BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI BITS C464 – MACHINE LEARNING

I Semester 2014-2015 ASSIGNMENT 2

WEIGHTAGE: 15% Due Date: 29th November, 2014 (6.00 pm)

ACTIVE LEARNING

Find out about ACTIVE learning and figure out how it is different from "passive" learning.

Find out an application where you would prefer to use Active learning and not passive learning. Model

the application and solve it using Active Learning techniques.

Submit a hand written report having the following details:

A 2-page writeup on Active Learning

Details of the application

Data source

Modeling

Solution

Results and discussion

Conclusion

References

For any kind of clarification, please feel free to write to me @ goel@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in or walk into

my office 6121-K, NAB or call me at 01596-515410.

Group Information

Same groups as that for Assignment 1

Course TAs

Shashank Gupta (h2014198@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in)

Kriti Chugh (h2014093@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in)

Plagiarism

Any kind of plagiarism will be dealt with severely. Please refrain from it. Avoid putting yourself in a

difficult situation and do not give me a chance to take hard and unpleasant decisions.