Course Information
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Description
This seminar is addressed to master students of Scientific Computing and Mathematics. We view Machine Learning from a mathematical point of view and discuss how we can relate it back to well studied mathematical concepts. This semester the focus topic is „Selected famous papers in Machine Learning". Together we explore various aspects of the selected papers, e.g. content, authors, references, related research, etc.
The seminar style will be similar to what is described in: https://colinraffel.com/blog/role-playing-seminar.html
Furthermore, this semester the seminar will take place online. A zoom link will be provided via email to registered participants.
Dates and Timeline
- Organizational meeting: April 1st 2026 at 4pm online (link will be provided via email).
- Participation in this meeting is essential to attending the seminar.
- During this meeting the roles will be assigned.
- Due to the interactive style of the seminar it is mandatory to attend every meeting.
- If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Meeting dates are:
- Wednesday 16:30-18:00 (22.4., 6.5., 20.5., 3.6., 17.6.) online.
(Pre-)registration
If you are interested in participating in this seminar, please pre-register via Müsli, so we know how many participants we can expect. You will finally register for the class when you have been assigned a role number.