Week 11 (March 25 – March 31)

Monday, March 25 (4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M., LISB 131) Class Session 9
Topics	Dimensionality Reduction Model Fine-Tuning
In-Class Activities	Review solutions to prior assignments from prior week. Lecture: Dimensionality Reduction Lecture: Model Fine-Tuning Group Coding Exercise
Required Readings	Géron – Chapter 8 (Dimensionality Reduction) Raschka & Mirjalili – Chapter 5 (Compressing Data via Dimensionality Reduction) Raschka & Mirjalili – Chapter 6 (Learning Best Practices for Model Evaluation and Hyperparameter Tuning) Raschka & Mirjalili – Chapter 7 (Combining Different Models for Ensemble Learning)
Required Recordings	Lecture Video: Dimensionality Reduction Tutorial Video: Dimensionality Reduction Code Example Lecture Video: Model Fine-Tuning Tutorial Video: Model Fine-Tuning Code Example
Other Resources	Slides for Dimensionality Reduction and Model Fine-Tuning Lectures Jupyter Notebook from Dimensionality Reduction Code Example Tutorial Video Notebook and data for Model Fine-Tuning Code Example Tutorial Video

Friday, March 29 (2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M., Zoom) Optional Session
Lab Session	On Friday afternoons from 2:00 PM till 3:00 PM, we will be holding an optional Lab Session using Zoom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset while participating.

Wednesday, April 3, @ 11:55 P.M. Weekly Assignments Deadline
Coding Assignments Due	Dimensionality Reduction & Model Fine-Tuning Assignment Description: In this assignment, you will implement dimensionality reduction and fine-tune your models. In this assignment, you will be expected to create more than one Jupyter Notebook. You will be running your notebook(s) in an AWSALL SageMaker Notebook Instance. Later, you will be able to adopt this approach for use in your Final Project. Dimensionality Reduction & Model Fine-Tuning Assignment Instructions and Starter Files Dimensionality Reduction & Model Fine-Tuning Assignment Grading Rubric

Wednesday, April 3, @ 11:55 P.M.
Weekly Assignments Deadline

Coding Assignments Due

Dimensionality Reduction & Model Fine-Tuning Assignment
Description: In this assignment, you will implement dimensionality reduction and fine-tune your models. In this assignment, you will be expected to create more than one Jupyter Notebook. You will be running your notebook(s) in an AWSALL SageMaker Notebook Instance. Later, you will be able to adopt this approach for use in your Final Project.
- Dimensionality Reduction & Model Fine-Tuning Assignment Instructions and Starter Files
- Dimensionality Reduction & Model Fine-Tuning Assignment Grading Rubric

Weekly Course Schedule – Spring 2024