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Surya T Tokdar Associate Professor, Department of Statistical Science 219A Old Chem Bldg, (919) 684 2152, surya.tokdar AT duke.edu Office Hour: By Appointment |
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Grader: |
Erika Cunningham |
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Logistics: | Read syllabus. Download and install R. Find grades on Sakai. | ||||
Assessment: | Rolling sets of homework assignment. No exams |
8/28 | Introduction: overview of classical nonparametrics |
8/30 - 9/13 | Mixture models: The Dirichlet process prior
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9/18 - 10/02 | Smoothing with Gaussian process priors
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10/04 | Application to second order stochasticity of neural activity |
10/09 | Fall Break: No Class |
10/11 - 10/25 | Theoretical properties
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10/30 - 11/08 | Special models and applications
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11/13 - 11/15 | Partition models based on random trees |
11/20 | TBD |
11/22 | Thanksgiving Break: No Class |
11/27 - 11/29 | Hierarchical learning via clustering
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