Dear Colleague,
AAI Short Course - 'Machine Learning - an Introduction' - on Wednesday 18 March 2015 https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=1913&EventID=1581 AAi's public short course Machine Learning - an Introduction may be of interest to you or others in your organisation or network. This course introduces a range of fundamental techniques for machine learning. It is offered at an introductory level and it is suitable for general audiences with only some technical background in computer programming. The course starts with recalls of probability and linear algebra and continues to cover: * classification * maximum likelihood estimation * the support vector machine The course offers numerous examples in the MATLAB programming environment and a demonstration of the WEKA classification software. This program is particularly useful for people who work in and for: * industry, government or other entities who want to gain an appreciation of the technical insights of statistical machine learning beyond "black-box" utilisation of commercial software * Students, researchers and academics Course outcomes - Upon completion of this course students will: * Outcome 1: appreciate the range of techniques covered * Outcome 2: be able to read other sources and topics in autonomy Presenter Massimo Piccardi is a Professor of Computer Systems with the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), that he joined in January 2002 as an associate professor. Previously, he was a senior lecturer/assistant professor with the Faculty of Engineering at University of Ferrara, Italy. At UTS, he serves as Co-Director of the iNEXT Research Centre, a research strength in innovative IT services and applications. His main research interests are in the areas of pattern recognition, computer vision, image and video analysis, with main applications to video surveillance, multimedia, and human-computer interaction (CHI). Over his career, Prof. Piccardi has been the author or co-author of over a hundred and twenty scientific papers in international journals and on conference proceedings and several book chapters. Since relocating to Australia from Italy in 2002, he has been the principal investigator of many advanced research projects including two ARC (Australian Research Council) Discovery Projects and an ARC Linkage Project, and a chief investigator in another Linkage Project and three Linkage Infrastructure Projects. Prof. Piccardi serves as an Associate Editor for journals Machine Vision and Applications and Image and Vision Computing and is a senior member of the IEEE, a member of the IEEE Computer Society and a member of the International Association for Pattern Recognition. Please register here https://shortcourses-bookings.uts.edu.au/ClientView/Schedules/ScheduleDetail.aspx?ScheduleID=1913&EventID=1581 An important foundation short course in the AAI series of advanced data analytic short courses - please view this short course and others here http://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/advanced-analytics-institute/education-and-training/upcoming We are happy to discuss at your convenience. Thank you and regards. 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