Guided tour of the course material

Only few answers are provided here beside 5. Yes, especially the exercises marked as "expected" (see icons)

Ask if you are in doubt about the others

1. See iml.itu.dk under "Course Guidelines / Prerequisite Material".
2. The icons appear on the front page of most exercise weeks e.g., https://iml.itu.dk/03-exercises/W01/index.html

1. The introduction video (around 8 minutes) for an overview of the learning activities, including lectures, exercises, in-class exercises, tutorials, and assignments.

2. Refer to LearnIT for the weekly topics and titles. Each week may also include a short description of the content.

3. Most of the mathematical notation and conceptual foundation needed for to machine learning is established in Part I (video around 8.30). The subsequent parts of the course build heavily on this material. It is therefore essential that you attend the lectures, complete as many exercises as possible, and ask questions whenever something is unclear. Even if you only grasp 30% at first, it is important to address uncertainties early to establish a solid foundation for the rest of the course.

4. Regression, classification, clustering and dimensionality reduction

5. See Errata under course guidelines on iml.itu.dk

6. Group size should be 2-3 students as pointed out under "submission" in About the course .

7. 10–11.8 hours. If you find yourself consistently spending more than 11.8 hours per week on the expected reading and exercise material, please inform Dan. This assumes that you have engaged with the material and followed the guidelines carefully in the previous weeks. While some weeks may naturally require more time, this should be balanced by lighter weeks. Communicating such cases allows us to monitor workload and, if needed, assist with a contingency plan. Note that if you consistently spend less than 10–11.8 hours per week, the course may become disproportionately more difficult and result in increased workload (perhaps beyond the ECTS model) later on.

1. The expected exercises (see the exercise icon overview) provide the foundation for exam preparation. You should be able to explain the main ideas, how they relate to the theory, and their connection to the exam focus points. While they are not mandatory and will not be meticulously questioned during the exam, the expected exercises are strongly recommended to ensure that you are adequately prepared.
2. No. You are expected to complete the exercises marked as expected, but you are welcome to work on the others as well. If you have spent approximately 11.8 hours on the course in a given week, it is reasonable to consider that sufficient.
3. Contact Dan if your workload exceeds the expected hours.
4. Not necessarily. The exercise sessions last two hours, we assume it should be possible in the ECTS budget to spend a couple of hours per week to work on the exercises, tutorials and assignments outside of class.

1. The mandatory activities include: exercises during the first weeks, two assignments, one group presentation of an exercise, and submitting feedback on your weekly time spent on the course in at least 11 out of 14 weeks. See video and Errata under course guidelines.
2. If you do not pass a mandatory activity on the first attempt, you will have one week to make the necessary corrections and resubmit.
3. Yes, both assignments build on specific exercises. It is clearly indicated in the exercise material which exercises are foundational for the corresponding assignments.

1. The file exam.pdf located in the OneDrive folder under ‘exam’ contains last year’s exam information and can be considered representative for this year as well.
2. Please refer to the file for details.
3. No, see the answer above regarding the role of the expected exercises.
4. Your grade is not directly influenced by whether, or how well, you completed the exercises. However, it may be affected by the extent to which you demonstrate achievement of the course’s learning goals. If you have not engaged with the weekly exercises, it may be more difficult to address specific aspects of the exam questions and their associated focus points. In such cases, examiners may skip certain questions or ask you to reflect on how you would have approached them, thereby shifting the initiative to us. Your grade is determined solely by your performance during the oral examination. The external examiner is present to ensure that the assessment is conducted fairly and impartially. Make it a habit to compare the exercises with the exam questions and their focus points to better understand how they align.