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For those of you interested in this stuff, this course (10-702) is the second in a series. The 10-701 course, "Intro to Machine Learning", is a fantastic course

by eykanal 10y ago

For those of you interested in this stuff, this course (10-702) is the second in a series. The 10-701 course, "Intro to Machine Learning", is a fantastic course as well, even if just for the exercises. This year's version is here [1], you can find lecture notes, links to lectures posted on YouTube, homeworks, readings, etc. You can also just google "10-701" and see a lot of previous course websites with similar material. For what it's worth, nowadays, the problem isn't availability of learning material. This stuff is being literally given away. Its that you, the student, has to really dedicate time to the material. The first homework assignment for the 10-701 class wasn't even that difficult (relatively speaking) and it still took me over ten hours to finish. Persevere! It's worth it. [1]: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mgormley/courses/10701-f16/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mgormley/courses/10701-f16/

greenmountin 10y ago
Thanks! One thing that can definitely set a course apart is having advanced topics + downloadable videos + captions. I really enjoyed the Stanford NLP CS224d videos, which hit all 3 and even have their own torrent [1]. Does anyone know if there's a platform for crowdsourcing video captions, maybe from the anime world? Edit: it appears as though you can correct the auto-generated captions on Youtube videos (perhaps only if you're the owner). What a great way to get labeled Speech Recognition data for free. [1] http://academictorrents.com/details/dd9b74b50a1292b4b154094b7338ec1d66e8894d http://academictorrents.com/details/dd9b74b50a1292b4b154094b...
- will_pseudonym 10y ago
  It looks like the videos are hosted on YouTube, which has a caption/subtitle crowdsourcing feature now. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623
- reachtarunhere 10y ago
  I would add assignment solutions to your list of desirable things. Makes it easy to keep moving after getting stuck.
  - eykanal 10y ago
    http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~epxing/Class/10701/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~epxing/Class/10701/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarti/Class/10701_Spring14/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarti/Class/10701_Spring14/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./10701/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./10701/ http://alex.smola.org/teaching/cmu2013-10-701/ http://alex.smola.org/teaching/cmu2013-10-701/ All of the above have answer keys for the homework assignments.
stokedmartin 10y ago
It is also recommended to go through the material of Intermediate Statistics[0] prior to 10-702. [0] http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/=stat705/ http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/=stat705/
deepGem 10y ago
Can't echo this more. The Scala Functional programming course on Coursera is another such example. I am yet to finish the assignments, 2 months after enrolling. OTOH, the deep learning course from Udacity was a cakewalk in comparison. I wonder if it makes sense to build a good recommender for MOOCs based on a student's appetite for challenge. Something like the adaptive questions on GRE but for MOOCs.
fizixer 10y ago
The syllabus says prerquisites are 10-701 and 36-715. Could you say something about 36-715? I can't seem to find any details.
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Myrmornis 10y ago
What I'm wondering is: where do I go on the internet to find other people who are interested in studying and discussing a particular online class? Or if that doesn't exist, should it, and could it be a good thing? stackoverflow / quora / r/math etc would still be the place for carefully-asked generally relevant questions, but it seems like it would be really helpful and motivating to have place where you could contact other people who are studying or otherwise knowledgable about the same course. It could be a mailing list, or a subreddit or whatever. Ideally it would also provide a way to put together a group of people to start on a new course. Does anything like this exist already?
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by eykanal 10y ago

greenmountin 10y ago

Thanks! One thing that can definitely set a course apart is having advanced topics + downloadable videos + captions. I really enjoyed the Stanford NLP CS224d videos, which hit all 3 and even have their own torrent [1]. Does anyone know if there's a platform for crowdsourcing video captions, maybe from the anime world? Edit: it appears as though you can correct the auto-generated captions on Youtube videos (perhaps only if you're the owner). What a great way to get labeled Speech Recognition data for free. [1] http://academictorrents.com/details/dd9b74b50a1292b4b154094b7338ec1d66e8894d http://academictorrents.com/details/dd9b74b50a1292b4b154094b...

will_pseudonym 10y ago
It looks like the videos are hosted on YouTube, which has a caption/subtitle crowdsourcing feature now. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623
reachtarunhere 10y ago
I would add assignment solutions to your list of desirable things. Makes it easy to keep moving after getting stuck.
- eykanal 10y ago
  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~epxing/Class/10701/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~epxing/Class/10701/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarti/Class/10701_Spring14/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aarti/Class/10701_Spring14/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./10701/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./10701/ http://alex.smola.org/teaching/cmu2013-10-701/ http://alex.smola.org/teaching/cmu2013-10-701/ All of the above have answer keys for the homework assignments.

stokedmartin 10y ago

It is also recommended to go through the material of Intermediate Statistics[0] prior to 10-702. [0] http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/=stat705/ http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/=stat705/

deepGem 10y ago

Can't echo this more. The Scala Functional programming course on Coursera is another such example. I am yet to finish the assignments, 2 months after enrolling. OTOH, the deep learning course from Udacity was a cakewalk in comparison. I wonder if it makes sense to build a good recommender for MOOCs based on a student's appetite for challenge. Something like the adaptive questions on GRE but for MOOCs.

fizixer 10y ago

The syllabus says prerquisites are 10-701 and 36-715. Could you say something about 36-715? I can't seem to find any details.

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Myrmornis 10y ago

What I'm wondering is: where do I go on the internet to find other people who are interested in studying and discussing a particular online class? Or if that doesn't exist, should it, and could it be a good thing? stackoverflow / quora / r/math etc would still be the place for carefully-asked generally relevant questions, but it seems like it would be really helpful and motivating to have place where you could contact other people who are studying or otherwise knowledgable about the same course. It could be a mailing list, or a subreddit or whatever. Ideally it would also provide a way to put together a group of people to start on a new course. Does anything like this exist already?

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