90-921/10-831, Special Topics in Machine Learning and Policy
Spring 2010: Event and Pattern Detection
Course Description
This course is intended for Ph.D. students in Heinz College, the School of Computer Science, and other university departments
who wish to engage in cutting-edge research in Event and Pattern Detection. Qualified master's students may also enroll with
permission of the instructor; all students are expected to have some prior background in machine learning and/or artificial
intelligence (10-601, 10-701, 90-866, or a similar course). We will explore state-of-the-art methods for detection of emerging
events and other relevant patterns in massive, high-dimensional datasets, and discuss how such methods can be applied usefully
for the public good in medicine, public health, law enforcement, security, and other domains. The course will consist of
lectures, discussions on current research articles and future directions, and course projects. Specific topics to be covered
may include: anomaly detection, change-point detection, time series monitoring, spatial and space-time scan statistics, pattern
detection in graph data, submodularity and LTSS properties for efficient pattern detection, combining multiple data sources,
scaling up pattern detection to massive datasets, applications to public health, law enforcement, homeland security, and health
care.
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