coursework

Graduate coursework at Penn State.

Course Instructor Topics
CSE 588: Large-Scale Machine Learning Dr. Mehrdad Mahdavi PAC learning, ERM, matrix computation, convex and non-convex analysis, gradient descent
IST 597: Fairness, Incentives, and Mechanism Design Dr. Hadi Hosseini Voting, resource allocation, matching
IST 597: Foundations of Deep Learning Dr. C. Lee Giles Neural networks, CNNs, RNNs and LSTMs, Transformers, physics-informed neural networks
IST 557: Data Mining I: Techniques and Applications Dr. Justin Silverman Linear and Bayesian regression, SVMs, clustering, ensembles, recommender systems
IST 558: Data Mining II Dr. Justin Silverman Bayesian statistics, MCMC, variational inference, generative models (VAEs, GANs)
STAT 500: Applied Statistics Dr. Priyangi Bulathsinhala Probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, ANOVA
IST 504: IST Research Foundations Dr. Luke Zhang  
IST 602: Supervised Experience in College Teaching Dr. Lisa Lenze