CS 655 Pattern Recognition

  • Instructor: Prof. Sung-Hyuk Cha
    • Email: scha@pace.edu
    • Office: Office: 15 Beekman st. rm 1119
    • Office Hours:
      • Tuesday 4:10pm ~ 5:50pm
      • Thursday 4:10pm ~ 5:50pm
      • Friday 4:10pm ~ 5:50pm


  • CRN: 71970

  • Meeting:
    • Time: Tuesday 6:10~9:00 P.M., Fall 2023
    • Place: 15BK 1009

  • Textbook: Handouts (lecture slides and related articles) will be distributed on the http://classes.pace.edu.

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  • Description:
    Pattern Recognition techniques are useful in many applications of computer science and information systems, such as information retrieval, data mining, artificial intelligence and image processing. This course is an introduction to the foundation of pattern recognition algorithms.

    Topics to be studied: data structures for pattern representation, feature extraction and selection, parametric and non-parametric classification, supervised and non-supervised learning, clustering, decision trees, nearest neighbor, artificial neural networks, generic algorithm, and hidden Markov models. Applications of various classification techniques will be demonstrated by several on-going handwriting, biometrics, and other projects.

  • Schedule: (tentative)

    Week Topics
    1 (9/12) Decision tree and entropy
    2 (9/19) Hierarchical Clustering
    3 (9/26) Ensemble methods
    4 (10/3) Factor analysis
    5 (10/10) Linear Regression
    6 (10/17) Linear Classifiers
    7 (10/24) Artificial Neural Networks
    8 (10/31) Research proposal due
    9 (11/7) Genetic Algorithms
    10 (11/14) Self Organizing Map (SOM)
    11 (11/21) Thanksgiving week
    12 (11/28) Tree based Regression
    13 (12/5) Review
    14 (12/12) Final Exam
    15 (12/19) Final Presentation

  • Evaluation:
    • Attendance & participation (10%):
    • Homeworks (30%):
    • Research Project (30%):
      • progress report and presentation (10%)
      • final presentation (10%)
      • final report (10%)
    • Final Exam (30%):

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