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The course is designed around a data modeling framework shown in the figure. Each lecture/assignment will focus a subset of the data modeling framework.
We emphasize the holistic view of modeling in order to motivate and stress the relevance of individual components and building blocks, disseminate the obtained competence (see the course learning obejctives), and make them applicable for a broad spectrum of engineering problems in e.g. biomedical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, and informatics.
If you are enrolled in the course you can access material and participate in the course through the DTU Learn homepage.
The lectures will take place in Building 116 auditorium 81 on Tuesdays from 13:00-15:00.
Due to restrictions on the auditorium capacity, we will stream the lecture to Building 116 auditorium 82. Seats in Building 116 auditorium 81 and Building 116 auditorium 82 will be allocated on a first come, first served principle. You can use the rooms allocated to exercises to stream the lecture yourself (Zoom link on DTU Learn).
We will record the lecture and make available online on DTU Learn.
Exercises will take place after lectures Tuesdays from 15:00-17:00.
There is room capacity for all signed up students at the exercises every week.
Please bring a laptop computer for the exercises. The exercises will be available in Python. The exercise rooms are (room capacity square brackets and programming language in parentheses):
| Week | Date | Who | Subject | Reading | Homework | Project deadlines (17:00 CET via DTU Learn) |
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| 1 | 2 September, 2025 | gear | Introduction, data, and visualization | C1, C2, C7 | P2.1, P7.1 | |
| 2 | 9 September, 2025 | gear | Summary statistics, similarity, Nearest Neighbor and Decision Trees | C4, C12, C9 | P4.2, P4.3, P4.5, P12.1, P9.1, P9.2 | |
| 3 | 16 September, 2025 | gear | Computational linear algebra and PCA | C3 | P3.1, P3.2 | |
| 4 | 23 September, 2025 | gear | Probability theory, Bayes and Naïve Bayes | C5, C6, C13 | P5.1, P6.1, P6.2, P13.1, P13.2 | |
| 5 | 30 September, 2025 | gear | Bayesian Inference and Linear Models | C8 | P8.1, P8.2 | Project 1 due 2 Oct. |
| 6 | 7 October, 2025 | gear | Overfitting and cross-validation | C10 | C10.1, C10.2 | |
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| 7 | 21 October, 2025 | gear | Performance evaluation and AUC | C11, C16 | P16.1, P16.2 | Project 1 feedback available 23 Oct. |
| 8 | 28 October, 2025 | gear | Artificial Neural Networks and Optimization | C15 | P15.1, P15.2, P15.3 | (Project 1 resubmission due 30 Oct.) |
| 9 | 4 November, 2025 | gear | Bias/Variance and Ensemble methods | C14, C17 | P17.1 | |
| 10 | 11 November, 2025 | bjje | K-means and hierarchical clustering | C18 | P18.1, P18.2, P18.3 | Project 2 due 13 Nov. |
| 11 | 18 November, 2025 | bjje | Mixture models and density estimation | C19, C20 | P20.1, P19.1, P19.2 | |
| 12 | 25 November, 2025 | bjje | Representation learning | - | Project 2 feedback available 27 Nov. | |
| 13 | 2 December, 2025 | gear | Recap and discussion of the exam | C1-C20 | (Project 2 resubmission due 4 Dec.) |
(Cx refers to Chapter x of the course notes. Px.y refers to problem number y in chapter x of the course notes.
The first listed problem will be that weeks discussion question at the exercises.)
No. However, we strongly suggest you formally re-enroll in the course to gain access to the new material and guidance.
We typically enable access to the material via DTU Learn one week before the semester starts.
The exam date is available from DTU's exam timetable: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/examination-timetable - look for the timeslots found here: https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/02452. Once determined, the time and place will be available from: https://eksamensplan.dtu.dk/. We do not get any of this information before you do, nor do we have any influence on the date, time, or place.
The lectures and exercises are not mandatory thus we do not take attandance. The (group-based) reports and exam are the only mandatory components.
Questions about course content/reports are best asked on the discussion forum so all students have access to the same information.
Please e-mail or phone the main teacher listed above. Questions about the course material should ideally be posted on Piazza.
We can (and will!) add you to the DTU Learn group so you can see the material, but to officially join the course (and be at the exam) you have to enroll. You can do this through your DTU study planner. If the study planner does not work, you have to contact the study administration by email. Our default position is to approve all new students. Always check the exam registration when they are published.
Yes. Old reports are transferred by default (see description for project 1). Note that, reports must be passed/approved before you can pass the course. You can email the main teacher, if you are in doubt whether your (old) reports were approved/passed. If any of the old reports were NOT passed/approved, you need to updated them according to the usual deadlines during the course. Please do not upload old reports anew unless you have changed the content and make sure to indicate what has been changed (on the front page)
Reports are not graded but evaluated. According to DTU rules, we cannot give you a numerical score. However, the feedback from TAs should provide a good indication of your performance. The feedback will explicitly state if your reports are passed/approved, which is a requirement to pass the course.
Under normal circumstances, feedback should be available 2 weeks after you handed in project 1, and 2 weeks after you handed in project 2. It will allow you at least one week to update the reports in case you need to resubmit.
Yes. You need to get the reports approved to pass the course. You will receive an email 1-2 weeks before the exam if there are issues with your reports; no email, no problem. Note you can not resubmit at this point unless the problem is administrative.
Probably not. We only give extensions in extraordinary circumstances. Poor teamwork, poor coordination, or poor time management does not count as a valid reason since you have several weeks to complete the reports. We expect any issues to be flagged early on.
You will receive feedback via DTU Learn which will clearly state if your reports are passed/approved.
You can resubmit once per semester (specific deadlines) if the report was not approved/passed in the first attempt. The contribution towards the the final grade is based on the first submission. If you do not submit by the main deadline, you will not be able to pass the course.
No. The only exception is if you submitted your report in a previous semester (i.e. you did not pass the course).
We are reasonable if you are handing in late due to extraordinary circumstances, but otherwise, we take the deadline seriously. It would not be fair to all those students who meet the deadline if we accepted late hand-ins without consequences. Unless extraordinary reasons have been agreed upon with the main teacher in advance, we will not accept late submissions (both original and resubmissions).
Attend the exercise sessions to connect with fellow students or use the discussion forum to find team members.
Probably not - and only after explicit written permission from the main teacher (via e-mail).
No! The exam is a paper-based with no aids (see question above). Note that any electronic device is not permitted.
Please look at the official FAQ about exams: https://www.inside.dtu.dk/da/undervisning/regler/regler-for-eksamen/faq-om-skriftlig-eksaminer
In the fall semester there is a re-exam in May.
Make sure your DTU Learn profile is set to English (for this course)
If you encounter IT problems and it appears that something is wrong with a DTU Learn page or your account please submit a ticket to the (usually very responsive) IT support: https://itservice.ait.dtu.dk
Possibly. After the course has completed, we will often make a call for teaching assistants among qualified students (sometimes also among students from previous semesters). The call will only be made if we need TAs. Pay is more than 200DKK per hour and there is preparation time.
Yes. You can view previous exam sets on DTU Learn (some with full solutions) and individual questions in the book (with partial solutions).
The standards of the course (previously 02450) have been the same for several years, and we intentionally maintain these standards (similar to other DTU courses). The historical grade distribution can be observed from https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/02452/info.
Very carefully read and follow the rules/guidelines on DTU Inside on exam attempts (ask the Study Guidance office if in doubt).
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