Course Code: CS295 GH2 Course Name: Advanced Topics in Intelligent Systems Instructor: Pros Naval (pcnaval@dcs.upd.edu.

ph) Schedule/Venue: Thursdays 6 to 9 pm/Com Sci Bldg Classroom 1 Course Description: Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM) provide a unifying framework for dealing with uncertainty and complexity that are prevalent in real-world phenomena. These models are now widely used in computer vision, natural language & speech processing, bioinformatics, etc. In this course, students will learn Bayesian Networks, Markov Random Fields, Conditional Random Fields, approximate inference using variational and MCMC methods as well as their applications for intelligent processing of visual, text, and bioinformatics data. Credit: 3 units Prerequisite: CS282 (Computer Vision) or Consent of Instructor

Topics/Schedule (Tentative): 1 2 3 4 5 Introduction to Graphical Models Bayesian Networks Markov Random Fields Learning in Undirected Models Bayesian Network Learning Exam1; MP1 Submission 6 Exact Inference Algorithms 7 Approximate Inference Methods 8 Conditional Random Fields 9 Applications to CV, NLP, etc. Exam 2; MP2 Submission Student Reports Student Mini-Project Presentations and Paper Submission Course Requirements: Exams: 30 % Machine Problems: 20 % Mini-Project with Paper: 30 % Reports: 15 % Class Participation/Attendance 5% Text: Koller and Friedman, Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques, MIT Press, 2009.

Class Policies: 1. A student who intends to drop the course must do so officially otherwise s/he will get a failing grade at the end of the semester. 2. Machine Problem: At most once submission