Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Computer Science

Meeting: 10:50AM - 12:05PM TR (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025) 

Part of Term: Full Term

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 3

 

Section Max Enrollment: 60

Section Enrolled: 0

Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 100

Total Cross-list Enrolled: 0

Enrollment data as of: 14-NOV-2024 12:13PM

 

 

Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam

 

Description: This course will overview both traditional and more recent graph-based machine learning algorithms. Graphs show up in machine learning in many forms. Oftentimes, the input data can be naturally represented as a graph, such as for relational learning tasks applied to social networks and graph kernels applied to chemical data. Other times, graphs are just a framework to express some intrinsic structure in the data, such as for graphical models and non-linear embedding. In both cases, recent advances in representation learning (or graph embedding) and deep learning have generated a renewed interest in machine learning on graphs. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to: (1) identify the appropriate graph-based machine learning algorithm for a given problem; (2) extend existing algorithms to solve new related problems; and (3) recognize some of the key research challenges in the field. The course will be a mixture of lectures, a research paper presentation, homework assignments (including programming), and a hands-on class project. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for COMP 559 if student has credit for COMP 459. Cross-list: COMP 459. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate-level linear algebra and undergraduate-level probability and statistics Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for COMP 559 if student has credit for COMP 449/COMP 459.