Phd in Physics

Big Data Science and Machine Learning

Big Data Science and Machine Learning

Academic year 2023/2024

In particular I suggest to get familiar with Jupyter notebooks, numpy and pandas before the course starts. No expert knowledge is required, but doing a couple of tutorials on these topics (easily found on the web) is highly recommended.

Sommario del corso

• Course objectives
• Results of learning outcomes
• Program
• Course delivery
• Learning assessment methods
• Suggested readings and bibliography
• Notes
• Class schedule
• Teaching tools
• Course card

Course objectives

Data science is one of the fastest growing fields of information technology, with wide applications in key sectors such as research, industry, public administration. The course will cover the definition of big data and the basic techniques to store, handle and process them. Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms will be briefly introduced. We will focus on the technical implementation of different ML algorithms, focusing on the parallelisation aspects and the deployment on distributed resources and different architectures (CPUs, FPGAs, GPUs). A basic introduction to the current computer architecture will be given, with a focus on parallel computing paradigms aimed at the exploitation of the full potential of parallel architectures.

Results of learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Fundamental concepts of:

- big data science

- Machine Learning and Deep Learning

- computer architectures and distributed systems

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Ability to:

- implement various machine learning model architectures and metrics

- use set of machine learning libraries

- faster code execution by parallelization of tasks, avoiding race conditions

Program

- Introduction to big data science
- The big data pipeline: state-of-the-art tools and technologies
- ML and DL methods: supervised and unsupervised training, neural network models
- Introduction to computer architecture and parallel computing patterns
- Parallelisation of ML algorithms on distributed resources
- Beyond CPUs: ML applications on distributed architectures, GPUs, FPGAs

Course delivery

The course will be held in person, and it will not be possible to attend remotely. To pass the course you need to follow 80% of the lessons and pass the final test.

Learning assessment methods

Practical test

Chen, M., Mao, S. & Liu, Y. Mobile Netw Appl (2014) 19: 171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-013-0489-0

Yao, Yuanshun & Xiao, Zhujun & Wang, Bolun & Viswanath, Bimal & Zheng, Haitao & Y. Zhao, Ben. (2017). Complexity vs. performance: empirical analysis of machine learning as a service. 384-397. 10.1145/3131365.3131372

Notes

Students wishing to take this course must register!

Schedule:

- the course will take place in Fall 24, for about 10 days, with 2 hours lessons/day

Class schedule

• Teaching material
• Exams and finals
• Class schedule
• Go to Moodle
• Register for the course
• Enrolled students
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