Feature Engineering Studio April 29, 2015. Assignment Problem Shift “The Fresh Mind”
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Feature Engineering Studio
April 29, 2015
Assignment
• Problem Shift “The Fresh Mind”
Assignment
• Each of you who did this assignment
• How did you attempt to improve your colleague’s model?
• Was it successful?
Everyone close your eyes
• Who found the help from a colleague useful?• Who did not find the help useful?
• Who was obstructed in completing this assignment?
Open your eyes
• Results
Questions? Comments?
Suggestions for your classmates?
Assignment for Wednesday, May 6
• The Slog– An Assignment in Two Parts
The Slog, Part One
• You need to draw a picture of “The Slog”– Any interpretation of those words you like, from
quicksand, to trudging through the snow, to Jabba the Hut
• You can freehand it (and scan it) or draw it in a paint program
• You need to email this to me with your assignment
• You don’t have to be a professional artist, but please take this part of the assignment seriously
The Slog, Part Two
• You need to make your model better in any way you can
• Next week in class, be ready to discuss how you improved your feature set, algorithm, etc.– And write a brief report for me
• The goal is to get a better number than the best number you have so far!
Upcoming Classes
• 5/4 Special Session: Pythong
• 5/6 The Slog
• 5/11 Final Project Presentations– Required Assignment
Final Project Presentations
• Talk with powerpoint• Don’t go over whole process you followed• Instead discuss the problem, the features in
your final model, the final model, and how good it is
• Also talk about what you think your model means/tells the field
• 10 minutes for talk• Graded on both the work & presentation
Questions? Comments?
Thank you!