CS7646 Spring 2018

Overview

You are on the page for information specific to the spring 2018 session of this course. Go here (Machine_Learning_for_Trading_Course) for overall course policies.

Schedule & Forum

• Schedule: [[1]]
• Forum: Piazza

Assignments & Grading

Projects

• [assess_portfolio] 2.5% (easy)
• [optimize_something] 2.5% (easy)
• [defeat_learners] 5% (easy)
• [assess_learners] 15% (challenging)
• [marketsim] 10% (moderate)
• [manual_strategy] 12% (moderate)
• [qlearning_robot] 10% (moderate)
• [strategy_learner] 15% (very challenging)

Participation

• Participation will be determined via Piazza activity 3.0%

Exams

• Exam 1: via proctortrack for online students 12.5%
• Exam 2: via proctortrack for online students 12.5%

• Midterm Study Guide
• Exam 2 Study Guide

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).