The following is a tentative schedule of lectures.
| Date | Topic | Book chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 1/9 | Introduction [2pp, 6pp], Probability Review I [2pp, 6pp] | Sections 1.1, 12.1 |
| Thursday 1/11 | Probability Review II [2pp, 6pp]
Reading Assignment: Bayesian Networks without Tears by Eugene Charniak Assignment #1 (due Jan 18, 2007) |
Section 1.2 |
| Tuesday 1/16 | Overview of Probabilistic Networks [2pp, 6pp] | Section 1.4 |
| Thursday 1/18 | Markov Networks [2pp, 6pp], Graph/Probabilistic Relationships [2pp, 6pp] | |
| Tuesday 1/23 | Graph/Probabilistic Relationships II [2pp, 6pp] Reading Assignment: Chapter 2 Building Models from Finn Jensen's book "Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs". |
Section 2.1 |
| Thursday 1/25 | Graph/Probabilistic Relationships III [2pp, 6pp] Assignment #2 (due Feb 1, 2007) |
Section 2.2-2.5 |
| Tuesday 1/30 | Building Bayesian Networks I [2pp, 6pp] | Chapter 2 of Jensen book |
| Thursday 2/1 | Building Bayesian Networks II [2pp, 6pp] Assignment #3 (due Feb 8, 2007) |
Chapter 2 of Jensen book |
| Tuesday 2/6 | Exact Inference: Discrete Variables (Enumeration) [2pp, 6pp] | |
| Thursday 2/8 | Exact Inference: Discrete Variables (Bucket Elimination) [2pp, 6pp] | Rina Dechter's paper |
| Tuesday 2/13 | Exact Inference: Discrete Variables (Belief Propagation I) [2pp, 6pp] | Section 3.1-3.2 |
| Thursday 2/15 | Midterm | |
| Tuesday 2/20 | Exact Inference: Discrete Variables (Belief Propagation II) [2pp, 6pp] | Section 3.1-3.2 |
| Thursday 2/22 | Approximate Inference: Discrete Variables (Sampling, Likelihood Weighting), Abductive Inference [2pp, 6pp], Midterm solutions are also available. |
Section 4.2, Introduction to 4.3 |
| Tuesday 2/27 | Learning Bayesian Networks from Data: Parameter Learning [2pp, 6pp] Assignment #4 out (due March 6, 2007) Reading Assignment: A Primer on Bayesian Statistics in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (From Overview to Section 5 inclusive, Pages 9-33 |
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| Thursday 3/1 | Learning Bayesian Networks from Data: Parameter Learning [2pp, 6pp] | |
| Tuesday 3/6 | Learning Bayesian Networks from Data: Structure Learning [2pp, 6pp] Assignment #5 out (due March 13, 2007) |
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| Thursday 3/8 | Temporal Models [2pp, 6pp] | |
| Tuesday 3/13 | Causal Networks [2pp, 6pp] An Introduction to Causal Inference |
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| Thursday 3/15 | Causal Networks, Review and Evaluations [2pp, 6pp] |