Classify whether a piece of classical music was composed by Beethoven or not
Reflect on Dr. Timnit Gebru’s work and broad talk to the Middlebury campus
Implement and experiment with a simple ML approach for image compression
Create a machine learning model that predicts whether an individual has an income of over $50K. Perform a fairness audit in order to assess whether or not the algorithm displays bias with respect to sex.
Implement least-squares linear regression and experiment with LASSO regularization for overparameterized problems
Determine the smallest number of measurements necessary to confidently determine the species of a penguin
Implement first-order methods, including simple gradient descent and stochastic gradient descent with momentum, comparing their performance for training logistic regression
Implement and explain the perceptron algorithm using numerical programming and demonstrate its use on synthetic data sets