== Course Number ==

CS 401R: Probabilistic Foundations of Machine Learning

Section 001

Fall 2014

== Instructor ==
[http://faculty.cs.byu.edu/%7Eringger/ Eric Ringger]
* Email: ringger AT cs DOT byu DOT edu
* Phone: 801-422-7615
* Office: 3328 TMCB
* Office Hours: [[Office hours|TA and instructor office hours ]]

== TAs ==
Paul Felt & Kevin Black
* Email: byunlpta AT gmail DOT com
** for individual inquiries only
** all HW and Project questions should be directed to the [http://groups.google.com/group/byu-cs-401r Google Group] for the benefit and participation of others
* Location: 3346 TMCB (NLP Lab)
* [[Office hours|TA and instructor office hours ]]

== Lecture ==
* Days: MWF
* Time: 9:00-9:50pm
* Place: 134 TMCB

== Help Sessions ==
* Per the schedule (see below)

== Resources ==

'''Textbook''': "Probabilistic Graphical Models" by Koller & Friedman.
: [http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/probabilistic-graphical-models Companion Website]

'''Supplemental Textbook''': ''Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective'' by Murphy.
: [http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~murphyk/MLbook/ Companion Website]

'''Supplemental Textbook''': ''Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing'' by Manning & Schuetze.
: [http://nlp.stanford.edu/fsnlp/promo/ Promo] and [http://nlp.stanford.edu/fsnlp/ Companion Website]

'''Schedule''': On [http://learningsuite.byu.edu BYU Learning Suite].

'''Announcements''': Google Group - [http://groups.google.com/group/byu-cs-401r-announce BYU CS 401R Announce]
: The announcements Google group is used for announcements only.  Please give messages on that group high priority.

'''Discussion Forum'''
: Google Group - [http://groups.google.com/group/byu-cs-401r BYU CS 401R Discussion]
: The discussion Google group is used by all class members to discuss ideas and questions concerning the homework assignments and projects.  TAs and instructor will participate on the group when available.

'''Assignment Submission'''
: On [http://learningsuite.byu.edu BYU Learning Suite]
* If you submit after the due date, please send email to the TA email address to inform the TAs of your late submission, so that the responsible TA will know to look for your assignment.

'''Grades'''
: On [http://learningsuite.byu.edu BYU Learning Suite]
* To view feedback on a graded assignment, use the 'Grades' page on Learning Suite, and click on the assignment's 'Feedback' button.

'''Homework Keys'''
: On [http://learningsuite.byu.edu Learning Suite]

'''Examples'''
: [[example_proofs|here]]