15-496/782: Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks

Instructor: Dave Touretzky (mail to: dst@cs.cmu.edu), Wean Hall 8128, x8-7561.
Teaching Assistant: Kornel Laskowski (mail to: kornel@cs.cmu.edu),
NSH (Newell-Simon Hall) 2602H, x8-2518.
Office hours: Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6:30.
Administrative assistant: Jennifer Landefeld (mail to: jennsbl@cs.cmu.edu), Wean Hall 8124, x8-4740.
Class web page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15782-s04
Class location: MM (Margaret Morrison) A14
Time: Mon/Wed 3:30 - 4:50
Starts: Monday, Jan. 12, 2004
Credit: 12 units (CMU), 4 credits (Pitt), 1 core unit (CS), "advanced AI" (Robotics)
Grading: for 15-496, homeworks, midterm, and final exams count 33% each.
15-782 requires a project; homeworks, midterm, final, and project count 25% each.

Materials

Textbook: Introduction to the Theory of Neural Computation by Hertz, Krogh, and Palmer. Addison-Wesley, 1991.
Course syllabus, class handouts, and lecture notes are on the web.
Readings notebooks containing copies of papers are available at the circulation desk in the E&S Library, and in Jenn Landefeld's office.
Copies of the Hertz, Krogh & Palmer book and the Bishop book are also on reserve in the E&S library.
CMU Matlab page. Tutorials, online reference materials, and more.
Matlab Primer, version 3, by Kermit Sigmon. (Postscript, or PDF)
MATLAB minicourse transparencies by Dave Touretzky. (Postscript files)
A Practical Introduction to MATLAB, by Mark S. Gockenbach.