Distributed Machine Learning

CMPS/EECE 629.04

(Advanced Topics in Computer Science)

Course Information (Fall 2009)

 

Instructor: Dr. Ryan Benton

Lecture: To Be Determined

Seminar: F 9:00-10:30 (mandatory)

Office: ACTR 205

Phone: (337) 482-1307

Email: rbenton@cacs.louisiana.edu

 

Textbook: There are no designated textbooks for this course. Reading material will be provided as needed.

 

Prerequisite:Consent of the instructor.

 

Additional Suggested Background: Students are highly encouraged to have taken CMPS/EECE 566, 508, 520, 521, 561and/or 588.

 

Course Description: This course will be covering various machine learning algorithms, with an emphasis on distributed variations found in the literature. Intermixed with the lectures will be projects, aimed at implementing these methods. The implementations will focus on MPI, and, time and equipment permitting, Hadoop.