Optimization for Data Science

Textbooks:

Convex Optimization by S. Boyd and L. Vandenberghe

Solution Manual

Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms by S. Shalev-Shwartz and B. Ben-David

Introduction to Machine Learning by Alex Smola and S.V.N. Vishwanathan

Some useful Slides


Prerequisites:

Calculus and Linear Algebra at the advanced undergraduate level.


Class time:

Saturday and Monday 08:30-10:00  (Fall 2023).


Room:  209

Exam:  1 Bahman, 08:30-10:30

Grading:

Midterm:  40%

Endterm:  60%