• Instructors:
    Roberto Corizzo
    Leah Ding
  • Period:
    06/06/2022 - 07/31/2022
  • Location:
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    DMTI 109
    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    DMTI 212

Course Schedule

Date Topic
Week 1
Jun 6 Welcome day
Jun 7 Data Mining Introduction
Jun 9 Python Introduction (numpy, pandas, jupyter, conda environment)
Jun 10 Full immersion on project
Week 2
Jun 13 ML for classification I : SVM, Confusion Matrix
Lab: Abstract First Version + Paper reading
Jun 14 ML for classification II : DT, Random Forest, XGBoost
Cross-Validation, Grid Search

Resampling Techniques

Lab: Abstract Second Version + Paper reading
Jun 16 ML for regression (9:30 - 10:30)
Colloquium speaker, Dr. Kimberly Sellers (10:30-11:30)
Lab: Experiments on project data
Jun 17 Neural Networks
TensorFlow/Keras
Finalize and Submit Abstract + Poster Initial Design
Lab: Experiments on project data + Paper reading
Week 3
Jun 20 No meeting (Juneteenth Holiday)
Jun 21 HyperOpt + ReMix
Lab: Experiments on project data + Paper reading
Jun 22 LaTex tutorial (10:00-10:30)
Overleaf tutorial + Add references for related work (10:30-12:00)
Lab: Poster design + experiment assignment
Jun 23 Recurrent Neural Networks + Attention-LSTM (10:00-11:00)
Colloquium featuring former SPIRAL student, Brett Jefferson (11:00-12:00)
Meeting with Advisory Committee (1:30-2:30)
Lab: Poster Design + Initial Results and Figures (2:30-3:30)
Jun 24 Poster Design (10:00-11:00)
Virtual CAARMS Pre-Conference (11:00-3:00)
Week 4
Jun 27 Classification: Convolutional Neural Networks
Forecasting: Auto-regressive Models
Jun 28 Forecasting: Deep Learning
(Guest Lecture: Massimiliano Altieri)
Lab: Poster Submission
Jun 29 - Jul 2 CAARMS Conference
Week 5
July 4 No meeting (the Fourth of July Holiday)
July 5 No meeting (the Fourth of July Holiday)
July 6 (virtual) 10:00-11:00 Results review and discussion

Classification results (Random forest, decision tree, MLP, any other models you've tried? )

Regression results (linear, polynomial, boosting, LSTM, any other models you've tried?
11:00-12:00 Bill Massy: Oral Presentation Tips
1:30-3:30pm Lab: Overleaf writing: results + related Work + experiments on project data
July 7 (virtual) 10:00-noon: Paper Presentation/Discussion
1:00pm-2:00pm: Lab: Experiments on project data
2:00pm-3:00pm: Colloquim by two former SPIRAL students (Drs. Samuels and Melissa N'Gamini)
3:00pm-4:00pm: Practice presentations
July 8 (virtual) 10:00-11:00am: Experiments on project data
11:00am-3:00pm: Presentation of Angela E. Grant Poster Award Winners at CAARMS virtual conference
Week 6
July 11 Paper Presentation/Discussion
Lab: Related Work (overleaf) + Experiments on project data
July 12 Paper Presentation/Discussion
Lab: Related Work (overleaf) + Experiments on project data
July 13 Paper Presentation/Discussion
Lab: Experimental Results (overleaf) + Experiments on project data
July 14 Field Trip: Pentagon visit
July 15 Paper Presentation/Discussion
Lab: Experimental Results (overleaf) + Experiments on project data
Week 7
July 18 Group Presentation Preparation + Experiments on project data
July 19 Group Presentation Dry Run + Experiments on project data
July 21 Group Presentation Day (tentative)
July 22 Paper Writing (overleaf) + Experiments on project data
Week 8 (Virtual)
July 25 - 28 Paper Writing (overleaf) + Zoom Discussion + Experiments on project data
July 29 Paper Ready for Submission