Exercise sessions
During the course, 10 exercise sessions are offered. For most topics, there is both a pen-and-paper session (pp) and a computer session (c). Each session is offered at two different time slots in the schedule. We hope that the students will be evenly distributed among the sessions, but you can choose which session to attend.
During each exercise session, the teacher will present a summary of the material covering the specific topic, after which you are expected to work on the problems on your own. We recommend attempting to solve the problems beforehand, and taking the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the problems with the teacher and your fellow students during the exercise sessions. A few of the problems are listed as recommended, but we encourage you to read and reflect upon all problems (even if you do not solve them).
Python-introduction: Have a look at this notebook if you need a refresher. The notebook provides an introduction to NumPy, Pandas and Matplotlib, and the exercises include explainations that may help you in the first computer class. The notebook and suggested solutions are found here: Notebook Links to an external site., Solutions Links to an external site., Open in colab Links to an external site.
| # | Topic | Material | Recommended problems | Additional problems |
| 1. | Linear Regression (pp) | 1, 2, 3 | 4, 5 | |
| 2. | Linear Regression (c) |
Notebook Links to an external site. |
1, 2, 3, 4 | 5 |
| 3. | Logistic Regression, LDA, QDA, kNN (pp) | 1, 2, 3, 5 | 4, 6, 7 | |
| 4. | Logistic Regression, LDA, QDA, kNN (c) |
Notebook Links to an external site. |
1, 2, 3, 4 | 5 |
| 5. | Bias and variance, model selection, cross validation (pp) | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 5, 6 | |
| 6. | Bias and variance, model selection, cross validation (c) |
Notebook Links to an external site. |
1, 2, 3 | 4 |
| 7. | Tree-based methods (pp) | Session7.pdf Links to an external site. |
1, 2, 3, 4 | |
| 8. | Tree-based methods (c) |
Notebook Links to an external site. |
1, 2 | 3 |
| 9. | Boosting (c) |
Notebook Links to an external site. |
1, 2, 3 | 4, 5 |
| 10. | Neural Networks (pp) | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
pp = pen and paper, c = computer