CS7646 Fall 2017

Overview

You are on the page for information specific to the Fall 2017 session of this course. Go here (Machine_Learning_for_Trading_Course) for overall course policies.

OMSCS & On-Campus Information

This course is taught simultaneously on campus and via Udacity as part of the OMSCS program.

Schedule & Forum

• Schedule: [sheets.google.com]
• Forum: [Class forum at Reddit.com]

Assignments & Grading

Projects

• [assess_portfolio] 2.5% (easy)
• [optimize_something] 2.5% (easy)
• [marketsim] 10% (moderate)
• [defeat_learners] 5% (easy)
• [assess_learners] 15% (challenging)
• [qlearning_robot] 10% (moderate)
• [manual_strategy] 11% (moderate)
• [strategy_learner] 16% (very challenging)

Exams

• Exam 1: Paper exam on campus, via proctortrack for online students 12.5%
• Exam 2: Paper exam on campus, vis proctortrack for online students 12.5%

• Midterm Study Guide
• Exam 2 Study Guide

Exam contributions (0%)

• This component has been removed for this semester. The points have been redistributed to other assignments.

Class participation (3%)

• Class participation is determined by pop quizzes and activity on reddit.

Extra Credit (Up to 2%)

• 2017 Extra Credit

Thresholds

• A: 90% and above
• B: 80% and above
• C: 70% and above
• D: 60% and above
• F: below 60%

These are hard boundaries (we round down).

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