Dr. Pei Wang
OFFICE: Room 1000X, Wachman Hall (Computer Activity Building)
ADDRESS: CIS Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
PHONE: (215)204-9255
EMAIL: pei.wang@temple.edu
Lectures: Tuesday 4:40 PM - 7:10 PM (Tuttleman Learning Center 403B)
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 11:40 AM - 1:10 PM; Tuesday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM; and by appointment
Stat 503 or (CIS 511 and undergraduate level understanding of probability, statistics, and linear algebra).
Neural networks provide powerful techniques to model and control nonlinear and complex systems. The course is designed to provide an introduction to this interdisciplinary topic. The course is structured such that students from computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, statistics, cognitive sciences and elsewhere learn the main principles of this area as well as to have an opportunity to explore promising research topics by a hands-on experience with neural network simulators applied to classification and prediction problems ranging from bio-medical sciences to finance and business.
All of the above must be the student's own work. Plagiarism and academic cheating will be punished.
- Assignments: 50% (4-5 assignments)
- Project: 40% (paper/program)
- Class participation: 10%
Attendance to all lectures are required.
Required: Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Foundation, 2nd Edition, Simon Haykin, Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0-13-273350-1Recommended: MATLAB Student Version
Additional: On-line materials linked from the course webpage and lecture notes.
MATLAB
See course website at http://www.cis.temple.edu/~pwang/525-NC/CIS525.htm
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at 215-204-1280 in 100 Ritter Annex to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.