Physics 568: LARGE SCALE DATA ANALYSIS IN PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY, FALL 2026

 


Instructor:

 

Prof. Alexandre V. Morozov
Office: Serin E266
E-mail: morozov AT physics.rutgers.edu
Phone:  (848) 445-1387

Office hour:  by request   




Lectures:
Monday and Thursday, 10.20 - 11.40 am, ARC-107


Textbooks:  
Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction by Kevin P. Murphy.
Probabilistic Machine Learning: Advanced Topics by Kevin P. Murphy.
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) by Christopher M. Bishop.
Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by David J. C. MacKay.


Reviews:  
Introduction to Machine Learning for physicists by Pankaj Mehta et al.  


Prerequisites:  Basic knowledge of linear algebra and probability theory.


Homework and Exam: One homework per 2-3 weeks. There will be a final take-home project (72 hours, open book, open notes).


The grade is determined according to the following formula: total score = 1/2(homework) + 1/2(final)







Lecture Notes:

Lecture 1 (09/03)   pdf

Lecture 2 (09/08, 09/10)   pdf

Lecture 3 (09/14)   pdf

Lecture 4 (09/17)   pdf



Homework:

Homework 1 (due 09/21): Problems  






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