37-501 Wissenschaftliches Rechnen - Kernfach , WS 2003/2004

Prof. Joachim Buhmann

Day	Time	Room
Wednesday	8-10	NO C 3
Thursday	8-9	IFW A 36

Beratungszeiten Semesterferien:

Bjoern Ommer undVolker Roth: Mittwoch 11-12 Uhr in HRS F30/F28
Christian Gut: Mitwoch 15-17 Uhr oder nach Vereinbarung HRS H30

Online-Script

In case of server problems: The script is mirrored here.

Important dates:

Final Exam: March 08.
Evaluation of the lecture: January 15.

Lecture slides and further material:

chapter 1 . Same slides in one-slide-per-page format.
chapter 2 (first part). Same slides in one-slide-per-page format.
chapter 2 (second part). Here are the same slides in one-slide-per-page format.
chapter 3 (first part). Same slides in one-slide-per-page format.
Chritian Gut's notes on Support Vector Machines (handwritten and scanned).
chapter 3 (second part).
chapter 4 (first part).
chapter 4 (second part).
chapter 4 (last part) and chapter 5 first part.
chapter 5 second part. (again updated)
Link to the CHARMM online molecular dynamics tutorial.
Link to some java applets on Lennard-Jones potentials.
The book "Support Vector Machines" by Cristianini & Shawe-Taylor is now available in the informatics library (Lehrbuchsammlung).

Exercises

The web-based interactive exercises can be solved autonomously at any time. Afer each lecture, this page will provide the links to the respective exercises. Please use your NETHZ login name. For further informations and/or help, we encourage all participants to come thursdays from 9-11 to rooms IFW D 31, IFW D 35, or IFW D 42, where the assistants will be present.

Date	Exercise
22.10.2003	If Maple is not installed on your local machine, you might want to use the Maple Front-End Here is a java applet for the Airplane Example Normal Distribution Himalaya
29.10.2003	Least Squares Measurement Approximation
05.11.2003	Approximation Minimization Quality Control
12.11.2003	Modelling SVD and Eigenvalue Decomposition Discarding Singular Values
19.11.2003	Best Basis Population
26.11.2003	k-d Tree Nearest Neighbors Search
03.12.2003	Index Simplex Method
10.12.2003	Minimization (part a and b)
17.12.2003	Code Generation 2-class-SVM applet Multiclass-SVM applet
07.01.2004	Spectral Method Minimization (2)
14.01.2004	Optimal Transaction Sequence
21.01.2004	Optimal Binary Search Tree. A solution to this exercise can be found here Optimal Routing
28.01.2004	Phylotree Language Counting

For questions/comments please contact Volker Roth.

Questions and Answers

Can I get a printable version of the script?
We encourage to use the online-script. It contains helpful features like interactive exercises, an integrated FAQ system and links, and it is always in the current version. However, due to a frequent request, we also provide a printable form which may change without notice: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (version of 24.02.2002).
Can I get the original version of the old exams?
We encourage to use the interactive exercises which are partly interactive versions of old exams. However you can make copies of the original old exam questions at the VIS office.
Where is Newton's Method for Function Minimization explained?
It is mentioned briefly in chapter 3.6 . Click here for more detailed explanations.
How can I report an error in the script?
First check the corresponding FAQ section - some errors are already mentioned there. If it is not yet mentioned, then please let us know about the error - thank you.

Last modified: 22.10.2003 | Comments | Institute of Scientific Computational Science | Department of Computer Science | ETH Zürich

37-501 Wissenschaftliches Rechnen - Kernfach , WS 2003/2004 Prof. Joachim Buhmann

Beratungszeiten Semesterferien: Bjoern Ommer undVolker Roth: Mittwoch 11-12 Uhr in HRS F30/F28 Christian Gut: Mitwoch 15-17 Uhr oder nach Vereinbarung HRS H30