Short Course Description
Seminar in statistical learning (taught in english).
This seminar has two goals:
1. To practice self-study and presentation in a classroom setting (using a slideshow and/or whiteboard).
2. To study the basics of statistical learning and see what modern research papers look like.
In the first part of this seminar, the students will study and teach chapters from the following textbook (or the equivalent R book):
An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in Python by James, Witten, Hastie, Tibshirani and Taylor (2023).
It is freely available here: https://www.statlearning.com
In the second part of the seminar, the students will present different papers related to statistical learning from a curated list.
The grade will be based on the quality of the presentation and the student's demonstrated understanding of the material.
Notes:
* The talks will be given in english.
* Participation is mandatory.
Full syllabus will be available to registered students only
