Class Announcements 

• 12/13/08
  We have also posted a sample solution for HW4. You can find it here.
  
  
• 12/13/08
  We have posted a sample solution for HW3. This solution was submitted by one of you. We were given permission to post it. You can access it here.
  
  
• 11/24/08
  Homework 4 has been posted. Its due on 12/05/08 at Noon.
  
  
• 11/12/08
  For HW3 the grading is going to be rigorous. Within your proofs you are only allowed to use basic results from text books (no theorems or lemmas from the tutorials). There is also an important note on the forum about PR3. Please read it.
  
  
• 11/10/08
  Arindam will not have his office hours on Monday, Nov 10. Instead, he will have office hours from 5:15-7:15pm on Wednesday, Nov 12.
  
  
• 11/03/08
  We have posted a sample solution for HW2. This solution was submitted by one of you. It earned full credit and we were given permission to post it. You can access it here.
  
  
• 11/03/08
  Homework 3 has been posted. Its due on 11/14/08 at Noon.
  
  
• 10/21/08
  Midterm has been graded, the scores are on grit.
  
  
• 10/18/08
  Arindam's office hours on Monday, 10/20/08, will be from 11am-12noon, instead of the usual time.
  
  
• 10/15/08
  We have posted a sample solution for HW1. This solution was submitted by one of you. It earned full credit and we were given permission to post it. You can access it here. This is a zip file which includes the entire code and write up. We also have posted our own key for problem 4.
  
  
• 10/01/08
  Homework 2 has been posted. Its due on 10/10/08 at Noon.
  
  
• 10/01/08
  Boyd and Vandennberghe's book on Convex Optimization is avialable online.
  
  
• 09/25/08
  Data set change for HW1, problem 2(iii): To avoid intensive computations involved in using the Classic3 data for logistic regression, we are allowing you to use the Letter data set instead for problem 2(iii). Please check the forum for details.
  
  
• 09/25/08
  The optional `background materials' session will be on Monday, Sept 29, 6:30-8pm, CSci 3-125. The session will be on Unite. We will be covering basics of probability, linear algebra, and related topics. It will be a white-board session (no slides), primarily to answer your questions.
  
  
• 09/24/08
  We have added an additional grace day. So, now you have 5 grace days.
  If you are using one/more grace days, your submission has to be fully online. If you want, you can scan and submit (preferably in pdf) hand-written answers.
  
  
• 09/17/08
  We have a new late submission policy. Each student will have a total of 4 grace days that can be used to extend the due date for some of the homeworks. You get to decide how you want to use them, say 3 for HW1, and 1 for HW4, or 1 each for each of the homeworks. If you are using grace days with a homework, your submission has to be fully through the submit system (no papers allowed). As usual, it will due at Noon on the extended due date. After you use up 4 days, the usual late submission policy will kick in.
  
  
• 09/17/08
  Homework 1 has been posted. Its due on 09/26/08 at Noon.
  
  
• 09/11/2008
  Please download MALT here: http://www-users.itlabs.umn.edu/classes/Fall-2008/csci5525/malt.zip
  It has been tested under 32bit and 64bit versions of Linux. It will not work on Solaris or Windows. You will find some example code under "malt/code/dev/examples". We would encourage you try it out. If you have any questions concerning MALT you can direct them to Rudy
  
  
• 09/06/2008
  Arindam will be on travel Sept 8-10. The lecture of Sept 08 has been recorded, and Rudy (TA) will deliver the lecture of Sept 10, along with a tutorial on Matlab/MALT.
  
  I (Arindam) will not have the regular office hours this week (due to travel). If you want to discuss the course material, feel free to drop me a line to set up an appointment.
  
  
• 08/31/2008
  Welcome to CSci 5525. Be sure to check here often for important announcements.
  Please initiate your ITLABS account  if you do not have a CS grad account.