 3313
Time: Mon 2:30-5:00

Textbook: Pattern Classification, 2nd edition, Duda, Hart and Stork, 2000, Wiley (recommended but not required)

Books on reserve (Davis Center Library):
Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, Bishop, 1995, Oxford
Learning from Data, Cherkassky, Mulier, 1998, Wiley

Another useful book (just published): The Elements of Statistical Learning, Hastie, Tibshirani, Friedman, 2001, Springer

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