Physics 568: LARGE SCALE DATA ANALYSIS IN PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY, FALL 2024

 


Instructor:

 

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

Office hour:  by request   




Lectures:
Tuesday and Thursday, 3.50 - 5.10 pm, SEC-216


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 (09/05)   pdf

Lecture 3 (09/10)   pdf

Lecture 4 (09/12)   pdf

Lecture 5 (09/17)   pdf

Lecture 6 (09/19)   pdf

Lecture 7 (09/24)   pdf

Lecture 8 (09/26)   pdf

Lecture 9 (10/01, 10/03)   pdf

Lecture 10 (10/08)   pdf

Lecture 11 (10/10)   pdf

Lecture 12 (10/15)   pdf

Lecture 13 (10/17)   pdf

Lecture 14 (10/22)   pdf

Lecture 15 (10/24)   pdf

Lecture 16 (10/29)   pdf

Lecture 17 (10/31)   pdf

Lecture 18 (11/05)   pdf1   pdf2

Lecture 19 (11/07, 11/12)   pdf

Lecture 20 (11/14)   pdf

Lecture 21 (11/19)   pdf

Lecture 22 (11/21)   pdf

Lecture 23 (11/26)   pdf

Lecture 24 (12/03)   pdf

Lecture 25 (12/10)   pdf



Homework:

Homework 1 (due 09/19): Problems   Solutions

Homework 2 (due 10/10): Problems   Solutions

Homework 3 (due 11/05): Problems   Solutions

Homework 4 (due 12/05): Problems



Final Exam (due 12/18 by midnight):
 

Problems






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