Dear colleagues,
The Technical University of Madrid (UPM) will once more organize the
'Madrid UPM Advanced Statistics and Data Mining' summer school. The
summer school will be held in Boadilla del Monte, near Madrid, from June
26th to July 7th. This year's edition comprises 12 week-long courses
(15 lecture hours each), given during two weeks (six courses each week).
Attendees may register in each course independently. No restrictions,
besides those imposed by timetables, apply on the number or choice of
courses.
INOMICS has selected our summer school as one of the world's top ten
summer schools in mathematics and statistics. You can read more at
http://bit.ly/1TweJjj
Early registration is now *OPEN*. Extended information on course
programmes, price, venue, accommodation and transport is available at
the school's website:
http://www.dia.fi.upm.es/ASDM
There is a 25% discount for members of Spanish AEPIA and SEIO societies.
Please, forward this information to your colleagues, students, and whoever you think may find it interesting.
Best regards,
Pedro Larranaga, Concha Bielza, Bojan Mihaljevic and Alberto Ogbechie.
-- School coordinators.
*** List of courses and brief description ***
* Week 1 (June 26th - June 30th, 2017) *
1st session: 9:45-12:45
Course 1: Bayesian Networks (15 h)
Basics of Bayesian networks. Inference in Bayesian networks.
Learning Bayesian networks from data. Real applications. Practical
demonstration: GeNIe, Weka, Bayesia, R.
Course 2: Time Series(15 h)
Basic concepts in time series. Linear models for time series. Time series clustering. Practical demonstration: R.
2nd session: 13:45-16:45
Course 3: Supervised Pattern Recognition (15 h)
Introduction. Assessing the performance of supervised
classification algorithms. Preprocessing. Classification techniques.
Combining multiple classifiers. Comparing supervised classification
algorithms. Practical demonstration: Weka.
Course 4: Bayesian Inference (15 h)
Introduction: Bayesian basics. Conjugate models. MCMC and other
simulation methods. Regression and Hierarchical models. Model selection.
Practical demonstration: R and WinBugs.
3rd session: 17:00 - 20:00
Course 5: Neural Networks and Deep Learning (15 h)
Introduction. Training algorithms. Learning and Optimization. MLPs
in practice. Deep Networks. Practical session: Python with keras and
Jupyter notebooks.
Course 6: Unsupervised Pattern Recognition (15 h)
Introduction to clustering. Data exploration and preparation.
Prototype-based clustering. Density-based clustering. Graph-based
clustering. Cluster evaluation. Miscellanea. Conclusions and final
advise. Practical session: R.
* Week 2 (July 3rd - July 7th, 2017) *
1st session: 9:45-12:45
Course 7: Statistical Inference (15 h)
Introduction. Some basic statistical test. Multiple testing.
Introduction to bootstrap methods. Introduction to Robust Statistics.
Practical demonstration: R.
Course 8: Big Data with Apache Spark (15 h)
Introduction. Spark framework and APIs. Data processing with Spark. Spark streaming. Machine learning with Spark MLlib.
2nd session: 13:45-16:45
Course 9: Text Mining (15 h)
Information Retrieval 101. Unsupervised Text Processing.
Representation Learning. Information Extraction. Natural Language
Understanding. Practical session: Python, with Jupyter notebooks.
Course 10: Feature Subset Selection (15 h)
Introduction. Filter approaches. Embedded methods. Wrapper methods. Additional topics. Practical session: R and Weka.
3rd session: 17:00-20:00
Course 11: Support Vector Machines and Regularized Learning (15 h)
Introduction. SVM models. SVM learning algorithms. Regularized
learning. Convex optimization for regularized learning. Practical
session: Python with scikit-learn, Jupyter notebooks.
Course 12: Hidden Markov Models (15 h)
Introduction. Discrete Hidden Markov Models. Basic algorithms for
Hidden Markov Models. Semicontinuous Hidden Markov Models. Continuous
Hidden Markov Models. Unit selection and clustering. Speaker and
Environment Adaptation for HMMs. Other applications of HMMs. Practical
session: HTK.