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Machine Learning Seminar

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VVZ CR 4.67

Last Updated: 2026-07-21 00:35:32

Abstract

Seminal and recent papers in machine learning are presented and discussed.

Objective

The seminar familiarizes students with advanced and recent ideas in machine learning. Original articles have to be presented, contexctualized, and critically reviewed. The students will learn how to structure a scientific presentation in English which covers the key ideas of a scientific paper.

Content

The seminar will cover a number of recent papers which have emerged as important contributions in the machine learning research community. The topics will vary from year to year but they are centered on methodological issues in machine learning like new learning algorithms, ensemble methods or new statistical models for machine learning applications.

Resources

Literature

The papers will be presented and allocated in the first session of the seminar.

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