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!